oh. well. I need makeup because I look up to drag queens and cartoon women and it helps me look better than human because human is terribly tragic and boring most of the time and makeup makes me feel fabulously above it all.
Part of what I’m realizing in my Introduction to Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies class is that my version of feminism fights for a more inclusive but egalitarian expression. In the case of make up, messages like these vilify make-up in all forms, even as an art form. Working to improve the condition of the women isn’t necessarily stripping her down to the bare necessities and removing her from material goods; you don’t have to be a Marxist to be a feminist. Heck, if anything, we should be trying to create a positive practice out of make-up, not completely eliminating it.
(Source: mind-decays)
