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  1. Back then, in the late ’80s and early ’90s, liking what girls liked was a risk. The rules weren’t written down, but everyone knew them. Boys could wear sports logos or heavy-metal tees. Girls got pink, glitter, and heartthrobs.
    medium.com/prismnpen/the-new-k

    #LGBTQ #GenderStuff #Fashion #GenderPolicing

  2. A Texas judge on Thursday said the Barbers Hill Independent School District can punish a Black student who wears his hair in long locs without violating Texas’ new CROWN Act, which is meant to prevent hairstyle discrimination in schools and workplaces.

    The decision came after a months - long dispute between the district and Darryl George, a junior at Barbers Hill High School who has been sent to in-school suspension since August for wearing his hair in long locs. Legislators last year passed a law called the Texas CROWN Act that prohibits discrimination on the basis of hair texture or protective styles associated with race. Protective styles include locs, braids and twists.
    #BlackMastodon #Ethnocentrism #whiteness #Assimilationists #RacializedClass #Intersectional #GenderPolicing
    gilmermirror.com/2024/02/23/ju

  3. Those possessing whiteness or aspiring to whiteness love everything about Black culture(s) - ― minus actual Black people!

    How People are Using Locs to Enter their ~BlackFishing Era~ : Cultural Appropriation
    #BlackMastodon #CrownAct #ColonialViolence #BlackFIshing #GenderPolicing
    youtube.com/watch?v=kD_1Zp9OGp