Dissertation
Female swagger, to XCX, comes with insecurity, because no matter how much bravado she displays, she must navigate overwhelming societal standards and expectations for her behavior. Brat , then, is about how hard it is to be a brat—to project untouchability and ambition in a world that relentlessly questions successful women.
Shirley Li • The Brat-Ification of Kamala Harris
I call it marketplace feminism. It’s decontextualized. It’s depoliticized. And it’s probably feminism’s most popular iteration ever.
Andi Zeisler • We Were Feminists Once: From Riot Grrrl to CoverGirl®, the Buying and Selling of a Political Movement
The Bimbo: A Woman of Divinity
youtu.be“maybe camp is at its best when the creators understand that what they are creating is a little flawed or tacky by some measures (including their own), but still see the value in it nonetheless, and insist on pressing forward. the way no one can agree on what camp means might actually be the whole point. camp is always redefined by whoever uses
... See moreCamp is a solvent of morality. It neutralizes moral indignation, sponsors playfulness.
Susan Sontag • Notes on Camp
We have a situation in which women reject conventional femininity in the interest of liberation, and then find themselves alternately despising and craving it—the pattern at work in Massey’s spiritual journey away from Gwyneth and then back to her, as well as in the message-board communities where random lifestyle bloggers are picked apart.
Jia Tolentino • Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
🌸 Why is it that the things women love are often the punchline, while the things men enjoy are treated as cultural landmarks?
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While much attention has been given to the feminist theory produced in the 1970s, its influence on the architectural debate and projects is less well known. In her essay, Camyl Vigneault examines nine architectural projects designed and built by women between the late 1970s and early 1990s. These projects—located in Sweden, Italy, Germany, the USA,... See more
instagram.comWhereas the millennial women of Instagram — the millennial women associated with the “that-girl” trope — would strike the perfect pose and use filters to enhance their natural beauty, Gen-Zs use their phone cameras to distort the natural ideal of the human face, obscuring their features with emojis, cartoon glitter, surreal lighting and other... See more