The first time I noticed you was last summer, when your hair was a purple, hot mess. You had held the door open for me. I didn’t thank you because fuck that patriarchal sentiment. I quickly walked past but only after checking you out cause damn you’re good looking. Nowadays I can’t stop looking. You’ve caught me a few times and have smiled back. Should I say hi? Am I being weird? Should I have just said thanks? Haha nah!
—Thirsty for apples
This article appears in Apr 4-10, 2019.
Saying, “thanks” is part of the patriarchy now??
I think the holding the door thing is the patriarchy OP was referring to.
I don’t know about you but I’ll hold the door for anyone, regardless of gender. It’s the hypersensitive, self entitled, angry feminist bitch that’ll spit on you for holding the door because they think that you think that they are too weak to open the door themselves, when in fact I was just trying to be nice to a fellow person.