Be A Lady They Said By Anita Anabel

The transcript for, “Be a Lady They Said,” by Anita Anabel, challenges the many ways of what it means to be a “real woman.” The narrator, Cynthia Nixon, explains the different comments that women hear daily. The transcript begins with the critiques that women receive on their clothes and the perspectives on what is acceptable to wear and what isn't. Following that, the transcript examines women's weight and whether her decisions regarding how or if the changes she makes to her body seem desirable. The transcript concludes with more messages women have heard about how their interactions with males should go and what the role of a woman should consist of. This is a powerful illustration of how being a woman feels and how exhausting some of these

Anabel’s transcript correctly explains how body image can be altered in the hands of others, like being perceived as too fat or too skinny. So many females around the world struggle with body dissatisfaction and that can stem right from peoples’ negative comments. "Don’t be too fat. Don’t be too thin. Don't be too large. Don’t be too small. Eat up. Slim down. Stop eating so much. God, you look like a skeleton. Why don’t you just eat? You look emaciated. You look sick. Eat a burger. Men like women with some meat on their bones” (Anabel). Anabel really hit home with her powerful words. The conflicting things that women hear make it hard to find stability and security in our own bodies. I have always struggled with body issues myself. I find it difficult to find solid ground between what is healthy and what I think is healthy in relation to eating habits. I grew up slightly overweight, and from an early age I would always compare my body to

Women have many expectations that are like being feminine and nurturing and if you are not flawlessly clean cut, society may tear you down. "Don’t talk too loud. Don’t talk too much. Don’t take up space. Don’t be intimidating. Why are you so miserable? Don’t be a bitch. Don’t be so bossy. Don’t be assertive. Don’t overact. Don’t be so emotional. Don’t cry. Don’t yell. Don’t swear. Be passive. Be obedient" (Anabel). Whatever we do, women are constantly criticized, and Anabel shows that well through the transcript. In 2020, I posted a video of me lip syncing a song on Tik Tok. The video went extremely viral, and it had over two million views and 400,000 likes. I went on to have a few other videos go viral just like that one and I ended up gaining 84,000 followers. I was ecstatic, I thought I was going to be famous. It was all fun and games until it was not. I had people making fan pages of me, and I was only a first-year student in high school. There was so much pressure on me to look my best and constantly post new videos to keep this new fanbase I was gathering. I got so many kind comments but there were also comments that tore me down. I was often told I was trying too hard and that my videos were cringe worthy and that I was not pretty enough to have as many followers as I did. I started posting less and I lost five thousand followers, I didn't want