I want to live in a world where little girls are not pinkified, but where little girls who like pink are not punished for it, either. We can certainly talk about the social pressures surrounding gender roles, and the concerns that people have when they see girls and young women who appear to be forced into performances of femininity by the society around them but let‘s stop acting like they have no agency and free will. Let‘s stop acting like women who choose to be feminine are somehow colluders, betraying the movement, bamboozled into thinking that they want to be feminine. Let‘s stop denying women their own autonomy by telling them that their expressions of femininity are bad and wrong

s.e. smith, cosmoqueer #1

Demonizing femininity is just another way of saying masculinity is better, which is, surprise, sexist.

(via reelaroundthefountain)

(Source: cosmoqueer, via oldcharethcutestory)

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