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HumorWaving your pinky
This is my desperate attempt to popularize this action my mom told me about when I was just a baby teen, 13. I had been being bullied by a pathetic boy because he was mad at my brother. Don't ask but this happened often, I was always being judged for something my brothers did by peers like in school n church n everywhere. anyway, one day my mom got fed up with him after seeing me crying about some things he said to me and grabbed the phone from my hands to call this 14 or 15 yr old dude up and chew him the fuck out about it. I just remembered her repeating loudly "SHE IS NOT HER BROTHER. SHE IS NOT (BROS NAME)" and hearing meek little oks and yes ma'am from the other end of the call.
So she then tells me what to do if he tries to bother me in person, or any boy really. You ready for this? She tells me to do this; holds just her pinky up, rest of hand in a fist, waves her pinky and says "you're overcompensating for something"
I had never heard of or seen that before and to this day it cracks me tf up and is something I use often. By often, I mean on the road, like when those HUGE trucks dickheads are on the road driving like assholes, or a dude is excessively revving his engine or speeding, I try to make eye contact, hold up the pinky and wiggle it while smiling
Anyway happy women's day I hope you can find times to use this gesture in your own lives, against aggressive men or misogynistic or sexist men, or overly sexual men, you name it. I thought it was hilarious even if almost no dude understands what I'm doing when I do it.