Dotted circles look like boobs.
I operate at the assumption that I am a whole lot of darkness, capable of light (sometimes).. and that characters when mapped across time are just a great deal of crests and troughs.
And so this, most people might argue, is my “dark writing” and I am possibly at a ‘dip’ …….I’m okay with that.
Re: Boob jokes 👀
A boob joke or vagina joke will almost always generate a laugh amongst the women in the room, so long as you are unconscious (sorry.. that’s sad), or unaware that you are making it.
And the earliest at which you will know that a good boob joke has been made in good taste is only a micro-second after other women in the room acknowledge the joke and have a communal-laugh about it.
Only then, do you have permission to laugh at it (terms and conditions still apply)
Then there is also this…..What if a penis joke is made?
I’ll be honest..I don’t know. You tell me.
How should women respond to penis jokes? and should they make them?
For now, let’s address the boob joke incident(s).
Boobs are fragile and funny. Each of them, like a weird shaped glass-blown trophy.
And women have to be careful about it all the time. From start to finish. Don’t believe me. Here.
The ‘bahoobies’ nourish the newborn…. but could be bitten off by them sweet little monsters
A “nip slip”… and could you could be chastised or projected to fame.
That can very often become the highlight or downfall of one’s career at times.You could be ‘a bit too booby or flat-chested’ your entire life.
Even your clothes could be ‘a bit too booby or prude’ your entire life.“Watch your necklines and cleavage.”- a yardstick of modesty
Boobs, and Busts….. got to get them right in art…otherwise they are “exotic” art.
We watch out for the lumps and orange-skinned boobs because they’re cancerous and “YOU COULD DIE!!”.
On your period? …Got tender boobs?
Are you cold?…. Got hard nipples?
Breastfeeding?…. Got leaky boobs?
Hold your girls. Wear a bra… (and a singlet if you’re cold)
“What kind of bra?”…. don’t even get me started…
Don’t wear a bra?…… You’ll get asymmetrical saggy boobs.
We watch out for “peeping boyfriends”….(heard that one before ladies? )….. i.e. not to be seen bra straps.
Boobs are groped and grouped. Harassed and carressed….
The list goes on….
And as you can see, a lot happens from the ears to ribs.
So when people, (and more often than not, men), walk right past it (figuratively and literally), eyes-wide open, without acknowledging them….that sets the stage for laughter. Almost always..
And that laugh could be either a quite chuckle or an uproar….
But I can almost guarantee you.. that laugh is innocent. And nothing more than a noisy or muffled sigh of relief.
Girls will know, I am not letting out girl talk or girl secrets. This is very much open knowledge.
I write this with the absolute surety that unless a man studies this piece of writing everyday, he will forget the open secrets in this. And he will continue to draw a circle with a dot inside completely unaware.
That too is okay…because hell, even as women we have no idea what other things are out there that are boob-lookalikes.
But we will continue to laugh at these gendered open secrets. That’s just the way it is.
B(oo)bs will be B(oo)bs.