Violet Writes

By Robin Eisenberg When I was growing up, there were more men who I admired and idolised in my every day life than women. I don't think I purposefully set out to do this, I guess I just wasn't as exposed to the un-apologetically bad ass women of that time, and the movies, music and games I was into was mainly dominated by guys too. Guns 'n' Roses were my favourite band, Dumb and Dumber was my favourite movie, and literally none of my female friends even owned a PlayStation so me going on and on about the story arc of Tomb Raider was lost on pretty much everyone. In reality, I didn't really have any women in my life who I really looked up to. Growing up in a small town didn't help that, and most of the female adults that were in my life, unfortunately didn't treat me well. Neither did the girls who were my age, and it took me right up to high school to even find female friends who liked me for who I was. It kind of makes me sad that I wasn't exp