Sanja
I am Heartless Bitch because I believe in honesty, in myself and in
humanity.
First, I am a Heartless Bitch because I refuse to accept that in order to
succeed in this world one has to be 'nice' or appease the majority. I do not
mock those who lack information or knowledge about the things I may know, since
I too am imperfect and still learning. However, ignorance should not be
glorified or supported. Arrogance about one's ignorance is despicable. This
approach may appear to make me an elitist, but I am not one. Rather, I believe
that in order to become better persons we must expect and demand more of
ourselves: ignorance is for the lazy, for those who have given up on themselves
and their lives. Why would I ever pity or waste my time on those who would not
maximize their time to better themselves?
I have a hard time understanding women and men that lack confidence. I
understand that sometimes people face obstacles greater than the ones I have
faced, and to those I am sympathetic. However, we must rise above the
stereotypical obstacles of a Western society: the perpetual princess, the
manly-man, the anorexic beauty and the desires for a rich husband. I have no
sympathy for those who fail to question and think - our perceptions
determine our actions and our actions always have consequences. I don't take
peoples bullshit and I tell them what I think. Often, I sound like a Bitch
because I tell people things they do not want to hear, but those people do not
understand themselves and they most certainly do not understand me. I ensure
that I am surrounded with people who are intellectually curious, that can
respect my honesty and that can consequently better me, as a human being. I am
honest: to myself (in who I was, in who I am and in who I have the potential to
become) and to others and this makes me a Heartless Bitch.
Second, I believe in myself. I get what I want because I work hard. I
believe in myself because if I don't believe in myself, why should anyone else
believe in me? I may come off as arrogant because I do not seek compliments or
do not desire "fluffy fillings" from men or from women. I know I am intelligent
and beautiful, but I also know that the two are relative and contingent upon
social-cultural, historical and economical prejudices. I believe that I
have the potential to actualize into a human being that is connected with the
humanity as a whole, not with my own perception in the mirror. Since I believe
in myself and in my potential, I am a Heartless Bitch.
Finally, (I'm trying to keep it short, I'm sure you aren't interested in a
PhD dissertation here), I am a Heartless Bitch because I am not afraid to
express my love for humanity. Conflict and war have attempted to define my
childhood and destroy the existence of the same. I have often encountered people
who have attempted to teach me to hate others for arbitrary reasons, people who
wanted to silence their truths for the future generations. I am not interested
in glorification of nationalism. A flag, an anthem or a state border does not
define my humanity. My humanity is the humanity of the whole. I am a Bitch
because I am not afraid to say that I believe that all humans (irrespective of
colour, gender, ethnicity or any other factor that can be made up to
differentiate us from each other) deserve and must be given a right to life. I
am Bitch because I do not believe that my life is more important than any other
life. I am a Bitch because I fight with all my might for the rights for all of
humanity. That passion pisses off all those that have bought into propaganda
that the nationalists were selling. Here in Canada, my words are somewhat
foreign since violence and war were reduced to entertainment on the nightly
news, simplified and stupefied for the masses, so much that the conflict itself
is obscured and propagated to its highest absurdity. However, even here in
Canada, in the multicultural haven, we have a hard time remembering to respect
all those who share this land. We have an even harder time remembering (that
although we did colonize this land), at some point we were also a nation that
supported peacemaking and not the occupation of foreign territories. It is so
easy to strip away a person's humanity and to make others to believe that they
are somehow less than us. I am a Heartless Bitch because I speak with a voice
that is not afraid to resist conformity, a voice that is not afraid to speak
against those who are deemed unpopular, a voice that is not afraid to remind
others that we must respect our connection to humanity.
Country: Canada
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