Holla if you Swolla!

A couple of weeks ago, my good friend Lynn and I were walking down the street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, near my house. Minding our own business and shooting the *#&^ about life in general, we approached a large group of 20+ youngish men in cheap business suits who were lingering in a disorganized mishmash around the outside of the subway entrance...

As we walked past the bunch, we overheard one of them say, "Whoa- they're both hot."

Then, came the icing on the cake: "Holla if you swolla!"

Lynn and I immediately cracked ourselves up at this verbal ejaculation. Which was probably not the boys' intent, on account of us turning around and pretty blatantly laughing at them. Being intelligent girls, we mused for the rest of the afternoon (we both had the day off) about the varied facets of the phrase. For one, it must be delivered in a ghettofied accent in order for it to rhyme. And over the coming weeks, we have discussed this event with pretty much everyone we know. And during these discussions (very high brow, we know...) many girls have related accounts of amusing pick-up lines- usually delivered in passing, for a reason we cannot figure out... Nobody had heard "Holla if you swolla" before, however- leading us to feel oddly special in a way- and suspect that these jerks may have actually coined the phrase...

And thus, "Holla if you Swolla" (the blog) is born. Think of it as kind of a modern feminist revenge where we have the opportunity to collectively laugh at those who would objectify us...

"I like the comfort in knowing that women are generally superior and naturally less violent than men. I like the comfort in knowing that women are the only future in rock and roll."
Kurt Cobain

love, alana.