june6|"man month"

i stopped by crossroads trading co. today to try and sell some of my clothes to get some extra cash and while i was waiting for one of the workers to go through my clothes i saw this poster..and apparently june is "man month" at crossroads..now, i thought..what the fuck does this mean? not to get hella political on they asses but..wtf!? "man month"???? i didnt even know what to say to this..but i do know that if i asked any womyn in 515 or any other strong i-n-d-e-p-e-n-d-e-n-t (word to that one song) womyn..what they thought about this..im pretty sure they'd have the same reaction as me: OH HELLLLLLLZ NOOOO!!! (while throwin up the index finger) let's be real folks...every month is "man month."

and if you read closer..to give more incentive to men to want to sell their clothes they "will be entered to win 'manly' prizes: 2 oakland a's tickets..a maglight flashlight.." what is this? "manly prizes"? what does that really mean?? hahaha..its def interesting to see how gender roles are socially constructed when comes to things like clothing, apparel, fashion, etc. and if you look at the picture of the dude on the flyer..its kinda funny how its like this white dude thats lightweight thugged out..but not really..what does this say about bein a man? what does this say about men in/and fashion?

it is without a doubt that every woMAN is regarded in the context of a mAn or men for that matter. its in the language that we use in our daily conversations. why do we say woMAN, woMEN, HIStory, huMAN, MENstruate, MANager, "hey guys," "hey dude," etc...etc.? think about it.

i was reading my robert's rules of order book the other day and i swear everywhere it mentions a "chair" (meaning like a facilitator to a meeting) its always attached to a "man"...so "chairman"..so you know what i did? i crossed out all the "man's" that i saw..because im not a womyn in the context of any other man, im a womyn in the context of myself and my HERstory..haha thats right..because im finna be a CHAIRWOMYN..not a man and by the way dont forget that's a WOMYN..with a "y"..get it right. keep it tight.

ya heard!?