I don’t get this question, I get the inverse — “if you don’t like men, why do you date women who dress like men”? I don’t recall “dislikes clothing stored in the ‘men’s section’ of mainstream retail outlets” being a requirement to earn my Queer Lady Badge, but whatever, people are idiots. Thus I thoroughly enjoyed YouTube user hartbeat’s response to the question she gets all the time: “If you love women so much, how come you don’t you dress like one?”
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this video has brought a smile to my face all weekend
I was NOT expecting what just happened but it was so glorious and I’m glad it happened.
i felt the exact same way
Yes, how is it even possible that something super random and simultaneously super on point?!
*that something IS super random…
I subscribed faster than you can say “watermelon bra”
I WILL make this go viral! Thanks for the perfect come-back.
Wow, new favorite video.
petition to add watermelon bras to the autostraddle store
I don’t know what I just happened or what I was expecting, and yet. I LIKE IT!
Amazing
“You should click the like button for this homemade watermelon bra”
And with that she won the internet.
Her face when she keeps dancing after her mom walks in.
Actually, her face the whole time. I just love it.
ALSO. I like that she’s kinda daring people to say something about a WOC who likes watermelon.
Word. I sort of love what…who was it, Chris Rock? had to say about that whole weird stereotype about “black people love watermelon!” Just, like, OF COURSE THEY DO, LOTS OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE DO, IT’S FUCKING DELICIOUS.
I think that might have been Dave Chappelle. Or both. Either way, he/she/they make a good point.
Totally agree about the WOC/Watermelon thing and I also was surprised of her choice of “outfit” …meaning a bikini is traditionally feminine and I know my butch partner would never – in one million years – don that watermelon bra. So cool that she did – kudos.
I just love the “Number of fucks I give? Zero.” vibe to this whole video.
The Honey Badger is strong with this one.
My computer is having trouble with it’s cookies, so I can’t log in to +1 you. But I love you. That is all.
Sweet baby lesbian jesus that was too perfect
*standing ovation*
Yup, totally read that as “standing ovulation.” Not sure what that means, but I think it needs to be defined as “so awesome you immediately ovulate.”
the best thing i’ve done with my day is watch this video.
Thankyou for making my day!! Thanks hartbeat :D
I’m just..I…I can’t even..but now I keep watching to see which watermelon is bigger.
the one on the right, her right.
I LOVE THIS!
Aaaaaand subscribed. New favorite thing on youtube.
Ditto.
I was having a crappy day. But then I saw this. Now today is definitely the best day I’ll have all week. Unless I watch this again every day this week… which let’s face it, I will.
So perfect. This just made my day.
OH MY GOD NEW FAVOURITE THING ON THE INTERNET
So much respect for this!!!
Indeed! amazing mom, amazing body confidence! Hilarious! loved this video and post! :)
I loooove heartbeat! She’s amazing.
I just got home at 4am UK time, still completely sober, and came on to AS… to find this. Best part of my day. (And I spent the day on the beach in the sun, which is rare in England, so that’s saying something.)
That was so perfect.
Heart this. So hard. I got this question recently from my mother, who means well, but it was cool to see a Mom who just got it without any questions asked.
Wow she’s a very big girl! Which is good like! She must have a lot of confidence to do that. I weight like 110 and not a hope could you catch me in a bikini!
Hopefully she doesn’t care about the haters who say she’s too big!
:D
Totally not trying to bring down the tone of this article or attack your comment (because it was a very positive one); but I just feel the need to say that I certainly would not classify her as “very big”, so I was a bit confused to see you do that?
She just looks like a regular sized woman to me.
no i just meant shes big compared to me! I have a skinny body which i hate! Didnt mean she shouldnt be in a bikini its just many ppl can be mean and ive no self confidence and i’m so glad she does!
Okay! Sorry if I read too much into your comment then. :)
this is why I love Autostraddle’s comments section :)
a tactful way to handle an akward question
LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS
OMG. Read all the comments. Still was totally not expecting anything remotely like that to happen. Thank you, queer internet, for being wonderfully weird.
Can’t log in to +1 you because silly cookies, but yes. This. Sometimes queer internet is just the best place!
Adore!!!!! Well played. Amazing so very good.
Well now, that brings a whole new meaning to “you are what you eat.”
What Ami is saying is that we can’t conflate “regular” with “skinny”, because saying that being fat or obese or overweight or big is not equal to being called “regular” is a reflection of the broken social system we live in where people’s bodies are policed and evaluated.
And yeah, it is a funny video, but Hart is making a specific point with this funny video that people are too quick to police how others look or should look, so I think it’s totally valid to talk about body issues and expectations because it is perfectly within the context of this video.
…okay, the comment to which I was replying has since been…deleted or something? So this is random and unnecessary.
Yeah i saw a whole covo deleted on this post! It was an interesting discussion too! Autostraddle must have deleted all of it.. why?? thats kinda bad??
If it wasn’t a “positive” conversation, they delete it.
Aww. Did I miss a flame war??? I’m off my game!
When can we expect the article for “how to make a watermelonkini” to come out?
I WANT TO MAKE THIS THING.
Holy shit that songggg
Oh my days, that was absolutely perfect.
RESPECT! :) we are who we are.. and, passionfruit :)
This is the best thing
LOL. Best thing ever.
Her mom’s response was hilarious.
omg how funny & adorable is this woman :D
Laughed until I cried. 1,000 points for Hartbeat. <3
hart is amazing, everyone should check out her channel, it’s well worth subscribing to. c:
Hahahahahahahahahah. Hah.
Amazeballs.
Awesome, love the ‘Quick question for you, why is one of the watermelons bigger than the other…. mmm okay….’ *walk away…
Couldn’t be more glad that I logged in today :D
She also has another youtube account – http://www.youtube.com/user/queird – which has a video featuring Sarah Croce! (possibly relevant to the interests of fellow Straddlers)
Her blog’s brilliant as well: came across this a couple of days ago: bloody hilarious!
I only watched this about, oh, ten times. The part where she’s dancing behind the love seat made me snort with laughter.
folks, we need to vote her into the top 100 AS ladies next year!!!!
So so great. LOVE the transition from eating watermelon in silence to the music and dancing and watermelon bikini AHHHHH :D
Now an amazing response to the question “if you don’t like men, why do you date women who dress like men?” is needed!
Wth?? LMAO oh my face is hurting from laughing so much..I’ll never look at a watermelon the same way again!!
omg. instant subscribe.
Im in tears im laughing so hard, this is glorious. Subscribed.
Insanely amazing!!!
I’ve never gotten that question, only the reverse “If you like girls, why do you date people who dress like boys?” which is only half-true in terms of my dating history (of dating butches v. femmes) but whatever.
But can we just acknowledge that two of the most amazing queers on Youtube are named Hart? Coincidence?
DESTINY?
THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU! This video is amazing… the way ‘gender’ is ascribed to items of clothing is so warped – magical moments of youtube awesomeness, like this one, make me smile.