I CONFESS
I was reading a comment thread on Reddit, and someone had linked to MGTOW (men who go their own way) to illustrate a point they were making of how that subreddit is obsessed with women, and how terrible/evil we are instead of like, NOT, since their life is supposed to be about living single/without a woman, so I click on it (because I just hate life) and my god what a cesspool of posts :( One common theme that kept popping up on posts/comments (I only browsed the first page), was:women have no hobbies
Over and over again, like this was stated as FACT.
Also:
--if they [women] say they have hobbies, its shopping or hanging out with friends
--shopping and hanging out with friends are not hobbies
--if they do have hobbies, they are uninteresting
--women need to take more interest in their men's hobbies
--because whatever the man is interested in, is interesting and counts as a hobby
what.the.fuck
I made a list of all the hobbies that I know my female friends and coworkers engage in (I'm sure there are more things that I don't know):
--makeup
--makeup organization (people have some awesome makeup vanities set up, even I start pinning ones and I don't even do makeup
--skincare
--blogging
--journaling
--iPhone photography
--sewing
--painting
--drawing
--personal fashion/style
--dollmaking
--antique doll collecting
--rock climbing
--gym/fitness
--jewelry making
--hiking
--cooking
--baking
--interior decorating
--volunteering
--kickboxing
--craft cocktails
--Poshmark
--trying out new restaurants
--party planning
--thrifting
--knitting
--ballroom dancing
--paper crafts
--nail art
--yoga
These are all valid interests/hobbies!!! Do some involve shopping? YES. Do some involve hanging out with your friends? YES.
Though, if someone asks me what my hobbies are, I wouldn't know how to answer that. Maybe if it was rephrased, how do you dick around on your free time? Then I would be like, oh: party planning/theming, sketching, meal planning, Poshmark, Reddit, personal style, blogging, cuddling with my cats.