'Makeup is an art form', yes. If you use it to create funky, vibrant eyeshadows, tradgoth makeup or add spirals and designs to your face, this is a form of 'self expression', as people like to refer to it. It's abnormal and indicates you're doing it for yourself rather than to adhere to the standards of beauty.
However, doing makeup which looks ‘natural’, trying to hide the fact you’re wearing it, using it to cover blemishes, hyperpigmentation etc that is not self expression if anything it’s self concealment. Hiding your natural self to appear more attractive to society is not an art form it’s a form of subordination which reinforces the idea that women must perform and that there’s something inherently flawed about our bodies. But libfems aren’t ready for that conversation.
tip: break up. thats so incredibly dehumanizing
The fact people are giving her advice that isn’t “don’t do anything you’re not comfortable with or into” is why women will never be free
Funny how words change. I was thinking about the phrase "gentleman's club," and what I'd IMAGINE that would mean (based on the definition of "gentleman") is a place for well-bred, intelligent, likely educated, civilized men to talk, drink and smoke cigars with other men of the same mindset. I picture Mr. Darcy sitting there with Mr. Bingley. Instead, it's come to mean "The lowest, dumbest, most perverted dirt bags you can imagine throwing filthy dollar bills at women who they're paying to take their clothes off." The men who visit these places are the furthest thing from gentlemen.
The funny thing is, if there were a "Lady's Club" it would probably still resemble exactly what we'd imagine: well-dressed, elegant women having a beautiful luncheon with their female friends, behaving totally appropriately. The most they might do that was "out of character" for ladies (supposedly) is laugh uproariously after a few glasses of wine.
Since I'm on the subject, Tea Rooms (which were very popular in America in the 1910's-20's and were generally owned by women) were very close to what I described as a Lady's Club, and I'd love to see them brought back. Getting dressed up to go to a fancy tea with a lot of female friends sounds like so much fun!
reminders for today:
if you or someone you know might need it in the next few years, purchase plan b. the shelf life of plan b is 4 years, and we might not be able to access it as easily as we can now in the days ahead.
if you are larger/plus size: go online and purchase ella instead of plan b. plan b is less effective if you aren’t under 160 pounds.
if you can, purchase books that project 2025 is looking to ban.
mass deportations are starting. if you see ice vehicles or agents, yell ice raid and la migra as loud as you can.
if someone asks who you voted for, keep your mouth shut. they’re fishing for traitors.
if anyone, anyone at all asks about your neighbors or their legal status in the us, you know nothing. don’t be the reason that their family is separated.
if anyone asks about your religion or lack thereof, keep it vague. this administration will look for any excuse to persecute you.
your friends are trans or queer? for the next four years they’re not. don’t expose anyone’s status as a trans or queer person to anyone else, even if you think you can trust them.
did someone you know get an abortion? no, they didn’t. they were never pregnant.
in short, don’t be a snitch, and keep to yourself these next four years. we’ll make it through this even if it seems hopeless at times.
we can survive this. we’ve survived before, and we’ll survive again.
It's really weird and uncomfortable speaking to someone and realizing that they watch pornography. There's always a few tells and it always makes me feel a bit grossed out.
It is worrying how easy it is for society to hate women and how difficult it is for them to hate men.
A man can be a proven criminal, have accusations of sexual abuse or harassment, a man can act like an idiot on national television, and still society will find a way to excuse him, they will find a way to defend him, to say that he didn't know what he was doing, that it's not that big of a deal, that it's a lie. Society will not hesitate to defend a man even when there is evidence that he is a disgusting human being.
But for society the mere existence of a woman is reason enough to hate her. A woman can exist and society will find any small detail to destroy her, A woman can become successful and they will find a way to say she doesn't deserve it, a woman can be hated for her body, her way of dressing, her job, her ideas, her partner, and society will not find a reason to defend her or they will decide to ignore this reasons.
No matter what a woman does, society will always find something to hate her about, they can spread lies and rumors in order to ruin her career, while with a man it is not like that, with a man there can be clear and real evidence that he is a disgusting human being and they will still love him.
All this is absolutely ridiculous and hypocritical, why is it so easy for them to hate a woman but so difficult to hate a man?
ECGENDER
A GENDER THAT IS STEMMED FROM/EXTREMELY CONNECTED TO THE DEPENDENCE OF / ADDICTION TO THE PSYCHEDELIC KNOWN AS ECSTASY OR MDMA
OLOGENDER
A GENDER THAT IS STEMMED FROM/EXTREMELY CONNECTED TO THE DEPENDENCE OF / ADDICTION TO THE PSYCHEDELIC KNOWN AS OLOLIUQUI OR MORNING GLORY SEEDS
MARIGENDER
A GENDER THAT IS STEMMED FROM/EXTREMELY CONNECTED TO THE DEPENDENCE OF / ADDICTION TO THE DRUG KNOWN AS MARIJUANA OR WEED/MARY JANE
DIMETGENDER
A GENDER THAT IS STEMMED FROM/EXTREMELY CONNECTED TO THE DEPENDENCE OF / ADDICTION TO THE PSYCHEDELIC KNOWN AS DIMETHYLTRYPTAMINE OR DMT
ACIGENDER
A GENDER THAT IS STEMMED FROM/EXTREMELY CONNECTED TO THE DEPENDENCE OF / ADDICTION TO THE PSYCHEDELIC KNOWN AS ACID OR LSD
SHROOMGENDER
A GENDER THAT IS STEMMED FROM/EXTREMELY CONNECTED TO THE DEPENDENCE OF / ADDICTION TO THE PSYCHEDELIC KNOWN AS SHROOMS
PSYCHGENDER
A GENDER THAT IS STEMMED FROM/EXTREMELY CONNECTED TO THE DEPENDENCE OF / ADDICTION TO PSYCHEDELICS
ADIGENDER
A GENDER THAT IS STEMMED FROM/EXTREMELY CONNECTED TO ADDICTION
I believe all religion is made up by men to oppress women. if that offends you dni 💗
hate how women being gnc is just her being normal and natural and human like not shaving hair, no makeup etc. but when a man is “gnc” he actually chooses to conform to another societal standard (wearing makeup, painting nails, etc)
i really really really don't care about trans shit anymore. like it's just not a thought in my mind. I'm terrified. i went on instagram and the first post i saw was "trump said there are only two genders! that's awful" I DONT GIVE A SINGULAR FUCK? I'm terrified. I'm terrified for the earth, there's a nazi in the white house that gets control of a whole department, 4 hours into his presidency there was a sieg heil by musk, he will leave everything to states and i will have no protections. I'm scared that my birth control will be taken and i eventually die alone and bloody from pregnancy complications. im scared for how bold nazis and racists and misogynists are going to be. i don't want more drilling.
i don't give a fuck if he said there's only male and female. he's trying to distract you from all the horrific shit he wants to do