Dear Hillary Clinton,

Well, first, I would like to say congratulations on becoming the first female to be a presidential nominee of a major party in America. It was a long journey, and you did it. You even said yourself that you “can’t believe we just put the biggest crack in that glass ceiling yet.” I’m sure you’re just oozing with pride because your name will be immortalized in the textbooks that my children have yet to read. You seem so willing to take the feminist movement to the next step and represent all the women in this country including me. However, I am ashamed because you don’t give a rat’s a** about me. Let’s face it. You’ll lie and say that you care, but you don’t, just like any other politician.

There are many influential women that I have come to know throughout my years of taking history in public school. I learned about Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, Elizabeth Blackwell, and Madeleine Albright just to name a few who either stood up for human rights or proved stereotypes wrong. I’m sorry, but in my eyes, you don’t compare to any of these strong women. You believe you are above the law, which is not a belief our next president should have. We broke away from Britain for a reason; the White House is not fit for a queen.

You keep talking about this evil 1% that is dominating our country’s economy, but I think you forgot that you’re included. If you truly believe that the 1% should be paying much higher taxes in order to help the poor, so be it, but I expect you to contribute, too. If you were a true Democrat, you would prefer to live in a house that does not cost $1.33 million. If you were a true Democrat, you wouldn’t mind not having Secret Service armed and ready for you because guns are dangerous, right? Guns kill people, right? And what’s the deal with you and Wall Street? You have tried to cover up so much corruption that it’s appalling. If you really cared about the American people, then you would not do this.

I guess that I should vote for you anyway because you’re supposedly for equal pay for equal work. I guess that I should trust my salary to rise with you in office, but I don’t believe that you’ll even start talking about it until your second term. The truth is that you already have fame and money; now all you need is power. You want statues erected of yourself to take over our country’s landscape. You want libraries to be built with your name plastered on the side, but in my opinion, we have too many libraries. Maybe build a research center instead? I would respect you more for that.

I’m sure you’ll blame the email scandal on the Republicans because it’s their fault that you’re a threat to national security, right? You take no responsibility for anything. However, I thank you for uncovering the illegitimacy of the FBI; Americans need to know that.

I have almost no doubt that you will be our next President. Standing next to Donald Trump, you look like a poised intelligent centrist who would seem to have a better temper in dealing with our nuclear weapons. However, I’ve watched you on television my whole life, and the one thing I have learned is that even the most gracious and peaceful paradise can have a volcano. You will erupt eventually, and I have a feeling Trump will have something to do with that. I get your strategy though, having Hollywood on your side. If Demi Lovato believes in you, I should, too, because actors and singers have all the answers. Oh wait, most are part of the 1% too! It's too bad I think for myself.

I will give you credit where credit is due. I have no doubt that you are a smart woman, an alumna of Yale Law School, and you have a lot of foreign policy experience, but I will never trust you. You said that you didn’t know anything about the DNC email leaks, but I mean, really? In these emails, people referred to Mexicans as “taco bowls” and there was talk of making the Democratic Party go against a certain Jew (hmmm…maybe Sanders?). Don’t you think these kinds of things are wrong? The Republicans were supposed to be the racist and conniving ones. Could it be that your party is just as bad, if not worse? I don’t think you condemn it though. It really is a shame.

I know there are plenty who support you. There are many who believe that you’re “the lesser of the two evils” and that you are better than a third party candidate. Some think that you will be implementing some of Bernie’s policies, so you can gain support from his #feelthebern movement. It really is a shame. There are so many strong and beautiful women out there that would make a better president than you. I don’t want my daughter(s) looking up to you in the future. I don’t want you to taint the face of women forever, but you probably will. You do know that the person who has played a major role in your successes is your husband, right? Bill Clinton is pulling the strings for you, but I thought women were trying to avoid living in the shadow of their significant others. It seems like we're going backwards, not forwards here. Oh well. The worst of the worst are always given the best titles, right? It really is a shame.

If you do happen to win the election in November, I will respect you as my President, but it will be difficult. You will not show that a woman can hold that position; you will show that a president's wife can. You will be one of the most hated leaders that we’ve ever had, but before you take that woman card out, it will NOT be because of your genitalia. It will be because you are not with us.

You are NOT progress. Remember that.

Sincerely,

A Real Woman

P.S. It takes much more than an extra X chromosome to be one.