Next guy who calls me "gazelle" is getting punched in the face

I know I promised this post awhile ago, but what I was going to write has morphed in to my term paper for the end of the study abroad which is most likely going to be entitled "Sunglasses are my Hijab" so instead enjoy an explanation of what I meant by the title I gave.

Julia Prior wrote
at 3:26pm
can i call you gazelle?

Mely Rabalais wrote
at 4:25pm
do and I'll punch you in the face... oh and it's pronounce "Rha-zelle"

Julia Prior wrote
at 4:26pm
okie rha-zelle.
and i dare you. :-p

Mely Rabalais wrote
at 4:34pm
I'll get right on that... in like a week when I'm back. Watch out or POW right the kisser!

Julia Prior wrote
at 4:37pm
oh i look forward to it. i think i found a new pet name for you. why do they call you gazelle? cause you're so unnaturally tiny? just tell them you're not small, your travel size! which is convinent considering how much traveling you do.

Mely Rabalais wrote
at 4:55pm
gazelle is actually a generic catcall, because in the streets, the men believe that they are lions in the Serengeti and since women don't belong there, they need to be intimidated to stay at home, so we are the prey -- the gazelles -- since we apparently frighten easily but are extremely graceful... and they'd all like to "catch" one of us (read: get our number) since they live in a sexually repressed society and since women are kind of hard to meet due to the rather rigid segregation of the sexes

Oh, and that's the opening line of my term paper for the study abroad *wink*

Julia Prior wrote
at 5:11pm
hahaha im totally going to still call you gazelle. only when i say it, im refering to your tiny-ness... and frighten easily? obviously they don't know you. just take away your midol and theyll be the ones that frighten easily

Mely Rabalais wrote
at 6:50pm
Surprisingly, my best way to counteract the negative rha-zelle vibes is to walk around with my sunglasses on and my headphones in and ignore them while listening to something empowering. When you walk down the street like you own the place and stare down anyone who looks your way, they tend to leave you alone. The one or two times I actually called a guy out who said something to me (like: "ello boo-tiful" because they can't pronounce for shit) they almost immediately say "I'm sorry, please forgive me" or something like that and run away.

Julia Prior wrote
at 6:52pm
theyre not used to women standing up to them. or talking in public.

Mely Rabalais wrote
at 6:54pm
Well, that's true. Ok, seriously how bored are you at work that you have time to respond to each of my posts within five minutes? are you facebook stalking me?