In a world where we need to own a house to have a dog or cultivate our own gardens, frogs are one of the easiest ways to get closer to nature.Īnd if that desire (frog)spawns a new subculture where WLW and animals are celebrated – and we get to see cute frogs on our feeds – then that works for us. So for me, cottagecore is an ideal where I can be visibly queer in rural spaces.’ An element of a culture or system of behavior that may be considered to be passed from one individual to another by nongenetic means, especially imitation. Cottagecore sees love as a connection between two souls.’Īnother stated, ‘It especially makes me feel like the things I loved in childhood, like having farm animals and picking blackberries in the fields and getting lost in the woods, are cis- and hetero-coded. Memes A way of describing cultural information being shared. I-D magazine spoke to one queer woman about why she identified with cottagecore so much, and she said: ‘Lesbians tend to be oversexualised by the media.
Basically nice, comforting, nature-based images and sounds to soothe us and be aesthetically pleasing. TikTok defines this as ‘flower prints, knitting, plants and mushrooms’. Is my application to be on frog tiktok 🍓 #cottagecore #goblincore #witchtok #frogs #strawberryfrog ♬ strawberry frog II written by goodtimeal – ratwyfeĪlthough frogs are gay (incontrovertible fact, please don’t argue), the links between frogs and lesbians particularly might derive from an aesthetic movement titled cottagecore.
