This is a response to an article on Odyssey titled, "Ladies, Nike Shorts and Leggings Are for the Gym, Nowhere Else."

So, let's get real here for a second. It's hot out. It's humid. My hair won't stay straight, my eyeliner melts and smudges despite my $20 setting spray, and I'm miserable. On top of all of that, my dorm room doesn't have air conditioning. Who in their right mind would be wearing jeans in those conditions?

The article I'm responding to starts with the author's long-winded explanation of her bedtime and morning routine. Honestly, I was rolling my eyes reading it. She admits in that paragraph that she is vain and egotistical. Look, if you're "showering up to three times a day", doing face masks and hair masks nightly, and doing yoga before bed every night, that's your business. I don't care what you do. If you're laying out different outfits that are "a balance of comfy and trendy", go you. Seriously, what you choose to do or wear or eat is none of my business.

You see how easy that is? It's none of my business what your nightly routine is or what you wear.

Why, then, are you attacking women who wear what they want? You even go so far as to criticize their underwear, calling Victoria's Secret underwear immature. And that's the whole point of your article. You say that wearing leggings or Nike shorts to class or to work or anywhere is a sign of immaturity. You call for girls to grow up and become women, urging them to wear jeans even when "period weeks leave [them] feeling five months pregnant and on the verge of crying because [their] jeans are pinching [their] stomach."

I won't even try to get into your head and figure out why you care so much. If these girls are wearing outfits like this in a professional setting, it will be addressed by someone with authority who has a problem with it. You're not their mother, it's not your place to police all of the women in the world who aren't you and who don't I've up to whatever standards you think they should.

I've seen numerous articles on both sides of the "Is Nike shorts and a t-shirt a suitable outfit for daily life?" debate. I don't see why it's a debate. If I'm getting my lazy butt out of bed and going to these obscenely expensive classes, what matters is my education, not my attire. If you have a problem with it, you can look away or leave. Seriously, just mind your business.

I deserve to be comfortable and relaxed in classes. College is stressful enough already, I don't need to worry about girls in comfy yet trendy outfits staring at me like I have a third eye. Personally, I can't imagine going through life caring so damn much about other people's maturity and their outfit choices that it would bother me enough to write an article about it. This article is being written solely to address all of those with such concern for those of us who rock the big t-shirts and Nike shorts. Seriously, do you have that much free time that your biggest concern has to be what I'm wearing?

I can feel successful and confident in whatever I wear. Those feelings are a mindset, they come from preparedness on the inside. Sure, wearing a nice dress or suit for speech days is going to go a long way, I'm not denying that there are numerous situations where the Nike shorts and t-shirt look shouldn't be your go-to; however, if I'm just headed to class, I can absolutely do my best in just some shorts and a t-shirt. In fact, I'll do better when I'm not worried about my muffin top or my cleavage in that cute but slightly low-cut blouse. There's a lot more to life than how a person looks, and it might do the author of that article well to figure that out.