ugh so real you have articulated all my thoughts on this matter and the way that everything is turned into an aesthetic to promote more consumerism. and the way that not being a girls girl is weaponised to further promote patriarchal beliefs. sometimes girls are dumb and perpetuate systems of oppression and we should be saying something !! yeah okay it is a dumb trend but people don’t seem capable of analysing it beyond that and the wider implications of such things. as i have said amy times before, words have meanings and we should consider them !!
First time receiving the newsletter ! That's starting right ! First : did you post this rant as a comment ynder said-tiktok. Second : Who is following these micro-trends apart from influencers ? Like I've got the feeling that no person working an office job will follow these kinds of micro trends. At least in Paris the only tomato girls I've seen were American tourists chronically on their phone/filming themselves. However, even if these microtretrends have no direct impact on how real people dress in my opinion, it is undeniable that they shape our perceptions of the social and individual world. Hence I agree with your argument and office siren is a no no.
nah cuz i lost the tiktok unfortunately. and secondly, like even if people dont follow the trends themselves they are still kind of exposed to them and part of the audience. like you said yourself, you may not be a tomato girl but you know what they are due to this propaganda! so yeah. office siren is a no no.
ugh so real you have articulated all my thoughts on this matter and the way that everything is turned into an aesthetic to promote more consumerism. and the way that not being a girls girl is weaponised to further promote patriarchal beliefs. sometimes girls are dumb and perpetuate systems of oppression and we should be saying something !! yeah okay it is a dumb trend but people don’t seem capable of analysing it beyond that and the wider implications of such things. as i have said amy times before, words have meanings and we should consider them !!
words have meanings!!
First time receiving the newsletter ! That's starting right ! First : did you post this rant as a comment ynder said-tiktok. Second : Who is following these micro-trends apart from influencers ? Like I've got the feeling that no person working an office job will follow these kinds of micro trends. At least in Paris the only tomato girls I've seen were American tourists chronically on their phone/filming themselves. However, even if these microtretrends have no direct impact on how real people dress in my opinion, it is undeniable that they shape our perceptions of the social and individual world. Hence I agree with your argument and office siren is a no no.
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nah cuz i lost the tiktok unfortunately. and secondly, like even if people dont follow the trends themselves they are still kind of exposed to them and part of the audience. like you said yourself, you may not be a tomato girl but you know what they are due to this propaganda! so yeah. office siren is a no no.