Ode to White Men

I’ve dedicated my academic career to issues of gender and racial equity, particularly as they relate to media portrayal, civic and political participation and the division of labor and leadership. I earned my master’s degree in communication, where I specifically examined representations of gender and power in politcal coverage, presented and published work on the topic, taught classes on it etc. Despite all this, white men still want to tell me I’m wrong, I don’t make any logical or practical sense, I’m a reverse sexist and somehow I should be giving their uninformed, biased, weak-ass political opinions and world views equal weight to mine. These interactions have inspired me to write some fun acrostic poems. Enjoy!

Whiney

Heathens

Insitgating

Terror

Earning

More

Even

Now

Willingly

Hateful

Ignorant

Time-Bombs

Ever

Myopic

Enraging

Ninnies

Woefully

Hackneyed

Ingrates

Typing

Exhausting

Macho

Elegies

Needlessly

Whispering

Help

Into

The

Ether

Moaning

Emasculating

Neuroses