[ SECRET POST #2772 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2772 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Audrey Tatou, Coco Avant Chanel]


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03.
[Orange is the New Black]


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04.
[Recettear]


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05.
[Mad Men]


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06.
[Game of Thrones]


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07.
[Archer]


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08.
[Kate Beaton's Hark! A Vagrant]


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09.
[Sleepy Hollow]


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10.
[Divergent]













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Comments

[mekkio]

Yes! I hate that, "I'm not like other girls" mentality.

You are not a special snowflake if you like sports. Tons of other girls like sports. You are not a special snowflake if you like sci-fi. Tons of other girls like that too. Like video games? You are not alone in your gender.

I know pop culture has a tendency to paint girls a certain way. And that certain way is thinking sci-fi/fantasy, comics and video games are just "icky boy things" but I think they are getting better with having more female characters being geeks as well. There is money in catering to the female geek population, Hollywood. And it is growing.

[elephantinegrace]

Or the, "you can either like sports or makeup." I mean, sure, when you're out on the soccer field, you don't want to be running around in 8-inch stilettos and a pencil skirt (you don't want to be running around in 8-inch stilettos, period, actually) but hey, if I want to look pretty at the team's victory dinner, I'll wear as much pink as I want. The female population isn't split into tomboys and girly-girls.

[mekkio]

I so agree with this. My sister was the perfect example of this growing up. She loved perfume, jewelry, Hello Kitty, Summer dresses and looking all dolled up but you could always find her skateboarding, playing video games and rough housing. She didn't see the problem with being a super girly tomboy.

[(Anonymous)]

I think some girls/women need to get out more.

Go to a sporting event and you'll see a lot of women there. Go to a scifi con and you'll see a lot of women there. Go to a free lecture or a political fundraiser or a classic car show and you'll see a lot of women there and no, they weren't all dragged there by their male partners.

"I'm not like other girls" doesn't hold up when you move beyond your immediate social circle and go where people who actually like the things you like congregate. (Of course, then you become a small fish in a big pond, so that may be unappealing.)