Stop Looking, We Found the Best Yearbook Quote of 2015

Caitlin Cannon flips the script on the usual yearbook quotes and we are obsessed with it

By Jenna Mullins Jun 01, 2015 7:59 PMTags
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If we had a mic, we would drive the 80 miles from Los Angeles to Oak Hills, Calif. and hand it over 17-year-old high school student Caitlyn Cannon so she could just drop it and walk away.

Cannon's yearbook photo and accompanying quote has gone completely and utterly viral over the past week and when you see it, you won't be the least bit surprised. Twitter user @casualnosebleed (is there any other kind of nosebleed?) shared a photo of her friend's yearbook photo, tweeting that it was "all I honestly care about right now." The second we saw it, we felt the exact same way.

The quote underneath her beautiful photo reads: "I need feminism because I intend on marrying rich and I can't do that if my wife and I are making .75 cent for every dollar a man makes."

So not only is she calling out the gender wage gap problem, but she proudly owns her LGBT identity. We're obsessed with the message, we're obsessed with Caitlyn and we can officially stop looking for the best yearbook quote of 2015 because it's obviously right here.

"I was tired of seeing the same old quotes from popular books and movies and authors, and I wanted to call attention to a problem that women face," she said about her quote gone viral to The Huffington Post. "I've never really been ashamed to say that I am gay, so the LGBT aspect was simply who I am."

Caitlyn, whose Twitter bio describes her as "feminist" and "really gay," added that the feedback has been mostly positive and believes that the supportive reaction is a "big step" for the issues she addresses in the quote.

Just based on this recent tweet, Caitlyn is already enjoying the perks that come with Internet fame:

Ugh, we're jealous.

Good luck in the real world, Caitlyn. We're sure you'll do just fine.