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I both agree & disagree.
I think that presenting more butch is probably more true to the "real" Becky, but I don't think that the way she dresses presently is the "real" Becky either. Her clothing choices haven't just gotten more boyish over the years, they've also gotten much more lazy. Even by lesbian standards. People often point out that it's not like there's a lack of masculine dyke-wear that looks put-together and presentable. But she's stopped caring about her appearance in general ever since she gave up her job & stopped going out in public.
Someone in the Becky fashion thread was saying that her apparel (most notably her wearing pajamas as pants) has all of the hallmarks of social shut-in depression-wear. It kind of made me think. I had always just assumed that Becky's clothing choices came down to terrible taste, but I wonder how much of her clashing, lounge-wear style comes from just not giving a fuck because she doesn't go anywhere or do anything?
I don't know if we've ever actually seen Becky presenting as her most genuine self because I'm not so sure that Becky cares enough about life to put herself together in a way that even she at least likes.
I agree that her obsession with 90's nostalgia more of a depression trait than an actual personality trait. Her obsession with the past is her attempt to cling to a more innocent time where she was probably at her happiest, she doesn't attach her identity to new things because her life is unfulfilling now and she isn't able to connect with modern content because she is numb. But that's kind of a general problem with society as a whole at the moment, hence the rise of reboots, remakes and sequels in all media. I still think she is more authentic how she presents herself now though than when she was trying to look femme. Before she was depressed and pretending to be someone else, now she is just depressed and embracing the filth. Maybe if she goes even further with it she could become an empowered icon like Divine or Steven Assanti.