Posted on 07/13/2015 7:06:19 AM PDT by rightistight
Elizabeth Semmelhack, the senior curator at The Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto, believes that there is a thing called "sneaker culture" and it is sexist. She has brought her beliefs to the United States with “The Rise of Sneaker Culture,” an exhibition that explores such topics, which opened at the Brooklyn Museum on July 10.
“We don’t consider sneakers to be feminine. Therein lies the essential difference,” Semmelhack explains. “Sneaker collecting, done by many men, is [described] in the tradition of other male collecting, like baseball cards and fine wines. It’s about having every single one in every single model. Female buying is 'emotional;' male buying is posited as rational. But emotion is just as wrapped up in sneakers.”
Thus, "sneaker culture" is sexist. Semmelhack's exhibit purports to examine the "unspoken sexism" of "sneaker culture."
Sneakers were also linked to Nazis in the exhibit by Semmelhack, as the Third Reich focused on "physical perfection in service to the state."
Casual Friday then forced men to wear sneakers: "For many men, it was an unsettling transition," Semmelhack believes. "Having been told not to wear their work-day uniform of a business suit, they suddenly were asked to find a new way of dressing that involved bringing aspects of their weekend selves — their downtime selves — into the office."
Semmelhack concludes that "sneakers helped men step into the fashion system on their own terms."
She’s an idiot.
Should Michael Jordan apologize?
Savage was right - liberalism is a mental disorder.
"Looks like a pump, feels like a sneaker"
So, what about High Heel Culture?
I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many navel-gazers. If people had real jobs they wouldn’t have time for this sort of idiocy.
“*ist studies” major. IE, worthless.
I just wonder if there’s someone on her staff to tell her to breathe.
She is insane
Is it not time that we start giving serious consideration to the death penalty for such idiots?
Really.
Consider the advantages...raising the average IQ, less anguish to those of us capable of reasoned thought, and most importantly,reduced CO2 emissions.
Think about it, and let us start tracking these vermin.
good grief
A museum for SHOES?
She ought to just shorten her name to “Liz Hack”.
I see what Savage means, when you hear nonsense such as what this story entails.
Note to Ms. Semmelhack: Your grandmother wears army boots.
Interesting that an androphobe like herself would complain about sexism.
These nutcase Liberals can always find something to be offended by.
The remainder of the populace will never win because there is always another Liberal cause to be offended by.
Their list is endless. When all else fails, they just make stuff up:
microaggression,
manspreading,
paper bags,
plastic bags,
the Confederate flag,
the Washington Redskins, and on and on and on ...
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