Raashi

i wish 3am was a day

something about giving toddler to pre-pubescent girls a (usually plastic) baby as a toy to play with is concerning. are women really ‘natural nurtures and caretakers’ or are they just babies who became products of a certain social conditioning, a convention woven so conventionally into society that it never gets questioned or goes out of practice, before they could properly say things out loud?

i feel like no one in this world is ‘dumb’. sure, not everyone can do a-level calculus and not everyone can aptly interpret shakespearean text but everyone is good at something. every person i know who has failed at academics has been a great thinker, a creative genius, really good at some sport or has naturally mastered an esoteric niche skill. people disregard everything that doesn't bring them money, but what about things that bring you happiness? a will to live? what about things that make you feel like a curious kid, giggling and kicking their feet in the air?

when im talking to someone and i mention gift ideas for a mutual friend's birthday and the person says “oh right, i almost missed that. thank you for reminding me.” and suddenly im seven, telling dad mom baked a cake and asking him what he got mom for their anniversary and he picks up his jacket and a bag and says he'll get home soon and tells me to not say anything to mom.

friday is green

thursday is brown

the number 8 is such a Hufflepuff. 7 is a ravenclaw. 9 is a Slytherin.