Beneath the Boughs

You can’t call yourself a leftist if you hate children tbh, like you can choose not to have them or be around them, but outright hating the most marginalised group of people in the world who have absolutely no power or control over the most basic parts of their lives and bodies is a dangerous mentality to have and you need to grow the fuck up and get out of your edgy phase and start treating everyone around you like human beings, even the ones that piss you off.

I do also believe that hating children is a sign of underlying ableism, because most of the justifications of hating children comes down to “they’re annoying” or “they don’t know how to act” or “they’re gross” and if you are unable to treat people who lack social skills, who make loud or repetitive noises, who are incontinent etc. with basic respect and dignity, then what’s the difference between hating children and hating disabled adults that share the traits you find so irritating?

also the treatment of children should concern you since the way that we are all raised impacts the rest of our life and the problems that woe society, simply making sure that the children are taught to love themselves each other and the world around them will significantly increase the ability for change as they will have far better skills of empathy, capacity, and communication. If a child is having meltdowns assume that the adults are still having meltdowns but internally not knowing how to deal with them. Think about the damage that causes society.

The beautiful thing as you get older is that you realize so many “rules” are made up and you can just do whatever. Posters can go anywhere in the house not just my room. I can sit down while cooking a meal or taking a shower. I can make the same thing for breakfast lunch dinner for a week straight. I can roam around the house shirtless. I can wear a dress with jeans. The world is my oyster key word my and I can live as I please embracing little things such as this

In films and shows where an animal dies, they should do a post-credits scene of that animal jumping back up after their "death" and getting treats and praise from the other actors for doing such a good job of playing dead.

omg omg omg omg omg

rb to tell prev they're being so brave right now and pat their head a little please