I never stoop to playing the helpless female. This has cost me a couple of relationships, but I'm ok with that. If they couldn't get over the fact that I don't tend to adhere to easily defined gender roles, I don't want them in my life.
I'm not afraid to confront racism, sexism, and homophobia point-blank, regardless of the ensuing social awkwardness. If you can't show basic respect and decency to people who are different from you, I sure as hell am not going to make your life easy.
I refuse to give the obligatory, "no, you don't look fat in those pants"/"you poor thing, your boyfriend was such an asshole" when my friends are just fishing for compliments or justification for their lame-ass actions. Those pants make you look like a fat cow, sweetie, and of course he's gonna treat you like shit if you treat him like shit first.
One of my guy friends told me that he finds me "vaguely emasculating." I was flattered.
I'm sick of having to explain the "a woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle" poster on my wall to people--no, I don't hate men. Quite the opposite. What I hate is the attitude that a woman is missing out if she isn't in a relationship.
My preferred ensemble is Dr. Martens and a dress--I like an outfit that says, "I'm 100% woman, and I could kick your ass."
I can wear eyeliner if I damn well want to--wearing makeup doesn't mean I've internalized the superficial values of the patriarchy we live in, it just means I occasionally have a flair for the dramatic. Without make-up, I get told I'm unattractive; when I do wear it, I get told I'm superficial.
I hate men who say they want a relationship with an intelligent woman, and then are threatened by the fact that I can out-think them. Come on guys, intelligence has to be a mutual thing!!
I make my choices, I don't apologize. I take responsibility for my life and live it with no regrets. And I have absolutely no regrets about telling off the people who do nothing but sit around whining and then complain that their lives are incomplete. No one else can seize the day for you.
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