It’s an act of solidarity.
If you’ve been scrolling through Twitter over the last few days you may have seen a few granny pants.
While you may have just thought it was just some social media users love of oversharing, but the pictures are actually pretty inspiring.
Heh @sportsbetcomau .. This is today's outfit. Stop spouting rubbish & running clips from 12 months ago. #fail pic.twitter.com/nylbmPt6f2
— Samantha Armytage (@sam_armytage) August 9, 2016
Sam Armytage is a TV news presenter who works in Australia on Sunrise.
The movement all began when the Daily Mail in Australia posted a ‘news story’ about Sam.
The caption read: ”Sam Armytage’s giant granny panties show a visible line”
Sam Armytage's giant granny panties show a visible line https://t.co/ACda8eDJbq pic.twitter.com/NsYuLhvsGo
— Daily Mail Australia (@DailyMailAU) December 11, 2016
Yes, this is sadly a real tweet.
So rather than tweet back to the Daily Mail to rant about the ridiculousness of the whole thing, and rather than ignore it completely, women have been showing solidarity.
A call to arms for Sam Arms! #PutOutYourGrannyPanties @sam_armytage
— Diana DJ (@DianaDJ7) December 12, 2016
Women all over Twitter began proudly posting images of their large, comfortable knickers to banish the apparent stigma the writers at the Mail seem to have about granny pants.
@sunrise #PutOutYourGrannyPanties pic.twitter.com/K66R5NyhhU
— MyBrainHurts💍💘🍸🇦🇺🏳️🌈🤷♀️🍺🌏 (@CountessAu) December 12, 2016
Must suck having so much male privelage and all you have to show for it is a pic of Sam Armytages undies. #BigUndiesOutForSam @sam_armytage pic.twitter.com/SjIhcTgTEi
— Ruby (@RubySaysSo) December 12, 2016
These babies should really, never see the light of day…just the inside of a rubbish skip #BigUndiesOutForSam @sam_armytage @MiaFreedman pic.twitter.com/JXSJ81amxW
— Maddles (@MaddalenaGalli) December 12, 2016
Got my #bigundiesoutforsam @samarmytage @MiaFreedman @dailymail im proud to be in the big undies gang!! pic.twitter.com/3gaXazYPRC
— moonbirdsunbird (@Moonbirdsunbird) December 12, 2016
#BigUndiesOutForSam screw the media – women can wear the undies they want! pic.twitter.com/gruHrRJijW
— Dani K (@dakkas84) December 13, 2016
And our personal favourite:
https://twitter.com/L_Day/status/808442428998893570
Ladies and gentlemen, wear whatever the hell you want.
