@eigenrobot might be the only person I interact with regularly who I feel likes/respects/sees me As A Woman and actually respects things about me *because* they are womanly
this is not the only form of respect I feel coming from him but it's a facet
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mostly I feel that I am accepted socially Because I'm Not An Annoying Girl in Spite of womanhood rather than Because of womanhood
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whether this perception is accurate, where the fuck it comes from, who knows it might be entirely a me thing but recently
@NoLongerBennett (I think) referred to me as a "conspicuously girly tradwife" and something about that was a relief2 replies 0 retweets 38 likesShow this thread -
"aha a friend who isn't tolerating or trying to ignore my girlishness or femininity but accepts the entire package"
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in many ways I am extremely girly and goddammit I do not want that to be tolerated I am a delicate orchid who needs a lot of care and finicky nurturing to thrive and you like having me around for my own damn sake
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the above tweet is a kind of feminine-virtue impulse I have, which I *want to have recognized as a virtue*
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like there's that line like "women are valued intrinsically, men are valued instrumentally" which sucks and is true but fuck there is GOOD SHIT in the "intrinsic value" thing
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hot take the dismantling of male-only spaces is bad because it makes them feel defensive around femininity
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my mother once had some pet rabbits who had babies one day she opened the cage to discover that a large snake had eaten the babies and injured the momma are snakes evil? no do you think she was ever able to appreciate a snake on its own terms ever again? also no
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oops I accidentally alluded to the "women are snakes" thing but please ignore that or I will mute you
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I was not aware this was, a Thing
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Replying to @eigenrobot @selentelechia
eve and the snake and so forth i guess
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AWAS
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