Oh my god, my cuff's fucked up
A fucked up cuff
I can do this. I can do this
Ok, hi guys! My name's Shannon and...
What's up?
I drank way too much coffee today
Okay, so today's video is a little different
I've never done anything quite like this before
I guess technically is like a storytime video
I'm assuming you can tell from the title of the video kind of what it's about
Basically, in the last 2 weeks
I've had 3 very annoying situations happen to me
while I was shopping in the men's department in stores
And there were enough of them so close together in a row that
I feel the need to make a video about it and talk to you guys about it
and just rant about it really quickly with you guys
and I hope you like it
Let me start by saying I don't even shop in the men's department that often
but every once in a while I will see a t-shirt that I like
or wanna try on something new just to see if I like it
I don't know, you never know!
You never know what's gonna fit you and look really cool on
So sometimes, yes; I will go venturing to the men's department
and try something on
And I'm gonna tell you guys the 3 situations that happened to me just recently that bothered me
The first one
I was in a Forever 21
and I went to try on a pair of boy's shorts
These little short boy shorts
And when I was going into the dressing room
the lady told me:
"Uhmm...These are men's shorts"
And I was like:
"Okay, yeah...I know...I just wanna try this one"
It was really uncomfortable and just awkward and I don't really know why she felt the need to tell me that
'cause I knew and...
Yeah, that was it, that's all that happened
The second situation that happened...
I was shopping in a boutique here in LA
I was just looking at a t-shirt on the boys' side in this little boutique
and this older lady who was just shopping there came up to me and she was like:
"Do you shop in the men's section?"
And I don't think she meant anything right by it
I think genuinely she was just curious
But it made me very uncomfortable
and I just felt like "oh my god, why is she watching me shopping?"
Just awkward and I just said back to her
"Yeah, sometimes. I guess it just depends"
And then the third thing that happened, I was shopping with a guy friend of mine in a Levi's store
and we have had some of our stuff in the same bag
so I gave him his stuff out of the bag
and then I gave the guy my stuff to check out
and he grabbed this shirt that I'm wearing right now
Very plain shirt
Grabbed the shirt out of the bag and was like:
"Oh, I think you forgot to give him this"
And I was like: "No, no, no, that's for me. I'm buying that one"
It wasn't even that bad but his reaction to it was so uncomfortable
'cause then it was like he felt awkward and he tried to overcompensate for the mistake he made and he was like:
"Oh, yeah, that'll look really cool, like when you wear something casual...
"...yeah, and wear this when you're more dressed up"
It was just really awkward and I was like: "oh my god, just let me buy it and let me leave"
"I don't wanna talk about my fashion plan with you just because you feel awkward that you said that"
Anyway
Obviously, all 3 of these situations aren't really that big of a deal
they're not that crazy things, they're pretty mild
But the fact that they happened so close together
and also in LA, it just...
kind of blew my mind
and I was thinking to myself "oh my god"
"That's happening to me here in LA"
"I can't imaging what's happening to other people around the world"
"who are freakin' in a more close minded sec- area
"more close minded area of the world than Los Angeles
Yeah, so basically I just wanted to sit down and talk to you guys about that
And just say that if you are a girl and you wanna shop in the boys' section
Do it!
And if you're a boy and you wanna shop in the girls' section
Do it!
And if you don't know who or what you are
and you just wanna experiment and shop in every fucking section...
If you wanna buy a dress from the maternity section
Buy that dress!
You can do whatever you want
You're allowed to dress and wear whatever you want
And don't let people make you feel uncomfortable or
you aren't allowed to be looking in the section that isn't "designated" for your sex
Which is just stupid in general
Basically, if you're looking in a mirror and you're seeing yourself look back at you
you're doing it right
And if you hear me say that and you're thinking "okay, everytime you look in a mirror you're looking at yourself"
that's not necessarily true
because there've been times in my life where I've looked into a mirror
and I do not recognize the person staring back at me
because I wasn't wearing the clothes that made me feel comfortable
I was wearing the clothes that I felt would make other people feel comfortable
And how does that make any sense? I'm the one who has to wear them
I'm the one who has to walk around in them
not other people, not the people who I was trying to please
You have one life to live
You get one chance to do everything you wanna do and be the person you wanna be
Don't let close minded or just people in general
Don't let the opinions of other people keep you from
doing, and wearing, and being the person that you wanna be
because...
You have one life
Live it to the fullest! Please!
Do what you wanna do!
So if you're feeling down or uncomfortable
or nervous to shop in a department that you wanna shop in
or you feel judged for wearing the clothes that you're wearing
I want you to come back and watch this video and listen to what I'm about to say
You. Look. Great
You. Look. Hot
You look awesome in those clothes that make you feel like you
And no one can't take that away from you, no matter what
You look awesome!
I'm so proud of you for doing what makes you comfortable
and not letting other people and their opinions of you stop you from doing what you want
'cause that is so brave, it's harder than you think
It's hard
Anyways, I love you guys
Good luck out there. There's always online shopping
but I recommend that you just walk boldly into the section that "you're not supposed to shop in"
and shop away
Love you guys
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What does it look like?