in the wise words of taylor swift, “a man is allowed to react, a woman can only overreact.”
they cut the camera to her while she was still in shock & she took a sip of her drink. that is not even a reaction. this whole situation has blown out of proportion throughout the media. you’d think things would’ve gotten better for women in the past five years since she said this, but that’s not the case. this has made one thing abundantly clear, women are not allowed to react when they are blatantly disrespected. even if they don’t react, they’re still overreacting, since there is this perpetuating stereotype that women are “dramatic & emotional.”
she’s just sitting there trying to enjoy her night that she was attending because of HER accomplishments & the records she broke with her movie about her life-changing, record-smashing tour. yet, she was only mentioned once, only ten minutes in, to be devalued to her relationship & to poke fun at the ways the media has been tormenting her for years. you can not tell me that is funny. she’s been through hell throughout her career, she’s heard these jokes a million times—she’s over it.
she shouldn’t have to laugh at a joke that offended her to appease anyone. personally, i’m extremely proud of her for not feeling it was necessary to be a people pleaser & laugh, which is what she typically would’ve done int the past. that shows growth, that shows that she finally recognizes her worth. she finally realized that she doesn’t have to put up being painfully disrespected. she’s allowed to think a rude joke isn’t funny, it just made her uncomfortable. if she looks uncomfortable, it means he crossed the line, regardless of if you think it was funny or not.
it’s evident that this was an under reaction. she kept her composure & responded to the situation perfectly. however, even though she responded perfectly, she’s still getting tremendous amounts of hate for this. this makes it abundantly clear that men in this society will always have it out for women who are successful—especially when that success was created all on their own, since women are not allowed to be successful in their eyes. that is blatant misogyny, just like the joke they think she is a horrible person for not laughing at. of course they think the joke was funny, they’re a bunch of misogynists themselves.
5A PLAYOFFS - SECOND ROUND
Atherton (11-1) - 21
Butler (4-8) - 0
*The Ravens are heading to the Third Round for the first time in school history on an 11 game winning streak
In a conversation with reporters this morning @kycommissioner said he resigned over SB 150.
“I do not wish to be part of implementing the dangerous and unconstitutional anti-LGBTQIA law that the Legislature passed this last session. So it is time for me to move on.”
Story TK
You wanting to keep YOUR child from reading a book with a gay main character doesn’t mean you get to decide if MY child can.
Your desire to keep YOUR child from learning ACCURATE black history doesn’t mean MY child doesn’t get to.
And just because YOU’RE offended by Michelangelo‘s work, doesn’t mean MY child shouldn’t see it.
Crying “parents rights” doesn’t mean YOU have the right to parent MY kid. Or ANYONE else’s.
So cut the shit.
5/5 Last but not least Congrats to Jean Lally for receiving the Best in Show 2D award in the regional KYAEA All-state Art competition! @atherton_high@CoachFluhr
4/5 Congrats to the following Atherton Art students for receiving a 1st place award in the regional KYAEA All-State Art competition: Painting: Josefina Melian, Piper Meredith-Hudson. Mixed Media: Maggie Barnett. Drawing: Ryan Shown, Jean Lally! @atherton_high@CoachFluhr