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societysonlooker · 3 years ago

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Seeing/meeting butches my age is the best thing ever it sparks so much serotonin. Good on you for doing your own thing and good on you for being who you wanna be. You deserve the absolute world.

#It's not that it's... rare? I guess? to meet butches my age #sure maybe I'm not the most social person but I feel like a LOT of wlw my age are a bit more gender conforming then they think?#and theres absolutely nothing wrong with that!!! if dressing/presenting a certain way makes someone happy then who the fuck am I to tell #them to stop? thats not the issue. The issue is I feel that a LOT of us still feel that societal pressure to be *attractive* --and that the #standard for attractive is either hypermasculine or femininely androgynous. It's either body-building or suplimenting the buzzcut #cargo pants combat boots and piercings with makeup and shiny jewlery #and just... none of that is *necessary*. Again. if thats the kinda thing that makes someone happy then I'm not judging them for it. But I #feel like as I get older it's increasingly rare to meet other wlw that *don't* use makeup and *don't* try to make their mens clothes look #more feminine and *don't* try to look like an *acceptable* dyke. Yes. There *can* be power in accepting both hyperfemininity and #hypermasculinity in equal measures for an end goal of attractiveness/social power. However #I think there is *also* a power in embracing this makes me comfortable parts of femininity and masculinity and tossing out the #attractive standard. There is as much power in baggy jeans and workboots and braids as there is in a miniskirt and doc martins and blood #red lipstick #There is as much power in jean shorts and sports bras/binders and buzzcuts and leather necklaces and sneakers as there is in slacks and #button downs and shoulder-length hair and mascara and oxfords and a blazer #Gender *can* be a performance. But it doesn't always have to be. And not just in the safety of your own home! The standard of acceptable #public dress is bullshit. Wear what makes you comfortable. Wear what makes you happy. And yea. We all say this ALL the time. But young girls #*still* don't feel comfortable walking outside without makeup or new-looking dyed hair or otherwise feeling *attractive*. and it's a fucking #shame. So yeah. Go out without makeup. Go out with your home-buzzed hair thats just *short* and not particularly styled. Go to the gym to #feel strong --rather than to look a certain way. wear braids if you don't wanna cut ur hair and don't let anyone tell you that that beanie #ISN'T your best friend. because it is if you WANT it to be. wear a sports bra cause it's comfy and work boots cause their practical and #socks that keep your feet warm and clothes that you can *move* in. You don't exist for other's consumption. And dressing in a way that makes #you feel *comfortable* is as Big of a Fuck You as GNC But Sexy look is anyday. and hell. As GNC but sexy becomes more mainstream #Dressing *comfortably* will start to be an even *bigger* fuck you.#So live your best life and be true to yourself and all that jazz.#and keep being yourselves; you amazing and funky lil queers.#Also: I acknowledge that as we grow more accepting of gender as a spectrum then theres a huge chance lots of butches are actually enby/trans #like. I AM an enby. And while I do suffer from dysphoria I have no desire to transition. I identify with the female sex as much as I don't #identify with being a woman. But seeing as I *look* visibly afab and feminine presenting (it's fucking *hard* for me to pass) I *do*#describe myself as a wlw. and for the simplification of the MESS that is my sexuality I do often refer to myself as a lesbian. It's not 100%

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