I agree. It’s such a shame. Rather than being raised by Seventeen, the girls of today desperately need strong role models like Katie Makkai. Here’s a poem she wrote:
This is about the self-mutilating circus we have painted ourselves clowns in. About women who will prowl 30 stores in 6 malls to find the right cocktail dress, but haven’t a clue where to find fulfillment or how wear joy, wandering through life shackled to a shopping bag, beneath those 2 ‘pretty’ syllables.”
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I agree. It’s such a shame. Rather than being raised by Seventeen, the girls of today desperately need strong role models like Katie Makkai. Here’s a poem she wrote:
“Pretty”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6wJl37N9C0
Just a little quip from this amazing video:
“But this is not about me.
This is about the self-mutilating circus we have painted ourselves clowns in. About women who will prowl 30 stores in 6 malls to find the right cocktail dress, but haven’t a clue where to find fulfillment or how wear joy, wandering through life shackled to a shopping bag, beneath those 2 ‘pretty’ syllables.”