not your manic pixie

2014-04-18 02:11

From blog My Kingdom for a Hat

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not your manic pixie

My friend Bee calls it “millennial androphilia”. You might know it by that name, or by another, or by the subtle understanding that you are probably not taken seriously. It’s in every article about how boys really want “guys’ girls” and how we should leave heavy makeup to the high-drama whores. Have you ever noticed how often “natural” is code for “masculine”? “She’s so natural; she’s so down-to-earth, she’s not  fake .” As though femininity were an artifice, something we peel back to find the “true” (i.e. masculine) state of being underneath. As though it...

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