Awesome 10-Year-Old Girl Tells Off Boys, Awesomely

By Jen Doll Fri., Apr. 22 2011 at 1:31 PM

Jezebel posted "A Ten-Year-Old's Rant to "Boys Around the World," and it is just excellent. Eliza Sayers, the girl who wrote the letter after reading a Mini Boden magazine in which boys answered the question "What is the biggest difference between boys and girls?" in totally unoriginal "stereotypical" fashion -- girls wear pink! Girls like dolls and nail polish! Boys like soccer balls and blue! -- says it better than people many times her age.

From her letter...

#1 Hey I'm a Girl, and I HATE dolls! I also hate Barbies, pink, my little ponies, and glitter is okay I guess. But I don't love it like boys think all girls do. But that's just my opinion. Well let me give you a quick lesson. Not all Girls like prissy stuff including me...Give it a ponder.

#2 Like I said I HATE pink. I despise it. HACK See I spat on it. That's how much I hate pink. Hey guess what Stefano, age 7, I wear blue, green, orange, and white about everyday like every other kid in America ( and for this kid in Sweden). I like just about every other color in the rainbow. Except for Pink ( the color not the singer). and purple. So Stefano, I think you have learned an important fact that not all Girls like pink.

#3 For one thing though I do like nail polish, but not just Boys like soccer. For example my friend Heidi is a master soccer player. You mess with her, she kicks you in the shins, or maybe just trips you on the field. Seriously I think you should stay away. For reals.

And finally #4 Okay one thing is that I could beat many boys in a wrestling competition that is up to my grade. Like at lunch today, I was an arm wrestling my friend that happens to be a boy. I beat him. Finally I took my hand off , because I knew he had enough. And also Jillian Michaels, or at least I think it is Jillian Michaels, she's really strong. Probably the strongest woman I've ever heard of. So Asha, 8, give it a ponder.

Awesome sauce. This should be required reading in all classrooms. And most offices, where, we would only add: Not all of us want to snag a husband ASAP, "settle down" and have babies, wear Manolos, go shopping, eat like birds, and gossip with our girlfriends at slumber parties while doing each others' toenails. Nor are we made of sugar and spice and everything nice anymore than we're made of potato flakes. And, for the record, we prefer French fries to cupcakes.

Read the full letter here.

A Ten-Year-Old's Rant To "Boys Around The World" [Jezebel]

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Evan

Sounds like she's picked up a thing or two from those Disney channel teen sitcoms.

poohbaby

cool

bl1y

Jen, if by "mature" you mean become manipulative, passive aggressive, buzz kills, then yes, they do mature faster. But, I imagine you just mean they develop language skills earlier, which is not the same as "maturing." Still, this is way beyond a 10 year old's writing skills, even a gifted 10 year old.

What's probably most telling is that your typical 10 year old has a decent sense of "dude, I'm a freaking kid, lay off." It tends to be adults who want to go ape shit over something a kid said. I'd rather believe there's a mom writing this stuff in the name of her kid than to think there's some messed up 10 year old who felt the need to rip into a 7 year old for answering a leading question.

Jen Doll

i don't know. I think the "yo, this annoys me" thing cues early, and eloquently, with people who hate pink.

bl1y

What's more likely, that a 10 year old can write this well, or that her mom was angry about the article and "helped" her child write it?

Eliza's Aunt Shan

I'm Eliza's aunt, and I know neither her mom (my sister) nor any other adult helped her write it. I've read other things she's written -- she's that good. (And my sister has a completely different writing style.)

becky sayers

Thank you Shan :)- I had nothing to do with it- In fact I was trying to get her to straighten her room, so I was annoyed she was trying to get out of cleaning :). She asked me to read it several times, and I was so tired that evening that I regretfully didn't :(- I had no idea what she was writing about but kept saying something about an editorial. The next morning I found it pinned to the bulletin board , felt bad, and knew she was right about the things she read. I don't think from the comments here that it is being understood. She is not tearing into little kids. She is with humor tearing into the ideas of gender stereotypes and how they are marketed to us at an early age. I was the one to say , when she was complaining about the catalog / magazine that they are just trying to sell clothes. She didn't think anyone would read it but me. As my sister said, she is a great little writer. Maybe instead of doubting its authenticity ( which has been the biggest surprise to me out of this whole thing, because she's written much stronger writing pieces ) , adults need to pay more attention to kids. There are lots of bright kids her age who have something to say and think about the world around them. Thank you.

bl1y

Just like how every cub scout mom "knows" her kid's dad didn't make his pinewood derby car for him...

Jen Doll

I'm totally pulling out my diary this weekend to see how my 10-year-old self compares. Remember, bl1y...girls mature earlier than boys! I believe it. I also adore "HACK See I spat on it."

Awesome 10-Year-Old Girl Tells Off Boys, Awesomely

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