the shoe store salesman that never happened

The titillating "open letter" from a shoe store salesman that I posted yesterday complaining about how the mothers who bring in their children for shoe fittings sit too exposed raised a lot of discussion online. There was a lot of discussion if it was really written by a man or if by a woman posing as a man, though I am not sure why it matters. There were discussions about tzniyus violence or tzniyus abuse or tzniyus shaming (not sure what to call it) and how often it is more perpetrated by women on women rather than by men on women. I saw some very funny remakes of the "open letter" referring to a variety of other professions within the Jewish community.

What I did not see was anyone finding out who really wrote it, the story behind it, and actually calling the number on the flyer.

Until last night. Flatbushgirl, aka Adina Miles-Sash, posted in her Instagram that someone called the phone number. Here is what she had to say, with some background of the open letter:

So, though I still dont know why it matters, it is a woman who wrote the letter and not a man. Additionally, she sent it to shoe stores and didnt expect anyone to actually read it and post it online - does she know how the world works today? And, she only expected women to read it - how would men know not to read it? She has a problem with how women cross their legs when sitting and think it is not tzanua, so she wrote a very untzanua letter to raise awareness of the need for more tzniyus? For somebody who is hyper-aware regarding tzniyusshe seems extremely unaware of absolutely everything else...

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