Dear Girls

Dear Girls

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Updated Mar 05, 2019 at 04:18PM EST by Brad.

Added Jun 12, 2012 at 08:46PM EDT by Surprise Bit.

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Dear Girls is a photoshopped image featuring model Cole Mohr in space holding a sign instructing women to not be insecure. The photograph has been criticized for being pseudofeministic and even misogynistic, inspiring a number of parody images reenacting the photo.

Origin

On May 8th, 2011, the Latvian site Spoki[10] published an image compilation including a photo of fashion model Cole Mohr[9] edited with an outer space background and a sign which read "Dear Girls / don't be insecure / you don't need make-up & nice clothes / you're all fucking beautiful."


Dear Girls DONT BE INSECURE you dont need make-up & nice clothes you re all tucking beautitu you're all f------ beautifu

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On August 8th, 2011, the Mohr photo was posted several times on the microblogging site Tumblr.[11][12][13] On September 3rd, a Facebook[1] page for "Dear Girls Don't Be Insecure U Don't Need Makeup & Nice Clothes" was created, which received over 1,250 likes within 10 months. On November 2nd, Tumblr user Unbroken Wave[5]posted several webcam photos of a boy holding signs featuring the same message as the one displayed in Mohr photo (shown below).


Dear ans INSECURE ou're ALL f------ BEAUTIFUL ou dont need ma.ke-up e cothes

On January 23rd, 2012, Tumblr user The Frogman[8] posted a parody image of the Mohr photo in which he suffocates to death in space (shown below, left). On May 28th, Tumblr user einsteinonacid[6] posted a response image to the Mohr photo holding a sign which read "Dear boy in outer space, don't tell me what to do" (shown below, right). Within two weeks, the post received over 150,000 notes.


Dear Girls DONT BE INSECURE you dont nead make-up & nice clothes you're all f------ bea HEYGIRLS! ALSO THINK WAIT A SEC SPACE OH NO! ICANT BREATHE Dear Girls DONT BE INSECURE you dont need make-up & nice dothes ou're all f------ beautful Dear boy in outer space DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO

On May 29th, einsteinonacid's photo was reposted on the Internet humor sites FunnyJunk[15] and 9gag.[7] The same day, Redditor wonderless2686 submitted the photo to the /r/funny[3] subreddit in a post titled “Dear boy in outer space," receiving over 29,500 up votes and 1,000 comments within 15 days. On June 6th, 2012, Slacktory[4] editor Nick Douglas published an article titled “Sassing Back Boys With Pseudofeminist Handwritten Signs)”, which featured several parody versions of the Mohr photo.

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YOU LOOK GOOD KIDI Girls, stop doing things I do not like and bein all the things I do not war you to be. This is relevant because I hand wrote this! Thanks~ random loser
Dear potatoes Dear girls I'in yst doing this to gel noes Please reblog and talk dbout hou mubh you like my foeheal

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