contradiction.
" It s a d d e n s me
to see girls proudly declaring
they’re not like other girls
especially
when it’s 41,000 girls
saying it in a chorus
never recognizing the c o n t r a d i c t i o n
It’s taking a form of c o n t e m p t for women
even a hatred for women
and i n t e r n a l i z i n g it by saying
Yes, those girls are awful
but I’m s p e c i a l
I’m not like that
instead of stepping back and saying
This is a l i e
The real meaning of
“I’m not like the other girls” is
I think
“I’m not the m e d i a ’s image of what girls should be”
Well, very, very few of us are
Pop culture wants to tell us
that we’re all s h a l l o w , backstabbing
appearance-obsessed shopaholics
without a t h o u g h t in our heads
beyond cute boys and cuter handbags
It’s a l i e
a flat-out lie
and we need to r e c o g n i z e it
— Claudia Gray, I’m not like the other girls
