Jessica
Heartless Bitchery is not about hating people. It's not misanthropy or man-bashing -- there are too many people who like to say "people are shit, life is shit, nobody likes me boo hoo hoo oh poor me" and whinge indiscriminately about humanity in general. Well, if that's the case, get over it. Or go bother a therapist, not me...because that's not the case with yours truly. I respect people. Everybody, male or female, has my respect until they lose it. On the other hand, anyone who insists on trying to shove his or her patheticness in my face and doesn't heed any warnings is fair game for an ear-bashing.
You see, I see no point whatsoever in putting together a witty, well-constructed put-down for a target that's not worthy. So a bitch from me could almost be construed as a medal, a sign of recognition -- the Certificate of Gross Stupidity Beyond the Call of Duty, perhaps. Vitriol has to be distilled and purified for it to really sting, so I don't waste it or bitch for the sake of it. I am what you could call a Bitch with a Purpose.
The other main component of my Heartless Bitchiness? I never apologise for what I am. Yeah, I make mistakes (probably less than most of the people hassling me, but I do) -- and I'm prepared to say I'm sorry when I do, but if you can't deal with a young woman who knows and speaks her own pretty damn intelligent mind, then it's you who needs to apologise.
And yeah, I am a feminist. I see no fucking reason not to be. It might not have been fashionable for the past 20 years -- but I want to live in a world where I can go out dressed like Tairrie B. without some bloke assuming that it's for him. I want to live in a world where I can play with my band without some 15-year-old Chimp Bizkit fan thinking he can come up to me and say "You're a pretty good guitarist... for a girl." I want to live in a world where nobody thinks the fact he can see my bra means he's got the right to touch it. But we don't -- so I fully intend to carry on kicking ass until the day we do.
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