*wrinkles nose* shouldnt you be repressing that
I have got to stop listening to my parents
the dynamic between two people who love a third person so much and come to understand each other because of that is so important to me. you would put them first, and so would i. you understand why we have to save them from themself. i trust you with their life, and so, that means more than if i trusted you with mine. the love doesn't have to be the same, but it's powerful enough that you understand why you're not the only satellite drawn into their orbit.
if you want to protect kids you have to come to terms with the fact that it's just expected that kids will experience a baseline level of gaslighting every day of their lives. children are just straight-up not trusted as narrators of their own lives and experiences, and it's taken for granted that nothing they say will be true without the verification of an adult. of fucking course kids are so vulnerable. who is gonna believe them.
"Femininity is rewarded!" "No, masculinity is rewarded!"
You're both wrong. It's perceived gender conformity that's actually rewarded.
Light answers a tough question
the world needs more dykes
the point of art is not to be great but to make it transparently obvious that there is something wrong with you