we are the dead

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okay yeah i do think your filler is off putting and your botox makes you rigid and strange to look at

I know you think it’s “feminist” to hate on women who already have self esteem and image issues (through no fault of their own, as a direct result of patriarchy) for doing something to help them cope with their fleeting youth - which may or may not have been stripped from them against their will due to years of depression, abuse, oppression, or whatever else - but the truth is that the freedom to get Botox is actually a right feminists have fought for - whether intentionally or unintentionally. Women used to get thrown away when we outlived our youth and beauty - now we have the option to prolong it and change the way we are perceived and treated by society as a whole. We ALL had to grow up too fast. We ALL have to cope with a childhood that ended too soon. I’m no less a feminist than you are simply because I choose to hold onto my youth and beauty because it helps me feel better about my own loss of innocence. This is all just another excuse to hate on women and tear us down. You’re literally letting the patriarchy win by judging women for their personal choices which harm absolutely no one. Please grow up. Not everyone is conventionally attractive or ages gracefully. Some women can cope with that and some can’t. Both deserve love and respect. Have some decency. You’re not edgy for this. You’re hating just like a man would.

One thing about me is that I stand by everything I’ve ever said in my whole life #myunshakeableconviction. Except the things I don’t #mytransientnature

it's so scary how many people seem normal but have a boyfriend/husband in the military... guys watch out they walk among us.

gay man at my work whose mexican father was deported. HAS HUSBAND IN THE US MILITARY. what the fuck is going awnnnn

i kid but fr it's So fucking scary to like exist in normal spaces and hear how people talk ab the us military. ig i got used to being in academia where we're all like on the same page re: american imperialism but out here in the real world people literally talk about enlisting in the army like it's working at quiznos or some shit. actually no they talk about it like it's a fucking vacation they're all excited about benefits and traveling and there's literally Zero political or moral discussion ever attached to it. like i just have to stand there and nod along while my coworker tells me that their boyfriend kills people for a living. and i can't say anything about that i just have to act like that's chill and normal. to kill people for money. cool.

when i was a kid i was so mad all the time bc i thought someday i'd have to be somebody's wife i didn't know it was optional. is everybody reminding the young girls in their lives that it's optional.

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