tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056109606386473492.post2784736039546503055..comments2023-06-25T19:28:33.469-07:00Comments on Bookish Beauty: On Girl Hate, Jealous Relationships, and FrillsEmilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221321378041840726noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056109606386473492.post-62941176054186019142013-05-15T06:09:52.182-07:002013-05-15T06:09:52.182-07:00Thank you for your kind words! And, yes, it is cra...Thank you for your kind words! And, yes, it is crazy.<br /><br />Do read the essay. It's excellent.Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08221321378041840726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056109606386473492.post-6725734907860865762013-05-15T02:55:13.910-07:002013-05-15T02:55:13.910-07:00Wonderful post! I so appreciate girls who take con...Wonderful post! I so appreciate girls who take concern over the socio-cultural pressure we undergo :)<br />First of all, I think that friend of yours was a very toxic person. She probably was a victim of this sick system herself, but still she was harming you in order to try and feel better about herself, which isn't good at all.<br />This is crazy, right? Instead of seeking help from other girls, we are socialized to try and take them down instead, so that we have, for a moment, the illusion that maybe we are worth something.<br />I'm so sick of all this - and, in general, I'm so sick of people who tell other people how to dress. Growing up I realized how much hatred I'd been taught to feel towards girls who were prettier than me; I'd been taught that I should judge other women basing on how short their skirts were. This is so misogynistic and all it does is perpetrating girls' insecurities and making them fight one another - so that we can't team up and say STOP to all this.<br />I came here accidentally but I'm so glad I found such a nice entry; thank you for sharing your thoughts :) - and I will *definitely* read that essay!Shannon Rutherfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181513036176083564noreply@blogger.com