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Disclaimer: I’m not talking about all kinds of makeup. Makeup can be tradition, art, self-expression, or simply something fun. I’m talking specifically about the kind of beauty makeup many women feel pressured to wear daily in order to be seen as presentable, healthy, or attractive.

The article here is actually against my opinion, and this i why i wanted to write this here. Because i highly disagree with the common mindset that make up isnt the problem. Still i recommend reading it to get the other point of view.

I’m 21 and I’ve never worn makeup, but lately I’ve been feeling more and more pressure to start, especially for job interviews or social events. At the same time, I don’t want to, because I’ve seen what this pressure does to so many women around me.

Some of my friends won’t even leave the house without makeup because they feel too insecure. Some won’t let their partners see them without it. One friend wakes up earlier than her boyfriend every morning just to put makeup on before he sees her face naturally. Another friend went without makeup on a road trip once, and a guy who had known her for three years asked if she was sick, simply because he had never seen her real face before.

I once had a deep conversation with a woman who wears a hijab. She admitted that she personally believes makeup is a sin in her religion, yet she still feels unable to stop wearing it because she fears being judged. Think about that for a second: she feels less afraid of covering her hair than of showing her natural face.

That isn’t empowerment to me. That isn’t freedom, creativity, femininty or fun anymore. It becomes damaging when women feel anxious, ashamed, or socially punished for existing naturally.

We’ve normalized full-face makeup so much that many people, especially men, no longer know what an average woman actually looks like without cosmetic enhancement. Women who choose not to wear makeup are then labeled “tired,” “unprofessional,” “sick,” or “unpolished,” especially in professional settings.

And women are expected to spend extra time, money, and energy maintaining this standard, even though women already disproportionately carry care work and are more likely to face financial struggles.

What frustrates me most is how often this pressure gets reframed as empowerment simply because women are “choosing” it. "I just like it" well then why cant you leave the house without it? If it would just be a about fun and creativity women wouldnt feel pressured to wear it daily.

I dont only think that make up just isnt femnist but an anti-feminist choice which is damaging to all women.

I feel like many people here didnt only develop a para social relationship with indie creators but also the company Glitch as a whole.

We all enjoy the work and art but remember: you dont know these people. Like at all. There is no reason to trust them without doubt.

What we know is that:

•Glitch didnt respond to many smaller cinemas

•Glitch apperantly broke some contracts (correct me if there was an update on that situation)

•Glitch didnt seem to research proplerly about International theater releases

I think highly of them that they didnt censor anything.

I also think its reasonable not to want to movie to get leaked like that but this is something they schould have known before they decided to do an international theater release.

Them not responding to E-mails also was not even adressed in their short statement.

So is Glitch pure evil? No

Is it still a mess that could actually harm indie creators in the future? Yes

And we need to call that out and hold them responsible for their actions. There is no reason to defend them all the time because we like funny circus show. Glitch isnt a one man company lead by a 6 year old girl that is 24/7 on X and is getting cyberbullied.

I didnt even agree with the theater release in general but if the reasoning was too have this big step for indie animaton they schould have done it proplerly. Not like this.

Hallo, erst Semester, erstes Referat.

Ich wurde zufällig mit 2 Typen in ne Gruppe gesteckt. Einer hat sich einfach garnicht gemeldet, der andere meinte er erledigt alles. Ist schon länger an der Uni und sagt es sei nicht schwierig.

Ich wollte dass auch nicht ganz, aber hab dann den kleineren Teil gemacht und sozusagen die Präsentation noch oben drauf damit es fair bleibt.

Ich wollte auch seinen Teil mit ihn besprechen aber er hat so ein bisschen einsamen Wolf gespielt und ich hab ihn machen lassen.

Heute ist Abgabe und er hat mir erst jetzt seine Quellen geschickt damit ich sie in die Präsentation packen kann und jede einzelne ist nur ein Wikipedia Artikel und ich weiß jetzt nicht ganz was ich machen soll.

Update: Gott hatte wohl Mitleid mit mir😅 Die Präsentation hat nicht geladen und mein Gruppenmitglied hatte noch die Präsentation ohne die Quellen Folie. Die Proffesorin meinte wir können ihr die Quellen einfach nachschicken und ich hab jetzt genug Zeit alles sauber rauszufiltern 🩷

Hallöchen, ich habs endlich begriffen als langlebende Vegetarierin und will jetzt auch vegan leben.

Ich wohne alleine und mein ganzer Schrank ist noch voller Tierprodukte. Wie gehe ich jetzt damit um?

Selbst essen? Versuchen zu verschenken?

This is something I was just thinking about. I was an atheist my whole life, but now I feel like I’m finding God and I’ve started reading the Bible. I’ve also been trying to engage in different online spaces.

What I don’t understand is the obsession with sex.

I know there are certain rules and people have different views on different topics, but online it often feels like everything revolves around gay sex, sex before marriage, masturbation, and similar issues. That seems strange to me, because this doesn’t feel like the main focus of the Bible or Christian belief (at least I hope so lol).

I also think that lustful behavior can be harmful, like watching porn all day. But at the same time, it feels like maybe some people who constantly talk about sex in a moralizing way should be looked at more critically too.

Why is what consenting adults do in private such a big concern for some people? Sex schouldnt be so present on your mind all the time.

It’s not that these topics shouldn’t be discussed, but they often seem to take up a lot of space compared to much more important teachings in the Bible.