Dear Young Women of Tumblr,
Never feel you must identify out of being female.
Never feel you must identify as non-binary, agender, gender-neutral, genderqueer, or any other option outside your natural sex. Even if:
- You don’t “feel like a girl.”
- You have little or no interest in sex or relationships with boys or girls.
- You dislike makeup, feminine clothing, and “being girly.”
- You are uncomfortable with your body.
- You are uncomfortable with how others view your body.
- You enjoy doing “boy” things and feeling powerful and in control.
All of these things are perfectly normal for a women to feel, and due to our highly gendered society can sometimes seem unbearable. I know. I have been there. But creative, intelligent, strong, kind, and fiercely unique and independent women have always existed - and you can, too, just as you are.
Harriet Tubman, Marie Curie, Frida Kahlo, Agatha Christie, Sally Ride, Rachel Maddow, Georgia O’Keefe, Abby Wambach, Amelia Earhart, Malala Yousafzai and so many others are here for you - however you want to express yourself, whoever you want to be.
It isn’t always easy, but it’s worth it. So worth it. Hang in there. <3