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prachi's avatar

Writing about other performative males in itself is a performative act, to a certain extent

supernova's avatar

As a woman, I’m already 70% closer to being a performative male.

Aditya Chauhan's avatar

We should make a list for performative songs/movies.

Samriddhi Jaiswal's avatar

If any man is "pretending" to read Infinite Jest, they might be doing a better job than me in being performative.

Anushka Dixit's avatar

I hate The Palace Of Illusions with a passion

Rohit Shinde's avatar

I only knew Infinite Jest and Orientalism! Hadn't even heard of the other books.

Maybe if Hindutva literature becomes mainstream among women, we would have a lot more men reading Sita Ram Goel, lol.

Aditya Chauhan's avatar

This is how we put Hindutva into mainstream culture!

Lea's avatar

Everyone that thinks „the dreamer“ in White Nights by Dostoyeksky was actually in love with her is a performative male according to me. It was more the Obsession that drove him there, not actual love or even desire.

Padmashree Pande's avatar

No orhan pamuk here?

literati's avatar

I was scrolling past this until I saw EMRAAN HASHMI lmao luv it

jwalnid's avatar

joan didion cherry on top, but murakami was unexpected i thought women hated him

her wishes inked on moon's avatar

This is insanely helpful.

Krittika Paul's avatar

this confirmed my suspicions of being a performative male myself

Aditya Chauhan's avatar

As Simone De Beauvoir says, one is not born a performative male but rather becomes one.

Krittika Paul's avatar

this confirmed my suspicions of being a performative make myself

Anagha 🌸's avatar

Murakami and normal people, hell yeah! 🙌🏻

Half lit rooms's avatar

Joan didion lmao

Stuti's avatar

This is hilarious

Aditya Chauhan's avatar

Hehe, thank you Stuti!

Jahnvi's avatar

don't forget the bell jar

Aditya Chauhan's avatar

Haha, could have added that!