Why Being Basic Rocks

Sarah Fogel Student Contributor, Trinity College

Kelly Vaughan Student Contributor, Trinity College

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Trinity chapter and does not reflect the views of Her Campus.

Is being basic bad? After looking at data my well-informed and correct answer is NO! For some reason, people enjoy insulting girls with the term “basic.” It is a blanket statement meant to indicate that someone lacks creativity, their own ideas, and always follows the crowd. However we see no issue with being called “basic.” It is a term we take on with pride and confidence…”Yes, I will awkwardly stand on the lower long walk to get the perfect chapel pic.”

Here is some evidence of the awesomeness of being basic:

“That chapel pick doe”- Honestly who can resist we have a gorgeous piece of architecture on campus?! Why not exploit every angle and lighting opportunity? In the end, you’re bound to get a good amount of likes on your #chapelpic

“Falling for fall”- For goodness sake people, we go to school in New England- the heart of the perfect fall! Why shouldn’t I pull over on the side of the road to take a pic of the purple sky with perfectly red trees in the background?! It is bound to be gorgeous.

“Pumpkin spice and everything nice”- In this sense, we are moving even beyond the classic PSL (which we love) to anything and everything with pumpkin spice in the title.

“Lemme take a selfie”- Yes we will take 500 of these pictures; no, we are not Gigi Hadid and can’t look perfect on the first try.

“I really really love brunch”- Food is the real bae, why hide it?

Lululemon Leggings- Comfortable and slimming and #trendy (plus let’s be honest, we haven’t been to the gym in a month)

Why Being Basic Rocks

“That chapel pick doe”- Honestly who can resist we have a gorgeous piece of architecture on campus?! Why not exploit every angle and lighting opportunity? In the end, you’re bound to get a good amount of likes on your #chapelpic

“Falling for fall”- For goodness sake people, we go to school in New England- the heart of the perfect fall! Why shouldn’t I pull over on the side of the road to take a pic of the purple sky with perfectly red trees in the background?! It is bound to be gorgeous.

“Pumpkin spice and everything nice”- In this sense, we are moving even beyond the classic PSL (which we love) to anything and everything with pumpkin spice in the title.

“Lemme take a selfie”- Yes we will take 500 of these pictures; no, we are not Gigi Hadid and can’t look perfect on the first try.

“I really really love brunch”- Food is the real bae, why hide it?

Lululemon Leggings- Comfortable and slimming and #trendy (plus let’s be honest, we haven’t been to the gym in a month)

Gossip Girl (because no one is that wealthy or attractive at age 17…except Blair, Serena, Chuck, etc. & obvs they’re real people)

White Wine (because it soothes the soul and because let’s be real, wine nights are every night)

Pinterest (because all else fails, mom (of your friend group) will do it for us)

Smoothie (they’re still healthy if you put chocolate chips in it right?)

Getting too excited about emojis in general (Specifically being able to flip off your friends via text)

Longchamps (Because they’re a black hole for your life and Kate Middleton carries one)

Matt Bomer (No justification needed)

Being #healthy then ordering a large cheese pizza and mozzarella sticks…and cheese bread

Getting approval in your group chat for every Insta you want to post

Following @betches and tagging your friends in every boy related post

Having your parents confused when you order something from Nasty Gal

Learning the ‘Sorry’ dance sober and then performing it for your friends when you’re drunk

Convincing all of your guy friends that you need to be their personal stylist

We wanna slide into your DMs