It saddens 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 contradiction. It’s taking a form of contempt for women – even a hatred for women – and internalizing it by saying, Yes, those girls are awful, but I’m special, I’m not like that, instead of stepping back and saying, This is a lie.The real meaning of “I’m not like the other girls” is, I think, “I’m not the media’s image of what girls should be.” Well, very, very few of us are. Pop culture wants to tell us that we’re all shallow, backstabbing, appearance-obsessed shopaholics without a thought in our heads beyond cute boys and cuter handbags. It’s a lie – a flat-out lie – and we need to recognize it and say so instead of accepting that judgment as true for other girls, but not for you.
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About Claudia Gray
Claudia Gray was American author. Claudia Gray is the pseudonym of Amy Vincent, an American writer of Science fiction, Fantasy, Historical fiction, Cozy mystery, and paranormal romance young adult fiction, best known for the Mr. Darcy & Miss TIlney series of mysteries involving characters created by Jane Austen, the Evernight series and her Star Wars novels: Lost Stars, Bloodline, Leia, Princess of Alderaan, Master & Apprentice, Into the Dark, The Fallen Star, and Into the Light. Read more on Wikipedia →
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