17 September 2019

The Independent

"What are your thoughts on the Burqa?" he asks.

"It's regressive patriarchal conditioning applied at a young age, used by men to control the minds and bodies of women, as if they were property. We need to educate young girls that they own and control their bodies, that no one else can tell them what to do with it."

She then goes to bathe, picking out a lace bra for her tiny breasts. She walks out smelling of shampoo and soap, and sits in front of the mirror. Make-up is limited to Essentials. Concealers, masks, lighteners, darkeners and enhancers result in Flawless Skin. Waxed limbs glow in a varnished finish, and clanky pieces of metal dangle from different body parts, rounding off the look of the Independent Woman.

2 comments:

Pushkar Singh said...

Welcome back, Mystic wanderer. We missed you. Longer posts please.

Wanderer said...

Thank you, Pushkar! Advice well taken, will on some longer ideas.