You go ahead let your hair down (and fuck the rest of 'em)

[essbeejay]

For fuck's sake, people need to stop with this mentality that happy, well-adjusted girls/women who like dresses and heels and cute things and don't go around whinging about their EPIC ANGST!!! in their black jeans while they throw back a beer with the guys are either a) FAILING at being strong or b) lacking in depth.

Yeah, because when a girl wears a skirt, that automatically means she's weak. When she beams and coos over baby animals, that automatically means she's a ditzy idiot. When she jams her foot into those fabulous five-inch-heeled stiletto boots, that automatically means she's a victim, a target, incapable of recognizing that those high heels are actually the ball and chain meant to shackle all womankind and that in wearing them she is undoing all that the Feminist Movement has accomplished. Because we all know that Real Women Don't Wear Skirts, or Heels, or React With Any Emotion Other Than Indignant Rage, or Engage in Anything Remotely Resembling Femininity at All. (AND GOD FORBID SHE HAVE A CHILD.)

FUCK YOU W/E, all of you. WTF/E. Take your fool idiocy elsewhere before one of them jams their fucking five-inch-spike-of-a-stiletto-heel down your throat bursts into weak womanly tears!

/rant

AARGH

//rant, really

Speaking of footwear-related items are these not the most fabulous socks you've seen OR WHAT

THESE TOO

Day 14 → A non-fictional book



I don't have a lot to say about this one. Pretty much any advice I may have given on my lj about writing is stolen from this book. While it is specifically about writing, I think anybody who engages in a creative endeavor seriously, be it writing or painting or I dunno, underwater knitting if that's your thing, should read it; it is the best book on the creative process that I've read and I highly recommend it.

And, because I guess I'm feeling on a roll or something,
Day 15 → A fanfic

Imagination, by philosophicwax. And I know, "Oh, it's so incestuous, you're just reccing your lj friends' fics sbj, come on," but for serious, philosophicwax is one of the best and most unknown, underrated PpG/RrB writers out there. This particular fic was requested by me, and of course I was a little bitch and went all "MAKE IT BRICK/BUBBLES IN PPGMOVIE!VERSE. ALSO STICK THE WORD CONSANGUINEOUS IN THERE, MWAHAHAHA." And she more than rose to the challenge, and wrote something AWESOME.

Very mildly Brick/Bubbles - really, it's only them talking - and their voices are just fantastically done; I mean, it sounds like Brick and Bubbles. She also works their meeting seamlessly into PpGMovie!verse; there's enough BUH? and Huh, and Hmm... there to make it feel totally organic. Not to mention it's just a very (surprisingly!) thoughtful fic.

And it made me want to watch the movie, which is never a bad thing. ♥.

Day 16 → A song that makes you cry (or nearly)

Told you I was on a roll. I heard this song long before it was on Glee, long before I knew it was Michael Jackson's favorite song. The first time I heard it I definitely cried.

This song is also a startlingly appropriate fit for Bubbles. (Which makes her seem much sadder, doesn't it? AND THEY SAY CUTE GIRLS DON'T HAVE ANY DEPTH ///rant)

Comments

[animegirl0087.livejournal.com]

First of all, I have to say I love your song choice. I love listening to that song on repeat cause its absolutely wonderful and it often brings me to tears too!!! Anyways, I totally agree with you on the skirt issue. Usually the people I know who wear skirts all the skirts are FRIGGING fierce. The only thing I hate in regards to skirts and heels is when men objectify women just because of what they wear. I have this floormate that believes that women should only wear high heels because it makes them look hot, and he usually follows that comment with how men are the superior sex, but he's a dumb asshole.

[alement.livejournal.com]

FUCK YEAH GO WOMEN IN SKIRTS. I swear to god, everyone calls Bubbles the simple crybaby, but god damn she's awesome. She has so many sides and is by far my favorite girl to write.I man, Blossom doesn't get that sorta guff, yet she is probably the most feminine of the three.


I'm off to read that fanfic<3

[juxtaposie.livejournal.com]

That there are other people who understand that kindness doesn't equal weakness makes me feel like there's hope for the world.

Still, there are too few of us.

[alicornmoon.livejournal.com]

Everyone knows we cute ones who like baby animals are the ones you really have to watch out for ;3.
Oh yes, and heaven forbid we ever have a child *and* want to be stay at home moms/and/or/work from home. Because, you know, then the earth goes off into the sun for our sin -.-

[aerodactylus.livejournal.com]

Um, um, um...I feel like if I leave a comment, my maleness will cause bad things to happen. I SHALL GO VALIANTLY FORWARD ANYWAY!

You didn't mention this in your rant, but it feels like you probably know it anyway...guys (at least SOME guys I know) will look at a girl in skirt and heels and think SEX OBJECT, and therefore lacking in depth, whereas a girl in jeans and whatnot is "one of the guys," and thus is more relatable and worth understanding.

However, I have to say (and I'm really swimming with sharks now) that I have a little bit (I SAID A LITTLE BIT OKAY IT'S REALLY A LOT) of contempt for girls who do things like wear said clothing SPECIFICALLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF getting guys to notice them, because said attire is associated with SEX OBJECT.

As for me, I've always preferred the tomboy look, so...uh, yeah.

/pleasedon'tkillme

[wei-chan.livejournal.com]

I ashamed to admit that, for a majority of my life, I was one of those people who thought skirt = weakness. That probably had to do with the fact that all the girls I knew that wore skirts freaked out about every little thing in their lives, said "like" between every other word and relied on "big, strong" boys to do their dirty work.

I used to like skirts, but I had really crappy friends growing up who used to make fun of me for wearing anything that hinted towards my feminine side. Thus, I grew up as a tomboy/punk rocker/skater girl/black-wearing nerd. It wasn't until recently (now that I'm in college and away from said crappy friends) that I reevaluated myself and realized that girls in skirts could be kickass too. After all, if Sailor Moon and the PpG can kick villain butt in dresses and miniskirts, then why can't I? Granted, I'd rather opt for my super kickass comfy jeans, but if you can be badass in a skirt, props to you!

Plus, I've been told by the boys that I can come off just as intimidating - if not more - in my skirt and pumps. Seriously, I was the only drum major in a skirt and pumps during concerts and I was more respected than the two boys in slacks XD Go skirts!

And I've read Bird by Bird. I still have it, too. My uncle gave it to me when I was ten and started getting into writing. I've read her book and Stephen King's On Writing for advice. It's a great book.

As for the song "Smile" - I love Nat King Cole. I love Natalie Cole as well, now that I think about it. I love both MJ's version and NKC's.

[xjabooo.livejournal.com]

I DON'T WEAR A SKIRT UNLESS I REALLY HAVE TO, LIKE PROM OR SCHOOL UNIFORM OR COSTUME AND STUFF. SO YEAH.

And I like cute baby animals. But I don't obsess over them. I just basically love animals. They're cute and cuddly and furry but I don't mind the big ones, too. I don't discriminate on size. Or furriness.

And I like heels. :o Mostly because I only stand at 5'2 1/2". I used to never wear heels and all flats and sneakers, but like, I'm fat, so if I get a little height boost I don't look as fat. Yeah. Insecurity issues.

And I can run in them. Like I can run in four-inch heels (because God forbid I ever go past four). So ha, males. Shove that down your pants.

I feel bad for myself because I'm more of a girl than I should be. I don't have many guy friends. :(

[essbeejay.livejournal.com]

Hugs, you. We should start a club.

[shiegra.livejournal.com]

That is one of my most-loathed tropes. Seriously. Incredibly frustrating, deeply hated. The whole incredibly blatant undertone of the stereotypical and cultural ideal of 'masculinity' being explicitly prized above stereotypical 'femininity' is intensely frustrating for me.

The incredibly misogynistic criticism of women who dress in skirts and high heels to enjoy their sexual appeal - to enjoy, e.g., being noticed by guys or in desire of being noticed by guys - and the frequent denial that women who dress in high heels and skirts could be wearing them for a reason other than the sex appeal - they don't have to go hand-in-hand but often do - is also stupid and sickening. Condemnation of forwardness in female sexuality, or female sexuality period, is incredibly rage-inducing to me. Because fuck, it's great if they look good to us, but god forbid they look good deliberately, god forbid they have sexual agency or honest sexual interest invested in looking good. (God forbid they want to look good period.) It's so sexist, and so bullshit.