First off, it's ridiculous that society felt the need to come up with a label for a girl who enjoys playing sports and games. No wonder people think tomboys are lesbians because the word "boy" is attached to it. A lot of people assumed I was a lesbian because I liked to play sports and wear comfortable clothing. Even my best friends brother thought his sister and I were "a thing" because we never wore makeup and always had our hair put up. We just wore whatever we liked to wear and hung out with boys mostly because we were boy crazy and they didn't cause as much drama as girls did. In grade school, we were treated as equals in sports and they weren't afraid to try their hardest. Now, when I play basketball, guys are afraid to hurt me. This might be because I wear makeup now and worry about my appearance more than I used to. During that time I wasn't thinking that I was a boy, I knew I was a girl who liked to hangout with the boys and that's all.

Eventually the world's judgments got to me and I started to reject who I was. I shaved my legs, my arms and plucked my eyebrows into nonexistence. I traded my Nike attire for Hollister and Aeropostle. I wore my hair down and put on makeup everyday even though it bothered me. My guy friends saw me differently and didn't want to hangout with me anymore. Society found a way to put me into the mold it had created for me. Now I wear both girly and athletic clothing. I also let my eyebrows grow back without the fear of being called "Frida." It's very liberating when you embrace who you are and burn that awful mold.