1. "Women are supposed to be the ones on the balcony, not the ones down below professing their love. We don’t think the female romantic is romantic. We think she is a predator. We think she is desperate, unstable—Fatal Attraction, the cougar, the spinster, the troublemaker. But deep emotion in this age is a radical act."
    — 

    Masha Tupitsyn in this incredible Bitch interview on Love Dog (via marginalutilite)

    I’ve been reflecting a lot on my own active principle, the ultra-romantic in me. When I was young, I wanted to be mysterious (I even wrote this as something of a goal when I was 11) - but I failed miserably at it. I was always pursuing. Trust me, this did not usually go so well. I was “too forward,” “too emotional,” “too much,” “too available.” It was probably terrifying to have a young girl be so in touch and also so openly desirous. The passivity required to wait for the pursuit to “be happening” to me is yawn-inducing, and I find myself checking the metaphoric time. Passivity is not my strong suit. It does not speak entirely to our make-up, as women, that because we are the receivers, ironic welcomers, we do not have the mechanics of active pursuit. 

    Amen, Masha. Intense interview. 

    (via kathleenhensley)

    (via kathleenhensley)

     
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