Gender Roles are trash it's time we throw them in the garbage. Please sign this petition so that I may be able to change my administrators mind about my homecoming attire. I hope to enlighten her and maybe change not only her perspective but others as well. Below is a letter I will be giving Mrs. Borden (my home coming adviser) along with a link to this online petition. I will also have a hard copy so if anyone see's me in school or out and about please stop me, I need your help. Together we can show people that you are more than your clothing. You are more than society's perception of you, remember that. PLEASE SIGN!!
Dear Mrs. Borden,
I respect you not only as an educator but as a person as well, and because of this I’ve come to value your opinion immensely. So when I was told I couldn’t wear a suit to homecoming I was not only disappointed, I was hurt. I didn’t understand why when the majority of homecoming court voted on prom attire, that I was not allowed to wear a suit, which mind you many people wear to prom, thus making it prom attire, the very thing we as a court voted on. I do not remember voting on gender specifics, and so I don’t understand why you are implicating them. I understand that it is homecoming and you want us to look uniform as a group, and I’m willing to comply by following the regulations of prom attire. Although I do genuinely feel ten times more comfortable in a suit rather than a dress, it’s not about comfort. It’s about individuality, and feeling free to express who you are through your clothes and any other avenue one desires. More prominently it’s about ensuring equality. A woman should be free to wear a pant suit to any and all occasions. And if it were up to me a man should be able to wear a dress to any occasion, heck maybe even a kilt. We as a school district should not be promoting gender roles. Clothing does not define you, you define you. I believe that I should be given the opportunity to wear what I feel comfortable in, I believe I should be in a school district that promotes individuality rather than repenting it, and I believe that you believe this too. I know you are true blue rule follower but sometimes rules need breaking. I implore you to break the rules, to stand against the conformity the administration has so relentlessly pushed upon us. I will not be belligerent, and I hope you will follow suit. No pun intended.
Sincerely,
A girl who wants to represent her school feeling like herself
Updates
September 13, 2016
I have been reading through the stories you are leaving in the comments and the pain of being judged for how you present yourself is felt by so many of us. Mrs. Borden has yet to provide a real answer to my letter but I am preparing to hand over all your signatures to her office tomorrow. This is about far more than just one night at homecoming because it is about the right to exist as ourselves.
September 13, 2016
Seeing this kind of backing shows me that my fight for the right to wear a suit is truly resonating with all of you. It means the world to know I am not alone in wanting to define my own identity.
Reached 100 supporters
September 13, 2016
54 Comments
There are many reasons we choose the clothes that we do not all being gender guided nor defined. Pants are not a mans choice but a clothing choice and though and this day and age we should realize this. Mardi has made a fashionable and classic choice not to mock or create drama but to be comfortable, look stunning and be who she is,..DIFFERENT from one day to the next, but always kind and virtuous.
Is this even an issue in 2016?!?! Come on administration, we have bigger fish to fry in this day and age. This is incredibly disappointing.
A note to my Alma Mater: Mardi has grown into the young person she is in part by your influence. Mardi is a true leader, respected by her peers, and elected to home coming court because of who she is. Red carpet pant suits have been celebrated when worn by today's celebrity youth including Zendaya and Emma Stone. If those names don't ring a bell with you, I bet these will. Jennifer Anniston and Julia Robert's have both sported stunning pant suits on the red carpet in recent times. I ask you today to retract your decision. Support this young woman. Allow Mardi to walk on the football field as the individual she is, the individual, elected by her peers to represent the best of CHS Class of 2017.
As a former Clearfield High School student I know how difficult and frustrating they can be when it comes to being open-minded and allowing equality. It always seems like they don't care 100% about their student's right to feel equal. I'm signing this because I believe in gender equality and the freedom to express yourself in any way you want as long as you are not physically, mentally, or emotionally hurting someone. I wish you the best of luck and hope you are able to change their minds.
I support every girl's right to self determination. Being a member of the Homecoming Court ought not circumvent her right to exercise her agency by dressing in formalwear that she feels represents herself & her school respectably.
Anonymous, They told me after the petition was made. The petition worked. By all means I'd love for the court to include men but that is not my fight. I will stand behind any man who decides to head that movement. If you believe that no one cares, then I and this petition should hold no bearing with you.
1. The administration told you that you were permitted to wear a suit and no one cares. It is unclear why this petition is still posted. 2. The "all female" high school homecoming court itself is the epitome of the sexual inequality that exists in our society. If you really wanted to take a stand against gender roles, you wouldn't have accepted a spot on a "females only" court. Whining about your outfit doesn't prove anything about gender roles when you are choosing to be part of it.
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Gender Roles are trash it's time we throw them in the garbage. Please sign this petition so that I may be able to change my administrators mind about my homecoming attire. I hope to enlighten her and maybe change not only her perspective but others as well. Below is a letter I will be giving Mrs. Borden (my home coming adviser) along with a link to this online petition. I will also have a hard copy so if anyone see's me in school or out and about please stop me, I need your help. Together we can show people that you are more than your clothing. You are more than society's perception of you, remember that. PLEASE SIGN!!
Dear Mrs. Borden,
I respect you not only as an educator but as a person as well, and because of this I’ve come to value your opinion immensely. So when I was told I couldn’t wear a suit to homecoming I was not only disappointed, I was hurt. I didn’t understand why when the majority of homecoming court voted on prom attire, that I was not allowed to wear a suit, which mind you many people wear to prom, thus making it prom attire, the very thing we as a court voted on. I do not remember voting on gender specifics, and so I don’t understand why you are implicating them. I understand that it is homecoming and you want us to look uniform as a group, and I’m willing to comply by following the regulations of prom attire. Although I do genuinely feel ten times more comfortable in a suit rather than a dress, it’s not about comfort. It’s about individuality, and feeling free to express who you are through your clothes and any other avenue one desires. More prominently it’s about ensuring equality. A woman should be free to wear a pant suit to any and all occasions. And if it were up to me a man should be able to wear a dress to any occasion, heck maybe even a kilt. We as a school district should not be promoting gender roles. Clothing does not define you, you define you. I believe that I should be given the opportunity to wear what I feel comfortable in, I believe I should be in a school district that promotes individuality rather than repenting it, and I believe that you believe this too. I know you are true blue rule follower but sometimes rules need breaking. I implore you to break the rules, to stand against the conformity the administration has so relentlessly pushed upon us. I will not be belligerent, and I hope you will follow suit. No pun intended.
Sincerely,
A girl who wants to represent her school feeling like herself
Updates
September 13, 2016
I have been reading through the stories you are leaving in the comments and the pain of being judged for how you present yourself is felt by so many of us. Mrs. Borden has yet to provide a real answer to my letter but I am preparing to hand over all your signatures to her office tomorrow. This is about far more than just one night at homecoming because it is about the right to exist as ourselves.
September 13, 2016
Seeing this kind of backing shows me that my fight for the right to wear a suit is truly resonating with all of you. It means the world to know I am not alone in wanting to define my own identity.
Reached 100 supporters
September 13, 2016
54 Comments
Good on you, Mardi! Rooting for you and your right to self expression from Texas! Signed, a 37-year-old Teacher
There are many reasons we choose the clothes that we do not all being gender guided nor defined. Pants are not a mans choice but a clothing choice and though and this day and age we should realize this. Mardi has made a fashionable and classic choice not to mock or create drama but to be comfortable, look stunning and be who she is,..DIFFERENT from one day to the next, but always kind and virtuous.
Is this even an issue in 2016?!?! Come on administration, we have bigger fish to fry in this day and age. This is incredibly disappointing.
A note to my Alma Mater: Mardi has grown into the young person she is in part by your influence. Mardi is a true leader, respected by her peers, and elected to home coming court because of who she is. Red carpet pant suits have been celebrated when worn by today's celebrity youth including Zendaya and Emma Stone. If those names don't ring a bell with you, I bet these will. Jennifer Anniston and Julia Robert's have both sported stunning pant suits on the red carpet in recent times. I ask you today to retract your decision. Support this young woman. Allow Mardi to walk on the football field as the individual she is, the individual, elected by her peers to represent the best of CHS Class of 2017.
As a former Clearfield High School student I know how difficult and frustrating they can be when it comes to being open-minded and allowing equality. It always seems like they don't care 100% about their student's right to feel equal. I'm signing this because I believe in gender equality and the freedom to express yourself in any way you want as long as you are not physically, mentally, or emotionally hurting someone. I wish you the best of luck and hope you are able to change their minds.
I support every girl's right to self determination. Being a member of the Homecoming Court ought not circumvent her right to exercise her agency by dressing in formalwear that she feels represents herself & her school respectably.
Anonymous, They told me after the petition was made. The petition worked. By all means I'd love for the court to include men but that is not my fight. I will stand behind any man who decides to head that movement. If you believe that no one cares, then I and this petition should hold no bearing with you.
1. The administration told you that you were permitted to wear a suit and no one cares. It is unclear why this petition is still posted. 2. The "all female" high school homecoming court itself is the epitome of the sexual inequality that exists in our society. If you really wanted to take a stand against gender roles, you wouldn't have accepted a spot on a "females only" court. Whining about your outfit doesn't prove anything about gender roles when you are choosing to be part of it.
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Good on you, Mardi! Rooting for you and your right to self expression from Texas! Signed, a 37-year-old Teacher