Yesterday, #BigGuyTwitter hit the Internet, which looks like it revived its twin on the women’s side of the Web: #TallGirlTwitter. The hashtag has been around in various forms for a few years, but it spread like wildfire yesterday, with tall women celebrating their height.
https://twitter.com/smoovetwiminal/status/730065989287743488
https://twitter.com/Blackamazon/status/730147645965123585
In many cultures, small women have long been on a pedestal, whether they’re skinny or petite or under 5′ 2″. Small women aren’t “intimidating” to men. Small women are “allowed” to wear high heels. Small women don’t take up much space, in a society that is doing its best to make sure women don’t take up space. But with #TallGirlTwitter, women are shedding those stigmas.
https://twitter.com/BossManMeechiee/status/730076933380136960
https://twitter.com/superdaraa/status/730079179845160960
https://twitter.com/nialauryn_/status/730198157511016448
I still remember when my height being “intimidating” went from an insult to a compliment to me #TallGirlTwitter 💘 pic.twitter.com/gLExv5E9sC
— kea🔻 (@eviIeIf) May 11, 2016
Is #TallGirlTwitter girls trying to get tall boyfriends? Cuz I’m a 6-foot lesbian over here. Come at me, ladies.
— Mary Emily O’Hara (@MaryEmilyOHara) May 10, 2016
However, there is some debate as to just what counts as “tall.” The average height of women in America is about 5’4”, though it varies around the world. By some metrics, that would put anyone above five-and-a-half feet in the “tall” category, but on Twitter the cutoff seems to be higher.
https://twitter.com/msmarypryor/status/730050718401503232
ladies under 5’10” have really taken the “tall girl” thing and scampered off with it.
— Red Durkin (@RedIsDead) June 23, 2015
https://twitter.com/ShhAriesTalkin/status/730071106695135232
Sorry girls, you’ll just have to wait for #SlightlyTallerThanAverageGirlTwitter.
