More proof that NB is the woke flavor of "I'm not like the other girls"

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[–]vitunrotta 14 insightful - 4 fun14 insightful - 3 fun15 insightful - 4 fun -  (2 children)

Almost choked on tears of laughter at this because I thought it was satire at first.

I've been rocking every kind of short hairstyle from buzzcut to bob to some weirdass early 2000-ish BS (those super "edgy" haircuts, lol), and I never once felt like an ounce of my wOmaNhOOd was taken away. Also didn't feel like a dUdeBoi. According to these dimwits I'm probably a lesbian, trans rainbow homosexual queer pancake, drizzled with some nonbinary syrup. It's anybody's guess!

How many times do we have to repeat to these poor people: dress as you like, cut your hair as you like, have whatever hobbies you like, wear make up or don't - nobody fucking cares BUT YOU. And also: you are not so fucking special. You just happen to like videogames AND painting your nails. G R O U N D B R E A K I N G ! E A R TH S H A T T E R I N G ! Nobody has ever done this before!

To these "NB people": do us all a favour and stop doing the absolutely mind-bending Buzzfeed-talk about "smashing the patriarchy!" and a at the same time thinking that being a woman is strictly the image of some 50's American housewife. YOU are the sexist idiots. Not the rest of us. Calling yourself "nonbinary" is today's way of trying to say "I am super interesting." Hint: you're fucking not. You're just as normal, regular, boring and uninteresting as the rest of us. Now live with it and stop trying to sound so annoying all the time.

Ugh, YOUTH.

Edited grammar (as usual.)

[–]not_mean_enough 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

dress as you like, cut your hair as you like, have whatever hobbies you like, wear make up or don't - nobody fucking cares BUT YOU.

Except, when you're a teenager, everyone cares: other kids at school bully you for that, random strangers in the street give you shit for that, and adults expect you to explain yourself. I'm pretty certain that when I was a teen, people around me cared how I looked much more than I did.

[–]vitunrotta 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That's true. I agree with you absolutely... to the point where I'm still irrationally afraid of groups of teenage girls because they might start saying mean things. (I'm getting close to 40 so you know, it's pretty silly but... yeah, totally get you.)

Teens are often mean and have a very visceral way of finding the top and bottom of the so-called food chain. By god, I think most of us have been on the receiving end (many of us even on the "giving" end, no doubt) of telling someone how stupid they look and so on. I was not very clear in my reply - I want to correct that now.

I do believe that as ADULTS we should be able to let anyone's mean comments about our fashion choices or whatever to be what they actually are - some (usually) bitter person's way of projecting their own insecurities and then pulling you down by nasty commentary. It is often very subtle so it can be hard to explain to e.g. your company's HR department etc., but the bottom line is: you won't be stoned to death if you decide to wear "manly" clothes at the office or something.

Is it fair when someone makes you feel like shit about these things? Never. Sadly, our reality is rarely fair, if ever. So sometimes it really is up to us - as adult women - to let those comments pass and give them exactly the amount of attention they require: zero.