Dearest P.
Listen, I didn’t want to write this letter. Believe me, I really didn’t. However, circumstances have made me realise that you can no longer be left to your own devices. We share a common friend. Our said common friend posted a short vine where a group of women were twerking. As a person who cannot twerk but appreciates a good ass shaking I liked this video. During the day however you commented on this video that I had liked. Your exact words were, “yay feminism.” I was going to leave it at that BUT because that is not in my nature I responded to your comment and informed you that “we can do both.” What happened next was a shock to my system. So much so that I had to take a couple of minutes to breathe. I 'screenshot' your response and got different opinions from multiple sources. If you are reading this and don’t know what P said then let me tell you. He said, “Sure you can.” Now, of course you could have meant that we honestly can do both. You know, be a feminist and twerk at the same time. If that is the case then carry on with your day and ignore me. On the off chance that you didn’t mean it like that though, let me school you real quick. Women can do both. The idea that a (black) female can only be sophisticated or ratchet is ridiculous. They are NOT mutually exclusive. Your disapproving comments are ignorant and supremacist. How do you know that all those women in that video weren’t in fact cum laude students at their respective Ivy League Colleges? Just because you may be one dimensional and can only handle being in one box at a time does not mean the same is true for me (or any other person). Women can be sexual beings and role models at the same damn time and you don’t get to judge them just because you are a male. And to every other man out there – stop trying to hold my vagina hostage by telling me what I can and cannot do. Do better boo boo. Love Hulisani
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