Today when I was getting dressed, I pulled a random t-shirt out of the drawer and put it on.
I should think about what I'm wearing to class. The t-shirt on top of the pile on the right was my VDay t-shirt.
My cute little Japanese polisci prof asked my about it at the end of class. "What is VDay stand for? Is it Valentine's Day?"
I stood there awkwardly, the rest of class was also standing there awkwardly. "Um. It actually stands for Vagina Day..."
"WHAT? Why?" She was shocked and amused.
"It's a movement to stop violence against women."
"But why vaginas?"
"I guess female anatomy is usually portrayed as negative and weak, so they use vaginas to empower women through reclaiming their anatomy." I started inching toward the door, desperate to escape the conversation and to get to my next class which is an 8 minute walk away and I had 9 minutes left before class started.
"There's isn't a DickDay is there? You always tell me the weirdest words!"
She was, of course, referring to the week before, where in a discussion about gender presentation, I mentioned the genderfuck movement (a movement that intentionally challenges social ideas of gender through gender presentation and behavior). She was also shocked and amused at that.
It's probably a good thing she's not a traditional Japanese woman. She is in her 30s and doesn't want to get married and have kids, which she seems to be struggling with a bit. I think she feels pressured to be a mother, but she doesn't want to be and she feels guilt because of it.
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WOW, I totally would have lied and said it was for Valentine's Day. O.O
ReplyDeleteThat's kind of amusing because in a related, though not entirely similar, note I wore two different shoes to lab today and didn't even notice. Funny thing is one was brown and one was black and white. I hear brown doesn't go with black. Best part is I didn't notice I had done this until I got back to my apartment after lab (~3 hours later) and Suzie pointed it out. heh, silly clothing
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