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#& tells you that's patriarchal oppression and YOU'RE the bad one by distancing yourself from something that always made you feel defective
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#just saw that tweet abt pink days on the set of the barbie movie & i think it made me realize why it - the marketing etc - annoys me so
#'margot robbie went around collecting fines and donated them to charity haha' okay. look.
#that's just the perfect metaphor for how it worked for us - me - anyone who wants to align themselves with me - when we were girls
#isn't it
#because you grow up and you desperately want to fit in with the other girls but you don't & you don't know why
#but you're surrounded by things and people telling you what a normal girl is like & little-to-none of it is things you find appealing or
#interesting. makeup and fashion and skin care. gymnastics and romance. you're told that you are obligated to be pretty
#but prettiness has never been part of your perception of yourself. femininity is an arcane concept
#an exclusive club that will never grant you entrance
#& the only comfort you can give yourself is deciding that it's dumb anyway. shallow. vain. who cares about looks and boys and all of that
#idiots that's who
#but this is Doing It Wrong too isn't it? because now everyone who has taught you that you will forever fail at femininity turns around
#& tells you that's patriarchal oppression and YOU'RE the bad one by distancing yourself from something that always made you feel defective
#'YOU may have never lived up to this impossible standard of perfection but some ppl do and actually it's fine to be like that!
#hyperfeminine traditionally beautiful women are the most oppressed group of all & finally we will stand up for our rights!'
#'girls can be pretty AND conpetent' but that's not what they're actually saying. isn't it.
#because performing femininity correctly is the prerequisite. a threshold you can never cross and you know that. & that's fine
#but somehow that's wrong too because you're not supposed to make peace w that are you. you're SUPPOSED to want to do it right
#even if you don't and never have and never will
#and once again everyone is yelling at you that this club isn't meant for you. if you criticize the barbie movie you're antifeminist
#if you refuse to wear pink I'll make you pay a fine
#hashtag girlpower
#(well im not a girl. not a guy either. and not a secret third thing. just bad at femininity.
#bad at being a person. and y'all don't need to tell me you don't want me in your club
#I've always known that. i just wish you'd stop expecting me to beg for entrance.)
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