The Ogden Bros, specifically Eric Conn and Brian Sauve, set off a discourse about the headship of the husband over the influences of his wife. Many hypocrites in Mid Eva responded by attacking the messenger over a message they agreed with in principle, say if the influencer was Candace Owens.
A feminist named Alyse came up with this graphic design in response to the discourse.
Her design even includes an option with ugly tattoos!
The design was celebrated by radical feminists like Jennifer Greenberg in the comment section. But in turn it was memed into oblivion.
Our friend, The Other Paul made this one:
The meme potential is endless. But Tom Buck did not take kindly to it and lashed out on multiple occasions against the Ogden Bros.
The Story Behind the “Unsupervised Woman” T-Shirt
It’s being said that the now infamous “Unsupervised Woman” t-shirt is a feminist statement. So, my wife and I reached out to @mrs_alyse who created it.
One thing is certain: she is no feminist.
She’s a wife who has never been with another man other than her husband. She isn’t a career woman but stays at home and cares for her whole family, including her aging parents.
She does have an Etsy page where she creates graphic designs for t-shirts as a creative outlet. And she created the “Unsupervised Woman” t-shirt, not as a feminist statement but a facetious one. She simply found the “Supervised Woman” statement to be ridiculous.
Furthermore, she and her husband have been struggling with multiple miscarriages followed by years of infertility. They greatly desire to have children. So, comparing her to Lindsay Clancy was extremely hurtful to them.
Now, you may think her making the t-shirt was unwise. At first, I thought it was a fleshly response. But I’m no longer certain that is the case. You may even honestly think that “Unsupervised Woman” would be a perfect feminist slogan. Even if Alyse misunderstood what was mean by “Unsupervised Woman,” she didn’t deserve the treatment she received from Christian men.
Whatever you may think, this woman is a real person who deserves to be treated with dignity and not disdain. Her intent was not to promote feminism and her life has been lived in seeking to be a Proverbs 31 woman.
I keep hearing that the Ogden men were taken out of context. Maybe that is true. But Alyse”s intentions were definitely misconstrued.
Call me a white knight if you want. But I will continue to be a man who seeks to stand up for women who get trampled on this site by bullies – male and female.
There are real feminists who are evil and deserve a strong rebuke. I’ve done this many times myself. But let’s make certain a woman is actually a feminist before we go after her and treat her one. Otherwise, we may hurt a genuine sister in Christ who simply disagreed with us in a way we didn’t like.
How often we forget – me included – that the people we oppose on this platform are real people with real feelings, real families, and real struggles. Maybe we can stop to think about that next time before we create a meme to shame someone and belittle them.
Tom Buck assumes that an obviously feminist graphic design about subverting patriarchal headship because the person who made it told him that she’s not a feminist and that her feelings were hurt when she wanted to make a graphic that the internet mocked.
There is no reason to believe that her graphic was made in good faith, and there is no sin in hurting her feelings with Lindsay Clancy comparisons, as she is the outcome of the very feminism that overthrowing headship leads to on a societal level. That her feelings were hurt by memes modeling her design, or parodies of them is her problem.
As for Tom Buck, his history of white-knighting feminists is longstanding, going all the way back to the obvious witch in Karen Swallow Prior.
