V razmislek

Včasih je tako, da nič ni zadovoljivo. Družba neprestano sodi in neprestano postavlja nedosegljive standarde. Prosim končajmo s tem, da se med seboj obsojamo glede na to, kaj imamo oblečeno. Dovolj! 

#YesAllWomen

Veliko ljudi se še vedno ne zaveda prisotnosti seksizma v naši družbi. Vsak izmed nas zanjo nosi del odgovornosti. Ko se je pred kratkim na twitterju pojavil hashtag #NotAllMen, da bi opozoril na to, da niso vsi moški seksisti, se je v odgovor temu kasneje pojavil še hashtag #YesAllWomen, ki opozarja na to, da so vse ženske na svoj način žrtve seksizma, čeprav niso vsi moški seksisti. Hashtag je v nadaljevanju opozarajal na probleme, s katerimi se ženske srečujejo vsakodnevno, vsakič ko stopijo iz hiše ali pa celo v lastni hiši. V nadaljevanju objavljamo nekaj najbolj zgovornih in popularnih #YesAllWomen tweetov. Še enkrat poudarjamo, da se zelo zavedamo, da niso vsi moški seksisti; hvala bogu, da je tako. Dejstvo pa je, da se vse ženske na svoj način bojujemo s seksizmom in da nam brez pomoči prav moških ne bo uspelo končati degaradacije. 

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Zakaj se ženske želimo skrčiti?

Družba nam ves čas govori, naj se skrčimo in pomanjšamo. Zato objavljamo razmišljanje, ki je del članka Fuck Diets, ki je bil objavljen na spletni strani Ladybud. Uživajte ob branju!

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Exactly why do we want to be smaller? What exactly is the appeal of being smaller? How does it benefit us? Does it make us better mothers? Better students? Better lovers? Better artists? Scientists? Friends? Does it make us more badass badasses?

No, no, no, no, no. You must see that it doesn’t. It doesn’t do anything but make us smaller.

Babies and puppies are small. So are dimes and Skittles. You’re a fucking woman. A woman! You are entitled to occupy as much fucking space as you like with your awesomeness, and you better be suspicious as fuck of anybody who tells you differently. 

Why, ladies? Why must we continue to whittle ourselves down? Who is it for? What is it for? You can walk through a certain aisle at the pharmacy or at the grocery store and see the language of diminishment all over the packaging for weight loss aids of all kinds. “Shrink your waist.” “Lose inches off your thighs.” “Slim down.” “Get skinny.”

How about “Grow your mind.” “Increase your confidence and productivity.” “Beef up your knowledge.” “Enlarge your scope of asskicking.”

That’s a valid message for women and girls: grow, expand, branch out, open up, get bigger, wider, faster, stronger, better, smarter. Go up not down. Get strong, not skinny.

You are not here to get smaller. You are not here to have a thin waist and thighs. You are not here to disappear. You’re here to change the world! Change the fucking world, then! Forget about “losing a few pounds.” Think about what you could be gaining instead.