“Femininity is a gender expression. It is not an index of competence; liking frilly dresses and flowers in your hair (or whatever; shows how much I know about it), being a girly girl, has all of zero effect on how good you actually are at stuff. Feminine women write law and change tyres. But currently the way we approach clothing forces the confluence of femininity and incompetence: bags that restrict a hand, shoes you can’t run in, clothes that don’t let you carry things. Massive impracticality is, unfortunately, solidly coded feminine.”
- The politics of the pocket « This Wicked Day (via clingtomymouth) (via skirtonfire)
- The politics of the pocket « This Wicked Day (via clingtomymouth) (via skirtonfire)