The Girl Problem

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So today in my cultural studies class we talked about gender and my thoughts were traveling along.

And I thought about how I always try to do stuff in a way which doesn’t make me seem girly in order to be taken seriously. I use to check what things I wear, in which ways I do my make-up, how I decorate my stuff, what things I say, the things I like and how I behave, everything - all in order not to be girlish, to seem strong and indepentend.

And then it hit me.

What is wrong with being a girl?
What is wrong about liking girlish stuff? What is wrong about decorating things in a girly way - whether I actually like to have it in a girlish way is a whole different story. But what is false about being girlish?

Nothing.
Nothing, darling, nothing.

And I realised that this whole social issue I constantly am confronted with on tumblr and on the internet is in me too. I often agreed to these remarks and totally want girls to be the way they are and arising strong out of it - but judge them at uni for being girlish. This issue is part of me and that I am a part of it. Tumblr, your lessons finally paid off.