I don't feel that makeup is all that empowering. It's mostly just capitalism trying to sell makeup to women without losing its increasingly feminist customer base by reframing it as empowering rather than objectifying.
All makeup even just your regular 'natural-looking' stuff?
I mean, I guess in that specific case, yeah.
I hate wearing it personally but I feel pressure to live up to the idea of feminity which I hate for obvious enby reasons. It feels like a form of control "look this way that you don't want to or you're not a real woman." Like, growing up people were genuinely surprised that a girl didn't like makeup, and assumed I was trying to be "not like other girls" so I guess I just associate it with people trying to make me into something I'm not and then treating me like I'm not valid for not meeting those standards (that I don't want to meet in the first place but people assume I do because woman)
I guess one person's disempowerment can be another person's empowerment? I guess the important thing is for everyone to have a choice and to not be pressured by other peoples standards. If it makes you feel strong then don't let me shame you for it.
I don't feel that makeup is all that empowering. It's mostly just capitalism trying to sell makeup to women without losing its increasingly feminist customer base by reframing it as empowering rather than objectifying.
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All makeup even just your regular 'natural-looking' stuff? I mean, I guess in that specific case, yeah.
I hate wearing it personally but I feel pressure to live up to the idea of feminity which I hate for obvious enby reasons. It feels like a form of control "look this way that you don't want to or you're not a real woman." Like, growing up people were genuinely surprised that a girl didn't like makeup, and assumed I was trying to be "not like other girls" so I guess I just associate it with people trying to make me into something I'm not and then treating me like I'm not valid for not meeting those standards (that I don't want to meet in the first place but people assume I do because woman)
I guess one person's disempowerment can be another person's empowerment? I guess the important thing is for everyone to have a choice and to not be pressured by other peoples standards. If it makes you feel strong then don't let me shame you for it.
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The pressure to pass must be awful. :cat-trans: