ooh.
Despite its name, the maned wolf is not a wolf at all, nor is it a fox, coyote, or dog. It is the only member of the Chrysocyon genus, making it a truly unique animal, not closely related to any other living canid. One hypothesis for this is that the maned wolf is the last surviving species of the Pleistocene Extinction, which wiped out all other large canids from the continent.
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It’s like a gazelle-fox.
When we talk about androgynous fashion, we usually mean female-presenting people in outfits that incorporate or echo menswear. One seldom sees male-presenting people doing the same with womenswear, at least in the mainstream.
I think some of that must be a side effect of the privileging of traits, roles, and characteristics associated with masculinity over those associated with femininity—a woman in masculine-associated roles or clothing is moving in the direction of higher status and increased social privilege, at least implicitly; a man in feminine-associated roles or clothing, lower. We associate women in menswear with freedom and assertion; men in womenswear with deviation, grotesquerie, and parody.
How fucked up is that?
Good commentary, and FUCKING EXCELLENT OUTFIT.
Absolutely perfect. Spot on. I am so so so enamored with this post.
It always confuses me that I see “menswear for fall” and “menswear” during fashion week and “add a touch of menswear to your outfit with a blazer or a bowtie or, etc.” as though it is normal (which it is) yet if men want to incorporate something quote-on-quote “feminine”, then he is considered inferior and abnormal. I would like to see this double standard eliminated!
