I worry about how other people judge me every day. But more important than how other people view us is how we view ourselves.
How do you identify yourself?
By your age?
Gender?
Religion?
Interests?
Where and how do you see yourself in the world today?
How about in your school?
Among your friends?
If you were to make an "identity chart", what would be on it?
-Snowflake
5 comments:
This might sound weird but I try to identify myself as the girl who isn't identified. I do my own thing and float between 'popular' kids and those who sit on the outskirts by themselves.
If I were to put a label on my self it would be some combination of a crazy theater kid and a hippie child. I'm white but my school is mainly white so it hardly counts as a label. I'm 14 but I don't see age as much of a label especially because I mainly hang out with people much older than me. I'm not very religious but I bet that for some that is very identifying.
My school is a preppy school and I'm not preppy which I guess makes my identity stronger. My interests all relate to theater. Among my friends I don't have a label, I'm just myself.
I really liked writing all that out! It was fun, though I'm not sure what you all will get from reading it. If nothing else, at least you'll feel closer to me as a blog friend. :)
Emma, actually, I got a lot from reading that; first of all, I got a model to start with for writing mine, and second, it's fun to read about how people think of themselves!
I can't find just one label for myself, because I contradict most categories. For example: I'm a pro-choice, pro-gay rights conservative. Or, I read the World Almanac and People magazine in the same hour. I'm a mix of everything,
and for some people, that makes me sort of an enigma.
If I had to put some labels on, I'd say I identify myself as...
-a 13-year-old girl
-an American, and Israeli at heart
-Jewish/agnostic
-mainly conservative
-a reader and writer
-an informed and interested citizen
-(mostly) Eastern European ancestry
-somewhat of a political junkie
-poet
-a "nerd" to some extent
-dysthymic (mildly depressed)
-passionate and opinionated, but respectful of others' views
-actress
-clumsy, klutzy, and awful at sports
-pianist/musical/singer
-feminist
-likes being alone or with friends one-on-one, not in a big group
(These are in no particular order, except for the order at which they came into my head)
yes, thanks for the model RandomLogic
Also in no specific order, i am a...
girl (not very unique)
jewish (but i dont beleive in god)
liberal (but i live in Baltimore, so also not very unique)
a nerd (but i go to nerd school so that doesnt really stick out)
an activist (i guess this sticks out, i have been known to go on rants to people who are too lazy to recycle)
political (but so are most of my friends)
14
a world citizen (i hate the idea of belonging to one country. who made up country boundries and why? we are all children of the earth, sorry if that sounds hippyish, but we are.)
I totally agree with Hannah about the cheesy 'children of the Earth' thing. We all belong to everywhere on Earth.
I guess I don't fit into a 'catagory', but I constantly label and assign 'types' to people.
I think I am very individual, and don't have friends like me. Sometime this makes me feel like my friends don't like me that much, but then, they always say something that makes me feel as though I really belong.
So, how important do you think 'fitting in is'? Don't say it doesn't matter at all, because deep down you know it does matter to you. How do you want people to see you? Do you think it matters?...
I Wonder, I feel the same way all the time. I think.. for me, fitting in is something I really struggle with. I'm a very unique, individual person, and I love that, but when something suddenly catapults me into the "weird/nerd/freak" category, I start to feel very uncomfortable. Right now, I have some really supportive friends who totally accept me for who I am, but earlier in the year I was attached to a pretty shallow group of girls who were only my friends in theory. I felt totally alienated, especially during the election, talking to girls who have no idea when 9/11 happened, can't name the vice-president (now or then), and honestly just don't care about the things that matter to me. But even though now I have friends who I can trust to accept me, quirks, oddities, and all, I still constantly feel like I'm not "normal". I mean, in a sense, I'm not -I don't follow many norms for 7th grade girls. I'm passionate about my political beliefs, and that's something that's a key part of my life. I'd rather watch surgeries on Discovery Health than catfights on Gossip Girl, and I'd rather read the Wall Street Journal every morning than J-14. Many days, I come home feeling like I'm from a different planet. That's one reason I love having a blog like this, whether it's orb28 or G.I.R.L., because I can express myself freely to non-shallow, non-superficial girls, without feeling like a freak.
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