“black women aren’t feminine”

This is one of the most mentally ill things about misogynoir and it seems to be getting more circulation. I’ve been seeing this conspiracy that black women as much testosterone as young white men (obviously they are projecting their own feelings of emasculation)

So many of the beauty trends black women have popularized emphasize hyperfeminine appearance. long nails, elaborate hairstyles, our makeup and fashion. even jewelery we popularized like waist-beads, hoop earrings are so feminine.

The most maddening thing is when they call our features masculine. Many of us have full lips and round/somewhat neotenous facial features. We tend to naturally have broader hips, thicker thighs and booty. When people call afros masculine that actually blows me cuz who would look at Foxy Brown and call that masculine. It’s insane.

Think of some of the most popular beauty/sex symbols, fashion icons, and female models of strength and confidence. Black women currently overrepresent those categories. Beyonce, Rihanna, Lupita, Grace Jones, Megan Thee Stallion, Monaleo, Doja Cat, Doechii, Glorilla, Keke Palmer.

Yes as a black woman who takes pride in her femininity it pisses me off but more than anything it confounds me because it’s so illogical. I gotta assume these people are not at all plugged in culturally and live sheltered lives just so my head doesn’t fry itself trying to comprehend it.