First and foremost, I called myself basic the other day and realized I hated it, and myself for describing myself as such. I might fall into what some may call a basic. I drown in pumpkin things come fall, I Snapchat pictures of the beach in summer, I love Target too much, among other things that probably categorize me as basic. I’m very upfront about my passion for these things that seem typical for any girl to love, and I don’t want to be categorized as basic because of it.
To the guys who categorize girls as basic:
Are you the guys who are in their mid-to-late 20s still living like you were in college, going out every night of the week, hoping to find a girl just to hook up with? I’m actually concerned for your life and for the way you choose to look at girls. Is it because you’d rather not listen to someone say they want a pumpkin spice latte the morning after you hang out with them, rather than get to know why they like it so much? If so, you’re pretty shallow. I understand that guys don’t think the same way as girls, trust me, but why constantly put us all in the same category? Sounds like Peter Pan syndrome to me.
To the girls who self-proclaim themselves as basic:
Why? Why do you want to label yourself like everyone else? Why do you want to dumb yourselves down and categorize yourselves to where you’re the same and just as ordinary as every other girl? I understand it can be a funny saying, and I get that it’s a way to relate or to describe yourself so that others understand you like normal things, but try to break that habit. When you say you like Target, don’t dumb it down to being “basic.” You like Target, hell, you LOVE it, but at least own it. It’s all right, and you shouldn’t be chastised for it.
All in all, the word basic is mundane, ordinary and completely dull. Don’t you think it’s stupid to label yourself as ordinary or dull? I don’t think that’s how I’d ever want myself or someone else to describe me. It’s okay to like ordinary things. It’s okay to be obsessed with things tons of other people are (hello, have you not seen Harry Potter?), but there’s no reason to label yourself because of it.
