A critique of aesthetic gatekeeping and online individualism amid the 'authentic weird girl' discourse.
i like that being weird is now... trendy? but i wish it was trendy for the like 25 years where i was bullied and excluded lmao - an OG weird girl
Yes to embracing multiplicity over the normal/weird binary! The idea that we have to perform a consistent 'authentic self' is exhausting and ultimately just another form of conformity. We contain contradictions and that's exactly as it should be.
i like that being weird is now... trendy? but i wish it was trendy for the like 25 years where i was bullied and excluded lmao - an OG weird girl
Yes to embracing multiplicity over the normal/weird binary! The idea that we have to perform a consistent 'authentic self' is exhausting and ultimately just another form of conformity. We contain contradictions and that's exactly as it should be.