*splutters something incoherent*
Oct. 25th, 2010 08:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
athenaltenaWhy these girls go to school without makeup
I'm not sure I can quite articulate my reaction to this, since my reaction was pretty inarticulate and mostly consisted "So they... and people care... what?!"
Yeah, the story is that these high school girls have a club where they "daringly" decide not to wear makeup for one day of the week.
*twitch twitch*
I cannot even begin to articulate just how wrong this entire premise is, but I'll spell it out: A girl choosing not to wear makeup should not have to be seen as an act of rebellion. HONESTLY. People are really so invested in these rigid, unforgiving gender roles that this is actually seen as being notable?
Bullshit. I applaud the girls, but really, the fact that this even has to exist is completely and utter BULLSHIT.
It also puts in perspective just how little stock I put in this version of "doing the feminine" (which, by the way, is a valid sociological term but always makes me snicker since I picture some sort of disco dance) since I've basically never cared about makeup and the like. Seriously, the person who's taught me the most about it is a drag queen.
I'm not sure I can quite articulate my reaction to this, since my reaction was pretty inarticulate and mostly consisted "So they... and people care... what?!"
Yeah, the story is that these high school girls have a club where they "daringly" decide not to wear makeup for one day of the week.
*twitch twitch*
I cannot even begin to articulate just how wrong this entire premise is, but I'll spell it out: A girl choosing not to wear makeup should not have to be seen as an act of rebellion. HONESTLY. People are really so invested in these rigid, unforgiving gender roles that this is actually seen as being notable?
Bullshit. I applaud the girls, but really, the fact that this even has to exist is completely and utter BULLSHIT.
It also puts in perspective just how little stock I put in this version of "doing the feminine" (which, by the way, is a valid sociological term but always makes me snicker since I picture some sort of disco dance) since I've basically never cared about makeup and the like. Seriously, the person who's taught me the most about it is a drag queen.
