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please know that your wish to be treated with love and kindness and respect and to be treated like a priority is not asking for too much
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When you feel you have lost everything, you still have
If Beale Street Could Talk, James Baldwin
whatever i literally dont care π <- cares so much that it feels like my organs are tearing themselves apart in my chest
you gotta be able to say "die"
you gotta be able to say "suicide"
you gotta be able to talk about "sex"
they're uncomfortable topics, YEAH for SURE
because LIFE is uncomfortable. Death and suicide and sex and pain are straight up going to happen. not having words for the way it discomforts you doesn't make it more comfortable, it just makes you less able to reach out about it.
even more vital, you gotta be able to say words like "rape", "abuse", "queer" or "racist". cause we fought fucking hard to name those experiences. to identify "rape" as distinct from "sex" and "racism" as distinct from "acceptable behaviour" and "queer" as distinct from "invert"
like the function of communication is not to minimise immediate discomfort. we gotta be able to talk about stuff that's hard or sucks or causes difficult conversations.
This is what's so goddamn terrifying about the Internet slowly collapsing into the same 3-5 websites--if Facebook deprioritizes you for saying "sex" and TikTok shadowbans you for saying "suicide" and Twitter X locks your account for saying "racism" we've lost a lot more than just the culture of the old weird internet
cats are so real about floor time
I donβt wanna look at anything else now that I saw you.
things only have power over you if you allow them to
i have no idea whatβs happening w my life at this point. i just make cute playlists and admire sunlight on chilly fall mornings