If you have lingered around the hallways on campus for long enough, you have likely seen a reimagining of the WW1 “Uncle Sam” poster hanging around.
Its message: Are you a man? Do you think you are handsome? Join our male beauty pageant! Winner gets a PS5.
The culprit? The Brock University Girls Club.
At first meeting, the impression I gathered from the cult club leaders was one of an irreplicable, once-in-a-lifetime female bond. As “The President” locked eyes with “The Vice-President” in conversation, their glances whispered a sense of deep knowing. As they revealed they met online, I couldn’t help but jokingly ask if they met on Tinder.
For the record, they met through the “Brock2024” Instagram account. Nevertheless, their friendship has matured to the point where “The President” wrote and printed a 200-page book for “The Vice-President” in the span of a month. Did I mention the countless lemon loaves that “The President” has baked for “The Vice-President” every time she visits?
“Girls Club was primarily founded to help women become friends on the basis of womanhood and sisterhood,” said “The President.” The club’s purpose, she explained, is to throw as much money as possible toward the happiness of women.
Narrowing it down to its name, “The President” pointed out how Girls Club is a spin on the term Boys Club, defying all negative associations related to the concept.
As I faced “The President” in awe of their club’s mission, I couldn’t help but stare at her effortless cool-girl outfit configuration. Her light caramel brown sweater, adorned with a white collared shirt underneath and light wash denim, was sweet and effortless, much like the person wearing it. Some other fun facts I discovered along the way were her fascination with Beyoncé deep cuts, and her girl-dinner configuration being Çilbir.
As the conversation unraveled, I was amazed not only by her style but her passionate speech.
In discussing future endeavours for the club in the upcoming year, “The President” highlighted seeing inspiration in Pittsburg’s Conflict Kitchen, a now-defunct take-out restaurant serving food from countries and communities with which the U.S. is in conflict with. She explained to me how the restaurant served food from places like Syria, Iraq and Palestine, with stickers placed on the take-out containers decorated with quotes from individuals originating from the countries encapsulated in the project.
“I want to bring Conflict Kitchen to Girls Club; I want to bring a bunch of food vendors from around Niagara and from the GTA,” she explains. Casually, “The President” mentions that she has been communicating with the founder of Conflict Kitchen and that the logistics for Girls Club to emulate the project are in development.
Though the club leaders aim to foster meaningful conversation and events, they are just as committed to hosting fun events for the sake of celebrating women. Tea parties, flower giving, more pageants and other very secret [[redacted]] ideas hide in the forefront of “The President’s” overdeveloped prefrontal cortex.
To learn more about Girls Club, go to their Instagram. To join the club and RSVP for events go to ExperienceBU.