I am a part of this generation.

This generation of people who
say beauty is what makes you
successful.

I am a part of this generation.

This generation of girls who are expected to be skinny as a rail with long,

Beautiful hair down to their tiny waists.

I am a part of this generation.

This generation where today's boys can grope today's girls and pass it off as though they "asked for it."

I am a part of this generation.

This generation where today's girls are shamed for wearing what makes them comfortable.

Where if you wear clothes that covers your cleavage and ass you are a prude.

And when you wear clothes that shows so much skin you might as well be naked you are a slut.

I am a part of this generation.

This generation where girls starve themselves to feel validated.

This generation where today's girls have to be flawless for someone to love them.

This generation where today's girls have to be born with the right genitalia to identify with that gender.

This generation where we are afraid of the monsters inside our heads pointing a gun at us and making us puke the only cracker we ate for sustenance.

This generation with voices that whisper lies in our ears.

The words fat and ugly and worthless.

This generation with today's girls.

Today's girls who have not only society to fear,

But themselves.

And I am anything but safe.