“I am not a pretty girl. That is not what I do. I ain’t no damsel in distress and I don’t need to be rescued. So put me down, Punk. Wouldn’t you prefer a maiden fair? Isn’t there a kitten stuck up a tree somewhere?
I am not an angry girl. But it seems like I’ve got everyone fooled. Every time I say something they find hard to hear they chalk it up to my anger and never to their own fear. Imagine you’re a girl just trying to come clean – knowing full well they’d prefer you were dirty and smiling. And I’m sorry but I am not a maiden fair. And I am not a kitten stuck up a tree somewhere.
And generally my generation wouldn’t be caught dead working for the man – and generally I agree with them. Trouble is you gotta have yourself an alternate plan. And I have earned my disillusion, I have been working all my life. And I am a patriot and I have been fighting the good fight. And what if there are no damsels in distress? And what if I knew that and I called your bluff? Don’t you think every kitten figures out how to get down whether or not you ever show up?
I am not a pretty girl.
Don’t really wanna be a pretty girl.
I wanna be more than a pretty girl.”
~Ani DiFranco
I drink a lot of coffee, ride a motorcycle, have an 18 year old son and a decade long relationship that began in a chat room.
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