I've always played around with girly things by myself- entirely self-taught when it comes to using those girly hair accessories.
I could never bring myself to read those horrible sexist girly "cosmo-type" magazines. The assumptions of dressing to please others and not myself first bother me intensely in those things.
That said, I really know how to use hairpins and those little butterfly clips and not much else really. There's a reason I don't cut my hair. I'd half to learn what to do with med-length hair all over again (and short hair on me = the no, and i can show you photos)
You probably know more about make-up that I do too. I learned how to do a couple specific things "for work" or "for dressing up", but usually don't bother/ have a clue.
I think a lot of women feel the same "why aren't I more normative" feelings, along with the pressure to be girly to get approval. It's a real bitch sweetie, and it's nice to hear someone else describe it so concretely, for all it isn't a nice thing.
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Date: 2008-06-05 01:29 am (UTC)I could never bring myself to read those horrible sexist girly "cosmo-type" magazines. The assumptions of dressing to please others and not myself first bother me intensely in those things.
That said, I really know how to use hairpins and those little butterfly clips and not much else really. There's a reason I don't cut my hair. I'd half to learn what to do with med-length hair all over again (and short hair on me = the no, and i can show you photos)
You probably know more about make-up that I do too. I learned how to do a couple specific things "for work" or "for dressing up", but usually don't bother/ have a clue.
I think a lot of women feel the same "why aren't I more normative" feelings, along with the pressure to be girly to get approval. It's a real bitch sweetie, and it's nice to hear someone else describe it so concretely, for all it isn't a nice thing.