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Friday, September 04, 2009
Why do people think being a Tomboy is such a bad thing?
A girl who dresses and sometimes behaves the way boys are expected to, often into more masculine things like "stronger" sports, computers, or cars. Stereotypically wears jeans, baseball caps, and denim vests/jackets. Often brought up with a lot of brothers or a child of a single father.
-- Urband Dictionary
One blog made this statement
A tomboy is defined as a girl that dresses and acts like a boy. This is all fine and dandy in your younger years, but when you start to get older you may not want people thinking that you dress like a tomboy.
-- Aug 26th, 2009
According to this blog and Urban Dictionary not only am I a Tomboy I'm a boy with boobs!
People are complaining about women athletes wearing skimpy clothes, doing revealing photo shoots and basically acting like some kind of trashy Lohan chick. But if she wears jeans and enjoys any kind of "masculine" things such as sports, computers, or cars she is the horrible, ghastly Tomboy...
Well, I own jeans, muscle t shirts, converse shoes I painted myself, combat boots (2 pairs) and I don't mind getting dirty!
...I also own heels, skirts, dresses and makeup and I am proud to say I am a Tomboy!
A Tomboy is not necessarily a girl who looks all masculine and behave like a boy. She's comfortable with herself, isn't going to freak-out at the thought of being handed a hammer and nails and isn't oh-so-soft-and graceful-pinkie-pinkei-stuff -- you all get what I'm trying to say.
As a kid and now as an adult, I was never the girl (and now Grrl) who could keep her clothes or hair tidy and fashionable. I'm not opposed to wearing skirts, dresses, and following a few of the more reasonable / cute trends but who says you can?t climb to the top of the monkey bars?
I guess being female, we all are in pursuit of what it means to be a girl. My teenage years were fraught with beauty mishaps - bad perms, Sun-In, too much eye shadow and way too much 80's fashion neon GROSS. I've tried to go shopping for oh so fashionable Hollywood clothes. But each time I look at the clothes I'm suppose to adore a little voice inside me says things such as
"Are you serious?
"
How are you going to fix a flat tire in that?"
Oh... the splatter of paint from your arts projects will look great on that!
I?m utterly hopeless in that oh so Hollywood world.
No matter who you are, there is a point in life where you figure out (or you should) what it means to be you. I?ll never wear 4-inch heels and not look like a little girl wearing mommy's heels. I will never look perfect and put together at all moments and I love (not like) computers, jeans, baseball caps, martial arts (sports) and power tools.
I?m okay with that. I still feel worthy and beautiful. I?ve learned what my best assets are and I accentuate them. I have my own style and chic ness. I am a Tomboy and I love it!
A girl who dresses and sometimes behaves the way boys are expected to, often into more masculine things like "stronger" sports, computers, or cars. Stereotypically wears jeans, baseball caps, and denim vests/jackets. Often brought up with a lot of brothers or a child of a single father.
-- Urband Dictionary
One blog made this statement
A tomboy is defined as a girl that dresses and acts like a boy. This is all fine and dandy in your younger years, but when you start to get older you may not want people thinking that you dress like a tomboy.
-- Aug 26th, 2009
According to this blog and Urban Dictionary not only am I a Tomboy I'm a boy with boobs!
People are complaining about women athletes wearing skimpy clothes, doing revealing photo shoots and basically acting like some kind of trashy Lohan chick. But if she wears jeans and enjoys any kind of "masculine" things such as sports, computers, or cars she is the horrible, ghastly Tomboy...
Well, I own jeans, muscle t shirts, converse shoes I painted myself, combat boots (2 pairs) and I don't mind getting dirty!
...I also own heels, skirts, dresses and makeup and I am proud to say I am a Tomboy!
A Tomboy is not necessarily a girl who looks all masculine and behave like a boy. She's comfortable with herself, isn't going to freak-out at the thought of being handed a hammer and nails and isn't oh-so-soft-and graceful-pinkie-pinkei-stuff -- you all get what I'm trying to say.
As a kid and now as an adult, I was never the girl (and now Grrl) who could keep her clothes or hair tidy and fashionable. I'm not opposed to wearing skirts, dresses, and following a few of the more reasonable / cute trends but who says you can?t climb to the top of the monkey bars?
I guess being female, we all are in pursuit of what it means to be a girl. My teenage years were fraught with beauty mishaps - bad perms, Sun-In, too much eye shadow and way too much 80's fashion neon GROSS. I've tried to go shopping for oh so fashionable Hollywood clothes. But each time I look at the clothes I'm suppose to adore a little voice inside me says things such as
"Are you serious?
"
How are you going to fix a flat tire in that?"
Oh... the splatter of paint from your arts projects will look great on that!
I?m utterly hopeless in that oh so Hollywood world.
No matter who you are, there is a point in life where you figure out (or you should) what it means to be you. I?ll never wear 4-inch heels and not look like a little girl wearing mommy's heels. I will never look perfect and put together at all moments and I love (not like) computers, jeans, baseball caps, martial arts (sports) and power tools.
I?m okay with that. I still feel worthy and beautiful. I?ve learned what my best assets are and I accentuate them. I have my own style and chic ness. I am a Tomboy and I love it!
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