basic_bitches epitome of incomprehensibility "Basic bitches" fits the humour of "Gucci Gucci"...but if I think about the phrase too hard, it seems kind of misogynist. Why? you may ask. Men also get called boring or typical, so what's the deal? Which is true. But it seems that women are more often shamed for excess, that they're expected to fit in more narrow behavioural constraints. So you get slut-shaming, fat-shaming...and with this, boring-shaming. Can't win! And I think College Humor saw that, because after it came out with its "basic bitch" diagnosis video, it did a "basic bro" one. But the feminine version of the phrase is much more common. 230131 ... kerry a term i find myself using more and more frequently lately, both in my head and out loud, (intentionally?) choosing i guess to ignore/examine the misogyny of it. it feels like a "you know it when you see it" kind of thing. maybe when i use it, i'm not even talking about those specific people--maybe i'm projecting my own discomfort. trapped in a 3 hour long tea party-themed baby shower where there are tiny crustless sandwiches and cupcakes and other snacks, all of them vegan, and a game of get-to-know-strangers bingo, and i have no friends with children and i like it this way, and everyone else's clothes are cleaner and newer than mine, and endless small talk. and when the weather is warm everyone is wearing a crop top and drinking white claw, and worst of all: brunch culture. 230201 ... epitome of incomprehensibility Ha! Sorry I missed this. I'm trying to decide whether I'd find that tea-party-themed baby shower a) agonizingly tedious or b) worth it for the food I guess I'm the type who would just nibble at the sandwiches if they found the company boring? I don't know anyone who would go, "Let's do brunch!" in an overly peppy voice. I can imagine it. But the phrase makes me think of Starbucks for some reason, as if that's the place for preppy peppy people to get frappy dappy drinks. I don't know, I like their matcha latte, but I always forget about the name on the cup thing and it makes me self-conscious that I get caught blinking confusedly and going "Oh oh, my name? Oh oh okay." I am a basic bitch or at least a C++ bitch in that regard. 230217 what's it to you? who go blather from