This Dirt Called Pretty
Ruby L.
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My poem is about catcalling culture and the difficult emotions that those targeted might feel about it. This is an inner turmoil I have known all too well so I wrote this poem to try put my feelings in to words: the disgust of being objectified and sexualized, the secret feeling of flattery, and the guilt that I'm even feeling these ways at all.
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It makes me feel like I'm part of something bigger than myself. It's a way for me to explore exactly what it means to be me and makes me really dig deep and forge a stronger connection with myself and the world. I have felt more like me when I am making something.
