Twitter Thread: The Insanity Of Hatpin Panic

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mattstaff
May 13, 2020 3:00 PM EDT

Talk about pulling a sword out of a hat. This wild Twitter thread looks back at a time in history when women were defending themselves with giant hat pins. 

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    Text - Jason Poole @JasonPoolej2 Has anyone ever heard of 'hatpin panic'? In the early 1900's women wore giant hatpins to go with their massive hats
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    Text - Jason Poole @JasonPoolej2 Then one day a woman on a train responded to a man's aggressive advances by stabbing him with her massive pin! 7h 13 48 214 Jason Poole @JasonPoolej2 Apparently unwanted and persistent advances from men were a regular 7h occurance in Edwardian times. Thank god the world's changed so much /s 17 39 249 Jason Poole @JasonPoolej2 So a newspaper reports her as courageously defending herself, and suddenly it's socially acceptable to stab the shit out of these men 7h 13
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    Text - Jason Poole @JasonPoolej2 Obviously the men at the time lost their damn minds, but couldn't acknowledge it was because they wanted to be all gropey 7h 13 32 193 Jason Poole @JasonPoolej2 So they started publicising that they were a menace when in the hats themselves pic.twitter.com/ DZtRhK7gn5 7h 13 56 160
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    Illustration - The Hat Pin 1 Growing Danger in *City Crowds That Places a Startling List of Accidents Beside the Long Record of Violent Assaults Committed With Woman's Deadly Weapon.
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    Text - Jason Poole @JasonPoolej2 They tried to pass laws banning hatpins or curtailing their length, and in some places were successful. But women largely refused to obey 7h t7 34 171 Jason Poole @JasonPoolej2 Men also accused women of being too independent, and that these airs were causing men to approach them in the first place 7h 13 27 183 Jason Poole @JasonPoolej2 Which shows that prejudice/stupidity 7h are at least consistent 17 14 200 Jason Poole @JasonPoolej2 Ultimately, these hatpins sup
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    Text - Jason Poole @JasonPoolej2 Women's voices and power to refuse were heard politically when the hatpin issue was debated 7h 13 16 123 Jason Poole @JasonPoolej2 And ultimately 'hatpin panic' represents an important but oft- forgotten moment in the history of suffrage 7h t7 20 166 Jason Poole @JasonPoolej2 To finish, here's an amazing photo from a women's self-defence manual 6h from 1903 pic.twitter.com/ geBfT51pY6
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    Fashion
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    Text - Jason Poole @JasonPoolej2 And also: When trying to detract from women's self-defence, one prominent man accused them of being "petticoated swashbucklers" 6h t7 121 586 Jason Poole @JasonPoolej2 Which is probably the most ineffective insult and coolest feminist label I can 6h think of. 27 54 539
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