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the plight of the
BASICB*TCH
In todays digital age,
Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram
have become the single greatest
sources of social pressure.
pressure to gain
followers, likes, and friends
and thus,
popularityand
acceptance.
These social media pressures give rise to a
new cultural phenomenon:
THEBASICB*TCH
When theyre not on
their quest to
make pumpkin spice
lattes available all
year round
Basic bitches fill our Instagram feeds
with gym selfies, sunsets, and #tbts.
They never fail to post the results of the latest
BuzzFeed quiz on their BFFs timeline
because this is sooooo us!
Or create a loud and often blurry snap story
of them dancing #WTG at the club on #GNO.
And while Beyonce and
Britney have both tried to
reclaimbasic bitch as a
positive expression
Kreayshawn
when she sings,
Them basic
bitches wear that
shit so I dont
even bother.
Society generally
agrees with
MEANING: If youre a
girl and you like
commercially
typical things,
you are uncool.
But Why?
It may seem like a
feminist act to dismiss all
gender signifiers and
be different.
But its just another
incredibly high form
of sexism.
The basic bitchs male equivalent, the bro, carries
a neutral - if not affectionate- tone... When
we could have just as easily called them
BASICDICKS
Just because someone reflects convention
does not necessarily mean she does so out of
conformity.
-Alyce Currier
This term needs to either be
eliminated from our vocabulary OR
used with new-found positive
connotations...
delicious
because
macaroons are
cut-offs are
funnflirty.
and high-waisted
STAYBASIC.
soyougogirls.
All photographs taken
from Flickr and Google
Images under the Creative
Commons License.
sources
1. Basic Bitch. (2014, January 1). Retrieved
May 21, 2014, from http://
www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?
term=basic%20bitch
2. Buchanan, D. (2014, April 14). Why I'm
proud to be a 'basic bitch'. Retrieved May
21, 2014, from http://
www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/
2014/apr/14/proud-to-be-basic-bitch
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