i have to believe the recent boom of “women are incompetent and need to be taken care of” but dressed up in quirky fun language is reactionary in that women are now more than ever independent and don’t put up with a lot of things our elders put up with out of necessity. which is why it seems there are so many demons popping up constantly trying to get the next generation of young girls caught up in bullshit. that they themself don’t actually subscribe to. (if you Really believed in all that depend on your husband completely and be a stay at home girlfriend shit why are you monetizing all your videos saying so?)
anyway maybe IM delusional but i have to think this. that these people are evil and don’t represent the vast majority of women in the real world bc otherwise. it’s so fucking over
but what’s really upsetting to think about is the young adult women today (like women currently in their 20s) grew up in the 2012 girl boss/buzzfeed feminism era which had MANY of its own problems don’t get me wrong but at least it encouraged women to be independent and have their own money. while currently the exact opposite is being heralded everywhere you look online. and even if i’m old enough to see through it, the people who are gonna internalize it the most are kids. and we’re not even gonna see the damage that is gonna have on women for another 10 years
![a screenshot of what hozier said the song eat your young is about. it says “I don’t know how intentional the reference to Jonathan Swift was in this. That essay [Swift’s 1729 satirical essay A Modest Proposal in which he suggests the Irish poor sell their children as food] is such a cultural landmark that it’s just hanging in the air. I was more reflecting on what I felt now in this spirit of the times of perpetual short-term gain and a long-term blindness. The increasing levels of precarious living, poverty, job insecurity, rental crisis, property crisis, climate crisis, and a generation that’s inheriting all of that and one generation that’s enjoyed the spoils of it. The lyrics are direct, but the voice is playful. There’s this unreliable narrator who relishes in this thing which was fun to write.”](https://64.media.tumblr.com/5513446542757aab44ed1ea8e1ada450/6fb2be2459b285bf-83/s1280x1920/783c7c61098b21a2b5369d1f1c249222fad30386.jpg)
