Warning: Fiery redheaded temper induced vocabulary ahead.
Yesterday, something happened that made me furious. Tapped
into my inner redheaded anger. Shit just got real. No one fucks with my
friends. It just leaves me so mad I don’t know what to do with myself.
Yesterday was warm and muggy. The sun was shining and a few
clouds hung around to keep things hot and sticky. No time for pants and a
parka, right?
My best friend, dressed in a fancy top and shorts, was given
a really rude remark while out in town.
“Just cause the sun comes out doesn’t mean you don’t have to
wear clothes.”
What in the flying fuck.
How dog damn rude.
Sometimes people blow me away. I honestly don’t know how on
earth these kinds of people get through their day being so fucking hateful. In
any case, she was dressed modestly. Arms, legs and shoulders where the only
thing visible apart from her face. GOSH. OFFENSIVE.
Fuck. We all are human (right?) we all have bodies. We all
have arms legs, eyes, ears, backs, butts..etc. Half of us have boobs and
vagina’s the other half have penises. Good lord, are they frightening? Do
nipples scare you? Perhaps you shouldn’t leave the house then.
I understand some people are more modest than others but I
firmly believe that you should not hate or voice your distaste in someone
else’s attire. Maybe they woke up, tried on those clothes and looking into the
mirror thinking, ‘man, I feel beautiful today.” Who the hell do you think you
are to ruin that?
I highly doubt that seeing someone’s thigh, lower back or
heaven forbid their cleavage, is going to make your day come crashing down. No
one should feel shamed for loving their body or dressing in a way that makes
them happy and confident.
I used to cover
myself up like baring any of my skin was going to kill me. I thought
people would think I was a slut, make fun on my legs etc. It wasn’t until more
recent years that I got to thinking, I’m young and I only live once. This body
isn’t going to be beautiful and youthful all my life. I need to enjoy this now.
So shit on anyone who is going to tell us otherwise.
And for the religious types. If you believe god made people
in his own image, why would he turn around and say, “oh, goodness. Those parts
are terribly offensive. Cover them up again even though I designed them myself
in my own likeness.”
Wtf.
I know my friends and I titter and laugh to ourselves even
we see someone in a goofy outfit or have their ass cheeks hanging out but we
keep it to ourselves. It doesn’t offend us, it doesn’t ruin our day. It doesn’t
leave us scarred for life. We don’t go home, remember the horrific sight of
their bare thighs, convulse and spend the next three years in hospital for
PTSD.
So, if the body that 7 million other people have and you
have yourself, offends you enough to make a judgmental, hateful comments like
that maybe you should gouge out your eyes cause you might see your own body
when you shower.
No matter what you wear, no matter what you look like, you
are beautiful and no one should stop you from feeling that way.
Ah, rant over.
On to better and happier things!
