Originally published at: Please stop asking us to smile | Boing Boing
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She’s got a bright future ahead of her…
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When I was a teen I maliciously complied with these misogynistic demands for me to smile. This is what I really wanted to do:
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this
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… Harley Quinn
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Came here for Wednesday, was not disappointed.
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I think if the men who demand women smile were constantly surrounded by women smiling like this girl, they’d quickly stop. Probably because they were having a nervous breakdown, as being surrounded by people smiling like that would be incredibly nerve-racking…
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Was the performance required?
If so, then I approve of everyone’s actions.
If it was something child volunteered for, being a dead fish on stage is letting you’re friends down, and being rude to THEM, rather than sticking it to the man.
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We had a meeting once where a ‘trainer’ said that if you aren’t smiling in a public service position, you should be; anything else is ‘resting bitchface’.
- We were still in COVID times, and 90% of us were wearing masks. Who can tell, MF??
- ‘Resting bitchface’?!?!? Really???!!!
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Isn’t a better question, Did the performance require smiling?
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The fruit didn’t fall far from the tree. Mum and daughter look like excellent, happy mutants.
@MadLibrarian Was the trainer… a man?
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I am smiling, RIGHT NOW.
I do miss Papasan, right now.
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I miss him too !
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I feel like girls and women should have a terrifying, disgusting or otherwise unpleasant “smile” they can deploy for inappropriate requests. Or just quote Black Dynamite: I Am Smiling - YouTube
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What gave it away? /s
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LOL, thanks I needed that! ^____^
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Yes, I’m sure that will never end in getting the shit beaten out of us by angry men… /s
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