The Myth of Girlhood – Georgiann Carlson

girls

talk about important things

they plan their futures

tell each other secrets

they have best friends

sometimes

for life

they listen to each other

they write stories

and poems

they dream

make blood oaths

learn to trust

or not

they learn to obey

or not

they SEE

everything

they stay

or run away

they love

and they hate

they know they are treated differently

than boys

they know that some believe they are less

lacking

second class

worthless

but girls are tough and strong

just not tough or strong enough to fight off adult males

girls survive

in spite of what is done to them

and still

some of them can love life

some of them can find joy

some can fill a room with laughter

that’s how amazing girls are

they don’t die

just because half the world tries to kill them

Photo: Pixabay

“Dedicated to Melanie, who lived through hell as a girl and is finally free.”

Georgiann Carlson

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I’m an artist, a writer, a vegetarian, an animal rights activist, and quite a few other things as well. I love books, cats, philosophy, good conversation, Chicago and the arts. So my blog is full of bits and pieces but it’s the bits and pieces that make life interesting to me. You can read more of my writing at Rethinking Life