What makes me furious?
It’s not the magazines and pop culture that influence us all in such negative ways, with all of the pictures of what “beauty” is, followed by an article about how to starve yourself to look just like the model.
No, it’s not that.
It’s not the ungodly number of mass murders and terrorist attacks, all caused by misunderstood madmen who have slipped under everyone’s radar.
No, it’s not that.
It’s not the fact that the world forces us to try so hard to be perfect, even though we all know that perfect is impossible.
What makes me furious?
It’s that all of those things – and more – keep happening.
And I haven’t done anything to stop them.
What makes me furious is the fact that there is nothing I can do.
And nothing is exactly what I do.
That’s what makes me furious.
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Young Writers Project: Furious
Alison Redlich
