A cool-looking, heavy-set woman gets off the #52 in Halifax on a Friday evening and then the comments start. Two women – strangers – bonding over their shared projection of self-hatred onto a woman who clearly doesn’t base her self-image on misogynist beauty standards. I’m shocked by the violence in their language and saddened to know how deep this self-loathing goes in some women. This is hate speech but I’m left wondering what to say that might have a positive impact. Later, I share this story (bad language omitted) with my 4-year-old son. His first question is, “why?”; why would these people say such horrible things about someone? His advice: “you should tell them to stop that.” Ladies: when you learn to accept yourselves, you will no longer feel compelled to judge others. In the meantime, keep that shit to yourselves. I will say so in real time, next time. —What sisterhood?
This article appears in Dec 26, 2013 – Jan 1, 2014.
I’d have a lot more sympathy for your outrage if you didn’t try to couch it in marxist – feminist terms. These weren’t lackeys of the phallocracy – they were a pair of bloody rude cunts and they, and their comments are the product of a bad upbringing – not societal forces. Now, once you get past first year you may, just may, be able to grasp the concept that society is composed of individuals and outgrow the need to reinforce your own prejudices and insecurites by pretending that you are part of a collective “sisterhood” If not, go for post-grad work and stay in the make believe world of academia where the Newspeak type jargon that you fertilized your Bitch with possesses some currency.
And stay off the 52.
Damn, rude and bloody cunts strike again. Next time say something if it pisses you off like that, you doing nothing with your kid right there just taught him to ignore it, then brood over it :p your “real time, next time” was real late.
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It wasn’t this woman was it?
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Stop trying to humanize fat chicks or, the next thing you know, we won’t be able to use them as “practise girls”!!
Oh my god
Becky, look at her butt
Its so big
She looks like one of those rap guys girlfriends
Who understands those rap guys
They only talk to her because she looks like a total prostitute
I mean her butt
It’s just so big
I can’t believe it’s so round
It’s just out there
I mean, it’s gross
Look, she’s just so black
*rap*
I like big butts and I can not lie
You other brothers can’t deny
That when a girl walks in with an itty bitty waist
And a round thing in your face
Props to Sir Mix-A-Lot.
Oooooh look out for “hate speech.”
Record that shit and upload to You Tube next time, OB. Then, of course, post the link to the mufuckin’ video!
“Two women – strangers – bonding over their shared projection of self-hatred onto a woman who clearly doesn’t base her self-image on misogynist beauty standards.”
At least it was a bonding/sharing experience for most of them, yes?
“cool-looking” ?? What was she wearing sunglasses or something?
I never believed in the ‘sisterhood’, just another feminist myth that’s been bleating on the public’s consciousness for over 40 years – there are many females out there who not only have a hidden agenda but will fuck you over as a friend in a heartbeat.
As for the ridicule, that’s a trait of human nature that you’ll never erase. And don’t give me that weary excuse ‘next time’ – you should have spoken up then and there, especially with your kid in tow.
another show of hands, parents please….anyone ever have their 4 year old use a sentence like “why? why would these people say such horrible things about someone?”
this sounds like a guy wrote it. or buddha, pretending to have a kid. (perish the thought)
and despite the fact that tt and i totally (like totally man) disagree on her being an AWESOME feminist, the term ‘sisterhood’ makes me hurl as well.
It evokes the same emotional response as “bros before hoes” More observed in the breach, but still fucking pathetic.
the best of 2013’s police incidents, kings county.
A young man in New Minas reported his parents for breaking into his apartment. He’d left the door open for them.
Distracted while changing his vehicle clock to Atlantic Standard Time, a driver in New Minas collided with another vehicle.
A male in a cow costume was trespassing in a backyard near Bay Street in Wolfville.
A mysterious package wrapped in foil was reported to police in Wolfville. It turned out to be an abandoned donair.
Two men and two women in their 20s were stranded at 1:19 a.m. at Lake George Provincial Camp on Aug. 29. The quartet was having a late swim when they spotted two unknown males running out of nearby woods. The duo grabbed their car keys, a sweater and some shoes. Luckily, a cell phone was left behind, so the swimmers called their parents for another set of keys.
An excitable, two-year-old Bernese mountain dog named Oscar jumped out of a second floor window in Wolfville at 6:29 p.m. He was found and appeared fine.
A driver in the Kingston area went into the ditch after a case of baked beans, destined for a community event, slid sideways.
A Kings County man turned in a bone to police that he found in a cave on a B.C. island in 1954. Police were attempting to determine if it was a human bone or not.
A Wolfville apartment resident complained at 5 a.m. about a neighbour’s loud clothesline.
When someone failed to show up for work, police were dispatched to Hants Border for a wellbeing check. The individual was sound asleep and had not realized it was Monday.
A Penny Lane resident of North Kentville reported finding CDs on her lawn. She thought there might have been a break-in and noted she’d keep Lady Antebellum and Justin Beiber until the rightful owner was identified.
Two men driving Harley Davidson motorcycles ended up in the ditch when one avoided a mother duck and ducklings on a Coldbrook road. The first driver saw the family of ducks swerved, lost control on the shoulder and went into the ditch. A similar fate befell the second driver.
At 1 p.m., a woman toting groceries dropped her purse on Main Street in Wolfville. A man jumped out of an SUV coming along the street and sprinted away with her purse.
A woman called police about a dirty look she’d received from another female at the mall in New Minas.
Police had to mediate when the father of a newborn wanted baby clothes back from his child’s mother because they had broken up. The clothing was a gift from his family members.
An intoxicated man reported to police that the device RCMP used to bug his residence was pinging on an hourly basis and it was driving him crazy.
hey gdm,
“or buddha, pretending to have a kid. (perish the thought) “
It seems as if you, and a few of your ilk, can’t stop thinking of me? Did I upset you, dear? Are you upset that I don’t like militant male homosexuals?
I want you to know that I have love in my heart for even ones such as yourself, even if i find you morally repugnant, at certain times. You have my total support in your struggle to become a healthy and balanced individual .. a journey we all share in life, like it or not.
Happy New Year gdm, ivan, etc. May the Buddha stretch your ears, sharpen your eyes, and blow your mind.
Gosh thanks Buddha…
Now, WHERE’S MY BOOZE?
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