I don’t want to oversell this, but these Connecticut high school girls — protesting their cheerleading squad’s skimpy uniforms — give me hope for the future:
A half-dozen upperclassmen on the team appeared before the city Board of Education this week asking its members how they’d feel if their daughters were dressed in something similar.
“We ask with the utmost respect you do anything in your power to help us,” said Heidi Medina, a former team captain, removing oversized sweats to reveal a quarter-length top and exposed middle. “I don’t feel comfortable wearing this.”
“It really hurts our self esteem,” said Ariana Mesaros, another senior on the team, in a voice hoarse from cheering the night before. “I am embarrassed to stand up here dressed like this. Is this really how you want Bridgeport to be represented?”
Good for them. If you’re receiving a lecture in modesty from a teenage girl, you’re doing it wrong. (But at least they’re not wearing pants…)
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