all i’m saying is if an all-girls school crashed on the island in lord of the flies then they would’ve been off the island in a week
lord of the flies doesnt show the base human condition, it shows the base privileged straight white male condition, incredibly when i point this out people get kind of annoyed
Might I direct you to Beauty Queens by Libba Bray, a YA novel in which a plane full of teen beauty pageant contestants crashes on a deserted island. Instead of descending into violent savagery, the girls are able to work together and become more truly themselves than they could in the patriarchal world outside. They repurpose the tools of beauty into tools of survival (and some of them work to keep up their appearances too, because that’s what makes them feel happy, while others decide they’re done with all the pressure to be a certain sort of beautiful.) They fight against evil corporations. Beauty Queens is enthusiastically feminist. (Never fear, the feminism is intersectional, exploring issues of race and sexuality as well as gender.) Also, this book is HILARIOUS, not to mention surprisingly exciting!
Oh, look at this thing I’m going to add to my reading list.
srsly read Beauty Queens, one of the girls is trans!!!
“Chevalier d’Éon, was a French diplomat, spy, freemason and soldier who fought in the Seven Years’ War. D’Éon had androgynous physical characteristics and natural abilities as a mimic, good features for a spy. D’Éon appeared publicly as a man and pursued masculine occupations for 49 years, although during that time d’Éon successfully infiltrated the court of Empress Elizabeth of Russia by presenting as a woman. For 33 years, from 1777, d’Éon dressed as a woman, claiming to have been female at birth. Doctors who examined d’Éon’s body after d’Éon’s death discovered that d’Éon would have actually been designated male at birth.”
Can we all talk about this bad ass genderfluid French soldier/spy from the 1700s? Please?
He presented as a woman for a specific reason. That doesn’t make him gender fluid.
They also lived the rest of their life until death as a woman. They retired from their work in the military and lived the last years of their life as a woman, collecting a military pension.
So I don’t know why you think you get to decide that their gender “really” was a cis man?
Chevaliere d’Eon blackmailed the French government into changing the records to say that she was born female. I’m having a hard time seeing that as anything other than an especially punk rock form of legal transition.
God damn. d’Eon did not fuck around.
Fun fact: she continued to compete in fencing tournaments up into her sixties. There’s some great art of her facing off against opponents.
everyone can wear makeup!!! all genders!!! makeup is for everyone! anyone can wear makeup. normalize makeup being seen as gender neutral because it is. makeup is for everyone
no one can wear make up! no genders! make up is for no one! no one can wear make up. normalize makeup being seen as gender nihilist because it is. makeup is for no one.
one person can wear makeup!!! only one!!! makeup is for one person! one person can wear makeup. normalize makeup being seen as the mark of god because it is. makeup is only for the one
I think that covers all the bases.
one person cannot wear makeup! it is fine for everyone else. everyone but that one person can wear makeup. normalize makeup being worn by everyone but him, because you fucking know what you did, Randy!
50% of people who apply to be makeup wearers can and must wear makeup because that is how you do a controlled experiment.
the other half will apply something they think is makeup, but is actually just powdered sugar
Anyone can wear makeup, but they can’t know what kind of makeup, and all makeup-related communication is taboo. All makeup-wearers are perfectly logical. If any makeup-wearers discover that they are wearing blue eyeshadow they must sacrifice themselves at sunrise.
People will put makeup on all people who don’t put makeup on themselves.
Everyone can wear makeup, but it’s illegal to buy. This is called the Swedish Model.
Kimchi and Justice 