People’s perceptions are ridiculous, though. The way I look + my accent = I’m a thick twit, and you should see the attitude shift when they clock that I’m a STEM Grad.
I refuse to remould myself into an acceptable, highly educated, faux middle class woman - I’m from a pit town and I happen to be smart and unable to take no or you’ll never manage that as an answer. You need a spine of steel to stick to your working class class roots; especially now.
The fact she thinks she can even begin to relate to the constant strugglI’ve had/still have/will forever fucken have is boiling my piss. She has no grit, no determination and has never once has had her hands stamped on (let alone repeatedly) when trying to pull herself up by her bootstraps