I make claims that I don’t—and can’t—love fashion. To some extent it’s true, but for sake’s sake, it’s irrelevant. Endorsing and indulging in fashion and beauty is not a betrayal of feminism. Those things have been an integral part of our culture. Our history. Why are we taught to be so adverse to it, else our suffragist fore-mothers’ (?) victories be in vain? And even more importantly, why is that people feel the need to concern themselves with other people’s cares?
We humans are governed by emotion; we are moved by aesthetic.
Don’t fight it. Embrace it. Be proud of it: of loving fashion, of indulging in beauty, and of dressing well. We all owe it to ourselves.
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Amen to that!
still dont know why its not antithetical to feminism
communicate more clearly please not frilly writing , it detracts from the point you are trying to make
@Arv: I appreciate the (constructive) criticism. It’s just a thought running through my head lately.
Since when is the desire to look one’s best/most attractive and intelligence mutually exclusive? In doing everything we can to stay away from fashion as a means of appearing more serious is simply giving in to, and feeding in to, gender binaries and stereotypes. We’re multifaceted beings: to judge our entire character on one aspect/hobby/etc. is silly.
Hope this makes sense!