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TOMMYINNIT AND TUBBO- DSMP
Unknown artist Clingy duo/ we didn’t start the fire by Billy Joel/ clingy duo art by chunkysoup22 / Fallen by Ephemeral Obblivion / Tommy and tubbo art by catducklol / Tommy and tubbo compases/ My Tears Ricochet by Taylor swift / L’manberg festival by theangelincar1 / techno comes home by @peninkwrites /
this is my contribution to the dsmp four years to late after my wife decided to drag me with her and now I understand when people say there is a hole the size of l’manburg in my heart 😭 I been watching this boys for exactly a year now and getting to doomsday has been an insane experience.
#dsmp#clingy duo#tommyinit dsmp#tubbo#crying about the dsmp in the year of our lord and savior 2024#this teenagers are my Roman Empire because what do you mean they have compasses#who taught this children to ACT#clingy duo web weaving#web weaving#dsmp tommy#dsmp tubbo#dsmpblr#c!tubbo#c!tommy#tubbo fanart#Tommyinnit
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I am in shambles
“He just wanted to watch me...”
#dream smp#dsmp#exile arc#tommyinnit#tommyinnt fanart#tommyinit dsmp#c! tommy#this teenagers are my roman empire because what do you mean they have compasses#dsmp tommy#who taught this children to act
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Amanda 🤝 Six
Kids who are victims, act out due to horrible circumstances out of their control, and get majorly victim blamed and misinterpreted by the fandom.
#little nightmares#little nighmares 2#amanda the adventurer#it's especially egregious in the Little Nightmares fandom#that is a child with survivors guilt who is surviving the only way she was ever taught to#these kids circumstances are incomprehensible to us#they are uniquely horrifying#yeah I'll fight for these kids#and I'm not saying Mono is a bad character#Mono deserves better too#but a lot of y'all are awful to Six#and then defend characters who are older and/or do so much worse#it makes me lowkey mad how awful people are to Six#And then they go on to defend characters significantly worse than her#she isn't a monster#she is a child made by a world that is based purely on violence and exploitation of people like her#Y'all act like Mono has never done anything wrong#last time Six tried to save someone she paid the price#not to mention#a lot of people get mad at her for cherishing the music box more than Mono#often children who are being abused#especially neurodivergent children#will latch onto objects that bring them comfort#I'm not saying Six is at all in the right for dropping Mono#but it was understandable given theur circumstances#she knew him a few days at most and while she was at her most vulnerable he destroyed her comfort object#obviously he had to but she didn't know that#turning into a monster must have been horrifying for her#who knows how long she held onto the music box and how much it meant to her
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‘sure they pocketed our money and abused your trust in the music community and passion for classical music. but since you’re now in a group that you love and that makes you happy the only way to heal is to be grateful you got to play the musikverein at 17 even if it was with a bad orchestra’ no. laser beams from my eyeballs for a million years
#is nobody allowed to be enraged in this house. is no one allowed to be at least a little angry about it#and the most annoying part is how superior my mom acts when she says those things#‘well WE never got attached to them. not even to the teachers.’ i was a CHILD.#they broke the trust of CHILDREN.#‘all things work together for good for those who love god and keep his commandments’ LASER BEAMS FROM MY EYES FOR A THOUSAND YEARS#bring the epistles into this in your most morally superior tone and i will throw a punch.#‘it taught you that you can’t trust everyone right away’ and you think that’s something a child should learn the hard way?#call me a snowflake i guess but this is the one sore spot i have
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Granted I have the overall geographical and cultural knowledge of a 4th grader but from what I can tell the nuclear family model really does seem to be a white colonial invention
Different cultures have different approaches but I mainly hear about either large family units where multiple generations support each other and raise their children and grandchildren together or an "it takes a village" approach where children are raised somewhat communally
And I can't really speak on it much or claim that these families were free of abuse or that children aren't often an oppressed group basically everywhere I know of but the way ownership of your children is so engrained into white society is so bizarre
Like once you notice it you can't unnotice it even the most loving well meaning parents don't know what to do about it because everyone is so isolated from their own families and their own communities so you wind up with 1-2 parents who have full legal ownership of their child and are raised in a culture where you don't have personhood until you're 18 and all attempts at self actualization before them are seen as clueless rebellion. Like our culture is so divorced from the concept that a parent is someone who is helping mentor and care for their child so they can thrive as a fellow human being and it's actually so alarming
And ik this problem isn't unique to white and colonized people but it's honestly really soothing to hear about how other cultures approach and view parenting and community as a whole and to internalize it doesn't have to be this way
#like i was reading a book by Sabaa Tahir who's Pakistani#and the perspective on parenthood portrayed in it so healing#like when Salahuddin mentions that his mom taught him not to thank his parents growing up#''Ama taught me that saying thank you to your own parents is unnecessary. Akin to thanking your lungs for breathing. The times I tried#she looked at me like I’d rejected Saturday-morning paratha.''#and like obviously the idea isn't that your kids should be ungrateful im assuming that it's their behavior and overall respect thats thanks#but as someone who was raised thanking everyone for everything especially my parents no matter what it really stood out bc even little stuff#like that can make a huge difference yk? since I can remember white adults particularly my parents taught me i was a burden#and that their taking care of me was an act of kindness rather than a responsibility and I don't think it's some big conspiracy to make kids#feel horrible but it's not really teaching gratitude it's just teaching guilt#thats just one example tho#I also am at the extreme end of white cultural isolation (neither of my parents are close to their families we've never lived near them and#they specifically isolate us from everyone so the difference is a lot more drastic for me than it probably is a lot of other people#but when i hear ppl being close to their neighbors or anyone that lives near them i go a little insane with longing tbh#like what is that like? to grow up in an environment where your world is more than just your parents approval?#where there's some kind of insulation between you and all of your parents problems bc there is no one else#this was not a ramble with any kind of conclusion tho akehrjdhr#and once again I am absolutely not saying that child abuse is uniquely white bc. el em ey oh thats not how any of this works#it's just that white cultures view on children is sickening
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lmao @ the post on my dash below the one I just made being about the evangelical christian persecution complex
#it's a subject that I regard with both scorn and a deep sense of pity honestly#because it's nonsense but it's also the result of purposeful traumatic conditioning since childhood#I think it's reductionist to be like 'oh they're just acting like victims because they can't be homophobic anymore!'#because unfortunately I can verify that they acted like that when they were allowed to be homophobic too#it's a very deep-rooted issue that's been going on for decades#and which is reproduced by purposefully traumatizing children so#it's all just very sad and weird and xenophobic#like I remember being scared for big bird when I was shown big bird in china because I'd been taught that I'd be killed if I ever went ther#they made me act out skits where I'd be murdered for refusing to recant my beliefs to 'prepare' me#I was taught how to use a gun when I was like... nine I think? at church camp#like I cannot overstate how fucked up it all is#and it's not okay but I don't think that making fun of people who went through that conditioning will change it#it'll just make them double down tbh#I understand the urge but I think it's probably counterproductive#like harassing mormon missionaries. feels good temporarily but it just makes them more ensconced in the religion.
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you ever see a bunch of adults in their 20s and 30s absolutely dragging someone and then you go and check the person's blog and they're 15 years old
#these kids with bad opinions are still stuck with their shitty conservative parents#don't make the outside world unwelcoming to them#in fact one of the biggest tactics that cults and extremely religious ppl use is teaching you that everyone outside of your circle is mean#i helped a friend break free from a religious cult mindset after she escaped#one of the things her dad taught her was that everyone on the outside was unsafe#& that the reason people get angry with you and call you names over your opinions is because they're actually Evil and trying to oppress yo#he did the same thing mormons do w jehovas witnesses and sent my friend and her brother out to peoples houses to 'spread his religion'#and of course they would have negative reactions#the point wasn't to convert anyone it was to prove that anyone who doesn't share their opinion is bad#so you're making fun of these kids for still having the opinions that are already being forced onto them by their parents#making them not want to learn what's on the outside of their circle bc it isn't ''safe''#these are still kids and whether you like it or not you can not shame children into acting better#i know this as a parent and as an ex ''centrist'' and as a person who grew up with demand avoidance#I only got to where i am now bc people helped me thru my mistakes#.bdo
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his faceeeeee someone get me OUT OF HERE
#i rlly like that line of hers though. her first priority is always helping people#thats why i love sapphire so much shes brash shes tough shes rude but at the end of the day she is a hero!!#she is SO rpg protagonist. going around helping ppl even tho she doesnt have to. without even a second thought#she gets strong IN ORDER to help people!!#and ofc ruby wants to help ppl too but he IS quite a selfish person. and i think that probably stems from the fact that he has historically#not been allowed to do the things he wants to do and be who he wants to be. being stifled like that ofc when he goes out in the world#his priority is gonna be on finally fulfilling his own desires. but he DOES care about other ppl and wants to help when he can#but helping out here would mean throwing himself into the role of a trainer and being defined by his battle skills which is like.#literally the last thing he'd ever want to happen. but he cant communicate this to sapphire BCUZ OF BEING RAISED IN A HOUSEHOLD#WHERE HE CANT TALK ABOUT HIS FEELINGS. SO INSTEAD OF EXPLAINING WHY HE DOESNT WANT TO HELP HE JUST PUTS#ON A FRONT AND MAKES HIMSELF LOOK LIKE AN ASSHOLE#GODDDDDDDDDD these characters make me crazy like even if it wasnt intentional the ways in which their upbringings affect how#they act here is soooo fascinating. esp since they are literal children so they're still in that era of their lives where they really#are just kind of mirroring what they've been taught and not self aware enough to analyze WHY they act in these ways#serena.txt#pksp reread#ruby & sapphire reread
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Tag dump.
#♔ ▌.OZ&LACIE ┆⟨ the impractically rebellious & the impractically kind ⟩#♔ ▌.ANSWERED┆⟨drawing the death card on every try ⟩#♔ ▌.OPEN STARTER┆⟨ to weave the shattered pieces of the universe back together ⟩#♔ ▌.CLOSED STARTER┆⟨ her whole being calls for an act of violence ⟩#♔ ▌.LACIE&OSWALD┆⟨ the poignant looks she gives him when she sees how he’s tearing himself apart is too much ⟩#♔ ▌.LACIE&ALYSS┆⟨ a figure in the distance a movie reel of old pictures ⟩#♔ ▌.LACIE&ALICE┆⟨ she taught me so many things about herself she didn’t know ⟩#♔ ▌.LACIE&ALICE&ALYSS┆⟨ fearless children who love the light ⟩#♔ ▌.ANSWERED ┆⟨drawing the death card on every try ⟩#♔ ▌.RAMBLINGS ┆⟨ she’s drowning in an ocean of thoughts ⟩#♔ ▌.POSITIVITY┆⟨ when you dream ; do you dream of the stars? ⟩#♔ ▌.LACIE&JACK┆⟨ it inspires a keen nostalgia in her for the simpler times before ⟩#♔ ▌WARDROBE┆⟨ wearing wildness like a second skin ⟩#♔ ▌.ANSWERED┆⟨ drawing the death card on every try ⟩#♔ ▌.OPEN STARTER┆⟨ to weave the shattered pieces of the universe back together ⟩#♔ ▌.CLOSED STARTER┆⟨ her whole being calls for an act of violence ⟩#♔ ▌.HER FAVORITE PLACES┆⟨ you are met with an empty house and deafening silence ⟩#♔ ▌.VERACIOUS BLOSSOM ┆⟨ she’s in the window in her pink dress ; radiant & transparent. ⟩#♔ ▌.TENDER VIRTUOSO┆⟨ he was vulnerable to the sensitive chimes of his never-ending dreams ⟩#♔ ▌.BOUNTEOUS HOTSHOT ⟨ open-mindness reveals the family commitments in front of him ⟩#♔ ▌.RUFOUS DOOFUS┆⟨ a natural disaster just waiting to happen ⟩#♔ ▌.AMIABLE BADGER┆⟨ his calling was the devoted nature in the rays of the sun ⟩#♔ ▌.NOISELESS/COMPULSIVE PERSONA┆⟨ a sewn together patchwork ghost of nostalgia & forgotten memories ⟩#♔ ▌.APPREHENSIVE IDEALIST┆⟨ stressful times are delivering punches to his skin and body ⟩#♔ ▌.OOC┆⟨ felicia is enough ⟩#♔ ▌.IN CHARACTER┆⟨ there’s a void in her soul and it leaves her feeling cold ⟩#♔ ▌.BROKEN TOY ┆⟨ ❝ Just as I thought you are strange...Very strange... ❞ ⟩#♔ ▌.REFLECTION ┆⟨ ❝ I...never considered myself unfortunate.❞ ⟩#♔ ▌.MUSINGS┆⟨ a locked mind like stars; baring all the secrets of the universe ⟩#♔ ▌.HEADCANONS┆⟨ a broken melody born from her tainted nightmares ⟩
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sometimes I'm like. but Alina you could've chosen Nikolai. (This is partially because I would've chosen Nikolai.) but on the other hand. the choice she made makes a lot of sense
#on the one hand i am all for alina post-trilogy becoming queen of ravka and changing the way the system is run#and fighting for the grisha AND for the otkasat'sya peasants#with her sense of duty and her hope and nikolai's sense of duty and his hope they'd be THE power couple of the century#because nikolai's selflessness and self-giving love for his people goes so well with alina's heart for the suffering and for the weak#they would make such a good king and queen :')#on the other hand. i also understand she's darn tired and deserves a quiet life out of the eye of the public if that's what she wants#and it is just as important and good and true and beautiful work#to be loving the people of ravka the way that she and mal do: by raising the children#so that they're loved and taught well and shown that they're important and believed in#that quote in middlemarch about the beauty and goodness of ordinary acts of ordinary people who rest in unvisited tombs!#anyway many thoughts#songbird again
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by virtue of the GM having to play every NPC in contrast to every player having their one, it's fascinating the relationship dynamics this sets up in character throughout the narrative
#N posts stuff#specifically thinking about Caramelinda right now; you are a woman who was forced into a marriage after the love of your life died#your daughters Vastly and Openly love your husband more than you#you are Intimately aware of the dangers of the world and the roles that everyone in it is Forced to play and how important those roles Are#and your children Resent you for it. everything you try to do to keep them safe they Hate you for but you Cant Stop bc that wouldnt be Safe#and then your daughter dies; you thought she was safe in her bed and she wasn't. and now she's dead#and the child who brings you this news is still covered in your daughter's blood and accusing YOU of somehow inciting it#and your remaining daughter openly resents you for every move you make bc She thinks it's your fault too#she is still a child and telling you that if you had trusted them (As children) to not act as children do and if you had armed them with#magic that the lost love of your life taught you before she died; then maybe they would have respected you more and maybe they#would have listened to you then. or maybe they would have still ignored you but maybe they could have defended themselves#and maybe your daughter would still be alive. and this guts you. and then your husband looks at you take this wound and says#'can you give us a minute?' and shunts you off into a back room and this is the closure you get on this conversation#this isn't a critique btw it's the Nature of actual play and improv; i wouldn't even call it a Flaw#this isn't some Negative i'm pointing out it's just about the way the narrative reacts to this feature and the dynamics it incites#i love angst and drama and i like to peel characters apart like dissection. fascinating to me. <3
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Tommuyinnet: Far out in the distance. Tommyinnet: I have a house Tommyinnet: It's nice Tommyinnet: I haven't seen anyone for a loooong long time Tommyinnet: Well, maybe Tubbo now and again. .... Tommyinnet: Do you ever miss those days? The people? Or well the way they were? The way it all was? Tommyinnet: I don't know... I tried to move on. My little cottage far away. My humble paradise but that little thought trails into my mind. Tommyinnet: For now I've got my cottage. My new pet! Awh she is adorable. Mareep, she is a little sheep I caught. .... JackManifoldTV: are you happy? JackManifoldTV: I guess that's all I'd care to know.
Happy Valentine's Day @peninkwrites !
you were right, in fact did get you a commission from the incredible @chanekedoods !
I hope you like it! I am so blessed that have such a wonderful person in my life and that you have introduced me to your favorite thing in the world! the journey watching the dsmp has been brutal but so fun and I would change it for nothing! Thank you for sharing your golden boy with me, love the raccoon boy with all my heart
#dsmp#tommyinit dsmp#tommyinit mcyt#tommyinnt fanart#dsmp tommy#c! tommy#c tommy#c!tommy#ctommy#tommyinnit#tommyinnit fanart#penink every thinks about tommyinnit and i don’t think it helps i keep playing songs that remind me of him but they catch on real fast#ctommy fanart#dsmp fanart#c!tommyinnit#who told this teenagers they could hurt me#who taught this children to act
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maybe i have lame opinions but I just wanna say- people who say "just don't interact with the community" don't get it. I wanna be able to interact with people who love [insert media here] as much as I do without getting crazy hate from the outside world because some people don't know how to act. i wanna say "people in fandoms should hold each other accountable for their behavior" but that's also not a good solution because at some point it just turns into policing for the sake of appearing normal and there's no fun in that. so I guess instead I'll point to this meme.
there is no "perfect community", there will always be odd people, and being odd isn't a death sentence. Fandom is fandom just "le sigh. we cringe on" and keep moving
i guess my girlfriend would want me to say "kill the part of you that cringes, not the part that is cringe"
"I hate (insert media here) because of the fando-"
#this is not about real weirdos by the way. creeps and gooners and the sort can fuck right off.#this is about weird kids#if you're an adult and you're mocking communities of children who just wanna interact with their favorite medias in a pretty unorthodox way#you are being mean#if they're acting up just tell them what they're doing is wrong ir weird or whatever#and guide them on the right path#you can't blame people for not being taught everything. just teach them#i forgot where I was going with this to be honest#anyway
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Shelley Duvall wasn’t a demure 70s coquette for your moodboard or a nutcase driven mad by Kubrick’s harsh directorial hand. She was a woman with no prior acting experience or training who jumped into the industry and made her mark. She was an unforgettable personality on the screen; so down to earth and approachable yet aloof in her own way. She had a gift that can’t be taught in a drama college; her onscreen manner felt natural. Contrary to urban legend, she didn’t go completely insane after the Shining. She produced 3 successful children’s television series throughout the 80s and 90s and earned a Peabody award and two Daytime Emmy nominations. She was passionate about creating quality entertainment for children.
Many who worship celebrities only worship an image or a constructed narrative, and, admittedly, there’s no way for any of us to have known Shelley as a person beyond her work in film and television. Still, when I look at her I see someone who worked hard to create so many wonderful things, and I think her talent was so much greater than what people gave her credit for.
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Man high school was fucked up. You ever think about that. Thank fucking god I'm not in high school anymore
#Sorry I need to turn a distraction video on or smth because my mind came back to#The very first experience I had of high school#And like my father had just dropped me off right. Yknow. Big massive new place I hadn't been before#And we went into an assembly hall right and my father called me like 5 minutes after#My phone was on silent and I took it out of my pocket for what. 5 seconds to dismiss the call.#Yknow a call from my parent who probably just wanted to make sure I got in okay#And in that 5 seconds a teacher just came over and took the phone off me#And then later on in the assembly the speaker was like 'We have a strict phone policy.'#'You're not allowed to use them outside of break unless explicitly asked' and the fucking.#Teacher who practically snatched my damn phone of me was like#'I have caught 5 students on their phones already. This is unacceptable behaviour in high school and you should already know'#Like. Holy shit I got it out for 5 damn seconds to dismiss a call from a parent who just wanted to make sure I was okay :sob: I was 12 yknow#Just something so. Fucked up about that. That's not a fucking expectation in the real world#Yeah don't be distracted by your phone while doing work in class but it was nothing like that :sob:#I'm willing to bet that most of the people who got their phone confiscated in that assembly were of similar circumstances to me#Yknow. Worried parents who just dropped their 12 year old off to a big unfamiliar place for the first time calling#You could've taught that lesson in the classroom if someone was actually distracted on their phone. Come on now#What Is with some fucking primary school and high school teachers having absolute power trips over actual children#Awful. I was thinking about it because my younger sibling has just gone back school#And their in their last year of primary school and they where telling me about like all the bullshit they're pulling#And I guess I just. Worry a bit. Because high school is genuinely a little bit fucking traumatic#I tell them all the time that most of the rules they set up in primary school and high school are kinda bullshit anyways#And to follow them simply to not get in trouble. But don't let them dictate how you act forever#Because you go through the whole of high school being told what to do by people who usually view you as a lesser being to them#And then you get to college and everything changes and it's gonna be weird as fuck finally being viewed as an equal#...especially if you're like me and engrained rules way too seriously#Sorry this is breaking the no emotional posting after 10pm rule but I think I can stand by this one#Okay I've made 6 begillion grammar errors I'm on mobile I can't change em#To everyone currently in high school: please fucking survive. It get's better. I prommy you#android.txt
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the thing is that they're so fascinated by sex, they love sex, they can't imagine a world without sex - they need sex to sell things, they need sex to be part of their personality, they need sex to prove their power - but they hate sex. they are disgusted by it.
sex is the only thing that holds their attention, and it is also the thing that can never be discussed directly.
you can't tell a child the normal names for parts of their body, that's sexual in nature, because the body isn't a body, it's a vessel of sex. it doesn't matter that it's been proven in studies (over and over) that kids need to know the names of their genitals; that they internalize sexual shame at a very young age and know it's 'dirty' to have a body; that it overwhelmingly protects children for them to have the correct words to communicate with. what matters is that they're sexual organs. what matters is that it freaks them out to think about kids having body parts - which only exist in the context of sex.
it's gross to talk about a period or how to check for cancer in a testicle or breast. that is nasty, illicit. there will be no pain meds for harsh medical procedures, just because they feature a cervix.
but they will put out an ad of you scantily-clad. you will sell their cars for them, because you have abs, a body. you will drip sex. you will ooze it, like a goo. like you were put on this planet to secrete wealth into their open palms.
they will hit you with that same palm. it will be disgusting that you like leather or leashes, but they will put their movie characters in leather and latex. it will be wrong of you to want sexual freedom, but they will mark their success in the number of people they bed.
they will crow that it's inappropriate for children so there will be no lessons on how to properly apply a condom, even to teens. it's teaching them the wrong things. no lessons on the diversity of sexual organ growth, none on how to obtain consent properly, none on how to recognize when you feel unsafe in your body. if you are a teenager, you have probably already been sexualized at some point in your life. you will have seen someone also-your-age who is splashed across a tv screen or a magazine or married to someone three times your age. you will watch people pull their hair into pigtails so they look like you. so that they can be sexy because of youth. one of the most common pornography searches involves newly-18 young women. girls. the words "barely legal," a hiss of glass sand over your skin.
barely legal. there are bills in place that will not allow people to feel safe in their own bodies. there are people working so hard to punish any person for having sex in a way that isn't god-fearing and submissive. heteronormative. the sex has to be at their feet, on your knees, your eyes wet. when was the first time you saw another person crying in pornography and thought - okay but for real. she looks super unhappy. later, when you are unhappy, you will close your eyes and ignore the feeling and act the role you have been taught to keep playing. they will punish the sex workers, remove the places they can practice their trade safely. they will then make casual jokes about how they sexually harass their nanny.
and they love sex but they hate that you're having sex. you need to have their ornamental, perfunctory, dispassionate sex. so you can't kiss your girlfriend in the bible belt because it is gross to have sex with someone of the same gender. so you can't get your tubes tied in new england because you might change your mind. so you can't admit you were sexually assaulted because real men don't get hurt, you should be grateful. you cannot handle your own body, you cannot handle the risks involved, let other people decide that for you. you aren't ready yet.
but they need you to have sex because you need to have kids. at 15, you are old enough to parent. you are not old enough to hear the word fuck too many times on television.
they are horrified by sex and they never stop talking about it, thinking about it, making everything unnecessarily preverted. the saying - a thief thinks everyone steals. they stand up at their podiums and they look out at the crowd and they sign a bill into place that makes sexwork even more unsafe and they stand up and smile and sign a bill that makes gender-affirming care illegal and they get up and they shrug their shoulders and write don't say gay and they get up, and they make the world about sex, but this horrible, plastic vision of it that they have. this wretched, emotionless thing that holds so much weight it's staggering. they put their whole spine behind it and they push and they say it's normal!
this horrible world they live in. disgusted and also obsessed.
#this shifts gender so much bc it actually affects everyone#yes it's a gendered phenomenon. i have written a LOT about how different genders experience it. that's for a different post.#writeblr#ps my comments about seeing someone cry -- this is not to shame any person#and on this blog we support workers.#at the same time it's a really hard experience to see someone that looks like you. clearly in agony. and have them forced to keep going.#when you're young it doesn't necessarily look like acting. it looks scary. and that's what this is about - the fact that teens#have likely already been exposed to that definition of things. because the internet exists#and without the context of healthy education. THAT is the image burned into their minds about what it looks like.#it's also just one of those personal nuanced biases -#at 19 i thought it was normal to be in pain. to cry. to not-like-it. that it should be perfunctory.#it was what i had seen.#and it didn't help that my religious upbringing was like . 'yeah that's what you get for premarital. but also for the reference#we do think you should never actually enjoy it lol'#so like the point im making is that ppl get exposed to that stuff without the context of something more tender#and assume .... 'oh. so it's fine i am not enjoying myself'. and i know they do because I DID.#he was my first boyfriend. how was i supposed to know any different#i didn't even have the mental wherewithal to realize im a lesbian . like THAT used to suffering.
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