50 Things That Make Me A Woman
By Leah Froehle
1. I hate wearing dresses.
2. I know nothing about politics.
3. I don’t know how to knit.
4. Sometimes I forget to wash my face before bed.
5. I haven’t gotten my hair done in months.
6. I don’t own a pair of black pumps.
7. Coffee and concealer just have to do for me some weeks.
8. Beauty rest is for my vacation days.
9. My room is in a constant state of disarray.
10. I’m clumsy.
11. I wear what I feel like wearing.
12. I Instagram pictures of things people probably don’t care about.
13. I eat ice cream late at night when I shouldn’t.
14. I can’t roast a chicken.
15. I read.
16. I hate gossip magazines.
17. Football is stupid to me.
18. I prefer my whiskey straight.
19. Guinness over Coors.
20. Red wine over all.
21. I’ve never had a boyfriend.
22. I’ve never wanted one.
23. I do what I want to do, when I want to do it.
24. I’m good at math.
25. I don’t eat enough greens.
26. I get caught up in fashion trends.
27. I spend entire days at the mall.
28. I spend entire weekends in the library.
29. Gloria Steinem is my idol.
30. Taylor Swift is my hero.
31. Red lipstick is my Samson’s hair.
32. I skip shaving my legs a lot.
33. I bake blueberry scones for myself some nights.
34. I wear an apron while I do it.
35. I wear a lab coat the next morning.
36. I’ve taken myself to dinner alone on a Friday.
37. I’ll do it again.
38. I like what I like.
39. I’m not so good with kids.
40. I love watching my sister be a mother.
41. Pinterest bores me.
42. Loneliness doesn’t scare me one bit.
43. I make big mistakes.
44. I’ve made them into really good stories.
45. I’m not too emotional. I’m tenacious.
46. I’m a contradiction.
47. I’m in perfect harmony.
48. I have no tolerance for intolerance.
49. I embrace my femininity.
50. I embrace yours.