WELCOME TO BRA WEEK! This week and next, the Autostraddle writers and some special guests will be giving you the scoop on over-the-shoulder-boulder-holders and otherwise-inclined chest-covering situations — fashion, history, feelings and so much more.
I’m gonna get that bra off you so fast, girl. What is that, a strapless half-cup padded Princesse Tam Tam? While you’re registering your surprise that I know that, look in my left hand, because here it is. Bam. That’s right, I’m the Florence Griffith-Joyner of bra removal. I do it so fast, people suspect performance-enhancing drugs are involved. They’re not. I’m the cheetah of bra removal, the peregrine falcon, the sailfish. I unhook that shit so fast, I use my spare time between when I do it and when you notice to research the fastest animals on the planet. Did you know sailfish generally keep their characteristic erectile dorsal fins folded down as they race through the water at up to 110 km/h? I’ll tell you what won’t be folded down after your bra comes off, baby: my erectile dorsal fin.
While you were trying to figure out what I meant just now, I redid your bra, undid it, and redid it again. Oh, and I removed the bras of your best friend, sister, and grandma. Your grandma’s dead? Nope, you just haven’t heard from her in a while because she’s been in shock over how quickly I take bras off. Hers had seven hooks. I undid them all, faster than you can say “channeling and underw–”
Oops, too slow. While you were getting that out, I went back in time and took off your bra three days ago.
You’ve heard of nanoseconds, right? How about DeAnne-o-seconds, because that’s how fast I’m freeing your flappers. You don’t call them flappers? Okay. It’s a good thing your kazonga cage is out of the way, then. We’ll have plenty of time to sensitively discuss how you’d like me to refer to your sweet, sweet sweater melons. Chimichangas? Quinoa cupcakes? Small batch bourbon bonbons? It’s up to you, baby.
I’m faster than the speed of the light when it comes to getting those gum drops out of their packaging. I remove your bra so quickly, I put the “yonic” in tachyonic particle. It doesn’t bother me in the least that tachyonic particles are hypothetical, or that most physicists don’t think they exist because they’re not consistent with the known law of physics. I’ll tell you what, most physicists have not yet experienced the thrill of me taking off their bras. I feel sorry for them. Their big bangers need to breathe.
According to researchers, 80-85% of women are in the wrong bra. According to anagrams, 80-85% of women are in the wrong bar. According to me, 80-85% of women are right where I want them: completely astonished at how swiftly and effortlessly I remove their bras. The other 15-20%? They don’t wear bras, because they already know it’s pointless if I’m around.
I’ve got techniques. I do it with one hand. I do it with no hands. I do it with my feet. I do it with my teeth. I do it with the power of my mind. You know how you took off your bra last night, as soon as you walked in the door, snapping the front clasp through your t-shirt, then sliding the straps off your shoulders and arms, pulling it out your sleeve? Yeah, that was me. It was my idea, and I did it with your hands. That’s how good I am.
Like Muhammad Ali says, “It’s not bragging if you can back it up.” I back it up. Now why don’t you back it up and let me at that bra, girl. You’ll be outta that thing faster than I can point out that there’s a huge difference between my goodhearted sexual objectification of your breasts during consensual sex in order to pleasure us both, and the sexual objectification that results from a capitalist, patriarchal, media-dominated culture, which reduces women to parts and denies them autonomy over their sexuality while claiming ownership over their bodies. What I’m saying is: I’ll take off your bra lickety split, babe. Lightning-fast. Don’t blink or you’ll m–
What’s that? You’ve already taken it off?
Well, can you help me with mine then? This clasp is kind of tricky.
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the internet is really making me laugh today. I’m so glad I ditched my business class and read this instead.
Can’t tell if I like quinoa cupcakes or small batch bourbon bonbons better.
Marry me :)
damn, deanne smith.
damn.
I don’t listen to talk radio or podcasts, you guys, it’s just not a thing in my life, I’m too much of a musichead to ever have time to listen to anything else.
BUT I have spent the last two weeks listening to about ten long-ass sessions of DeAnne’s amazing podcast Questionable At Best, which makes me feel so much better about life regardless of what she’s talking about or who she’s talking to. How this has happened I don’t know but I think DeAnne Smith may be a wizard, which would explain her bra removal abilities.
Yes this is an advertisement for her podcast and no she is not paying me. I just adore her. That is all.
just when i skip a week, you write this lovely comment. now i feel guilty! but i’m glad you’re listening.
So glad to be listening. :) no guilt, just more podcasts!
Ha! Wait! That would be a great question for the podcast, if you ever run out of questions… “Is guilt (not regret but guilt) ever a useful emotion?” I would be fascinated to hear what you would say about that… ;)
good idea!
Same here, but I just grabbed my phone and subscribed to her podcast. I only listen to Throwing Shade (and yes it is truly questionable at times), and need more of where this article came from as part of my commute. Thanks so much for the recommendation!
I’m laughing maniacally in the airport right now.
This is so good.
I love you so much.
“I put the yonic in tachyonic” solid gold right there.
Found a way to make me laugh and feel dirty at the same time ;). Hit me up later
I have to say I was slightly dissappointed when I got to the end of this article and alas, my bra was still on. You need to work on your virtual bra-removal skills, Deanne. ;)
Hey DeAnne, I’ll be at The No Bro Show at the Winnipeg Comedy Fest on the 12th and my expectations have now been set pretty damn high… set to laughing-my-bra-off level.
same
Cool. It’d be great if we could get a bunch of Winnipeg Autostraddlers together to see DeAnne and the other fine comedians in attendance.
I am totally in and I bet I could get some other rad folk aboard. Who wants to start the facebook event?
Oh man, where were you lovely people a few years ago when I was still in Winnipeg??
now my expectations have been set as well. i expect bras to be thrown on stage at the end of my set. applause will no longer do.
That could be arranged… I’ve never thrown a bra at a stage before (and I’ve been to a few Tegan & Sara shows), but for you DeAnne I might just do it. You never know.
is Princesse Tam Tam a candy bar
Just too good. Was it you who also made me want to take off the bra I was wearing two nights ago before I went to bed or was it the weather?
it was me.
Well this was amazing.
That was the greatest thing I have ever read. I may require resuscitation.
Oh my God this was hilarious.
Also, has anybody seen my bra?
I don’t know how you did it but my panties flew off, too. Well done.
DeAnne Smith thank you for my first laugh of the day. Also that last image seems awkward for some reason. Thumb and index finger to pull down the strap, anyone doing this?
But what about sports bras?
True story, my girlfriend had this sports bra that zipped in front. I was so scared of that thing and possible accidental zippering of the tender skin in that region I wouldn’t even go near it and always made her do it herself. :P
off.
Bravo.
“According to researchers, 80-85% of women are in the wrong bra. According to anagrams, 80-85% of women are in the wrong bar.” A++
This is brilliant. Love it! And now I’m aware she has a podcast, which I will be downloading as soon as I get home.
What’s that tugging I feel on my back?
NINJA
Hahah this is perfect “You know how you took off your bra last night,… Yeah, that was me. It was my idea, and I did it with your hands. That’s how good I am.”
YAAAASSSSSS! Best thing on the internet.
Oh my god, this was the best, especially with your smooth integration of the best science pickup lines ever. I’m going to have to use these tonight…
Haha! I needed this study break. Deanne is my favourite.
Oh my god, this was the best, especially with your smooth integration of the best science pickup lines ever
you just made me take off my own bra. thanks.