of purple prose and typos

really strange how you can be almost at peace with something that happened to you but it will continue to be a defining moment of your life for the rest of your life. you wont think about it much anymore but in a conversation about a film someone will mention the year it was released and you’ll think to yourself, “that was before it happened” and you’ll see an old photo and think how strange it is to have existed before it happened and somehow it’s like living a life in two acts

having a job is very weird bcos by and large your coworkers will be a variety of ages and you will not all be at the same stage of life. your coworker will be like, well I’m off home to spend time with my husband & child, what are you going to do with your evening? and you’re like, well, I plan on playing Rollercoaster Tycoon for as much as it as possible

And you are older than them

never give up on yourself, cause guess who updated a fanfic from seven years ago, lmao

the fanfic in question, btw

oh my god. most of life really is about the little things. a good haircut, a nice playlist, trying a new recipe that turns out well, a poem that hits home, a comfortable spot in the sun, spontaneous messages, a pen you enjoy writing with, tea with the right temperature to drink, buying that thing you’ve been eyeing for a while, a warm bed. yeah im so grateful for the small joys

also, just noting from personal experience, I have been wearing a cup since my teens and deal with what is most likely executive disfunction. That is to say the cup gets forgotten a lot same way my pads did before it. Sometimes during light flow it can stay on for 4 days without removing, however I have never dealt with infections or tss with the cup, while I did experience it with other products. That isn't to say what I'm doing is safe or pads and tampons are the devil, but I do (from personal experience) believe cups are a lot safer and that though other products are sometimes necessary or preferable for many many reasons (and I don't wanna shame anyone for using them), I wouldn't put them in the same level of contribution to the risk and maybe if you are prone to tss trying a cup might be helpful (or it might not, Im not a doctor, but doctors don't seem to know a lot about menstrual health either so Im doing it the old fashioned way trial error and sharing experiences).

I agree that people should try different options to decide what works best for them! but I would also gently advise against the assumption that because something happens to work best for you it must be the safest choice for everyone, unless you can back it up with hard data that menstrual cups are affiliated with even fewer cases of toxic shock syndrome than tampons, which are already present in very few cases.

you can post on tumblr even when you're trying to take a break from social media it literally doesn't count. it's like pepsi max, or pescatarianism

Also on age verification: I have been on this website since 2011. Unless you think I started blogging at age 2, you KNOW I'm an adult.

very telling that even if you’re not allowed to view content related to self harm/suicide/eating disorders due to not giving up your ID on the uk internet you will still be shown relentless ads for weight loss drugs and fad diets showing unrealistic/AI generated bodies and unhealthy methods and time frames for weight loss that can only be achieved by starvation. oh and also so so many gambling ads. relentless ads for gacha and gambling services. almost like it’s not actually about protecting kids at all or something

FIRST step to enjoying any media is getting attached to the character whose suicidal tendencies are the most obvious

if nobody got me I know listening to music and creating fake scenarios got me