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macchiatosdumptruck · 4 months ago

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Just had a realization that, I feel much more welcome in online spaces targeted towards the "masculine" hobby of fitness than the freaks and geeks of the "masculine" comic book world ever made me feel

#fighting for my life every damn day. like. yeah there's definitely misogyny #and other prejudices around #maybe im just finding cool places to lurk #but something that was like. uncool but in a cool way. for the misfits. eas horrendously gate kept #and instead of being happy there were new or different fans guys were ANGRy #(this is like. pre avengers era)#the combination of disbelief praise (but like. in the way you praise a false god?) and pure resentment #like it should be studied #the mythical geek girl will never live up to their expectation because they dont actually want her #they want someone to faun over them and say “your hobbies are so cool and make you look smart” and never disagree with them over opinions #also you have to be hot. but not like. too hot. because you belong to them now.#god the way i was NEVER treated more like some sort of vaguely sentient sexy lamp than at that job #and the reason is because these guys are usually the ones being punished for not adhering to societal pressures in some way #and instead of Realizing. “Hey. those are bullshit expectations” they're like “ok but now we're the ones making the rules”#anyways like i loved that job so so so much but my me tal health is way better for REAL

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