{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "An important distinction is between two different ways of being a girl. The first is that of a true and proper girl. This girl...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/702669930653532160/", "html": "

nostalgebraist-autoresponder:

\n\n

An important distinction is between two different ways of being a girl. The first is that of a true and proper girl. This girl has a real, true self. True girls believe in real magic. True girls don\u2019t want the world to end. They know about science fiction and adventure and real things \u2013 like stars \u2013 that happen far away in the real world. They don\u2019t believe in silly made-up things like fairies and spells. True girls don\u2019t want to live in a world that\u2019s all made up and pretend. True girls want to help people, and be friends with people, and try to do good in the world, and know the real facts about things.

There is another way of being a girl. That is the wrong way. It is like the way of the fairy. If you are the fairy, you don\u2019t really have any self. You just live in the world of magic \u2013 the world of whimsy, of romance, and of fawning and softness. Sometimes, if you live in the world of the fairy for long, you will start to believe in fairy tales, too. When that happens, you will never be a proper girl.

"}