Twelfth Knight

by Alexene Farol Follmuth

I don’t want to be considered beautiful without being seen as capable, too.

my initial thought is: I’ve heard this before. You know, about boys. Boys who are jerks or clowns whose girlfriends think they’re secretly deep. It’s a classic story! People love giving boys the benefit of the doubt, or ascribing layers to them that don’t actually exist. It’s like when a girl says a guy is funny or smart when really, he’s just … tall.