Today in our culture being called "girly" is not a compliment. Following "girly" is the thought of caring about what you look like and how you dress, loving the color pink, and doing "feminine" hobbys: cooking, playing with dolls, braiding hair, and painting your nails. Well i am a girl, i like to cook and bake and i enjoy braiding hair. Calling a girl girly is like calling a dog doggy or puppy. Calling a dog doggy doesnt make it anymore a dog or any less a dog. Why is being a girl bad? When you say "hi guys" to a girl is perfectly fine but calling a boy "hi Girls" is an insult. Some people even call it salt to a cut. My BestFriend loves the color pink and purple, and he is still a boy. Another of my friends paints his nails and he is still a boy. One of my friends came up to me and said "Oh my god, Andrew painted his nails pink for breast cancer month!" She didnt seem very happy about it if anything disturbed that he was supporting breast cancer. "That is great." I replied. "But he just wanted to paint his nails, he only said to support breast cancer so kids thought he was still cool." She tried to convince me it was a bad thing. I didnt care and thought it was cool he was breaking gender roles.
At my camp a girl beat a boy at basketball, for the rest of the summer he was made fun of for losing to a girl. When a girl loses against a boy no one teases her, they say its normal.
Why why why. So many things to complain about...
Of course this doesn't mean everyone thinks this but at least what i have seen and heard from the boys and girls my age this is what they think. Even the girls insult each other by saying "You're such a freakin girly girl, and why do you always wear lipgloss to school its so girly. You dress like a girly girl." I have heard kids in my class say this to other girls. When you get older you start to be called "Slut" or "whore" which basically is just saying you're such a women. Quote from Mean girls: "Calling each others sluts and whores just makes it ok for guys to call you sluts and whores" -Tina Fey in Mean Girls. So lets redefine the word Girly. Can't it be a compliment? HELL YAH!
Please send this around.
Next post later for valentines day cards.
-Lulu
At my camp a girl beat a boy at basketball, for the rest of the summer he was made fun of for losing to a girl. When a girl loses against a boy no one teases her, they say its normal.
Why why why. So many things to complain about...
Of course this doesn't mean everyone thinks this but at least what i have seen and heard from the boys and girls my age this is what they think. Even the girls insult each other by saying "You're such a freakin girly girl, and why do you always wear lipgloss to school its so girly. You dress like a girly girl." I have heard kids in my class say this to other girls. When you get older you start to be called "Slut" or "whore" which basically is just saying you're such a women. Quote from Mean girls: "Calling each others sluts and whores just makes it ok for guys to call you sluts and whores" -Tina Fey in Mean Girls. So lets redefine the word Girly. Can't it be a compliment? HELL YAH!
Please send this around.
Next post later for valentines day cards.
-Lulu