Whilst I’ve always had mixed feelings about Dasha (I’m also still reading this post so I may update my comment) I think she’s more of a tumblr-esque type of girl as I usually associate e-girls with sorta “hot online gamer girl trope” those are my initial thoughts so far.
"As Emile Durkheim noted, suicide is mostly absent in societies subject to extreme poverty and deprivation – and more common in richer, more developed ones where the forces of technological and cultural anomie run rampant."
Intriguing. (Also, big Nabokov fan here, too. I have posted a fair amount on Nab.)
As someone who has been often compared to Dasha Nekrasova - though who adamantly denies any similarities nor identifies with the archetype - I have found myself often being accosted by men who in some ways could be considered incels. A recent occurrence was when an openly “male-only” literary magazine asked me to submit a story to them after following me on IG. Their bio literally says “this is a place for white cis men to have a space for expressing themselves” (hilarious). I wonder also if many of Dasha’s followers are men, and whether the E-girl, ultimately, could be seen as the virtual and aesthetic development of the manic pixie dream girl. From your text, there seem to be many similarities - mainly the tragic and nearly theological dimension (manic pixie dream girls are always sort of metaphysical philosophers) - between both archetypes. As you mention, they are both subjects of male desire, and though the manic pixie dream girl is a male construct and the e-girl is her own creation, they both result in a male sexual fantasy. Another similarity is that both the e-girl and the manic pixie dream girl are educated and highly inclined to thinking and expressing their thoughts, usually quite well. Mentioning Héloïse and Abelard was a great shout, also because their love is platonic (they made up that term) at the end of their lives and began originally from intellectual pursuit — Héloïse was a great student. Would it make sense, then, that the e-girl is a caricature based upon what ultimately is the result of a highly educated and creative female mind, and which in turn is sexualized and idealized by male desires?
E-girls are committing CSA against underage boys and exploiting simpleton men every day. These women are child abusers, their customers are teen boys and they know it. You know it..
Who, specifically, are you accusing? Name names! Surely you don’t believe every single girl with her face on the internet is guilty of such heinous crimes, right?
great writing, great references, + you saw right through this ‘relationship’. woahh i loved reading it!
this is such an athletic intellectual exploration of the E-Girl and i love it
there are too many pictures of this womans face on the internet
Goddamn you’re a great writer. I’m loving this stuff.
She’s bedposting.
Whilst I’ve always had mixed feelings about Dasha (I’m also still reading this post so I may update my comment) I think she’s more of a tumblr-esque type of girl as I usually associate e-girls with sorta “hot online gamer girl trope” those are my initial thoughts so far.
"As Emile Durkheim noted, suicide is mostly absent in societies subject to extreme poverty and deprivation – and more common in richer, more developed ones where the forces of technological and cultural anomie run rampant."
Intriguing. (Also, big Nabokov fan here, too. I have posted a fair amount on Nab.)
As someone who has been often compared to Dasha Nekrasova - though who adamantly denies any similarities nor identifies with the archetype - I have found myself often being accosted by men who in some ways could be considered incels. A recent occurrence was when an openly “male-only” literary magazine asked me to submit a story to them after following me on IG. Their bio literally says “this is a place for white cis men to have a space for expressing themselves” (hilarious). I wonder also if many of Dasha’s followers are men, and whether the E-girl, ultimately, could be seen as the virtual and aesthetic development of the manic pixie dream girl. From your text, there seem to be many similarities - mainly the tragic and nearly theological dimension (manic pixie dream girls are always sort of metaphysical philosophers) - between both archetypes. As you mention, they are both subjects of male desire, and though the manic pixie dream girl is a male construct and the e-girl is her own creation, they both result in a male sexual fantasy. Another similarity is that both the e-girl and the manic pixie dream girl are educated and highly inclined to thinking and expressing their thoughts, usually quite well. Mentioning Héloïse and Abelard was a great shout, also because their love is platonic (they made up that term) at the end of their lives and began originally from intellectual pursuit — Héloïse was a great student. Would it make sense, then, that the e-girl is a caricature based upon what ultimately is the result of a highly educated and creative female mind, and which in turn is sexualized and idealized by male desires?
E-girls are committing CSA against underage boys and exploiting simpleton men every day. These women are child abusers, their customers are teen boys and they know it. You know it..
The ones whose target market is teen boys and who doesn’t care if kids see it so….
Who, specifically, are you accusing? Name names! Surely you don’t believe every single girl with her face on the internet is guilty of such heinous crimes, right?
Yes.