“The right to be ugly” is a personal statement that needs to be embedded in a broader context, that is, however I present, whatever I do, if you ascribe meaning to it, then I must not let it affect my soul. It can’t be separated from the contant risk that I might be punished for what I do, or rather, what I refuse to do: the economic status of “beauty” is a behavior, not an apparence, and cannot be severed from its economic nature. The contrary of beauty is a lack of behavior, if “ugliness” is a refusal, that means that a neutral body under the patriarchy is not allowed to exist. As such, it is crucial to teach young girls that they are allowed to behave the way they want, and that they must reject the unjust standards dictated to them. But we cannot stop there. We must dismantle the industry of beauty, even as it seeps into activism. And when beauty disappears, so does ugliness, because it is necessary to destroy the binary process of thought: you are either beautiful or ugly, valuable or low-status, a body or a spirit, one or the other. That is when you become whole.
White collar worker and executives: “Hurray, it’s labor day weekend! 3 full days off! We are so fortunate to live in a Great Country that Cares about it’s Workers!”
Service industry workers who know labor day weekend is one of the busiest 3 days of the year which means double or triple shifts and not seeing family all while being forced to be not only polite but cheerful:
While also knowing that Labor Day was intended as a holiday for them and they still have to put up with this shit
me platonically: hello my darling dearest, love of my life, fire of my loins, i missed you today! did you know i love you and that my heart will never stop beating for you and you alone? i would go to the ends of the earth to make sure that you are taken care of at all times and i would kill anyone that got in my way.
