Several people have told me I look nice today. I blow-dried my hair and put on eyeliner. (I’m teaching a training session this afternoon.) So I have to wonder – do I actually look objectively more attractive, or is it just that people can tell I put in some effort? I suspect it’s the latter, but I can’t figure out an experiment to test it without access to, like, some tribe of Amazonians who haven’t internalised Western beauty standards.

Made-Up Kris is still dubious about this whole “performing femininity” thing. #youaskedforit