My Son, The Prince of Fashion, written by Michael Chabon for GQ, highlights the thoughts and driving ideas from a young boy to pursue a future in men’s fashion. The boy, Abe, has committed every last bit of his earnings to afford the designer wear that he shows off at each new show. He recognizes his privilege as a white male and also realizes how he must appear when wearing $500 jackets so whenever he has the chance he makes sure everyone knows that he worked hard to be where he is. “Money to pay for the ‘Rafs’ had been earned by Abe’s raking leaves for neighbors, organizing drawers and closets around the house, running errands, and other odd jobs. His parents had given him the cash he used to buy the Margiela shirt, on the occasion of his bar mitzvah, and the trousers had actually been repurposed from his Appaman bar mitzvah suit,” (Chabon). Abe’s wish to be able to express himself through clothing without being immediately judged for being white and inherently rich is similar to Roxanne Gay’s struggle with trying to be a feminist without feeling pressure not to be herself. Gay’s article Bad Feminist, published in VQR follows her train of thought through various parts of being a feminist. Gay’s problem arises when, “I want to be independent, but I want to be taken care of and have someone to come home to. I have a job I’m pretty good at. I am in charge of things. I am on committees. People respect me and take my counsel. I want to be strong and professional, but I resent how hard I have to work to be taken seriously, to receive a fraction of the consideration I might otherwise receive. Sometimes I feel an overwhelming need to cry at work so I close my office door and lose it. I want to be in charge and respected and in control, but I want to surrender, completely, in certain aspects of my life,” (Gay). There are countless other things she mentions following this list of the types of things she feels as though she cannot have or take enjoyment in, purely because she is a feminist. She believes that in order to be a “good feminist” she must never partake in any of those other pleasures that some consider weak. By her being a woman the very act of taking a job seriously is looked down upon by others. This is similar to Abe where people instantly believe him to be a rich, snobby child. Both of their appearances alone cause them to be judged the moment others lay their eyes on them. Other people’s opinions and expectations of them are both reliant on how they appear and this is a critical factor in how they must lead their every day lives. If Abe was a black child people wouldn’t immediately be able to assume that he came from money. For Gay, if she were a white male then no one would question her devotion to work.