A Love Letter
Roses are Red
Violets are Blue
HOW and WHEN I smile
Is NOT up to you.
– Not yours, truly,
Jeni Jenkins
This love letter is to all the strange men I’ve encountered who tell me to smile. It’s annoying and demeaning to be told to “smile, pretty” or “where my smile at gir?l” or “you know you’d be more beautiful if you smiled more”… Seriously, stop telling women to smile. What if women went around telling men to smile all the time? What if I’m having a shit day? It’s not a friendly gesture dudes, it’s insulting and condescending and just one misogynist micro-aggression in the land o’ plenty … I don’t exist for your pleasure. I don’t smile on demand. How and when I smile is not up to men.
Museum-quality posters made on thick and durable matte paper.
• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
• Paper weight: 189 g/m²
• Opacity: 94%
• ISO brightness: 104%
• Paper is sourced from Japan
This is a digital giclee print printed and shipped directly from a print distribution center.
Side Note: I sell artwork as a means to support my independence.
This product is made especially for you as soon as you place an order, which is why it takes us a bit longer to deliver it to you. Making products on demand instead of in bulk helps reduce overproduction, so thank you for making thoughtful purchasing decisions!
Roses are Red
Violets are Blue
HOW and WHEN I smile
Is NOT up to you.
– Not yours, truly,
Jeni Jenkins
This love letter is to all the strange men I’ve encountered who tell me to smile. It’s annoying and demeaning to be told to “smile, pretty” or “where my smile at gir?l” or “you know you’d be more beautiful if you smiled more”… Seriously, stop telling women to smile. What if women went around telling men to smile all the time? What if I’m having a shit day? It’s not a friendly gesture dudes, it’s insulting and condescending and just one misogynist micro-aggression in the land o’ plenty … I don’t exist for your pleasure. I don’t smile on demand. How and when I smile is not up to men.
Museum-quality posters made on thick and durable matte paper.
• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
• Paper weight: 189 g/m²
• Opacity: 94%
• ISO brightness: 104%
• Paper is sourced from Japan
This is a digital giclee print printed and shipped directly from a print distribution center.
Side Note: I sell artwork as a means to support my independence.
This product is made especially for you as soon as you place an order, which is why it takes us a bit longer to deliver it to you. Making products on demand instead of in bulk helps reduce overproduction, so thank you for making thoughtful purchasing decisions!
Roses are Red
Violets are Blue
HOW and WHEN I smile
Is NOT up to you.
– Not yours, truly,
Jeni Jenkins
This love letter is to all the strange men I’ve encountered who tell me to smile. It’s annoying and demeaning to be told to “smile, pretty” or “where my smile at gir?l” or “you know you’d be more beautiful if you smiled more”… Seriously, stop telling women to smile. What if women went around telling men to smile all the time? What if I’m having a shit day? It’s not a friendly gesture dudes, it’s insulting and condescending and just one misogynist micro-aggression in the land o’ plenty … I don’t exist for your pleasure. I don’t smile on demand. How and when I smile is not up to men.
Museum-quality posters made on thick and durable matte paper.
• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
• Paper weight: 189 g/m²
• Opacity: 94%
• ISO brightness: 104%
• Paper is sourced from Japan
This is a digital giclee print printed and shipped directly from a print distribution center.
Side Note: I sell artwork as a means to support my independence.
This product is made especially for you as soon as you place an order, which is why it takes us a bit longer to deliver it to you. Making products on demand instead of in bulk helps reduce overproduction, so thank you for making thoughtful purchasing decisions!