I was sucked into the "not a feminist but an equalist" wave long before I truly understood the meaning of feminism. So, the teen me wanted to be anything but a pseudo feminist, it made sense because I didn't want to hate men. The men in my life have been nothing but kind and supportive, they were simple men driven by simpler ideologies. My father was more than content with his two daughters, despite coming from a society that was famous for seeking multiple abortions in the desperation to have a male heir. He was found punching above his weight to give his little girls the education that was multiple notches higher than their male counterparts. Is he a feminist? certainly, to an extent, not sure if he knows what it meant to be one. My brothers were more than okay with knowing that their sisters were as equally competent as them and sometimes more. And hence I did not want to be a man hater. I loved the men in my life, and they were doing everything they could to empower...
I'm again a folk here who focuses on those trivial things there, here it'd be about the few served sips of the mocktail, you call yourself (I say few sips because I do believe you've got a lot more than this). So firstly, I really loved the way you've subtly touched the different ages and how their way of thinking would take the question 'who am I?'; I don't care much if it just happened or if you, on purpose, took 14 & 40 year olds, I like the way it sounds while reading it out loud, the effect it brings on text or where you're heading to. Secondly, ohhh God the metaphor you used I absolutely love it! And finally, the last paragraph here, I just love it. I knew right there & then that I'm forever gonna remember this one line 'incomplete mocktail in the hands of a curious bartender', where this curious bartender can be anyone/anything. It could be the environment you chose yourself to envelope with or on the same lines it could be the folks who are in your life or whoever comes around in future. It links to the line 'a shiny mocktail of every person that has ever walked into my life'. At the same time, I like to believe that the bartender could be you too because in the end it's gonna be you, who would take decisions where to grow and with whom.
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