Tag: feminism

There is this idea that effortlessness is virtuous and appealing in a woman because we as a society don’t want to grapple with the fact that women have deep, profound desires that are being acted upon, whether that is by becoming and staying thin or cultivating intellectual or creative brilliance. We want women’s genius and beauty to be accidental, part of her very essence rather than something she worked hard for. We are still uncomfortable with the idea that women do real labor[.]

Allowing a Female to Own Her Genius: Talking with Alana Massey by Jasmine Sanders

reputationlesbian:

i really hate what weaponised feminity has done to this site because someone will write, like, an informative post about how damaging the beauty industry is or a criticism on the fact that the makeup industry is telling literal children that they need to have perfect contour and wear revealing clothing to be pretty, and someone on here that is unfamiliar with the concept of critical thinking will make a comment like “lmao this bitch is mad that me and a bunch of 13 year olds have better brows than she does.” and it’ll be seen as super witty and funny by a bunch of you because so many people on this site still think that 2014 “eyeliner sharp enough to kill a man posts” are peak feminism