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They actually tested me for a learning disability in high school because I was consistently failing math.

They discovered that I actually scored in the 80th percentile in that sort of learning.

Problem was, in every other subject, I was in the 99.8th percentile.

I had never learned how to study because I never needed to—and then, when something proved to be even the slightest bit challenging, my brain went

“LOL nope this is impossible abort”

Meanwhile, this entire time I’m scraping by in subjects like English. The assignments I did turn in, I’d score top marks—but I’d avoid turning in projects I didn’t think were “good” enough.

Essentially, my brain had two settings: “100%” or “0%”.

not because he doesn’t deserve flack, but because the marvel cinematic universe is a big, nasty, heavily corporate affair. there are so many people who have their hands on these movies and it’s important to realize that one writer is not the reason that they fail to be diverse. right up the corporate ladder are people who don’t care about female superheroes and are invested in whitewashing the cast of every movie they put out.