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I would no longer do anything of my own accord, and would either just mimic what everyone else was doing, or simply follow instructions.
“Catcalling is still a social casualty programmed into a generation that grew up consuming a hammerheaded kind of masculinity. What a prison of the mind to have to make a comment every time a woman walks by”
― Die Hot with a Vengeance: Essays on Vanity – A Sharp and Funny Examination of the Beauty Industry and Self-Expression
― Die Hot with a Vengeance: Essays on Vanity – A Sharp and Funny Examination of the Beauty Industry and Self-Expression
“Some of my favourite moments as an adult are remembering how to be a child again.”
― Caught in the Act: A memoir by Courtney Act
― Caught in the Act: A memoir by Courtney Act
“This kind of toxic femininity stems from the age-old scarcity mentality that one woman’s beauty negates another’s. It’s a misogyny-coded mindset that perpetuates the way we value women by their appearance first and their humanity second”
― Die Hot with a Vengeance: Essays on Vanity – A Sharp and Funny Examination of the Beauty Industry and Self-Expression
― Die Hot with a Vengeance: Essays on Vanity – A Sharp and Funny Examination of the Beauty Industry and Self-Expression
“It’s important to be careful what we consume when our consumption sustains what we may not support.”
― Die Hot with a Vengeance: Essays on Vanity – A Sharp and Funny Examination of the Beauty Industry and Self-Expression
― Die Hot with a Vengeance: Essays on Vanity – A Sharp and Funny Examination of the Beauty Industry and Self-Expression
“Glamorizing pain doesn’t do much to soothe it so much as circumvent the stigma of emotional distress and crystallize it into its own kind of neurotic vanity.”
― Die Hot with a Vengeance: Essays on Vanity – A Sharp and Funny Examination of the Beauty Industry and Self-Expression
― Die Hot with a Vengeance: Essays on Vanity – A Sharp and Funny Examination of the Beauty Industry and Self-Expression
Maia’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Maia’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
490 books
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78 friends
666 books
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