Tuesday, October 15, 2013

'Real Women'


I was browsing Facebook a few days ago and saw one of those spammy, viral pictures that get passed around like a bad cold every now and then. Social media and media in general love to sell ridiculous lists of what 'Real Women' do:

Real Women watch football.
Real Women work and raise a family.
Real Women never have a day off because they are at home with their children.
Real Women run through the pain.
Real Women eat pizza for breakfast.
Real Women vote (fill in the blank).
Real Women act like a lady.
Real Women cuss like sailors.
Real Women...

You know what REAL WOMEN do? Real women support each other and refuse to invent/promote bullcrap rules about what 'real women' do. Real women prevail over the social constructs, class systems, and self-obsession that demand we find fault in our differences. Real women LOVE - themselves and others and anything they very well please. Because real women are real people. And they are complicated and simple and beautiful and without bounds.