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Scarlet McCall
Poems
Dec 2018
Dressing Down
These shoes be hurtin’ me
and this top’s too sheer.
I can’t sit in this skirt.
Do you think I want men to leer?
I’ll wear my skirt long,
like the Orthodox Jews:
A high-necked top
and a pair of flat shoes.
I’ll wear sneakers with socks,
and jeans or black leather.
I’ll wear wool scarves and hats
on account of the weather.
Is it really “fashion”
or some type of mockery?
To dress women like ******
seems to me an atrocity
I don’t care what you think
of the outfit I chose.
I’m considering Islam
just for the clothes.
Inspired by an exhibit I saw in a museum today, on "Muslim fashion." So different from what we're told in this country about what "femininity" is.
#fashion
#clothes
#women
#misogyny
Written by
Scarlet McCall
San Rafael
(San Rafael)
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