Great news for feminists headed to Super Bowl bashes tonight: Now you will have something besides booze and puppy chow to keep you company. In Other Words, the real-life feminist bookstore in Portland, Oregon, will be taking over the Portlandia Twitter account and live-tweeting the game (and, I hope, the commercials). Here’s one from last year to give you an idea:
After party? Anyone? @IOWbooks wants to go out. Where the parties at? And by "parties" of course we mean "feminist poetry slams".
— Portlandia (@portlandia) February 3, 2014
What, exactly, is getting made fun of here?! It might be football; it might be me. All I know is I like being in on the joke.
I’ll be posting some of my favorites below, and you can play along with hashtag #FeministBookstoreSaysWhat. In the meantime, check out this deep-cut Feminist Bookstore video from 2009, back when Portlandia was in its incubation stage as Thunder Ant:
*UPDATE* Check out these feminist lolz:
Wait, did @Seahawks run out to Bittersweet Symphony by Verve?! Is this the 1990s?! It's only alive in PORTLAND. #FeministBookstoreSaysWhat
— Portlandia (@portlandia) February 1, 2015
almost an hour until tip off! Starting to get pumped for this soccer game! Go sports meow meow! #FeministBookstoreSaysWhat #RCTID
— Portlandia (@portlandia) February 1, 2015
It sure would be nice if women could have defensive coordinators for walking home at night. #SafetyFirst #FeministBookstoreSaysWhat
— Portlandia (@portlandia) February 2, 2015
Ppl with accents just sang "avocados from Mexico". Offended, but not sure why. Might've been the bear costume. #FeministbookstoreSaysWhat
— Portlandia (@portlandia) February 2, 2015
This is a very pro-father commercial. Parenthood is important but Don't assume you know their pronouns! #FeministBookstoreSaysWhat
— Portlandia (@portlandia) February 2, 2015
This child is listing all the things they'll never be able to do. OMG There is nothing funny to tweet about this. #FeministBookstoreSaysWhat
— Portlandia (@portlandia) February 2, 2015
Those legs are literally wearing balls. Is there a ball theme to this whole tv show? The ball show? SO OFFENDED. #FeministBookstoreSaysWhat
— Portlandia (@portlandia) February 2, 2015
I don't know about you but my teenage dream was to feel liberation and to have a real salary by age 30. #surprise #FeministBookstoreSaysWhat
— Portlandia (@portlandia) February 2, 2015
"Your defense lost", this man looks shocked. How I feel every single day we wake up to face patriarchy. #FeministBookstoreSaysWhat
— Portlandia (@portlandia) February 2, 2015
Red zone? Is that like football MENstruation? seems like many of them are grumpy whenever Red Zone happens. #FeministBookstoreSaysWhat
— Portlandia (@portlandia) February 2, 2015
WAIT WAS THAT JUST A BLACK GOD?! Now show me a black goddess, thanks. #FeministBookstoreSaysWhat
— Portlandia (@portlandia) February 2, 2015
MVP. Most Vicious Patriarchy. Make Vaginas Popular. My Viable Payscale. Men Vaginally Proud. Most Valuable Player #FeministBookstoreSaysWhat
— Portlandia (@portlandia) February 2, 2015
#MostViciousPatriarchy