My Gender Identity

 Rather than describing my gender identity, as I feel that it's pretty much just "woman," I have chosen a name for my gender expression : "Casual Maleficent" 

The "casual" part comes from the idea that having to dress up for things and look presentable is the bane of my existence. I hate fancy clothing, I hate looking fancy, and I think women's formal clothing (so like dresses or pantsuits) is really unoriginal and ugly, and unnecessarily expensive. I haven't worn jeans since high school, I like to wear leggings as pants,big sweaters, and flat shoes with no arch support like moccasins and or Toms, and I'm completely happy that way! 

The "Maleficent" aspect encompasses two things. Firstly, I pretty much just wear black. I like it because it's slimming and it matches everything and I feel like I look best in it. The color black also represents all the colors in the spectrum combined which is representative of my pansexual sexual orientation because I compare each person's gender to a color, so I'm into every color. I naturally have almost black hair (stayed tuned for it's return spring semester), I have black dark-rim glasses and a black nose ring, both of my tattoos are black, I wear black leggings every day and most of my sweaters and t-shirts are black. 

The second thing about my gender that Maleficent encompasses is my winged eyeliner, because of the shape of the wings on her outfit. I try not to leave the house without putting it on. I have mastered the art, and I consider my use of winged eyeliner as a feminist act. I have reclaimed the idea of wearing makeup. I don't wear winged eyeliner because I feel like I have to wear it, I wear it because I love the way it looks and I don't care about anyone else's opinion, especially those who say that it's too eccentric. 

P.S. I have "maleficent" intentions for dealing with the patriarchy and it's included structural norms and oppressions :D