I’d sit through conversations with straight family members and friends, and the couple seemed to be a source of common ground to any queer relationship that was brought up—my own included.
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I didn’t even know women could masturbate until I watched the first season of Sex Education when I was 16.
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But who is John?
That question is probably answerable by Mulaney himself, or the people closest to him—not necessarily the teenagers who idolize him.
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“As humans, we generally do like to be stimulated or aroused by our environment. For some, watching a horror movie can hit that sweet spot of being scared but also feeling like you're in a safe place.”
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Maybe it has morphed over the years, but the foundation is all the same—by desperately trying to separate yourself from the girls around you, you are letting it be known you are cooler, edigier, better.
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A second reason why I only surrounded myself with boys was because I wanted to be one of them. I wanted to approximate the power they had as men in our patriarchal society.
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The recent uptick in brands specializing in self-defense tools marketed towards women is indicative of a larger trend of women gravitating towards more hands-on methods of self-defense.
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My closet’s limited color selection eliminated the challenge of matching and gave me freedom to play with accessories, aesthetics, and silhouettes.
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Vedic astrology and feng shui consider the color of clothing as a means of protection and energy balance as well. What a foolproof way to get dressed, I thought. Why not dress to my full, universe-guided potential?
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Before, witches were seen as old women with warts; now, they’ve become fresh-faced pin-up girls in front of a green screen.
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While I had some taste, what I was wearing was completely lackluster beside everyone else. In reality, it probably did not mean as much to them as it did to me, but the feeling of being overlooked haunted me for weeks.
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Even so, I do continue to wonder what people love so much about this book, and why it continues to be revered despite the poorly written lead, cultural appropriation, and romanticized abusive relationships.
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But especially in this day and age, fantasies of fame have hidden drawbacks. Behind the pomp and frill lies a web of beliefs that fame brings about a special sense of fulfillment that’s unavailable to the general population.
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While his responses seem lighthearted and funny, the impact of Lil’ Nas X’s refusal to bow down to these bigoted criticisms is not lost.
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Because don’t you think that if men were actually as good as they claimed, they wouldn’t feel the need to constantly shove their “niceness” down our throats?
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I could just share a small creation, a sign I was productive. I was making these little things to show to others, to prove that even though times were hard, I wasn’t giving up.
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As someone who had ideas of modesty and purity so heavily pressed upon them, I couldn’t help but be enchanted by this freedom they possessed.
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I still am, but now I can’t help but wonder (okay, calm down Carrie Bradshaw) if I can envision a future in journalism.
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Hairstyle shifts from the ‘60s to ‘70s took a more modern, sometimes androgynous approach: the pageboy bowl cut, effortless shag, and feathered ends each highlight this shift in feminist expression.
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Since fashion signals status and power, and power manifests as an influence, then fashion is influence. Now, what societal role satisfies both the ego and soul? Politics.
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