Harry Styles wore a dress for Vogue and right-wing America’s fury is a very funny read
Harry Styles has become the first ever male cover star of Vogue and it’s fair to say that right wing America is not happy.
.@harry_styles is our December issue cover star!
Read how the star is making and playing by his own rules: https://t.co/tQPLi5OEtj pic.twitter.com/AxZgxE68Rx
— Vogue Magazine (@voguemagazine) November 13, 2020
It’s not the music of the former One Direction star that’s got them so riled. It’s the fact he’s wearing a dress.
“There’s so much joy to be had in playing with clothes. I’ve never thought too much about what it means—it just becomes this extended part of creating something.”: Read our full December cover story starring @Harry_Styles here: https://t.co/yILujUQQae pic.twitter.com/qwpGKBSQey
— Vogue Magazine (@voguemagazine) November 13, 2020
Here’s what right wing author and commentator Candace Owens made of it.
There is no society that can survive without strong men. The East knows this. In the west, the steady feminization of our men at the same time that Marxism is being taught to our children is not a coincidence.
It is an outright attack.Bring back manly men. https://t.co/sY4IJF7VkK
— Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) November 14, 2020
‘Bring back manly men!’
And if you’re thinking it’s the sort of thing conservative pundit Ben Shaprio might have an opinion about, you’d be absolutely right.
This is perfectly obvious. Anyone who pretends that it is not a referendum on masculinity for men to don floofy dresses is treating you as a full-on idiot. https://t.co/cioUNBh4bi
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) November 16, 2020
Masculinity and femininity exist. Outward indicators of masculinity and femininity exist in nearly every human culture. Boys are taught to be more masculine in virtually every human culture because the role of men is not always the same as the role of women.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) November 16, 2020
The Left knows this, of course. The POINT of Styles doing this photo shoot is to feminize masculinity. Otherwise why would it be headline-worthy for Styles to don a dress?
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) November 16, 2020
If femininity and masculinity exist, they have indicators. Dress has always been such an indicator. That’s why men wearing female garb has been a sign of femininity in virtually all cultures for all time.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) November 16, 2020
This holds true whether men wear kilts and women wear the earasaid, or whether men wear pants and women wear dresses (the argument that men in Scotland wear kilts, so men in America wearing dresses isn't feminine is particularly stupid).
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) November 16, 2020
Pretending that men dressing like women does not feminize men is ridiculous, particularly coming from the same people who are celebrating Styles BECAUSE he is feminizing masculinity.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) November 16, 2020
And here are our favourite things people said in response.
it objectively rocks that all the faux intellectuals in the “restore manhood” grift are guys who look like they need help opening a jar of pickles https://t.co/8anNzDAHfc
— caleb in nyc 10/9 (@calebsaysthings) November 16, 2020
ben shapiro: “bring back masculinity”
ben shapiro: harry styles: pic.twitter.com/vZuxg8S1B8
— haley tucker (@tuckerhaleyy) November 16, 2020
Lol stfu. https://t.co/83wh15Jre8 pic.twitter.com/TV81xMtxd3
— Zach Kornfeld (@korndiddy) November 16, 2020
it makes me so happy that ben shapiro is terrified of harry styles in a dress
— Vincent Martella (@VinMan17) November 16, 2020
Imagine being Ben Shapiro and lecturing literally anyone on masculinity
— Angry Staffer (@Angry_Staffer) November 17, 2020
Western civilization faces its greatest threat yet https://t.co/kPkqiCSdtl
— Vaush (@VaushV) November 16, 2020
I have some terrible news for Ben Shapiro about the history of masculinity and adornment. https://t.co/FiA34J5rBc
— Dr Eleanor Janega (@GoingMedieval) November 16, 2020
Reject Modernity Embrace Tradition https://t.co/zUZOJJkW3B pic.twitter.com/FxuvSBIgBJ
— Osita Nwanevu (@OsitaNwanevu) November 16, 2020
Does Ben Shapiro imagine he would survive a referendum on masculinity? https://t.co/8CbvNhlvUl
— David Klion (@DavidKlion) November 16, 2020
To conclude …
BRING 👏 BACK 👏 OLD 👏FASHIONED 👏MASCULINITY https://t.co/ftVge6gtJ9 pic.twitter.com/JJOLgFNFC4
— Noble Blood (@NobleBloodTales) November 16, 2020
And this.
ben shapiro doing 47 tweets crying about how harry styles wearing a dress in a high fashion editorial shoot is an attack on masculinity lmfao what a fuckin dweeb
— laura lux 🦖🪐 (@darthlux) November 16, 2020
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Source @voguemagazine