Smile dear!
Apr. 29th, 2017 12:06 pmThis is something I meant to post up after my dad died. I never did in the end - well, there was a lot going on. But the incident pops into my head fairly frequently, and angers me even now, a year and a half on. I think it will always anger me. And this sort of thing happens quite a lot, so I get reminded of it regularly enough. A chum posted the article below on facebook. As I said there, if anyone ever whines at you that you're being oversensitive for complaining about "a nice man just wanting to cheer you up by asking you to smile" or other such bullshit, feel free to tell them my story. I hope it encourages such people to mind their own business in future.

THE POLITICS OF SMILING AS A WOMAN.
( Read more... )

THE POLITICS OF SMILING AS A WOMAN.
( Read more... )