24
Feb

Sexism in the Hobby 

I’m working on a somewhat sarcastic post that’s titled “Things That Are More Authentic Than A Girl In Uniform”.

I have a long list myself, but if you’re a woman who has ever been told that you being in uniform is inauthentic *by someone who is inauthentic themselves*, please let me know.

(Source: dailyreenactor)

61 Notes on this post

  1. asdirectedbybecky reblogged this from anachronistic-and-impulsive and added:
    I usually don’t repost things that are too politically charged as I like to keep myself free to this nonsense. But, I...
  2. anachronistic-and-impulsive reblogged this from dailyreenactor and added:
    THANK YOU, this is everything that I lack the eloquence to articulate in response to the male reenactor’s post.
  3. centaurie reblogged this from driftingfocus
  4. driftingfocus reblogged this from katiegolucky and added:
    seen this: Things...more authentic than
  5. katiegolucky reblogged this from driftingfocus and added:
    “This basically sounds...telling women, “Why would you want
  6. napoleoncaesarparte reblogged this from dailyreenactor and added:
    all likelihood enjoy oneself while doing so. Accuracy...key (all Roman reenactment groups...
  7. dailyreenactor reblogged this from tennyowithaberetta and added:
    If your main interest in reenacting WWII is in the context of a male impression, then I’d say you’re going to have an...
  8. tennyowithaberetta reblogged this from driftingfocus and added:
    I WAS going to say how much I’d love to reenact and do WWII impressions and how I’m worried about the “women can’t do...
  9. letthemhavepie reblogged this from dailyreenactor
  10. forgottenstardust reblogged this from mattsvintage and added:
    I think if you continually raise the barriers on how people can participate, you’re just undermining your own goals. You...
  11. itmeansapricot reblogged this from mattsvintage and added:
    I’m not saying that I myself have had this happen to me, but just because you’ve never seen anyone keep women out of a...
  12. tzarinascupotea reblogged this from dailyreenactor and added:
    Sure thing! Just link
  13. fallschirmjager reblogged this from dailyreenactor
  14. mattsvintage reblogged this from forgottenstardust and added:
    I certainly agree on the idea that having older men portraying units which they really wouldn’t be a part of is equally...
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  18. pennants-aloft reblogged this from s0ph1sticated and added:
    Not a reenactor, but blessings on this post.
  19. s0ph1sticated reblogged this from driftingfocus and added:
    “tl;dr” at the end. Because I wouldn’t read this if it came up...not totally opposed
  20. ifollowthenight reblogged this from dailyreenactor and added:
    always wondered if I’d get...too much trouble if...‘battles’...
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