It's 2015 and It's Still Alright To Cry

You better watch out. You better not cry. Better not pout. I'm telling u why - patriarchy discourages men from displaying emotions. #FeministXmasSongs from Gemma Correll. It's alright to cry. Crying gets the sad out of you. [...] It might make you feel better. ~ Carol Hall, as sung by Rosie Grier in Free To Be You And Me Crying is wonderful and sometimes I need it. It empties my chest of painful pressure and fills me up with clean energy. I cry a lot but I used to cry more. Fortunately, I am no longer ashamed of my tears. Growing up, I was. I cried in school when I was frustrated, which was often. I self-identify as having a mathematical learning disability and for being a highly sensitive person. I got teased a lot about being shorter than average as a kid - in fact, dealing with it was the subject of my college entrance essay. Plus, there was the fact that I was a budding intersectional feminist and so was teased about that from kindergarten onward. I hated m