this picture combines two of my favourite things: unicorns and feminism and it’s pretty and purple and sparkly with diamonds <3

so yay

// and because i happened to be scrolling through deviantart during my gender studies class i feel that it is appropriate to segue into some feminist rant here //

but at the same time I feel like this picture is a very eloquent statement about the state of feminism today. yes it is a unicorn and unicorns are cute but do you realise that this unicorn is

a mythical creature - and hence somewhat inappropriate because are you saying that feminism is a myth will never completely subvert the patriarchal standards today? that’s a slightly cynical view to take (but honestly i can understand why i mean just LOOK at the state of society today even in the civilised world. i don’t believe that society is moving as quickly as it should with regards to the patriarchal norms, but hey at least we’re improving, so maybe it should lose the horn and become a pony because that’s real and attainable at least but who am i kidding it’s a unicorn it’s fabulous but seriously. feminism is not a myth. it is an actual thing that affects people today.

wearing makeup and has fabulous hair - again; the symbolism of feminism shoots itself in the foot here because it should not be a social expectation to have women look good for the patriarchy. women should be entitled to off days when they don’t want to spend time painting their faces to look good for the people around them. that being said, if they want to look good for themselves, please go right ahead - i’m just saying that women shouldn’t be pressured into looking good just because it is a social expectation. an object - look at the way it’s displayed??? i mean come on that’s obviously inviting objectification. okay maybe i’m subverting my own argument because i find that this is largely based on the patriarchal notion that “women should protect themselves from being objectified” rather than “we should stop men from objectifying women” but that being said while the unicorn remains a unicorn and not a pony there is a need to protect women from the objectification of the male oppressors until they change their minds about the role of women in society.

tl;dr i think i’m an art critic but really i’m bullshitting about what i’ve learnt about the patriarchy in class today so while i let off steam just admire the really pretty picture of a unicorn surrounded by diamonds trampling on the banner of the patriarchy (the art cred is in the deviantart link)

kthxbai