Bizarre Vol. 3, 1946, from The Complete Reprint of John Willie's Bizarre (1995)

a lot of feminists correctly see that the expectation of kindness is used to keep women passive; we should aggressively champion and defend ourselves in our interactions with men, even if it upsets them. my problem is with women who take this attitude and apply it to their interactions with other women, especially within feminist spaces. kindness and grace are good, prosocial qualities, and deficiency in them is one of "masculinity's" weaknesses. instead of abandoning them entirely, women should redirect their compassionate energies away from men and toward each other. ironically, the feminists who antagonize other women instead of approaching disagreements with patience and civility are indeed conforming to a common "feminine" stereotype: that women are catty mean girls who are incapable of getting along.

alexander mcqueen f/w 1998

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