(Actors speak directly to the audience)
BOY
I’m sick of this I’m so
GIRL
Tired. Why can’t they see me for who I am instead of
BOY GIRL
Treating me like I have some huge neon sign that reads
GIRL
Snobby, slutty, show off
BOY
Godey, monolingual, worthless piece of shit
GIRL
I speak my mind so I’m considered bossy? If I were a guy I bet they’d call it leadership
BOY
One look at me and they clutch their bags closer and walk on the other side of the road just to avoid me.
GIRL & BOY
With just one look, they think they know my story.
BOY
I hate having to act this way just because I’m a guy
GIRL
Just because you’re a guy doesn’t give you an excuse. “Boys will be boys"
BOY
Boys have to be boys. You have to act tough, you can’t cry because if you do
GIRL
You’re weak, is what their eyes say when they stare at me.
BOY
I get defensive and play the part they’ve given me.
GIRL
I fake a smile, nod and mindlessly agree but I really don’t see
BOY
How I can be nice to you after all the shit you say about me
GIRL
And to add insult to injury they end with no not you, you’re great it’s just everyone else!
BOY
Everyone like you, but not you!
GIRL
If I wanna wear that dress, go out at night, I can! It doesn’t make me any less
BOY
Of a human being. Why am I defined by where I’m from
GIRL
My school, my job
BOY
You walked past me that day, and you saw me in my school t shirt and what did you call me?
GIRL
What made you think it was a good idea to ask me to send you that picture?
BOY
I am, what I make of myself. It’s not about what I look like
GIRL
The way I speak
BOY
What I wear
GIRL
It’s about who I fucking am
BOY
And not whom I’m fucking
(Actors turn and look at each other )
GIRL & BOY
You can, so why can’t I?
