tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5504138679344736902.post8675673871869832433..comments2022-06-20T21:16:21.895-07:00Comments on Book Ballistic : Rant: "Not Like All the Other Girls" TropeJessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05381643506186097145noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5504138679344736902.post-20104818188946507942019-03-27T16:23:11.969-07:002019-03-27T16:23:11.969-07:00You're absolutely right. It's a mix of at ...You're absolutely right. It's a mix of at least two things I dislike immensely: 1) you need to be special and different, or else you don't matter (can't like popular music, can't do 'boring' things, can't do what's expected) + 2) girls have to seek validation from boys (whether it's to be considered one of the guys, or the perfect girlfriend).<br /><br />Ugh, just let girls be girls (whatever that means for each of them!) and stop making everything into a competition/popularity contest! Mysogyny really is an insidious beast, you spend your whole life trying to shake off all the nonsense you've absorbed from society...Reese K Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04938360300966078914noreply@blogger.com