With all the reading I've done this week, why am I posting about TV?

Maybe I'm biased. Maybe it's because I love androgyny and/or butchness in a woman, but this episode of What Not to Wear is driving me insane. This woman, Annie, is not feminine, she doesn't feel it, wear it, or act it in any conventional sense of the word. She owns this, she says this (so I'm not throwing words in her mouth), and she's fucking beautiful. This is a typical episode, but they throw out her clothing (regardless of whether or not it fits and looks good!) if it's from the "men's" side of the store. It's clothing, people! I thought they were of the "looks good on you, you're comfortable in it, good to go" camp. They're normally so, "dress for the body you have, and life you live". But Stacy and Clinton just keep taking away her gender expression, telling her that she needs to get out of the men's clothing to look professional. Stop robbing her of her identity, you assholes. She's clearly shit-terrified but they get her in the dress. Obviously self-identity and outward expression are important to this woman; they're important to all of us, but let her deal in her way- not by telling her butch is out of style. Damn it Stacy and Clinton, if you stop taking away all the butchness a sense of style, self and maybe even gender will be suppressed. More importantly, I won't have anyone to date.