Why be Normal?

sweetupndown:

you thought I didn’t really notice. But I did. I wanted to high-five you. Yesterday I had a pair of brothers in my store. One was maybe between 15-17. He was a wrestler at the local high school. Kind of tall, stocky and handsome. He had a younger brother, who was maybe about 10-12 years old. The…

brain-food:

I’m not less of a woman because I don’t share the same fashions, music, food, wine, film, or hobby interests as you. Because we have different views on all of the above doesn’t mean you’re more of a woman than me.

In fact, all those things shouldn’t define me as a woman. I’m…

“I’m a woman, because, I feel like a woman. Because emotionally, mentally, and physically am empowered by acknowledging and knowing that I am a woman.”

This is surprisingly affirming, because I know that I don’t feel this way. So then I just use my own gender words, and ta-da, affirmation again!