So last week I visited my cousins for my uncle's birthday. You dont know my uncle so heres a quick description. He is a homophobic, yellow-dog republican, that is still waiting for the "rise of the Aryan Nation" -catch my drift?- ok well because of our complete lack of anything in common we tend to stick to very basic conversation like weather, or school. Well... After spending a half hour explaining why something like Gender studies is a viable subject, I moved on to something else, giving up on trying to penetrate his thick thick skull. A little later an inevitable silence fell on the room. My uncle looked at me and said -for real he said this- you aren't going to turn into a "hippie feminist" (like those two things go hand-in-hand) I said, holding back laughter, that I believe all women who feel like they deserve equal rights and treatment are feminists whether they know it or not. He was quiet for a while then said -really- "i've never seen a feminist with a girls haircut" I laughed out loud in his face, I seriously couldn't hold it in. I just said he needed to look harder. But anyways I found this cartoon and it made me laugh and reminded me of my ignorant roots.
