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gravityeyelids) wrote2018-08-27 07:16 pm
gravityeyelids) wrote2018-08-27 07:16 pm
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porgcat:
why-so-srs:
lynati:
batmanisagatewaydrug:
trashytwenties:
batmanisagatewaydrug:
karstenharrington:
batmanisagatewaydrug:
batmanisagatewaydrug:
just once I want to see a good post critiquing makeup culture that doesn’t turn out to be made by some janky radfem blog
oh hey!! I’m not a janky radfem I can do it myself!
makeup culture is wack and normalizes a ludicrously high bar as the bare minimum women can do. I saw a “lazy"makeup tutorial the other day that listed 22 separate goddamn products. you’re supposed to buy and know how to use 22 different things on your face just for the privilege of being considered lazy and that’s uuuuuuh what’s the word? bullshit.
Really, five products could work, even 3. Just frame the face, eyes, lips, and you’re done.
0 products also works great
because I’m gonna be real here, the idea that 22 products is a minimum sucks but it’s really upsetting that any amount of makeup is the bare minimum at all
I would really just suggest some powder foundation, concealer, mascara and lipgloss/lipstick, or tbh just mascara works too, but that’s up to you
I’m sorry if I didn’t express this clearly enough in the original post but I’m not really looking for more concise makeup regiments. my intention was to point out how it’s Bad that makeup is considered a bare minimum at all, regardless of individual feelings on the matter
“But makeup makes some women feel better / more empowered!”
Consider why they felt bad about or disempowered by their appearance in the first place. Consider why the thought of leaving the house without even those five products on makes you uncomfortable enough that you recommend it to random women you encounter because you genuinely want to help them avoid feeling how *you* feel without makeup on in public.
There are things about makeup that are ABSOLUTELY AWESOME, but what makeup *culture* normalizes is (as said in the post above) that there’s a “bare minimum” a woman should be doing in the first place. That no woman’s face is fine to show to others just how it looks because their natural appearance is inherently flawed and in need of correction.
There’s nothing wrong with wanting to feel pretty. It’s the fact that women are socialized to not feel pretty unless they have makeup on that we ought to be examining.
(And yes, it’s entirely possible to maintain the point of view that this is A Bad Thing while also appreciating amazing makeup jobs as the works of art that they are.)
Part of my anxiety was that I couldn’t leave my room without mascara on. Not to go to the bathroom, or to the kitchen, nevermind even outside. Somebody might see me, whether that be roommates or strangers. What will they think.
Part of my depression didn’t allow me much time to get ready. I missed class because I couldn’t shower because I couldn’t go to the bathroom because I couldn’t put on enough make-up just in case I ran into anyone. I couldn’t do the most basics things, nevermind get groceries. I starved myself, I peed my pants - all because I didn’t look put-together enough in my mind. But it doesn’t matter I missed a weekend full of meals, haha, because I can stand to lose some pounds, eh? That’s what I told myself.
I’m fine now, because I moved back home. Because I finally reached the point where it was admit to my parents what a mess I am or fall. I chose the former. I can even leave the house in sweatpants and without any make-up at all, but it was hard work to get there.
Beauty culture is insidious. We need to normalize the no make-up look that actually does not contain make up.
As a transgender man I want to add on to this, not to take away from the female experience, but to support OP.
One of the biggest hurdles of my social transition was learning not to wear makeup. Because while I still looked like a woman, I wanted to make sure I was seen as “presentable” in the eyes of my coworkers and boss.
They all know I’m a trans man so this may seem ludicrous but the thing is, it is so deeply ingrained in us from such a young age that we MUST wear makeup to look even decent.
It took me years to put the mascara down and only when I began passing did I stop caring about makeup.
We have got to stop forcing women to buy hundreds of expensive products so that they dont look “tired” or “lazy.”
If men don’t have to wear makeup to work, neither should women. If men can go into their job and not be called any number of things (“Are you sick today?”) then neither should women.
Its brainwash and its terrible.
If you want to wear makeup thats okay.
But we need to end this stigma now.
Nothing should be REQUIRED.
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porgcat:
why-so-srs:
lynati:
batmanisagatewaydrug:
trashytwenties:
batmanisagatewaydrug:
karstenharrington:
batmanisagatewaydrug:
batmanisagatewaydrug:
just once I want to see a good post critiquing makeup culture that doesn’t turn out to be made by some janky radfem blog
oh hey!! I’m not a janky radfem I can do it myself!
makeup culture is wack and normalizes a ludicrously high bar as the bare minimum women can do. I saw a “lazy"makeup tutorial the other day that listed 22 separate goddamn products. you’re supposed to buy and know how to use 22 different things on your face just for the privilege of being considered lazy and that’s uuuuuuh what’s the word? bullshit.
Really, five products could work, even 3. Just frame the face, eyes, lips, and you’re done.
0 products also works great
because I’m gonna be real here, the idea that 22 products is a minimum sucks but it’s really upsetting that any amount of makeup is the bare minimum at all
I would really just suggest some powder foundation, concealer, mascara and lipgloss/lipstick, or tbh just mascara works too, but that’s up to you
I’m sorry if I didn’t express this clearly enough in the original post but I’m not really looking for more concise makeup regiments. my intention was to point out how it’s Bad that makeup is considered a bare minimum at all, regardless of individual feelings on the matter
“But makeup makes some women feel better / more empowered!”
Consider why they felt bad about or disempowered by their appearance in the first place. Consider why the thought of leaving the house without even those five products on makes you uncomfortable enough that you recommend it to random women you encounter because you genuinely want to help them avoid feeling how *you* feel without makeup on in public.
There are things about makeup that are ABSOLUTELY AWESOME, but what makeup *culture* normalizes is (as said in the post above) that there’s a “bare minimum” a woman should be doing in the first place. That no woman’s face is fine to show to others just how it looks because their natural appearance is inherently flawed and in need of correction.
There’s nothing wrong with wanting to feel pretty. It’s the fact that women are socialized to not feel pretty unless they have makeup on that we ought to be examining.
(And yes, it’s entirely possible to maintain the point of view that this is A Bad Thing while also appreciating amazing makeup jobs as the works of art that they are.)
Part of my anxiety was that I couldn’t leave my room without mascara on. Not to go to the bathroom, or to the kitchen, nevermind even outside. Somebody might see me, whether that be roommates or strangers. What will they think.
Part of my depression didn’t allow me much time to get ready. I missed class because I couldn’t shower because I couldn’t go to the bathroom because I couldn’t put on enough make-up just in case I ran into anyone. I couldn’t do the most basics things, nevermind get groceries. I starved myself, I peed my pants - all because I didn’t look put-together enough in my mind. But it doesn’t matter I missed a weekend full of meals, haha, because I can stand to lose some pounds, eh? That’s what I told myself.
I’m fine now, because I moved back home. Because I finally reached the point where it was admit to my parents what a mess I am or fall. I chose the former. I can even leave the house in sweatpants and without any make-up at all, but it was hard work to get there.
Beauty culture is insidious. We need to normalize the no make-up look that actually does not contain make up.
As a transgender man I want to add on to this, not to take away from the female experience, but to support OP.
One of the biggest hurdles of my social transition was learning not to wear makeup. Because while I still looked like a woman, I wanted to make sure I was seen as “presentable” in the eyes of my coworkers and boss.
They all know I’m a trans man so this may seem ludicrous but the thing is, it is so deeply ingrained in us from such a young age that we MUST wear makeup to look even decent.
It took me years to put the mascara down and only when I began passing did I stop caring about makeup.
We have got to stop forcing women to buy hundreds of expensive products so that they dont look “tired” or “lazy.”
If men don’t have to wear makeup to work, neither should women. If men can go into their job and not be called any number of things (“Are you sick today?”) then neither should women.
Its brainwash and its terrible.
If you want to wear makeup thats okay.
But we need to end this stigma now.
Nothing should be REQUIRED.
(Your picture was not posted)