sometimes quiet is violent

I like to think I'm pretty good at rejecting stereotypes. If there's something I hate more than boxes, its being stuffed into one. My family is used to this already, as my sister Jessica always adds to her sentences for me [for example: "When you get married Rebecca, not saying you   have   to get married or have kids but   IF   you get married... (etc.)] I dislike stereotypes a lot, yes, but ones I specifically hate are gender stereotypes. The idea that just because I'm a girl I need to like to wear make up and want a family and enjoy dancing around in dresses and watching Sex and the City. Or that just because you're a guy you're not allowed to cry, or be sensitive, or enjoy TV-shows that aren't about trucks or boxing. Really, gender stereotypes are tiring. There's no gender police out there, who gives a shit whether or not I wear a dress to my graduation? Whose business is it really? This is something I find hard to understand too, how someo...

I'm angry a lot. Not at everything (yet). But a lot of things. One of these things is girls who say shit like "I'm not a feminist." [If the word feminist makes you cringe and shiver I advise you to leave now] Really now? Equal rights, not your thing? I'm fine with you ceasing to vote really. Cover up your ankles though, and don't go to school, its for boys. Before talking about why girls might say they aren't feminists, I'm gonna start with explaining why I'm a feminist. I'm a feminist, because I'm sick of hearing stories of girls being sexualized at school. Teachers concentrating more on what girls are wearing than on teaching boys not to assault them. Boohoo, little Timmy can't concentrate in class because Anna is wearing shorts. Maybe Timmy should get a grip on his life. I'm a feminist because I believe that the victim of rape is never the guilty party. Because I'm tired of hearing "she should have worn a longer sk...