this is some galaxy brained shit, y'all. Doesn’t matter who you’re doing a detrimental activity FOR, cuz at the end of the day you’re still doing it, & literally nothing is different except for your internal thoughts you invent to make it easier to bear.
This post’s line of thought is a good example of pop-feminism’s mantra of “just think of the oppression differently until you feel better about it :)”
the rest of the Atwood quote:
Atwood’s idea wasn’t to make women feel bad about themselves and helpless it was to make them see the bars of the prison they’re in so then they could have a chance to be free, you’re not supposed to learn to love the prison.
We have Stockholm syndrome.
Best way to break out, by the way, is to live in ways that are truest to your own heart and mind and soul.
Personally I love bulky arty gothy shit. So that’s what I do. It actively turns some people off. Those aren’t my people.
The end.
Stop performing for an audience that couldn’t be less interested in your insides.