I'm me so I'm gonna look at this through my feminist googles and speak directly about women and girls that fall into this "weird girl" superiority complex. Some girls seem to believe that because they don't get a spray tan they are labelled "weird" by society. Many who think this way also claim they don't care that they "don't fit in." They attempt to express a "f*ck the system" attitude one would expect from an anarchist or other sort of radical. In reality, these girls simply don't participate in a certain lifestyle. Some of us have been convinced this is most common, that this is "the normal." I have two newsflashes for all who believe this.
There is no "normal." There is only common, or what is accepted as common.
The reason these "Starbucks whores" are so widely thrown under the bus is they are deemed "less genuine" in a society that is supposed to have been built on "family values," including honesty. Genuineness is a reliable indicator of character or morality in situations when what is "genuine" and what is "fake" is based more solely on a stark moral compass and not on what the media or "weird girls" deem to be. Dyed-blonde hair and shirts with greek letters on them does not inherently determine the content of one's character.
It's just another clique. And yours isn't special, or better.
Society often casts a negative spotlight on the lives of the sorority-involved, pumpkin spice latté-drinking, riding boot-wearing, white girl. Those who are labelled "intellectual," "nerdy," or "girl-next-door" find themselves in a position outside of spotlight, and take advantage of it by bashing the "basic bitches" who just lead a life in a different social circle. No one actually makes any girl who doesn't meticulously groom her eyebrows or wear oversized tees with norts an outcast of society or look at them with any sort of disdain.
Society is built of cultures and sub-cultures and cliques and social circles, some of which rarely create Venn Diagrams. This is how it is. This is how people interact, how they make friends, with nonverbally and verbally accepted norms and roles and codes built upon shared life experiences and interests and, y'know, stuff like that.
Just because one might value a good book over a night out does not mean one leads a more genuine or more "real" life than one who values a night out over a good book. (This is also often the basis of being an introvert or an extrovert, both of which are normal things to be, but that's a whole other discussion.)
Also on the note of being a stereotypical white girl, traits that are attributed to us are usually the butt of jokes meant to demean those traits as stupid or somehow "lesser." I find it kind of ridiculous. How does really really liking Starbucks make anyone lesser than someone else? How does wearing riding boots and fitted plaid shirts make someone dumb? How do Uggs or pastel baseball caps or pearl earrings or crop tops or curled hair or zippered vests make anyone not worth your time or worth a jabbing comment? How does anyone's love to get dressed up and go out make them any of the above?
I may not entirely fit the image of a "dumb sorority girl" who is "just like everybody else," but I do get called a white girl for having some of their traits. Yeah, I'm totally obsessed with pumpkin spice flavored things; where's the joke there? Yes, I love the season of fall, so does like 95% percent of everyone else. I'm not ashamed to love Starbucks or Instagram or Pinterest or cute sweaters or eye makeup or contouring or leggings or messy buns or my iPhone or any particular season. I'm not saying anyone who doesn't is dumb or lesser, so why belittle or demean what I do or love?
Having different social needs or fashion senses or hobbies shouldn't affect people's views on originality and genuineness. Can't everyone just understand that everyone's different and no one's life choices or preferences makes them worth more or less?
I may not fit the whole stereotype of a "basic bitch," but even if I did, why should I be coerced into being ashamed for it?
So get over it, you're not a special snowflake.
