Dear young lesbian
Dear young lesbian,
I hope you are doing okay. You probably sit at home thinking about what to eat. You are bored. Are you happy? Are you lonely? Are you asking yourself whether this is about you?
Yes.
Dear young lesbian, I'm mad at you and you make me sad. I'm mad at your ignorance and at your self-centred thinking. I'm mad at your laziness. It makes me sad that you don't care. And I don't get it.
Last weekend I was on Dyke March and it was wonderful! It was amazing, powerful and breathtaking. I loved every second of it. But I had to realize that the most of the women I saw there were 35+. You could see that it wasn't their first time, you could see that they knew what they were doing and why they were there. They showed pride how it should be shown. They were spreading their energy and I swear they had more energy than some 20 years old girls. I was proud to be around them. I was happy to be there.
And then I saw few snaps on Snapchat or Instagram of some young girls who were also there... kind of. And the only thing you could see on their snaps was alcohol. And the other ones stayed home. They were sitting on the couch, watching some movies or series and just living a comfortable and careless life.
Why?
Before the Dyke March, there were few political speeches. Some were pretty boring and I didn't get the point of their existence. Some were powerful, motivating, strong and amazing. I won't quote any of those because I simply can't. But there was this one woman who said something very important. Again, I'm not able to quote so I will just summarize what she said. She said that today we are marching and that's amazing, but when we get home we should not stop marching. Not today, not on Monday, not next week. So it's cool that we are doing some cool stuff for or on this day. But we shouldn't stop there.
Women attending to these marches are women who were fighting for our rights for years, who have been there for years. They have experienced things, we, young lesbians won't experience again. And it is because of them. Because they were marching every day. Because they fought. And they are still here, there and they are still marching. For us. For the next.
And what are we doing? We are going there to drink with friends, to wear the rainbow flag and to not think.
Dear young lesbian, stop it! Stop going on the pride to drink, stop seeing it as a party. Please, educate yourself. We are in a good place now but there is still so much that must be done, if not here, then there. Stop being selfish. Stand up and fight, march and do something. Pride and Dyke March is something to celebrate. But there is so much more behind that and I'm worried that a lot of us forget or don't even think about it. Think! Read! Do! Speak! March!
Dear young lesbian, please do what was done for us. Do something so the next can be thankful. Be part of something beautiful and powerful.
Dear young lesbian, stand up, go out, fight and never stop.
With love,
a young lesbian.
I hope you are doing okay. You probably sit at home thinking about what to eat. You are bored. Are you happy? Are you lonely? Are you asking yourself whether this is about you?
Yes.
Dear young lesbian, I'm mad at you and you make me sad. I'm mad at your ignorance and at your self-centred thinking. I'm mad at your laziness. It makes me sad that you don't care. And I don't get it.
Last weekend I was on Dyke March and it was wonderful! It was amazing, powerful and breathtaking. I loved every second of it. But I had to realize that the most of the women I saw there were 35+. You could see that it wasn't their first time, you could see that they knew what they were doing and why they were there. They showed pride how it should be shown. They were spreading their energy and I swear they had more energy than some 20 years old girls. I was proud to be around them. I was happy to be there.
And then I saw few snaps on Snapchat or Instagram of some young girls who were also there... kind of. And the only thing you could see on their snaps was alcohol. And the other ones stayed home. They were sitting on the couch, watching some movies or series and just living a comfortable and careless life.
Why?
Before the Dyke March, there were few political speeches. Some were pretty boring and I didn't get the point of their existence. Some were powerful, motivating, strong and amazing. I won't quote any of those because I simply can't. But there was this one woman who said something very important. Again, I'm not able to quote so I will just summarize what she said. She said that today we are marching and that's amazing, but when we get home we should not stop marching. Not today, not on Monday, not next week. So it's cool that we are doing some cool stuff for or on this day. But we shouldn't stop there.
Women attending to these marches are women who were fighting for our rights for years, who have been there for years. They have experienced things, we, young lesbians won't experience again. And it is because of them. Because they were marching every day. Because they fought. And they are still here, there and they are still marching. For us. For the next.
And what are we doing? We are going there to drink with friends, to wear the rainbow flag and to not think.
Dear young lesbian, stop it! Stop going on the pride to drink, stop seeing it as a party. Please, educate yourself. We are in a good place now but there is still so much that must be done, if not here, then there. Stop being selfish. Stand up and fight, march and do something. Pride and Dyke March is something to celebrate. But there is so much more behind that and I'm worried that a lot of us forget or don't even think about it. Think! Read! Do! Speak! March!
Dear young lesbian, please do what was done for us. Do something so the next can be thankful. Be part of something beautiful and powerful.
Dear young lesbian, stand up, go out, fight and never stop.
With love,
a young lesbian.
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