eh- ehlien devaice

recently saw this screenshot in the wild and lost my mind because i knew it wasnt supposed to say girl. its ladykins. its get off the cross ladykins. i know this because ladykins is not something my brain could make up and i remember ladykins. and i was sincerely wondering if someone put in the work to censor ladykins for some inscrutable purposes but then i looked it up and

and we will say "When I was YOUR age, fruits and vegetables came from a supermarket and they were bred to get shipped 1000 miles in a truck and sit on shelves for weeks, and they tasted so sour and watery it was like eating paper compared to these ones. It wasn't even legal in some places to grow your own food"

and they will roll their eyes like yeah yeah just because everything was miserable in the 20s doesn't mean I have to have a smile on my face standing in the hot sun while you listen to that one guy talk about his bees FOREVER

And many other people have been just spitting, foaming at the mouth fucking FURIOUS. How dare I have the audacity to imagine a future where things get better?

Don't I know how BAD things are? Am I not aware of the TERROR and DEVASTATION of climate change and fascism and biodiversity loss? How dare someone be so bold, so callous, as to imagine something other than misery and suicide. How dare someone suggest it will get better. How dare a person propose that there is a future where we will be okay, in the face of so much terror. Hasn't she seen the abyss opening its jaws before us?

Well? What do you think?

there were kids who stayed inside because of the black plague and went on to help cure it.

there were women who sat at home and cleaned the house and dreamt up a world where they could vote and have jobs.

there were kids in the mines who thought up a life outside of it. there were children who hid in annexes and wrote a diary where they prayed for a future without a terrible man in control

there were slaves who wanted freedom so badly and had hope that it would get better

there were gay people who hid in the corners of clubs and fought back for a future where they could walk down the street together

do you know what all of that has in common? they had hope that things would get better and they made that change. they looked at the world in its cruel ways and fought back.

so now, there are kids and teenagers and young adults and new adults who dream of a world so beautiful and the only amazon their grandchildren know is the rainforest

and it is in everything we do that we find this hope. wishing on dandelions, counting the stars, making our own clothes out of crochet or knit or sewing it, watching the sunset, going to the farmer’s market, feeding the birds, planting seeds.

The only Amazon our grandchildren will know is the rainforest. @lesbiangingerjughead

Ink: Diamine Tranquility

-lesbiangingerjughead

Like firstly on its own thats absurd and horrific and torturous and a hideous precedent to set on level of control thats acceptable. I hate it on every level. If people want to "scroll" - whatever that means on gaming apps?? - thats their business.

And what next, the lights dont turn on after hours? The internet doesnt work after hours? Its not the governments responsibility to police teens nighttime activities its just not.

Second, what about people using the internet and such for homework? Sorry teacher I couldnt finish the government shut down my access. I mean if it lessened homework that itself wouldnt be a bad thing.

But there are a million other reasons someone might be online/on social media/gaming/reading the news/looking at art/ "scrolling" at any hour and thats their business!

Its hard enough being a teen to begin with, theres no third spaces, theres nothing to do, people complain if you do gather in public, thr main freedom they have is being online bc even their physical location is tracked to the minute by their parents, thr gov wants to keep restricting things, and what exactly are they offering in return? Building community centres where people can socialise in person and idk exercise and breathe? Social support services for people who arent getting what they need? Mental health services?

"Sometimes we have to look at things that aren't cute and make us uncomfortable."

"Because I don't really understand it."

"Because it has nothing to do with me."

"Because it just feels unpleasant."