#gender roles

Otomen by Aya Kanno

I really enjoyed this manga, it’s really cute and warming! It’s about Asuka, who’s a high-school boy. He loves cute, fluffy and sparkly things, his hobbies are to knit, sew read shoujo manga and bake cakes. But his transphobic mom can’t stand feminine men , so he forced himself to hide his real self and pretend to be super-manly. But when he falls in love with the tomboyish and cool Ryo he can’t keep his real self hidden any longer, because love makes him want to make cute bentos and bake cakes and decorate.  Also it soon becomes apparent that there’s a lot of other guys with “feminine” hobbies around.  It’s mostly light-hearted comedy with some surreal elements, but there is a clear moral stance taken that people should be themselves and not care about gender norms, and it’s the gender roles that are mocked. Also Asuka is truly adorable!

hisblackdress:

Chubby Cartwheels sells this top in a crop length and you should totally buy it like that. I bought a full length and later took a pair of scissors to it (I’m sorry about that Shawna) because FL is too damn hot. I honestly never thought I’d wear a crop but here I am and FFFFFUUCK IT. ;-)

let boys be feminine

All the perverted, demeaning, sexually deviant things that you did to her will be done to you. Sounds like heaven to me.

bearlycare:

fisaspoopyforestgreen:

nextyearsgirl:

gemmy2:

shireprincess:

What the fuck they’re two years old

STRAIGHT PEOPLE ARE SO FUCKING WEIRD 

This is exactly what I was talking about the other day. It’s not even just the bizarre urge to sexualize children, it’s that they’re sexualized with the explicit purpose of then policing their hypothetical sexuality. Little girls have sexuality forced on them for the sole purpose of teaching them that sexuality is meant to be shameful.

^this is a great point

I repeat: HETEROPATRIARCHY IS SO FUCKIN WEIRD