long hair
eyeliner
nailpolish
I look good
and still women
women friends of mine
think it's hilarious
how people call me ma'am sometimes
even when I'm out of "costume"
laugh at me
oh how silly I am
oh how silly the stranger is
to mistake me for a woman
how utterly inconceivable
as if this
this
is the worst thing that could possibly happen to me
as if I should melt at the mention of being mistaken for woman
as if woman is the most shameful thing I can be
I mean this coming from women,
women who call themselves feminists
I think you need to rethink your feminism
if woman is something that you automatically associate with shame
because you've bought hook, line, and sinker into the myth
the patriarchal myth that male is something to strive for
and woman is something you should avoid at all costs
the myth that I have somehow failed to live up to that
the myth that I have to pick between the two
man or woman
as if those are my only options
and the myth that being mistaken for woman
is the mistake that really hurts
when my friends
the people who care and love me
are the ones mistaking me for what I'm not
-o0o-
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