straight person writing a gay man: Jackson had met gay people before, of course, but the one gay guy he’d met was in his chem class last year. he had been kinda annoying, loud and flamboyant, took dance classes, and even painted his nails. Jackson didnt think he was like that at all. He still liked football and video games and hanging out with his friends. He still felt normal
a piece of advice my dad gave me and I’ve never forgotten is, “if you won’t worry about it in 4 months, don’t worry about it now.” saved me countless times, it’s a philosophy to adopt and help improve your life. Failed a test? ask yourself if you’ll think about this still in 4 months? Made a fool of yourself in public? I doubt even the people who saw it will remember it past today. Know you could have done better? Ran further? don’t beat yourself up over it, you can do better tomorrow. Don’t overthink things, a lot of negatives matter less than you think they do.
“A culture fixated on female thinness is not an obsession about female beauty, but an obsession about female obedience. Dieting is the most potent political sedative in women’s history; a quietly mad population is a tractable one.”
Tumblr app won’t let me post about how Team Spider-People is composed of an artistic and kindhearted Afrolatino boy who’s not an example of the “angry black guy” stereotype; a Jewish guy who spends much of the movie being a total Mood but is actually a sweetheart; a young girl still going through the remnants of her grief over losing a friend; a young Japanese girl with a knack of technology; a guy who proudly lists n@zi-punching as one of his interests; and John Mulaney but a cartoon pig.
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