I KNOW I said I wasn't going to post any outfit pictures, but come on how cute is this jacket?1 I just love it too much! :) I really needed a lighter jacket; all I currently have are heavier winter coats. It's also the first thing I've found at H&M that I really loved... the new store did not meet my expectations.
Anyway. I was thinking. One way that I could put my women's rights stamp on the world is through one of the things I love more than anything - theater. It certainly could use some help in that area, especially musical theater. I was thinking about something my brother said about his acting class; he was doing a group project and a lot of the girls in his group wanted to do male parts. And he started to say that maybe girls are just jealous of the male roles because they're just simply better roles - more interesting, funnier, just more fun to play. Is this true? Are male roles simply better when it comes to musicals? It's not that women are under-represented, but I do see how women are simply just playing "the woman" in a lot of musicals.
The Wizard of Oz is the first one I'll have a go at - Dorothy, of course, is a female, and of course, the main character. But, she is only one of two females in the whole ensemble of... let me think... about six main characters? The other female being the nasty villain. In a way I like when females are villains but that's pretty complex and way off-topic. So we have the (somewhat) heroic female lead and the female villain. The other four characters I counted were obviously the Tin Man, the Lion, and the Scarecrow, and then the Wizard. Who can argue that these characters aren't FAR more interesting? Funnier? More fun to play? Well, okay, I forgot one: the Witch of the East. (too lazy to go back and edit...) Obviously the most interesting female character in the story. But still, uber-feminine, beautiful, kind - not really pushing any boundaries in terms of empowered characters.
Anyway that may have been a terrible example but when I'm getting at here is maybe... just maybe I could be a playwright? What? What is this new idea? I know. My number-one hero could be influencing me a bit here - Miss JK Rowling. I'm going to go ahead and say it - I think I'm just as good of a writer as her, as far as writing technique and English mannerisms go. (Her genius characters and plot lines are another story.) And I mean, if she can do it... why not me? Why can't I be the one to write the play acclaimed by feminists around the world?
I know. I'm well aware that I sound like a Disney character sometimes. I tell people on a daily basis that they should follow their dreams, no matter what anyone else says. Why can't I listen to my own advice? Why is this so, so hard for me? I could double-major in theater design and English, but I probably wouldn't have my bachelor's degree until I was 26 or something - ideally when I'd like to have a career and a husband :/ But then I want to maybe just do something practical like nutrition or some kind of bullshit...
Fuck it. Follow your heart, guys. It won't complicate things at all.
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