"Organized Gang Of Wine Moms" Is The New "She Persisted"

"Isn't it cute how men think they can insult us? Tale as old as time - man (and we're using the term "man" here purely from a biological standpoint and not because any of them act like a man actually should) gets his feelings hurt by a woman, retaliates by publicly reprimanding her in a way that is meant to be an insult. It's meant to be rude; it's meant to be a chant for other men to make themselves feel better."

"(Who's supposed to be the more dramatic sex here?) But there's a twist: Woman takes that insult, that phrase, that comment, and turns it into a fucking rallying cry. We, the nasty women, the persistent women, the organized gang of wine moms, hear a man's incessant crying and bullshit and we make it our anthem. "I drink mugs full of liberal tears," they say like it's funny, like it's true, like we care."

"Because hell yeah, we are a fucking nasty organized gang of wine moms who persisted. We earn these insults - these are badges of honor. We aren't ashamed of them or offended by them or scared of them. We stitch them on shirts, write them on signs, wear them as pins. We buy books for our toddler daughters with the same phrases, we change our group names in our text messages, we shout it back at you."

Men often respond to women’s assertiveness with insulting labels intended to shame and rally other men. Women reclaim those labels and transform them into rallying cries, badges of honor, and tools of solidarity. They stitch insults on shirts, write them on signs, wear them as pins, rename groups and buy books for daughters carrying the same phrases. Women mock men’s attempts to silence them, collect insults, and deliberately present as “nasty” and persistent to signal resistance. Embracing the labels undermines the intended stigma and turns public reprimands into sources of empowerment and collective identity.

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