“
How dare
you tell me ‘I am not like most girls’, when those
‘girls’ you refer to are my sisters and mothers, my
friends, the very solace and the kindness I have sought when
the worst things in my life have happened? How dare you assume
I should take that as a compliment, and beam at you like it is
praise when you are alienating me from the very core of my
proudly female being? There are a thousand ways to tell me you
love me, and making my sisters small to make me big isn’t
one of them. Tell me you love me, but not because I am
different. Tell me you love me, just because you do.
‘You Aren’t
like Most Girls’ | Nikita Gill