A business builder
announced she was appointed
to a high profile role.
She is a 20-something,
is attractive,
is female
and
she was wearing an outfit
20-somethings would wear
in the celebratory photo.
Some people told her
in the comments
that she’d be taken
more seriously
if she wore a traditional
business suit.
That’s bullsh*t.
The people who don’t
take her seriously now,
despite her amazing successes,
because she’s wearing
a shorter skirt,
STILL won’t take her seriously
when she wears
a business suit.
She will still be
young
and attractive
and female.
She will still
be different.
This business builder might as well
wear what HER generation
expects
and respects.
If we’re different
in one standout way,
being the same
in all other ways
won’t gain us
acceptance
from the people who hate
that we are different
in that one way.
Don’t change
for those people.