"I kinda liked the idea of the Red Hat Society when it first came out, but I think they've been overtaken by merchandising greed and now they seem rather more cringe-inducing than empowering."
Yeah, exactly. As long as there are women who are still feeling empowered by joining the club, more power to them, but leave me out of it. It's annoying when I wear a red hat that I bought just because it was pretty and somebody asks me if I'm one of those Red Hat Ladies. I actually have a purple tie-dyed t-shirt with that poem on the front that I bought because I liked the color and the fit. I thought the poem was okay, but I had never heard of the Red Hat Ladies. Now I'm embarrassed to wear it, and use it mostly as a nightshirt.
I wonder what the woman who wrote the poem thinks.
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Date: 2008-01-16 07:35 pm (UTC)Yeah, exactly. As long as there are women who are still feeling empowered by joining the club, more power to them, but leave me out of it. It's annoying when I wear a red hat that I bought just because it was pretty and somebody asks me if I'm one of those Red Hat Ladies. I actually have a purple tie-dyed t-shirt with that poem on the front that I bought because I liked the color and the fit. I thought the poem was okay, but I had never heard of the Red Hat Ladies. Now I'm embarrassed to wear it, and use it mostly as a nightshirt.
I wonder what the woman who wrote the poem thinks.