I was doing some Important Research on kissing when wearing lipstick

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(because shut the fuck up, that’s why) and read some article that advised ladies to wipe off their lipstick before kissing, since apparently some men don’t like kissing women with lipstick on.

Immediate string of thoughts:

  • bitch PLEEEEEEEEEEEEASE
  • if I deign to put my face on your face
  • and bless thy mouth with my lips
  • you BEST BELIEVE
  • I WILL BE KISSING YOU WEARING WHATEVER LIP PRODUCT I DAMN WELL PLEASE
  • AND YOU WILL TAKE IT
  • YOU WILL TAKE IT AND YOU WILL LIKE IT
  • and you will wear that smudge of color like a badge of honor
  • you know why?
  • because your tacit participation in perpetuating our patriarchal standards of beauty
  • are, along with my personal aesthetic choices,
  • THE REASON I AM WEARING THIS LIPSTICK IN THE FIRST PLACE
  • because lips deepened with color are associated with heightened arousal
  • same goes for cheek color too
  • so if a bit of my blush gets on your shirt
  • I better never, ever hear of it
  • ‘cause you will take that shit up with your dry cleaners
  • and thank your lucky stars I even allowed you that close to my orbit.