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Everyone Needs to See This 7th-Grader's Chilling Description of Being a Girl

May 31 2017 - 10:03am

Thanks to our society, the challenges of womanhood [1] start way before a young girl goes through puberty, and a strong seventh-grader [2] is breaking the internet with her explanation of why it's so hard to be female, at every age and stage.

A clip of Olivia Villa presenting her final writing assignment [3] is going viral as the middle school student blows people away with her spoken-word poem — and powerful performance. It begins with her standing in front of a classroom filled with her peers and asking, "Why am I not good enough?" As she continues sharing her bold and insightful thoughts, Olivia nails all of the difficulties that girls face daily, and her emotional performance will send chills down your spine.

As the fierce tween outlines the endless issues she deals with just trying to fit in and the unrelenting pressure to be physically the same as everyone else, her vulnerability yet power are something to be shared and not just seen.


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https://www.popsugar.com/family/Olivia-Villa-Poem-About-Being-Girl-43591560