Love, Actually

[angi_is_altered]

How girls reluctantly endure the hookup culture By Caitlin Flanagan

In case you haven’t noticed, millions of girls are in the midst of a cultural insurrection. Armed with the pocket money that has made them a powerful consumer force since the 1920s, girls have set their communal sights on a particular kind of entertainment, and when they find it

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[maynardsong]

And even in that Taylor Swift song, Abigail was just super duper in love with her boyfriend and he was less in love with her than he professed. There's absolutely no need to ascribe slut-shaming into it.

[maynardsong]

Oh oops, we're talking about different TS songs. Yeah, I don't like the dichotomy presented in that song. That said though, I understand where she's coming from, because it's absolutely true that the WoW playing girls get shortshrifted in a way that the cheerleaders don't. It's always considered OK when Nice Guys (TM) whinge, but women can't pull similar crap.

[buongiornodaisy]

chyyyeaaah gave up halfway through. Too much clutchin' mah pearls about the sex, nevermind the painfully broad brush this author used to paint every teenager ever.

[flumes]

Lol

[buongiornodaisy]

srsly

I get that the Boomer era was srs bsns and all but there are generations that came after it and their experiences are important, too.

[maynardsong]

Bullshit attitudes like this is exactly why I had a harder time than I needed to have in the aftermath of one of my relationships. Fuck the attitudes of Caitlin Flanagan and fuck the assumption that women are hurt by casual sex or whatever.

[flumes]

Lol I was scrolling to get the gist of it and I see an example of Taylor Swift; I immediately knew where this was heading.

[loser_anda_user]

LOL BUT SHE JUST SPEAKS FROM HER ~HEART~. All teenage girls want is a Romeo to carry them away to a magical fairyland of monogamy and marshmallows!

[lvsinsanity]

Monogamy and marshmallows? I am laughing so hard and I don't know why at this XDD

[loser_anda_user]

Well of course there are marshmallows. They go with the other sugary things Taylor Swift thinks exist in having-a-boyfriend-land.

[rampant_chaos8]

lol wtf is this.

Also why do this woman and I share a first name. This sucks.

[elfwithawand]

*sigh* I know, right? Too many of us wandering around.