Having more or less body hair does not make one more or less feminine. Our body hair does not define who we are.
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The Caricature of Feminine Irrationality
When a society overemphasizes gender, it must grapple with the consequences. Unfortunately, those consequences manifest themselves in the form of destructive and unaccommodating gender stereotypes.
Why We Dislike the Idea of Being Girly
The breakdown of female characters into rigid categories, and the glorification of some of these as “ideal” stems from generations of misogyny.
Classically Promoting Anti Feminism
Feminism is always necessary. It’s important that we don’t go back to believing we should shame women for problems that are “provoked”. (Intersectional) Feminism has the clear intention of advancing the voices of all women, and it’s not something anyone of us should try to speak (or make a YouTube channel) against.
Vulnerability as a Vice
However, I have come to realize that my disdain for the current dualist nature of vulnerability—one that positions vulnerability in opposition to invulnerability—has allowed me to create a dangerous dichotomy between vulnerability and strength. It is by my very own contempt for arbitrary gender associations that I fell into the trap of a “together woman” and demonized vulnerability in the process.
The REVIVAL Zine 