shrineart:

flootzavut:

banded-bulbous-bilgesnipe:

jadelyn:

morganoconner:

swingsetindecember:

agentladyhawkeye:

septemberpoems:

repudiatinganticipation:

fourdroopydogs:

opisaterf:

tehbewilderness:

celtyradfem:

Run faster.

Walk like you have back up. That’s what it means for men.

it genuinely took me a minute to realize this meant “walk sexy so they stare at your ass” and not “walk quickly and/or run because you’re in danger.” men are so fucking stupid and have zero conception of what being a woman in public is actually like lol

Every single woman who reads this immediately thinks, “Walk faster. Change directions. Surround yourself with people. Call your mom/sister/friend, tell her where you are, that you love her. Squeeze the keys between fingers tighter.” 

That quote is either a warning or a threat.

Oscar de la Renta marketing team lacks powerful women.

fucking this. my immediate reaction was clenching my fists, just reading this.

I swear all the color drained out of my cheeks just reading this, my shoulders tensed up, HELLO ADRENALINE.

so i’d be pretending i’m on the phone and dropping hints that i’m a judo instructor. IS THAT HOW I AM SUPPOSED TO WALK, OSCAR? BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT I DO WHEN THREE MEN ARE FOLLOWING ME AT NIGHT

I ALSO START SPEED WALKING

GODDAMMIT OSCAR, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT IT’S LIKE BEING A WOMAN WALKING ALONE??? 

DO YOU ???

Literally did not even occur to me that this sign could mean anything other than a warning, until this post pointed out what it was actually supposed to mean. Jesus fucking christ.

I’m glad someone up there translated from Manspeak, cause yeah no I wasn’t gonna be able to figure it out. My mind went the same place as the rest of y’all.

Huh. My first reaction was, “Finally, my own posse of storm troopers.” Followed very quickly by “Oh, shit, inconspicuously go for the pepper spray.” I too, needed the thread to understand this was supposed to mean “walk sexy”. Gross.

I… just… what.

See when I read this I thought it meant walk like you have a posse behind you. Like you have people supporting you. Like you come with your own personal entourage of bodyguards. Walk like if somebody tried to start shit there would be three burly dudes there to kick their teeth in. And that was my take on it as a 5′2″ absolutely not intimidating woman.

Then I looked it up and found that this was advice to fashion models and was baffled.

Like I understand like the concept of why someone would think this was the thing to say but I prefer my thoughts on it. Walk like you have your own damn bodyguards so no one messes with you.

Walk like you are your own damn bodyguard. Walk like the Winter Soldier. Walk like you’re out to murder every pervert who ever existed.