My friend's bio in her twitter account read
i'm me and that's who i am.
I loved that.
Our society wants us to explain who we are. We have to show ourselves off in the best way possible, to gain attraction from future employers and lovers and friends. We have to be the best version of ourselves on paper and in real life, so people would choose us.
We are chosen, from a batch of other people because we seem like the best choice. And then we choose, from another batch of people because they seem like the best choice.
But the best version of ourselves might not be the version that yourself do not like.
For example, a company might look for an employee who is quiet and hardworking, who is calm and sure of themselves. That's easy to fake in a five minute interview, and a resume that handpicks one of the few experiences you have had in your life.
But what if your best version of yourself is a talkative, passion-filled person, who talks about her ideas and bounces them off other people to get the best one possible? What if you must cover that part up to get a job in this harsh society?
Isn't that bad?
Right, sure, you might just try to get another job. But most people in the society are looking for the similar people. Good looking, charming, nice people who are also good at what they do, and is sociable. That is what people are searching for, although they themselves cannot be that kind of person but since they are in the position of power, delude themselves to thinking that they deserve those kind of people.
But no one can be like that.
When we are growing up, the adults around us-since they want the best for us- try to make us grow up to be a person that can be accepted and liked in the society, molding us to be nice, moral, competitive, and always-keep-a-smile-on-my-face kind of person. But on the other hand, they still want us to be special, to have individuality, so that we can stand out.
It's incredibly contradictory of them. They want us to be special, and normal at the same time.
But anyway, getting back to the point I was trying to make, I loved that twitter bio because it was rebellious, sparking with creativity.
I'm me, and I don't have to explain who I am to you.
I don't need, or want to be chosen by people who I have no respect for. I don't understand why you want to be given respect, when you have done nothing to deserve it, save for being born in a nice family and being white, male, heterosexual or etc.
If you want to know me, you should at least try. Try to get to know me.
I won't hand myself over to you, wrapped in a box, shining with only my advantages, all my faults tucked away in the corner. I will never conform to your standards, your standards that decide if I'm a good person or not. I will answer to my rules, my laws only, and make my own choices for myself.
I am me, with all aspects of being me, and that is who I am.
And I hope you find who you are, too.