I’m Like Other Girls

So, people who remember the 90s and early 2000s, or even the early 10s, might remember the recurring cultural fixation on being “unlike other girls.” A Youtuber I particularly enjoy just put out an excellent video essay on the topic, and it covers a really interesting angle that isn’t necessarily being talked about much.

A quick note about gender to preface things — some of the people who look like “other girls” are either transgender or non-gender conforming, and the issue of gender for trans people, especially re: gender performance for both personal reasons and survival reasons, is really…