Everything's Trash, But It's Okay

by Phoebe Robinson

This whole “one of the guys” concept of busting chops for funsies needs to die off like the evil twin on a soap opera. Why? Because some guys think it gives them license to just outright insult women’s bodies, looks, intelligence, etc., as in, “I thought you were cool and one of the guys where I could say mean stuff to you, and you would take it as a joke because you’re not like other girls and being ‘not like other girls’ is aspirational, or haven’t you heard?” No. No more of that. If you want to be an asshole, then be an asshole instead of pretending women not being super down to be your punching bag means they don’t know what real friendship is or, worse yet, implying that it’s aspirational to reject whatever society has deemed unacceptable characteristics in women (feelings) in exchange for mimicking toxic male behavior