Return of the Anti-Cupid, Page 7

PAGE 7, PANEL 1

Caption: "One day, things changed..."

Annotations point to Rita's transformation: "new contacts," "started washing hair," "grew breasts"

NARRATION: "...Rita became a Swan."

Rita is now shown as beautiful, walking through school as boys notice her.

BOY 1: "Wow, Rita is... is beautiful!"

BOY 2: "She's so hot. I bet she has a boyfriend."

BOY 3 (thinking): "A beautiful girl like that, she'd turn me down flat!"

PAGE 7, PANEL 2

Rita walks past boys who look away, singing to themselves to avoid eye contact. Rita looks sad and confused.

RITA (thinking): "Boys don't even look at me."

RITA (thinking): "I must be ugly!"

PAGE 7, PANEL 3

Caption: "When prom came around..."

Boys discuss asking Rita out but talk themselves out of it.

BOY 1: "Rita's hot, but I know Clarissa will say yes."

BOY 2: "I'm afraid she'll turn me down! She's too good for me!"

BOY 3: "She probably already has a date anyway."

Rita waits by a phone.

NARRATION: "Rita was the last to receive an invitation."

So many girls commented that this happened to them in school. It happened to me, too. Eventually I learned to be more aggressive and approach boys myself (I approached my husband, after all!). But it’s hard to get your head around that in a society that teaches girls to be passive and expect boys to make the first move.

Boys! Let this be a lesson to bust a move and just ask the poor girl out! Girls! Don’t wait on the boys! Reach for what you want and you might get it!

Comments (Archived)

  1. Lala

    You know, I never understood why glasses aren’t considered pretty. I need mine too see, but I act like they’re a fashion accessory. They look nice, and they’re not as much of a pain as I’m told contacts are!