#femenist

[gunkmusher]

one thing i hate about being a woman is how everything you do is seen as some kind of a performance.

if you like video games youre “trying to be a gamer girl”.

if you tell a joke you’re “trying to be quirky”.

if you like to dress a certain way your a “*insert adjective here* girl” for men to commodify and desire.

if you express anything that does not conform to the stereotypical idea of what a woman should be you’re “trying to be ‘one of the boys’”.

weird girls no longer get bullied for being “weird” they get bullied for “trying to hard to be different”.

you’re constantly walking on eggshells trying to avoid coming off like youre “trying” to be a certain way. aren’t you sick of it?

#idk how to tag these posts lol #femenist #womens rights #women #growing up a girl #femenism #women’s rights #activism #activist

[pr3ttystar16]

"I won't stop talking. I am a girl you have no control over. There is not a gag big enough to handle this mouth."

#Kathleen Hanna #Bikini Kill #femenism #femenist #90s #90s music #riot grrrl #riot girl #quote

[anxi0usgh0st]

you hate trans women because they’re trans. I hate them because they’re women.

Trans

Inclusive

Radical

Misogyny

a better way to hate™️

#THIS IS A JOKE I SWEAR #i love women #I’m just trolling the misogynists #femenism #feminism #femenist #leftist #leftism #dumb shit #shitpost

[theafterglow83]

Kode with Klossy event yesterday in NYC 2/25/24

What an absolutely amazing gift #Karlie Kloss is giving back by empowering young women to change and shape the world.

A beautiful woman with a heart of pure gold. Look at her ~ right in there helping those kids.What an exceptional human. She’s truly one in a billion.

#karlie kloss #kaylor #kode with klossy #femenist #women in stem #taylor swift

[peachlemonaid]

some art i’ve been making because i’m having an emotional moment about being afab and girlhood in general.

thanks for looking :)

#girlhood #afab #transfem #the femenine urge #femeninity #womanhood #femenist #femenist art #the femenine experience #weirdcore #weird art #girly girl #girly aesthetic #just girly things

[elltheawkward]

“I don’t want other people to decide who I am. I want to decide that for myself” ~ Emma Watson

#femenism #femenist #this seems relevant #Girl power #thoughtful #our decision #quotes

[pretentious-librarian]

re-defining femcel/girlblogger/etc

Let's be real. As teen girl in a patriarchal society, I absolutely understand and even find comfort in femcel/girlblogger culture. Surviving mental illness through delusion, romanticizing femininity in a world that hates it, feeling insane, lost, and pressured to fit into a mold in this world are all aspects of this subculture. This space has helped me accept my flaws and find community with other women. I like being in a community that discusses how being a woman in a patriarchal, capitalist society can drive you insane and give you mental problems. I am comforted engaging in femcel media where my struggles are seen and/or I can express my anger through watching various characters spiral and/or take control of their life while doing so--or even feel seen and heard as I watch girls loose control of their lives. And sometimes, it's just an aesthetic: lip gloss, lacy clothes, wearing pink, cigarettes, lana del rey, etc. Sometimes I like belonging, it's a basic human need.

I would confidently say I am femcel, personally. I believe the patriarchy is extremely harmful and many of the men my age that are single do not at all meet my high (feminist) standards. Thus, despite the fact that I am mostly conventionally attractive and an average amount of guys "like" me at any given point in time, I am celibate. The men around me almost always lack compassion, empathy, and are willfully ignorant. Femcel culture doesn't have to be bad.

However, anything can become toxic. Even femcel culture, a culture centered around women, has become affected by the patriarchy. Transphobia, eating disorders, classism, racism, and more have all been perpetuated through this culture, particularly with the problematic coquette aesthetic. Being a woman is being a compassionate good person. Being a woman is realizing that while you can live your delusional, mentally ill, tortured, main character, manic pixie dream girl, life out online, there is more to life than just yourself, even if you are in survival mode/dealing with trauma. There are girls who don't fit the cis, thin, white, rich, coquette "standard" that are just as valid as those who do because at the end of the day, if you are a femcel/woman, you are experiencing the same patriarchal problems in society as everyone else. Attaching an aesthetic to an ideology is lovely when it has not been poisoned by the patriarchy. Being a femcel is about rejecting the patriarchy (possibly because it rejected you first, but I digress), not accepting its twisted, white supremacist, transphobic, misogynist values in an all women space. As girlbloggers, we need to do better. We need to educate ourselves and have compassion for others, no matter how truly tortured we may be feeling, that is no excuse to use a community to harm others. The community has far too much good in it to truly be deemed evil to its core, but it certainly has major issues that need to be dealt with.

My interpretation of femcel is rooted in feminism. Acknowledging flaws in yourself and the system, allowing yourself to express your true feelings in this community when the rest of world wants you to shut up and be silent eye candy. Femcel culture should not be rooted in self-hatred, but in gentle love and growth, and fierce advocacy for the equality of women, the height of our standards, and the dismantling of the patriarchy. Sometimes, that means reading silly posts and validating how much you like a certain actor that men might make fun of you for liking, or it's a mournful Lana Del Ray song about the pain of living. Then it's about being better. Doing better. Setting an example for others while using media to point out problems in our society (like Girl, Interrupted).

For me, being a femcel is being a feminist. Being able to call out men (and everyone else) when they are upholding the patriarchy/being toxic, knowing that it will make men dislike/lose interest in me. Being a femcel to me is consuming media that makes me feel seen, media that comments on society, the patriarchy, the way women, teens, and teen girls are viewed. Being "delusional" for me means that I accept myself for who I am and love it (in world that wants me to hate myself), and being "toxic" is having the strength (girlboss energy) to fiercely stand up for myself, others, and society to make the world a better place, regardless of what others may think of me for doing so.

At least, that's how I perceive the community.

#femcel #girlblogging #girlblogger #girlboss #girl interrupted syndrome #female hysteria #female manipulator #girl blog #the feminine urge #femenism #femenist #gaslight gatekeep girlboss #lana del slay #lana del ray aesthetic #coquette #lily rose depp #girlblogger aesthetic

[favoritemelodies]

Often father and daughter look down on mother (woman) together. They exchange meaningful glances when she misses a point. They agree that she is not bright as they are, cannot reason as they do. This collusion does not save the daughter from the mother’s fate.

Bonnie Burstow.        Radical Feminist Therapy

#femenist #womanhood #motherhood #patriarchy #sylvia plath #joan didion #quote #bonnie burstow #femenism

[serotoninlesslesbian]

No country in the world can yet say they have achieved gender equality.

Emma Watson

#femenist #femenism #women #women movement of iran #iran #women life freedom #freedom #gender equality #emma watson #HeForShe #united nations #mysogony #female empowerment #equal pay

[gunkmusher]

makeup addicts explaining how all women being pressured into giving large corporations hundreds of dollars so they can all spend an hour painting the same face on top of their own faces so they can look like a fornite porn blender animation is actually super feminist and #hashtagselfcare and anyone criticizing these predatory companies and makeup culture in general is a insecure misogynist

🗣️🔥💯🏳️‍⚧️ I LOVE TRANS PEOPLE TERFS DONT INTERACT 🏳️‍⚧️💯🔥🗣️

#just to be clear #i’m not against makeup in general #just the way it is now a days #it’s racist and misogynistic as fuck #but i honestly don’t think it’ll get better until capitalism is gone #tbh #anyway #femenist #femenism #woman moment #women’s rights #patriarchy #idk how to tag this post 😭😭😭 #anti terf #misogyny

[fandomwe1rd0]

To any girls who were called Whore/Slut/ etc, because they were wearing makeup or revealing clothing, I have only one thing to say to you...in the wise words of Sub Urban

"You are beauty, not temptation" <3

#ooc post #sub urban #femenist #female femenist #freak show

[sk1nnyb1tcg]

I am not a poet I’m just a woman

She has been hated too long and she didn’t nothing to deserve it. She says clearly what she wants. She want to live up to her sisters and feels inadequate. She is not a bitch or a child she is a woman and she is my favorite match sister. I will defend Amy March until my I am in my grave

#amy march #march sisters #little women #little woman 2019 #poetry #literature #female hysteria #femenist

[anxi0usgh0st]

fake feminists are all about women’s rights until that woman is a criminal. be a TRUE feminist, like me, support women’s rights AND wrongs. join the movement and support your local female serial killer today

#/hj #femenism #femenist #women’s rights #but also women’s wrongs #leftist #leftism #shitpost #dumb shit

[distinguishedvision]

No fariy tale princess damsel shirt

#damsel netflix #just starting out #new shop #startup #e commerce #ecommerce #girl power #empowerment #empoweredwomen #empoweryourself #femenist

[cinnamonhabibi]

✧˚ I think that as women, we’re just so beautiful ⋆ ˚｡⋆୨୧˚

#girlblogger #she’s such a girlboss #girlblogging #tumblr girls #angel girl #dream girl #lana del rey #girlhood #lana del rey vinyl #girlbosses #femenist #girls supporting girls

[burntundertones]

#femenist #meme humor