Erin
I'm a high school student, and in high school Heartless Bitch are few and far between. Around the age of 14, I really lost myself. Before that I was aggressive, competitive, my own person. But at 14 I wanted the popular guys to like me, I wanted to be cool, and I cared so much about what people thought of me. My mom was worried. She was trying to raise a feminist, a girl who didn't take shit from anyone, a true heartless bitch. But I went through this phase, and watched as my friends turned into giggling, simpering, little girls who laughed at the cool guys' jokes and tried to be as unintimidating as possible. And then I snapped out of it. I only went through a few months of it, although most of my friends are still going through it- and will probably remain like that. But my inner bitch returned with a vengeance.
Now, at 16, I debate and disagree in class, even if some of the guys think I'm too smart, or a "nerd". I do what I want, and say what I think and what I feel. I'm not afraid to disagree with anyone or put idiots in their place, and macho displays repulse, rather than impress me. I never call other girls whores or sluts, because those who want meaningless flings with guys for fun have the right to (and the GUYS they get with are never called slut), and those who do it so that boys will like them aren't sluts, they're pathetic.
I've been called dyke/lesbo, bitch, and frigid by guys I've turned down and I've laughed in their faces at their immaturity. If I genuinely like a guy, I talk to him and act like myself. I don't waste my time on people I don't like or who drain me of my energy.
I want to get involved with politics because there are too many men making decisions that solely affect women, and as cliché as it sounds I want to change things. I want to become a member of this site so that I can see more examples of true Heartless Bitches (as I have one, in my mother), who I can learn from so that I can one day grow into a powerful woman.
Recently this chauvinist asshole in my English class was saying that women shouldn't bitch about equality because they have it. I turned around to say something and he laughs and goes "here comes feminist Erin..." At 14, without even thinking about it, I would have giggled and said "stooop!". Instead my reflex action was to say "Go fuck yourself." And I then gave him a long list of reasons of why he was wrong and shouldn't be speaking. I was very proud.
Country: Switzerland
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