“Femme is defiance. Femme ignores the male gaze & tells patriarchy to fuck off. Femme is a refusal of the pressure to be thinner, whiter, pimple-free, wrinkle-free, smaller, quieter. Femme says that we’ll take the short skirts but you can keep the catcalls to yourself.”
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As I try to convince myself that wearing a skirt does not have to mean I will be taken less seriously, that I am selling out, that I am asking for trouble.
To say “I am not doing this for your satisfaction” does not necessitate pants.
Except that when I put on a skirt I can’t not think of the relentless groping that was an unfortunately significant part of my time in Egypt.
(Source: clairebearstare, via elephantsandorchids)
