Sometimes I hate how backwards Spaniards are
Mood:  incredulous
Topic: Rant!
Sometimes I really hate how backwards Spaniards are. I hate the way so many so-called middle-class people (who would be the ones supporting social change, if not promoting it, in other countries) are these faux, pretentious snobs. I hate the way we get those stupid bottle blondes in the office decked out in bootleg Burberry who make a virtue out of being dumb. How the hell can women in this day and age be proud of their inability to do things in this day and age?

How the hell can a woman be proud of the fact that she doesn't know how to ride a bike? How can a woman who rides a bike be proud of the fact that she doesn't know how to change a flat tire?

This is one of the things about feminism that scares me - the idea that we get to let ourselves off the hook for things we don't know.

I know that when we're down in the south we're going to get yelled at by BMW drivers who will try to tell us that we have no right to be on the road because we're basically on toys. I know that there are people who will laugh at the bikes and ask us if we're too poor to afford cars. (In fact, 33% of this crew owns cars.)

I don't understand how Spaniards can make it a source of pride to be so ignorant. When does ignorance become a source of power? When you've got money to cover how little you know. How do people know that you've got that little money? They don't.

Which will be one good reason why we'll be on rail trails and back roads. Fewer goofs. We hope...