
Sketch me as a woman
We judge people based on their sex, their creed, their chosen profession, or even the friendships they keep. And of course, women are more harshly judged; especially among other women. Our standards of what we believe to be beautiful, promising, or successful do not align to what men’s ideas are of being “that” woman; the ideal woman. But then again, could we even draw “that” woman? I wrote this poem thinking about what she’d look like and knowing that I can never draw her. B