Lauren Jones, A Girl Truth Untold

Day after day, They try to tell us how to feel. They try to tell us what to be, or what you should be. They try to tell us what we should look like, what we should dress like. They tell us, don’t wear this or that, because men are going to look at you, as if it’s your responsibility for the way someone looks defines your character. “Don’t wear your shoulders out that looks too grown up!” They try to tell us how to stand, how to sit. “Don’t sit like that, I see your pudge. Hold it in.” They try to tell us,“Suck, it up. It’ll be okay.”as if we aren’t known to have emotions too. They try to tell us“Stop being so bossy.” as if girls aren’t encouraged to always be submissive. “They try to tell us, “Act like a lady.” as if we were born in a world that automatically tells us how we should carry ourselves. They call us “drama queens”, as we express how we feel and our emotions feel that they are invalidated because they’re treated as if no one cares for them. They continue to tell us, “Don’t wear your hair like that, it’s unprofessional.” They will always tell us we’re “overreacting” or being “extra” when we genuinely express how we feel. It’s always them, never us..let our truth be told.