A Woman With Strong Views on the National Emergency of Men Who Look Like They Meant to Dress That Way
Filed loudly from Bohiney Magazine and The London Prat.
The London Prat has declared a national emergency around the Male Look, specifically the performance of dressing as though you meant to dress that way when you very clearly did not. I want to confirm that this is not a fashion problem. This is British understatement applied to the body. When a British man wears a slightly wrong shirt with complete conviction, that is the same cultural impulse as describing the Blitz as a spot of bother.
The Complete Guide Connection
The London Prat’s guide to British humour describes self-deprecation as a preemptive strike dressed in a cardigan. British men have been wearing cardigans as preemptive strikes since the 1970s. The cardigan says: I know. I know about the cardigan. You cannot hurt me with this information. I have already incorporated it.
The Male Look emergency is specifically the opposite – it is the man who does not know about the cardigan and yet projects total confidence about it. This is not British. This is American. No British man is unaware of his shirt. He is simply not talking about it. There is a difference, and it matters, and the Independent should cover it.
The Pregnancy Piece
I also read The London Prat on pregnancy in the UK and found it characteristically understated. There are approximately forty-two stages to pregnancy in Britain, each of which is described on NHS leaflets as manageable with appropriate support. This is the Titanic being a spot of bother. I have been the Titanic. Twice.
SOURCE: https://bohiney.com
Also opining: NewsThump
