rocketshipresort:

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Hey guys, I create music in a project called “Rocket Ship Resort”, and I’m funding an album inspired by Owl City, Blink-182, Angels & Airwaves, adventure and aviation and video game-y sounds, especially Sega music, especially Dreamcast-era: like Skies…

Amanda Palmer (via sadisticallysweet)

Yet there is never this kind of encouragement or empowerment for guys. There’s no word for it, no awareness, no movement. If a girl does something out of place of “traditional” femininity, it’s supported and empowering; it’s “girl power”. That’s fantastic. If a guy is out of place of “traditional” masculinity, they’re strange and unattractive.

The more it’s brought up this way for women, the more the “odd ones out” are drowned out elsewhere…

Case in point: what if a girl wants to wear pants? Or have short hair? Play in a punk band? Wear combats? Hold hands with another girl? It’s cool. No worries. And men are still interested in you.

What if a guy wants to be a nurse? Hold hands with his friend, non-ironically? What about if he wants to wear a skirt? Heels? Feel small or taken care of? And yet, he’s straight?

Would you want to date that guy?

I don’t have a problem, at all, with people being super pro-gender equality. I think women should totally be empowered, everywhere, always. That’s really basic stuff; anyone that opposes that is backwards and scared, frankly. I think women should be able to do everything men can do, no matter the scenario, and that the equipment they have shouldn’t make a difference for them in society or how they are viewed by others or how they feel about themselves. But that’s never really brought up for guys… it’s not the same. There’s not even a word for that, let alone a full-scale progressive movement. :(

It’s… depressing.

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