she really has a partial view of me, and she’s a good person. she doesn’t really know me, nor can she give me the care i deserve. she deserves happiness. she deserves reciprocity I couldn’t give at that time in my life. she deserved better. I wish her well. I miss her. I think I’ll always regret certain things. I deserve grace, from myself. These things can all be true.

women are not devoid of autonomy and agency and that friend who is still with her trump supporting redpilled manosphere obsessed partner no matter how many people join her safety net, offer help, provide resources, and tell her to leave while she can is not helplessly trapped. she’s making an active choice.

"feminist art shouldn't use images of vaginas and uteruses to symbolize womanhood" and "vaginas and uteruses are often demonized in popular thought so it makes sense some feminists would want to celebrate their bodies through art in a way that they are told is unacceptable" are two ideas that can coexist