"And I'm Not Jenny" #s 1-20 appear in Tara Rebele's And I'm Not Jenny (Slope Editions, 2005). This blog will continue the "And I'm Not Jenny" series from AINJ and is open to anyone's contributions. Please email your Not Jenny monologues to Tara Rebele: tararebele (at) tararebele (dot) com. All Not Jenny monologues will be published anonymously, so don't worry about sharing your deepest, darkest Not Jenny moments.
1.14.2017
Not Jenny
Just like many others, I wanted to be Jenny too. I don't know why. Why does anyone want to be Jenny? I realized my sophomore year of college that I couldn't try anymore. I wanted my music louder, my clothes blacker, and my attitude worse. Jenny likes to be skinny but I like cheeseburgers. I tried to be skinny like Jenny and ended up stuck in group therapy with other girls who tried to be too skinny like jenny. I don't want to be skinny anymore. I realized that there is no jenny. Because even the Jenny that I wasted my time comparing myself to is comparing herself to another Jenny who is also comparing herself to another Jenny. Jenny is a social construct perpetuated by society and media to try to keep women in line. I don't buy it and I don't want it. Jenny isn't real. There is no jenny.
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