“You see us as you want to see us…In the simplest of terms, in the most convenient definitions. But what we found out is that each one of us is a brain, and an athlete, and a basket case, a princess, and a criminal…”
If I have to check off one more square to identify myself I am going to flip. I am not defined solely by my age, gender, religion, ethnicity, and whatever else can be described on a piece of paper. These words are just labels forced onto us by the man. I don’t want to be a statistic that makes some institution look more or less diverse. I want to be me.
That’s how I am going to identify from now on…I am me.
I am the shy girl who lets lose when she is near the ones she loves. I am the person who likes to speak in the third person. I am the Catholic who wishes she was Jewish who wishes she was Quaker. I am the little sister who is only happy when feeding her brothers peanut butter blossom cookies and banana muffins with a honey cinnamon frosting. I am the person who will not tolerate when people say “that’s so gay.” I am the movie loving, flip flop wearing, environmentally friendly hippie who just wants people to feel loved.
A box cannot define who I am.
I can’t even define who I am.
My identity is constantly changing…. Inside I am a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess, and a criminal.
I am beautiful.
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