Everyone Go Home I Think I Won Gender

Screencap painting from "The Waitress is Getting Married" ( 9" x 12", Oil on canvas panel)

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would like to memorialize this ironic, pathetic, and disgusting post from my former pastor. “ACT LIKE MEN BE STRONG.” shame on you. shame on you for encouraging men to continue hiding their emotions and feelings. shame on you for making men think they cannot be vulnerable. shame on you for using aggressive words and sentence structure to scare and excite your trusting congregation. shame on you for spitting hatred toward members of the LGBTQ+ community. shame on you for spitting hatred at the “sinners” who trust your word. i trusted you and i have never been so disappointed by a former leader.

there is no hate like christian love.

i just watched smile and idk gonna throw my thoughts in i guess it definitely could’ve been better, the ending makes the entire movie even bleaker than it began as

i feel like her career as a therapist is supposed to be a huge commentary on the healthcare system. like i interpreted it as written by someone who wanted to be/was a therapist or hates therapists, because rose’s breakdown highlights her criticism of her own mental health so much, down to her telling holly she was fine right after she saw someone die. like she continually denies herself any relief but is also denied any relief by pretty much anyone. so like i fucking hate how bleak it is but i think it’s just supposed to reflect that trauma not only is generational, and complex/connected etc., but that so many people are not only underprepared to deal w trauma but also unwilling

like rose opens up at the end but she focuses on her feeling with joel, and she was burnt out when the movie began. idk i’m rambling at this point, especially because i don’t like how it ends but i’m desperately trying to understand the point bc why not idk

on april fools day we should all change our icons to this

fuck yes sharks

fun facts about sharks

it’s hard being a writer bc like i have so many ideas in my head all i want to do is write but like. i don’t wanna write

living in TX is so disheartening like i have to work my ass off to afford anything much less anything fun

but also TWO employees i have within the past week have been kicked out/cut off from their families by their parents. and as someone who also got kicked out what the fuck?? both of their parents likely voted for abbott, as did mine, and it just makes me wonder like why is this their decision?

why have these parents decided that their child is wrong, and the best way to make them realize is to send them out with no support in any form, hoping they either guilt themselves out of it or… what? nearly die from homelessness or financial strain and just show back up, weary and exhausted? i’ve been worried that my mom was right sometimes despite me KNOWING she isn’t, because that’s just how deep family and guilt runs in the bible belt i guess. seeing it happen to other people breaks my heart especially because i am in no place to give them everything they need but lord do i want to, because this is the bleakest i’ve felt in awhile. anyway anyone else having a hard time living in texas lol

As an added bonus, it would be cool if you told me your answer + your general place of residence. If you spent most of your life somewhere you currently don't live, tell me where you come from. You can be as specific as the state/province you live in or as unspecific as "eastern US."

I also encourage non-Americans to answer because I'm interested in what others feel is the better name/what they've heard Americans call it.