A Thousand Tiny Sexist Papercuts

Is it “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff” or “Keep Calm and Carry On”?

Photo by Rodion Kutsaev on Unsplash

I am #blessed to be a healthy, happy, employed adult woman who lives on planet earth. But lately, I keep catching glimpses of myself in the mirror only to see my face furrowed into a deep frown. I’ve been irritable and tired and have been wearing yoga pants far too often.

Has something terrible or tragic happened? Have I been perseverating on past traumas? Do I have an undiagnosed gluten allergy?

I don’t think so. But now that you mention it, I have had a couple of things on my mind lately…

My school recently decided to purchase new jackets with our logo on them for the entire staff.

“Are there women’s sizes?” I asked, when filling out the form.

Nobody knew if the jackets came in women’s sizes which means they definitely don’t come in women’s sizes.

“They are probably unisex sizes,” someone guessed.

Let’s be real: unisex sizes are men’s sizes that women fit into in order to be one of the team.

Thanks for the jacket that I will have wear with the sleeves rolled up like a junior high kid borrowing his dad’s suit jacket.