Did you cry the first time you watched Susan Boyle? The mega You Tube star has so far racked up over one million hits total on the video showing her unexpected unveiling in front of a live British audience in Simon Cowell's show, Britain's Got Talent 2009.

If you have not seen it go HERE:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY

Amazing. But how many Susan Boyles are out there? Is she part of a contingent called by sociologists “invisible women”?

According to the Daily Beast Editor* Tina Brown's blog yesterday,  the invisible demographic is me.

To read Tina's blog, Go HERE: http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-04-20/the-beauty-of-susan-boyle/

I am the new old 47 year old invisible woman. Menopausal, and at home. Really? Are you sure about that?

“Can't they at least see me? Goes the voice in their heads. Especially after all those wasted hours trying to look younger, slimmer, and better dressed just to get their rightful desserts.” –Tina Brown

Ms. Brown's thesis is based on the popularity of the candidacy of then Senator Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination in the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign as a trend line. Identifying the trendy-ness of Ms. Clinton's ability to connect with the Oprah demographic; the housewives that are working outside the home, and simultaneously raising kids; the stay at home mom that wishes she had the education to have a glorious job and hire a nanny, the older *ahem* woman, say 47, that could use an eyebrow groom and a bit of a lift, figuratively and literally, apparently make up the demographic now known as the Invisible Woman. I am here to say we are NOT invisible. Not at all. What a crock.

First: Ms. Brown:  Pure?  Who are you to say that pureness is pure? I mean maybe Susan has always wanted to be “plucked”, and go to a spa. So what, are we so archaic that a woman cannot just do what she wants, including getting a make-over?

Second: Invisible to whom? The media, that's who; I am not invisible to me, or to my children, my community, my house of worship, or my husband. I am 47, and I may be getting a bit of sag, and perhaps I could use a spa day. But does that lessen my accomplishments? Healthy happy kids, parents cared for, my home, (well not mine it looks like a frat house), an organic garden, community activism, school boards sat on, community college classes taken, fund raisers, and calluses on my hands.  Real. Like millions of invisible kids, and invisible dads, and invisible teachers…no one group holds the patent on doing the right thing over and over again for no glory. And certainly not the 47 year old. I am not asking when I get a turn, I am actively creating my turn everyday.

And so is Susan Boyle.

Susan has a compelling story, and she has an amazing voice. But she has been singing since she was 12, and a lot of people in her community heard her. She is not invisible in her world at all.

Who gets to say who is invisible? The un-invisible that's who.

And there in lies the rub. By calling us invisible, we are made invisible.  I have a novel idea. Let's just celebrate that Susan Boyle is an incredible talent. Let's let her sing, and entertain, and be whomever she wants. That is really all we really want, to be allowed to talk too loud, to do too much, to sit down and do nothing; to just be the person we want to be.

*Tina Brown is the founder and editor in chief of The Daily Beast. She is the author of the 2007 New York Times bestseller The Diana Chronicles. Brown is the former editor of Tatler, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, and Talk magazines and host of CNBC's Topic A with Tina Brown

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