To Mean Girls Everywhere,
You have hunted us down and preyed on us at some point in our lives. You have said words that have stung and been tattooed on our body, words we can never etch off in our minds.
I'm not sure what makes you want to be so mean, and quite frankly I don't care. What I do care about is the fact that you pride yourself off of making fun of other people and picking on them when they are at their worst. You feed off of other people's weaknesses so often, how are you ever hungry for dinner?
I would love to know what being mean to other girls does for you? Does it make you feel better about yourself? Does it make you happy to know that you make other girls so upset? I'm confused because even when I get into an argument with someone and say something out of anger, I IMMEDIATELY feel bad about it and apologize. Do you not have a guilty conscious?
So to all of you mean girls, who think it's okay to bash people to their face, behind their backs, on social media, and in your group chats, take a minute to truly think about how you would feel if you were on the outside. Would you appreciate your Instagram posts being sent in a GroupMe so that others could rip you apart? Would you appreciate someone making faces and talking s*** about the clothes that you're wearing or how your hair looks? Would you appreciate someone digging at your WORST insecurity? No. No, you would not.
What makes you cooler or better than the people you target? What makes you so superior? What makes you WANT to hate someone so much that you torture them? What makes you want to be the reason that someone doesn't feel good about themselves?
You're a bully. You should treat people the way you want to be treated because at some point you will be the target of another mean girl and what will you do then? You'll look around and no one will be there for you because you have chased everyone away. So the next time you go to say something about someone else, really think about it. Think about it hard. Think about how you would feel if someone said it to/about you. Think about the effects of your words and actions.
I ask this of you, mean girls, because I have had my fair share of bullies and I have witnessed my friends have the same. It's not fun. It's a mental thunderstorm that does not stop. I ask you to keep your opinions to yourselves because like we learned in kindergarten, if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say it at all.
And to the girls that you prey on, know this — you are kind, you are beautiful, you are smart, and you are important. You are unique and you have so much to offer the world, don't let a few mean girls tell you otherwise. In the end, you will be the one who makes it in life because you know how to work hard without putting other people down. Nice girls finish first and finish better.
