My school is full of sexism.

Okay, so this week at my school is “Boys vs. Girls” week, which is kind of stupid, but fairly trivial, right? Not exactly. I mean, there are some serious issues with this spirit week that I think institutionalize sexism at a public school. For one thing, there’s Barbie and Ken day, which is kind of demeaning to femininity in general and flawed for several other reasons. People described dressing up as Ken as “dressing gay.” I’m not even going to comment on that. And then there’s “boys wear blue girls wear pink” day, which is even more bullshit. Like, fuck you I’ll wear blue if I want. I’ll wear goddamn purple. A) Not everyone’s gender identity can be comfortably expressed as boy or girl, and B) Not all men are masculine and not all girls are feminine and why are you trying to enforce gender roles on us you’re a public school. There are other days and more problems with the whole week, but basically, I think it’s sexist, and when I asked one of the ASB leaders why our school decided to reinforce ridiculous gender roles at our school, he said, “coming from the girl who tried to start boob day…”

Okay, yes, my friend and I did sanction the first Tuesday of every month as Boobday. But here’s the thing — BoobDay is a celebration of well, boobs, and femininity in general. You can celebrate Boobday regardless of gender, and with whatever amount of cleavage you desire. To me, at least, it’s a counterattack on the oversexualization of boobs and a move, albeit small, to get girls (mostly) to reclaim their bodies. I’m not Mother Theresa here or anything, but the point of BoobDay is to embrace your body and realize that it belongs to you and you alone. The point of Boys vs. Girls week is to divide us by gender and then stereotype us. And that, you shitheads, is why they’re different.