bimbocore

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   An aesthetic based around stereotypical feminine elements such as glitter and the colour…

   An aesthetic based around stereotypical feminine elements such as glitter and the colour pink.

   • It goes without saying that this is all thanks to social media – invariably the most fertile environment for cretinous ideas and noxious role models – and a landscape in which “bimbocore” now looms large.
   • But then, when I go to a gay bar in London, I’m like, “Oh, let me do bimbocore for the night,” and I’ll dress up in an ultra-femme way, knowing that I’m not being hypersexualised in that space.
   • Then there’s “bimbocore”, a hyper-feminine aesthetic that takes apart patriarchal definitions of femininity and focuses on dressing for yourself, a “modern act of feminism”.

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