i wish i were a skinny white girl

I have been endlessly comparing myself to others lately--namely, conventionally attractive, skinny white girls--but even hearing, "Comparison is the thief of joy," doesn't make me feel any better. (That's a Theodore Roosevelt quote, btw.) When in a spiral of self-loathing, there's really only one source for me to turn to: my old Feminist Legal Theory readings. What is woman? How can we think of being alive as a woman? How does one woman relate to other women? From Professor Angela P. Harris' musings on gender essentialism to Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw's unfairly maligned and oft misinterpreted intersectionality, I contemplate how these prisms for viewing legal systems can be used to view our own emotional systems. I also discuss my strange and intense friendships with other women and confront the possibility that I may never have emotionally matured from being 16 years old myself.[timestamps]intro - 0:00research turned me into a jealous monster - 1:15my early female friendships - 5:25why feminist theory as a lens? - 9:01gender essentialism - 10:33intersectionality - 13:55applying legal theory to my emotional systems - 15:50going even deeper - 17:19You can check out Cece's other projects at www.cecexie.com/links.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/currently-workshopping/message This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cecexie.substack.com/subscribe