True Life: I'm A Badass (Who are you?)

You know that trashy MTV show "True Life?" As in "True Life...I'm an international spy" or "True Life...I'm an alien." Ok, maybe the plot lines are not that interesting, but you get the idea. Today's True Life is about me, but I have a feeling it might be about you, too.

A few months ago, I started wearing pearl earrings ironically. I thought it was funny because I don't see myself as a pearl earring kind of girl. Then I realized last week that it's become a thing, and likely no one around me realizes that I think it's funny. It makes me wonder how other people think we see them. What are they wearing in jest?

Because deep down, I think I'm a total badass. Like this. All images via.

 Or on a mild day, maybe this

And that's what's inside when I'm dressed like this after a day at the (conservative) office.

So today, take a look at what you look like inside, and bring a touch of that into your regular "costume," whether it be a leather jacket, stud earrings, more pink than you usually "let" yourself wear as an adult, a tomboyish nod to your childhood self, or just that old glint in your eyes. You might find that some part of you rejoices in embracing the inner you.

I won't wear them to work, but yeah, I might be buying these.