Reading the excerpt from “Tomboy” reminded me of when Jared McCain first came onto the basketball scene, especially before his draft into the NBA. People were hesitant to believe in the guy because of his fingernail polish and popularity on TikTok. Although he was not trying to be a “tomgirl” or anything, people were quick to judge and bully him because he did not fit the generic mold of a professional basketball player. People seem to get bullied or criticized just for doing what they like– whether that fits into gender norms or not. Same thing can be seen with Prince’s excerpt. All she was trying to do was enjoy her youth and people of all different ages would give her a hard time about it. Albeit kids can be mean, but Price depicted all of the ways that adults in her life would be judgmental towards her when she did not want to partake in the things that they wanted her to. From family to other adults, she was not able to live her life as a kid without facing backlash from other people that were more than twice her age.
Did you think I would forget? Song of the day here ya go.
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