GeniesLoki

77/ I guess I'll take questions if you have them. What an exhausting thread.

78/ Okay this is a great question and it's also pretty hard to answer concretely because it's nuanced and situational and also dependent on tone, topic of conversation and frequency of occurrence. But I did promise to explain this more so let me try.https://twitter.com/the_aiju/status/1323886021734486016?s=20 …

79/ So this would be an interjection into conversation which has an implied purpose of highlighting the femininity of the speaker and doesn't add much else, often taking the form of a bid for attention.

80/ And especially if it's a very stereotypically feminine-coded activity. A rather contrived example might be mentioning unprompted that you just got back from getting a manicure and sharing a screenshot of your nails.

81/ And the obvious response to this would be that you want people to compliment your nails, which might affirm your idea of a common feminine interaction you may have observed at some point in your life or in media. But also this is cringey if no one else does it.

82/ And a more nuanced example might be finding ways to slip in references to an aspect of your femininity that are out of place in the conversation even if you're otherwise participating normally.

83/ Like... hmm. I know what I mean but I'm struggling to come up with a good example. IDK. Cis girls, help me out here? This is your chance to say things that have annoyed you that you normally wouldn't. Anyone have better examples here?