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Falling In Love With the Women Who Taught Me Not To Be Nice

Falling In Love With the Women Who Taught Me Not To Be Nice

It took me nearly two decades to unlearn the lie we women have been told: that our propriety is the only thing that matters.

MusingsA. MartineDecember 9, 2018pop culture, popular culture, television, film, music, daria, daria morgendorfer, jessica jones, sexual assault, sexual trauma, metoo, timesup, rizzo, grease, sandy, problematic, coming of age, composure, nice, double standards, sexism, misogyny, pippi longstocking, lisbeth salander, millennium, stieg larsson, arya stark, game of thrones, george rr martin, resting bitchface syndrome, rbs, womanhood, woman, girl, girlhood, assault, abuse, anxiety, adulthood, beauty standards, childhood, curiosity, depression, decorum, extrovert, introvert, introversion, introverted, exploration, self-love, self love, yes, mental health, recovery, self-care, mental illness, fixation, suffering, self care, friendship, self-loathing, self-image, growing up, honesty, heritage, shy, shyness, introspection, literature, kindness, loneliness, memoir, no, neurosis, unconditional love, openness, patience, pain, pathology, quiet, restlessness, romanticization, romanticize, trauma, crying, suicide, sensationalize, teenagehood, turmoil, extroversion, twenties, social experiment, glamorize, glamorizationComment

Entertainment and Voyeurism: Our Obsession with True Crime, and the Lines We're Eager to Blur

Entertainment and Voyeurism: Our Obsession with True Crime, and the Lines We're Eager to Blur

These tragedies are dragged out, rehashed like a piece of meat that remains juicy and delicious, no matter how long we’ve been chewing it.

Namesakes, Namesakes

Namesakes, Namesakes

It’s not his fault he is so evil: I’m the one who named him Voldemort. And he wears it so well.

MusingsA. MartineJanuary 8, 2018cat, cat person, voldemort, harry potter, popular culture, animal, unconditional loveComment