Diary of Surrender, Week 3: Don’t Confuse Rebellion with Depression
The patriarchy is on its death bead and you can still be glamorous while eating dinner in your pajamas.
I’m writing a diary about my year of giving up, although I may give up on this too. Who knows? You can read about why I’m giving up here, and the previous week of saying fuck it here. (The term “week” is used loosely).
I don’t love breaking the fourth wall of this website-that-shall-not-be named, around which we have all gathered to tell our stories. But today I can’t help myself: I really hate some of the comments I’m getting on these diary entries. (And the original post about why I’m giving up). Most the comments are great, but when reading my plan on giving up, some folks are declaring that “I sound really depressed” (in other words, I’m doing it wrong). And because I’ve expressed dismay about aging, my diminishing looks, and by extension whether I’m hot enough to keep dating, that I’m a victim of the “the patriarchy” (whatever that means).
If people think I’m depressed, that means my writing sucks and I haven’t clearly explained what I’m doing. Let me try again: it’s not depression, it’s a rebellion. I didn’t want to spell this out so clearly, but I guess good writing sometimes requires a two-by-four in…
