there’s no UNmarked woMAN
When I thought about my stance on Tannen’s “There is No Unmarked Woman” the part that resonated with me the most is that we only look/judge what women wear, and it’s the girls who are doing it to each other. Before I get into it, I think most of us women could say that we don’t mark other women intentionally, it just happens.
With prom season approaching, every girl wants to make sure that no girl has the same dress as her. Fortunately, there’s thousands of prom dress styles available, so the chances of a girl wearing the same dress are pretty slim. However, when I think about last years prom, I remember sitting at my table looking at every girl’s dress to see the individuality of each dress, the uniqueness, and the way that she decided to style it. Did I look at their dates? HELL no. All the guys looked the same to me. Given, some matched better than others, but it was the same old tuxedo/suit that every other guy in the room had rented/bought. The first thing that I got home was tell my mom about all the other girls dresses. It wasn’t until the next morning that I told her how my night was. For the next several weeks, all that flooded my social medias were prom pictures, and those were all that I cared about looking at, even though I had seen them weeks before.
At this years prom, it’ll probably be tempting to not walk up to Edu Usoro and tell her that she looks beautiful (as always) in her dress, but I don’t want to mark her, even though she’s already marked. Maybe this year, I’ll tell her that she looks strong and powerful instead.
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