i’m not a flower girl, or am too fond of chocolate

Flow­ers die and choco­late gives you cavities. 

And I did­n’t think that I would ever have to con­stant­ly feel as though I’m be­ing looked down upon for not fol­low­ing (what is seen to some as) tra­di­tion­al bias-gen­der-roles. It’s 2017 peo­ple let’s get with the program. 

I’m not a rad­i­cal fem­i­nist nor an en­ti­tled women, I be­lieve in equal­i­ty of the sex­es, male, fe­male, & those who do not iden­ti­fy as ei­ther or both. As a hu­man be­ing I be­lieve in work­ing hard and ob­tain­ing an ed­u­ca­tion. I’m not in the cat­e­go­ry of a ‘house wife,’ sub­mis­sive fe­male, or any oth­er type of of­fen­sive gen­der role verbiage. 

There is noth­ing wrong with be­ing a home­mak­er, but it is of­fen­sive if used in a neg­a­tive con­text or used in a way that you are ob­lig­at­ed to oblige based on the gen­i­talia that you were born with. I will be glad when most of the old tra­di­tions die off and the fol­low­ing gen­er­a­tions will be able to take the lead. Yes there are some things one group is bet­ter at do­ing then the oth­er, not only as in­di­vid­u­als but as groups. 

Still, … men, women, and oth­ers, that work hard to earn a place in this world de­serve re­spect for their own lifestyles and de­ci­sions un­less used to harm an­oth­er. So­ci­ety isn’t one straight path way, it’s a col­lab­o­ra­tive col­lec­tive work­ing to­geth­er in unison.

Rant over.

Oth­er­wise, here are things I can­not wait for as it gets colder:

1.
Bak­ing all the time.

2.
Not wear­ing a bra to work, be­cause sweaters.

3.
Not shaving.

4.
Thanks­giv­ing and pie.

5.
Watch­ing YouTube videos of peo­ple the day af­ter Black Fri­day shopping.
 

Nema and I cre­at­ed a sour­dough starter (live cul­ture.) It’s ba­si­cal­ly go­ing to be our new pet since we will have to feed, wa­ter, and re­frig­er­ate it. 

Now what to name our new food baby?

They will have sib­lings soon.
 
 

—aman­da layng martinez

Flom­mist Aman­da Layng Mar­tinez is a graph­ic de­sign­er. She like cats, tea, not wear­ing a bra, pee­ing in pub­lic, and ‘eat­ing as much as I can be­fore I feel full.’ Copy­right © 2017 Aman­da Layng Martinez.

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