Jerseys

I’ve never been the most feminine girl in the world and growing up it felt like a huge liability. There are all these things I’m supposed to be and I’m not. Society punished you in subtle ways, and other kids in not so subtle ways, for being an awkward tomboy who hasn’t figured out how to be pretty. I always felt like one of the boys and not a girl, like there was something everyone else got that is somehow missed the memo on. I often felt like I would’ve made a much better boy than girl as a teenager.

The last couple of years I’ve given up on feeling like I should participate in a lot of those aspects of femininity. I cut my hair short because I always liked that better. I loved jersey design growing up (still do) and have gotten back into wearing soccer jerseys.

There are some feminine things I do like wearing floral (ummm floral) and wearing makeup but I’m actually enjoy those things. Other things I felt pressured and expected to do like wearing footwear that harms me and dresses, which I never felt comfortable in, I have been happy to walk away from. I identify as she/her I just don’t get how to do a lot of the things that go with that. Lately I really don’t care. Its lead to me being a lot happier and more comfortable in my own skin.