If you’re a fan of “Parks and Recreation” you likely know about Galentine’s Day. Fictional character Leslie Knope, played by funny gal Amy Poehler, created the holiday on the show and it just spiraled from there.
“Every February 13, my ladyfriends and I leave our husbands and our boyfriends at home, and we just come and kick it, breakfast-style,” Leslie says in the episode. “Ladies celebrating ladies.”
But like all fun and harmless things, the SJW crowd is trying to ruin the day for everyone. Because saying phrases like “ovaries over brovaries” is hurtful and exclusionary to trans women.
Happy Galentine's Day.
For your gift this year, a kind, gentle reminder:
Stop saying "ovaries before brovaries" or any other trans-exclusionary language. Gals come in all shapes, sizes, experiences, and backgrounds. Their biological parts don't make them who they are.
— kelly jensen 🐱🐰 (@veronikellymars) February 13, 2019
hey y'all galentines day events are great but when you use that dumb ass "chicks before dicks, ovaries before brovaries, uteruses before duderuses" slogan to advertise your event you're actively promoting transphobic rhetoric and excluding trans women from your feminism ✌️
— neo yokio's second most eligible bachelor (@cprevas) February 1, 2018
Quiet reminder that naming your reproductive justice fundraiser / galentines day celebration "lady parts" or some variation thereon is a real good way to actively erase and marginalize trans and nonbinary people.
— (((Jay Edidin))) ➡️ ECCC KK-10 (@NotLasers) February 1, 2018
That whole galentines day thing on parks and rec was hella trans exclusionary pls stop
— 🌧 (@bratpackfloyd) February 13, 2018
Anyone who is a gal is a gal!
— kelly jensen 🐱🐰 (@veronikellymars) February 13, 2019
I agree. In fact, to show my support and for that exact reason, I will be featuring a trans author during Women in Horror month.
— Becky Spratford (@RAforAll) February 13, 2019
E! News didn’t get the memo though.
Ovaries before brovaries. #GalentinesDay pic.twitter.com/gGx5pmnPvQ
— E! News (@enews) February 13, 2019