This person thinking a $200-300 bag means you’re the 1%

yeah

I'm sitting here boggling at the idea of spending more than $30 on a purse, when i could put that money towards so many other things.

$300 is pricey for a bag, but I’ve spent more than that on video games, so it’s hard for me to be judgey about it. They’re good sized bags, with a simple design that you could wear with a ton of stuff and won’t go out of style quickly. If they’re really good quality, they could outlast a number of my cheapo bags, since I go through a few of those a year (when I left the house). You would definitely have to have the money up front, though. (Hello, Boots Theory of Socioeconomic Unfairness.) The designer is Liberian-American, though, so you’d be supporting a Black-owned business.

But I haven’t seen any mention of this brand before, memes or no, so why has this suddenly shown up on Tumblr? Especially since it’s pretty low priced compared to a lot of designer names. Let me google! 

Ah. AOC bought a somewhat pricey, but practical, designer name bag, supporting a Black immigrant both directly and by providing publicity for his business. Suddenly, a post appears on Tumblr encouraging socialist and communist-leaning people to hate people carrying this particular designer name bag. 

She’s up for reelection in two months.

This is what propaganda looks like.

Also, like...

For a long time, I carried an $80 purse.  It was FABULOUSLY expensive to me, and I loved it!  It was orange leather, bought on clearance at the Franklin-Covey store, and it was my favorite wardrobe piece.  But an $80 purse is frequently a $20 purse in a fancier store, and it got worn.

And then I didn’t get a job explicitly because I carried a beat-up purse when I showed up for the interview.  And then my agent literally ordered me to buy a new purse.

Women are judged on not only our physical appearance, but the appearance of the things we carry with us.  We don’t get to opt out, no matter how hard we try.  If AOC carried a beat-to-shit $10 backpack, she’d get dragged just as hard, and even more cruelly.  So why shouldn’t she buy a purse that’s good for all the reasons detailed above, that makes a good impression and helps her get what she needs out of her job?

God we built a no-win system and then threw rocks at the people trying not to lose.