Comments on: Rant: Clothes, beaches and how I’m apparently “the nerdy version of Paris Hilton”

By: EsTeh

EsTeh — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:04:45 +0000

O.L., The place where this photo was taken is a BEACH area. This minidress over a bathing suit is perfectly OK to wear while walking from the sea to the changing rooms or around the pools. Many women dress like this – not only Western tourists but also locals.
I doubt that Natalia would choose to wear this very same dress on the streets of Amman, but belive me: there is no problem with it at the Dead Sea beach, even in Jordan.

By: flora poste

flora poste — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:44:23 +0000

I just have to say how much I love this post and the comments. There were too many O.L.s in my life when I was young, and, while it’s sad to see that they still exist, it’s great to see intelligent people confront one of them with the dishonesty and ill nature of her comments.
I hope O.L. has reconsidered her “cover yourself, you slut!” stance by now. Meanwhile, you just keep gaining fans, Natalia.

By: EKSwitaj

EKSwitaj — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:40:34 +0000

I’m late to the party but wanted to add that what OL doesn’t seem to understand is that patriarchal standards create a double-bind for women: look sexy and your intelligence isn’t taken seriously, don’t look sexy and you’re not taken seriously because you don’t care about your appearance, lack willpower, or any of a hundred other bizarre notions. Choosing one side of this and running with it may be a minor improvement (since it means that being taken seriously isn’t entirely impossible), but it isn’t the strongest feminist statement.

By: Read this instead « It’s not enough

Read this instead « It’s not enough — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:53:52 +0000

[...] here it goes. Natalia Antonova went to Jordan and probably did not expect to get tze old ‘Get dressed! Men can look at you. And women in ‘the Middle East never show legs’. Her response is so fucking good, and don’t forget to read the amazing comment from the [...]

By: Melissa

Melissa — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:29:34 +0000

Ugh! With friends like that who the fuck needs enemies? If a man gets aroused because of the way that I am dressed , he can go home and jerk off. It’s not my or Natalia’s responsibility to worry about how some douchebag judges us. And yes Nat , that “friend” of yours is a douchebag.

By: kinziblogs

kinziblogs — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:31:52 +0000

woohoooo, Natalia, and these are FRIENDS?

Now I am convinced: Christians may kick their wounded, but feminists hunt down, flay and dismember while the dissenter’s heart yet beats. Then eat them for lunch.

By: Dana

Dana — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 06:06:15 +0000

Ah ha. Ah ha ha ha ha. What the FUCK?

“Like it or not, men respond to our bodies and the response is ensuring that we are not taken seriously.”

Least feminist quote EVER. Jesus people make me sad.

I LOVE your dress by the way; my mother had a dark green cotton top that I wore as a similarly-short dress when I was a teenager and I loved wearing it. Because it felt fucking amazing in the wind on a hot day. Damn, what a slut eh?

By: Natalie Zack

Natalie Zack — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:17:05 +0000

Maybe instead of criticizing women for wearing clothes that make men take them less seriously we should, I don’t know, actually HOLD MEN ACCOUNTABLE for their misogynistic ideas about women?

O.L. sounds like my junior year religion teacher. “Girls, we mustn’t dress slutty or boys will think they’re better than us because we look easy.”

That’s not feminism.

By: GallingGalla

GallingGalla — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:08:14 +0000

i’ll see your panda and raise you a bunneh.

bunneh bunneh bunneh bunneh

By: Natalia Antonova

Natalia Antonova — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:33:08 +0000

The only thing left to say to O’s comments at this point is:

panda panda panda