![]() In Dominicalito, a young couple caught their first waves with the help of a local instructor. I headed south to explore the scenic beaches of Dominicalito, Playa Hermosa, Uvita and Ballena. It’s not about you.Today would be the last hurrah of my two-week adventure through Cerro de la Muerte and the Dominical area. And straight men, if you happen to spy a whale tail out in the wild, remember that it literally doesn’t matter at all whether or not you think it’s sexy. So women, non-binary and LGBTQ folx, I urge you to go forth and hike your thongs up over your jeans - it’s what Roosevelt or Churchill or whoever would’ve wanted. However, to paraphrase some dead white man or other who was almost definitely talking about me wearing a G-string, we have nothing to fear but fear itself. ![]() When you’re whale-tailing about like an early-2000s Paris Hilton in a G-string and ultra-low-rise jeans, no one is going to pull you aside and warn you that they can see your thong - and if they do, the joke’s on them.Īlas, one of the many tragedies of being a cusp-Gen-Z/Millennial is that I was too young for whale tails the first time, and now, I fear I am too old to participate in the whale-tail renaissance as a woman approaching my mid-20s. Well-meaning friends - and sometimes even educators - tap us on the shoulder and warn us in whisper tones that our bra strap is visible, because god forbid anyone find out that you, a human female, are wearing a bra.Ī fashion trend inviting women to intentionally display their underwear feels like a refreshing fuck-you to the years of shameful secrecy we’ve spent desperately trying to conceal any evidence that we are, in fact, in possession of a female body. Starting in middle school or earlier, we sneak tampons - wrapped in packaging advertised as “discreet,” because what’s more humiliating than being a menstruating woman - into the bathroom during class, hoping our classmates don’t notice we’re bringing a bag with us and connect the dots. In fact, like Steve Carell’s character pondering, “What’s wrong with her panties?” after catching a glimpse of a woman’s thong over her jeans in 40-Year-Old Virgin, I think the whale tail is probably a style that tends to leave men more confused than aroused - and maybe that’s the point.įrom a young age, women are taught to hide any evidence that we are, in fact, humans with female-presenting bodies, and to feel shame if we fail to do so. While the whale tail may seem like an overtly sexual fashion choice, I don’t think the trend was ever really about appealing to men. The whale tail, for those who either don’t recall or never knew, describes the top part of a G-string intentionally peeking out over a pair of low-rise pants, which are themselves yet another oft-maligned early-aughts trend on the precipice of a long-threatened renaissance.Ī post shared by Velvey □ both of these examples have in common, however, is that they are less about sexiness than they are about power. ![]() ![]() While the standard Millennial response to this news is a disdainful eye-roll bemoaning the ill-advised if inevitable return of some of the most regrettable fashion errors of the early 21st century, I, for one, I am thrilled by the prospect of thongs once again rising above low-rise jeans. I don’t know, honestly it’s hard to keep up, but the latest internet rumor suggests the whale tale is the next early-aughts fashion trend on the precipice of a Gen Z renaissance, and I am here for it. In case you haven’t heard, we are in the midst of an early-aughts fashion revival - except for sometimes when Gen Z seems to take a somewhat contradictory stance against certain Millennial fashion staples, like the great skinny jeans and side parts controversy that led to a brief but highly publicized period of generational warfare earlier this year. ![]()
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