what she says: I don’t like romantic movies what she means: I am completely sick of the same white, heteronormative love story being shoved down my throat by Hollywood. I can’t watch a movie about dinosaurs running on a rampage in a park without them forcing a pasty male and a pasty female into a …
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freelancerkiwi: thenearsightedmicroraptor: obstinaterixatrix: *everything* that’s considered romantic has been conditioned by society, it’s performative, like the emotion can be genuine but romantic *gestures* are a societal construct, chocolates, flowers, rings, there’s no inherent act of romance, the purest form of what is conceptualized as “romance” can probably be boiled down to emotion + intent, and …
allophobia: what society needs to understand is that friendship and romance are not ranks, tiers, or levels. they are not above or below each other. romance is not a promotion. friendship is not a demotion. romance is not “more than” being friends with someone. friendship and romance are concepts that exist on equal terms, side …