Clarkson for Prime Minister? Absolutely! July 6, 2008
Posted by riakeen in rants.Tags: feminism, girlyness, life, top gear
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The Right Honourable......
I am the first to admit that I am almost entirely girly (not fluffy, you understand, but nonetheless girly). I don’t understand cricket, and have no wish to. I do understand the offside rule, but that’s because I grew up with a sports-mad Dad and two brothers. I love historical drama and Strictly Come Dancing. I have read ‘Why Men Don’t Listen and Women Can’t Read Maps’, taken their test, and measured almost off the scale in terms of girlyness-of-brain. Fair enough.
I like high heels, expensive wine, good grooming and nice manners. Note to men everywhere: some of us don’t take offence when you hold the door / order in the restaurant / go to the bar / open the car door for us. No. Some of us think it’s charming, and don’t give two figs if our feminist sisters don’t agree. They are absolutely entitled to their opinion, and to open doors for themselves if that is their wish.
I am intrinsically (some would say, hilariously) female, and I make no apology for it.
However…………….
I also think that Top Gear is one of the very best programmes on TV. It may very well be testosterone-fueled and politically incorrect…. but actually, isn’t the latter a really good reason to love it?
Clarkson is hilarious and easily gets my vote in the cult movement to make him Prime Minister. The country would be a better place if it was run by someone as straight-talking, no-nonsense and bright as him.
Other reasons to love Top Gear? It’s unpretentious, it brings out your inner child, it’s completely hilarious, and Richard Hammond is – let’s face it – small but beautifully formed. Hot, even. And the episode where they drove across America was the best TV I’ve seen this year.
Y’see, we girly girls are quite capable of enjoying boysy things too. You don’t have to be fluffy or brain-dead to be girly, just as you don’t have to be aggressive or unfeminine to be a feminist.
I like high heels, expensive wine, good grooming and nice manners. Note to men everywhere: some of us don’t take offence when you hold the door / order in the restaurant / go to the bar / open the car door for us. No. Some of us think it’s charming, and don’t give two figs if our feminist sisters don’t agree. They are absolutely entitled to their opinion, and to open doors for themselves if that is their wish.
I am intrinsically (some would say, hilariously) female, and I make no apology for it.
However…………….
I also think that Top Gear is one of the very best programmes on TV. It may very well be testosterone-fueled and politically incorrect…. but actually, isn’t the latter a really good reason to love it?
Clarkson is hilarious and easily gets my vote in the cult movement to make him Prime Minister. The country would be a better place if it was run by someone as straight-talking, no-nonsense and bright as him.
Other reasons to love Top Gear? It’s unpretentious, it brings out your inner child, it’s completely hilarious, and Richard Hammond is – let’s face it – small but beautifully formed. Hot, even. And the episode where they drove across America was the best TV I’ve seen this year.
Y’see, we girly girls are quite capable of enjoying boysy things too. You don’t have to be fluffy or brain-dead to be girly, just as you don’t have to be aggressive or unfeminine to be a feminist.
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