hey look ma i made it

when i have kids, i promise not to be the stereotypical/overprotective asian mom my own mother is. i don’t want my kids growing up thinking every stranger they see is a rapist. i don’t want them thinking that having a crush on someone will ruin their academic lives. i don’t want them to be scared of asking me to go out with friends. i don’t want them to cry every night because they can’t live up to their mother’s high expectations. and i especially don’t want them to hate me. i want them to have their own dreams, and i will help them chase those dreams. i want them to make friends, fall in love, make mistakes because i believe that is how you learn while you’re growing up. i want them to try their hardest because A+ or not, they fucking tried. i want them to express themselves in whatever way they wish. i want them to be their own person and not something that i made them be. i want them to go out into the world fearless, because i raised them enough to know they can conquer it. i won’t hold them back like my parents do to me. i will let them grow up.

ITS TIME ITS TIME ITS T I M E

It’s okay that you’re not who you thought you would be

“make america great again!” ok, where are my untouched national parks? where are my unpolluted rivers and aquifers? where are my trash-free coasts? you don’t want the old america back, you just want the oppression and racism and general inequality that we’ve been trying to erase for years. say you’re a self-important bigoted old bitch and move on