Not Here To Be Liked

by Michelle Quach

Because everyone loves a girlboss until she tries to tell you what to do.

A girl who seeks a leadership position must be smart, competent, hardworking, attractive, and, above all, nice. She must be all of those things in order to stand a chance against a male opponent, who frequently only has to be some of those things, and sometimes isn’t any of them. A guy who seeks a leadership position just has to try not to mess up too much. Girls get judged for their past; guys get judged for their potential.

All you can do is your best. There are always mountains beyond mountains.”