Notes: 2318 / 1 year ago
from newwavefeminism (originally from whitedrunkgirls)
"Fuck these patriarchal beauty standards”. I hear you loud and clear, but women wearing pink and glitter and heels are not the enemy. And believe it or not, a whole bunch of women LIKE wearing that shit. We are not dumb, less feminist or watered down because of it. A long time ago when I was in undergrad I walked up to my feminist friends sitting in the grass and they started talking about my pink backless shirt and how their own clothes weren’t so “cutesy,” then it got awkward so I left and one of them said “see you later Blossom”. Do you remember that show? I loved it. But that’s not the point. The point is that my “friend” snuck a little snide comment in front of our all of our other friends simply because I like dressing up. And that was at least 8 years ago and I still remember everything about that day. Feminism is not about laughing at other girls and making them feel insecure. Especially over something as trivial as clothes. Remember you are pro-choice. Respect my choice to wear booty shorts."
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Lamesha, Grrrl Perspective (via blanche-dubois)
Feminism is about values and rights. It isn’t a pissing contest at who can show how “anti-patriarchy” you are, while looking down at girls who don’t spend every waking moment trying to stick it to the man. It’s just rebuilding the patriarchy - Feminism fights for all women, there’s no footnote saying “except those dumb, girly bitches.”
YOU’RE MISSING THE POINT.
(via newwavefeminism)
(Source: whitedrunkgirls)