![Dear Girls Dear Girls](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/square/000/010/567/tumblr_lvbfksffUf1r55m30o1_500.jpg)
Dear Girls
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About
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."
![de0.jpg Dear Girls DONT BE INSECURE you dont need make-up & nice clothes you re all tucking beautitu you're all f------ beautifu](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/325/938/de0.jpg)
Spread
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).
![37d.jpg Dear ans INSECURE ou're ALL f------ BEAUTIFUL ou dont need ma.ke-up e cothes](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/327/605/37d.jpg)
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.
![Space 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](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/327/626/bec.jpg)
![Dear boy in outer space DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO 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](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/327/726/478.jpg)
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.
Notable Examples
![ab7.jpg YOU LOOK GOOD KIDI](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/327/597/ab7.jpg)
![682.png](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/327/598/682.png)
![Stop 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](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/327/645/543.jpeg)
![potato Dear potatoes](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/327/631/246.jpg)
![Notes Dear girls I'in yst doing this to gel noes Please reblog and talk dbout hou mubh you like my foeheal](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/325/944/b58.jpg)
![fb0.jpg](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/325/946/fb0.jpg)
Search Interest
External References
[1] Facebook – Dear Girls Don't Be Insecure
[2] Tumblr – Just be yourself
[3] Reddit – Dear boy in outer space
[4] Slacktory – Trend Sassing Back Boys With Pseudofeminist Handwritten Signs
[5] Tumblr – Unbroken Wave
[6] Tumblr – I really tried to capture his facial expression
[7] 9gag – Don't tell me what to do
[8] The Frogman – I'm posting this from the great beyond
[10] Spoki.lv – Banāli, bet patiesi
[11] Tumblr – Hipster Hair and Nutella Bitches
[12] Tumblr – MissBrit-xoxo
[13] Tumblr – conid3nc3-is-k3y
[14] MemeMaker – Dear Girls
[15] FunnyJunk – Hipsters in Space
Top Comments
Teh Brawler
Jun 14, 2012 at 11:50PM EDT
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Jun 15, 2012 at 12:26AM EDT