Author: Madeira Darling

Madeira Darling is a snarky mystic, devout Satanist, serious Marxist, laughing dominatrix, and writer from San Fransisco where they live with their boyfriend in a house full of altars to their various demons.

Sometimes I Wish I Were Rich As Fuck

But then I remember that I couldn’t enjoy it because I’ve seen how the system that creates that type of immense personal wealth grinds people down, I wouldn’t be able to forget friends unable to afford food, I wouldn’t be able to forget the pain and exhaustion of people dear to me, the death toll of the inhuman capitalist machine.

Then I wish that I was rich as fuck so I could fund the revolution.

Hey so if you’re a chick with mostly dude friends

And your reasons for this aren’t bullshit like “girls are too much drama” or “girls are too prissy” you’re not a bad feminist, you just happen to have mostly guy friends, and that’s fine.

I have mostly guy friends because I have happened to end up in dude-heavy social spaces… and also because when I form friendships with other women they tend to get a little bit Heavenly Creatures and that’s y’ know… not great

You Don’t Need To Be Unique To Be Valid Or Valuable?

Like there’s this whole cultural “I’m not like other people” thing which people do in order to feel valid or valuable or good about themselves as if in order for you to have value, other people must be less valuable.  I think it comes from the misanthropic worldview atomized individualist capitalism breeds.

Then this combines with misogyny (and other axises of oppression I don’t feel qualified to speak on) and you get the whole "I’m not like other girls” thing, which isn’t simply a statement of individuality.  It’s specifically distancing yourself from girls/women and is thus you attempting to justify misogyny towards the rest of the group while exempting yourself from it.

So like, you know what?  I’m not unique and I’m fucking glad of it.  There are other people who love the same shit I do, who feel the same ways I feel.  I wouldn’t want to be alone in loving the shit I love.  I’m happy when stuff I love gets popular, because new friends are awesome.  IDK why people get upset about that?