Meghan

I suppose the tipping point for this post came about when I found this particular image being praised on a feminist website. Frustration mated with anger began to vibrate through my veins, fueling my fingers to pulsate without remorse for the words that have been constructed here, today, in this delightful post. I hold no apologies for what is about to tailgate this sentence…

Advocating images such as this does not empower women to a healthier state of being; physically or mentally. Placing “When Did This Become HOTTER Than This” as a message of female authority is absurd. How is this a pro-feminism tag? How is telling women that once upon a time women were “hot” something to encourage younger generations to swallow? What is HOT? When I was a child, hot meant don’t touch the stove, or you will be running around the house in a state of agony, holding your hand as it blistered from being scalded by the element. Webster’s Dictionary declares HOT as:

adj; A) having or giving of heat, capable of burning [mom’s aren’t lying when they yell to not touch the stove kids…], B) Being at a high temperature.

When did this become an appropriate word to placate onto the female structure as a positive entity to aspire too? When did this become something we encouraged girls to obtain, as a means to infuse a societal hierarchy within our peers? To be hot is to be loved? Really? So, to hell ...