The other day I came across some photos on Flickr about some high school girl trying to be artistic and show how stereotypes aren’t real. Shocking isn’t it? It’s a concept that never was done before… UNTIL NOW. As I was looking through them I got more and more angry. Eventually my rage built up enough to bother writing an article about this chick.

Elizabeth Grace is a student living in Atlanta, Georgia (and I know who you are, because I backtraced it). She is a self thought photographer and fucking philosopher.

“I’m emo, so I must cut my wrists
Anyone can self harm & depending on the circumstances some feel like they have a legit reason for doing so. It’s a common misconception to believe that all emo people cut themselves, when really the meaning of “emo” just means emotional. “Emo” is a stereotype. Not all people who are “emo” slit their wrists. Self injury is a sign of a deeper psychological problem. This can range from depression to attention seeking.”

This is where she is wrong, emo isn’t short for emotional. It’s short for “emotionally hardcore” which is based on a musical genre and its cult. By definition every human is “emotional” we are all capable of feeling love, hate, anger, pride, and jealousy. We aren’t mechanical. We all feel, though some of us can’t express our feelings without going to the extremes. As such, we have the “hardcore” individuals who believe that physical pain will solve their emotional pain. There was a rule back when I was in high school, “scene kids are just like emos, except they don’t cut themselves.” And so, all emo kids cut themselves, the ones that don’t are scene.

“I’m religious, so I must shove my beliefs down your throat
People often view religious people as “overpowering” or think of them as “they make themselves look better than others.” People also try and stay away from religious people due to the stereotype of “they think the religious person will try and make them believe in something your not sure about.” When in all reality, they are just faithful people.”

I’m not sure if you know this, but in order to be seen as a true follower by the church one must convert as much people as possible. How many times have you had Jehovahs come up to your door and talk to you about the “good word of god.” They don’t do this for shits and giggles, their church tells them to do it. Likewise with Roman Catholics, I’ve had neighbours coming to my door and asking me about my faith. Religion is mostly about getting more numbers, Roman Catholics are supposed to have like 14 kids. I could go into a bigger rant about religion, but this is not the time.

“I speak my mind, so I must be a bitch
Many people get stereotyped as rude or mean due to the fact they speak the truth. Honesty is looked up to by many people, but others strongly disagree.”

Pardon me, but if you go up to someone and call him ugly or fat then yes, you are a bitch. Honesty is a good virtue to have. But there is an appropriate time for positive criticism. Say you’re walking behind some old person with a came, out of politeness you won’t yell “get out of my way you slow old guy” to them. Also, you’re*.

“I’m a female gamer, so I must be tomboy
We all know that girls play games. They play “hardcore” games, “casual” games, strategy games, adventure games, fighting games, all the time every day. Can we stop with the “girl gamer” nonsense? Girls shouldn’t be stereotyped as tomboys for their love for video games.”

I personally never heard the “tomboy” stereotype. However I did hear about the “girl gamers play casual” and “are attention whores.” I wrote about these quite a while ago and Elizabeth here has proved both stereotypes exist and are in fact true. She plays games like Petz Dogz 2, Hanna Montana, and NCAA Football. She doesn’t seem like much of a gamer judging by these pictures. You would think that she could have at least shown Halo or Call of Duty to emphasize her point. Nope. If girls were really gamers they would just play, and not say “OMG LOOK AT ME, I LIKE PLAYING GAMES, I’M SINGLE BOYS ;-)”

“I’m a cheerleader, so I must be a whore
It’s actions, not clothing, that makes someone a slut/whore. Stereotyping a female who simply loves the sport and does it for fun, as one who sleeps around, isn’t right.”

Quite provocative does Elizabeth look in this picture, don’t you think? It seems that she is looking for something. Could it be attention? Yup. There is a great comment on this picture already. It’s a reference to a Dave Chappelle skit, where he talks about being dressed as a police officer. Some girl asks him for help and he says “Oh no, I’m not a police officer, I’m just dressed this way.” It’s true, dressing a certain way doesn’t automatically make you a whore. But you have to realize that people can be mistaken, especially when 90% of your breasts are exposed. Men are stupid, stop trying to trick them.

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