Took a nap and had a dream that I’d gotten a hyperrealistic tattoo of a Band Aid, just so that I could cover it with a real Band Aid.
When people would ask what happened, I’d say, “It’s kind of weird. Are you sure you wanna’ see?” and then I’d dramatically rip the Band Aid off to reveal my tattoo of a Band Aid.
the spanking debate isn’t all that complicated. you’re either ok with hitting small kids who are completely defenseless and literally at your mercy, or you’re not. supporting the first option makes you a bad and dangerous person, and unfit to be a parent, and im sorry to say but there’s no way around this, no excuses or loopholes. it is what it is
I’ve told this story before and my clam chowder is getting cold but fuck it.
A couple years ago while I was working for a care center during my ece training - we had a big thing about spankings. We went around and asked children who were spanked how they felt about it and what it told them or how it made them feel.
Then when the parents were over, we anonymously read everything that was said by the children on how they view spankings and unanimously it was found that the children never saw it as a growing experience.
It was “painful” “really scary” “I thought mommy hated me now” and we often found it never actually TAUGHT the kids what they did wrong. in fact it seemed to teach them that at any moment your mommy or daddy would just haul up and smack you until you cried and said it was for your own good.
Needless to say I’m pretty sure we changed a lot of parents opinions on spanking and SHOCK OF SHOCKS actually TALKING to their children worked far better disiplinary
I even included my own story, pretending I was telling an outside story “well, I happened to know one person who’s mother only stopped spanking them cause they got tall and big real fast so they could fight back. so there’s a lot of intimidation and fear to your children.” and just - I’ll never forget the dawning look of realization on their faces
The most common argument I hear is, “Look, my parents spanked me and I turned out fine.”
Stolen from elsewhere on the internet but now my defult response: “No you didn’t–you think it is okay to hit little kids.”
imagine dating someone who understands you and your aesthetics and constantly took really attractive and aesthetically photos with and of you
-pulls the pineapple out of kks mouth then slices the top of before pulling out the center for kk to eat, placing a smooch on his head and walking back to my mix table-
It makes me sick to my stomach that we have to explain this so thoroughly.
Even sicker that you don’t have to use a grand amount for the metaphor, not $1000, not even $20. Men can understand the store of value of $5 more than they can understand the concept of women as humans.
I think what’s saddest about the whole thing is that it always has to be a metaphor about an object for them to get it. Like the classic comparison to someone getting robbed because they were dressed rich so they were asking for it.
The only understand when women are compared to objects because that’s what they see is as.
The high school I went to we were allowed to have whatever hairstyle we wanted.
On girl had half a side of her head down to her shoulders with the other side shaved
Our quarterback had hair halfway down his back and would braid and weave it
Our more outgoing classmates would dye their hair in rainbows
My little sister even had Smurf blue hair for a semester
To grow up where I did and how I did, makes me grateful. So grateful that I didn’t have to deal with what these kids are dealing with
But it makes me mad. Oh it makes me soooo mad. Because kids are having to deal with this
I’m always completely baffled when I see things like this. In Germany, no one, black, white, latinx, whatever, was ever bullied/put in detention over their hairstyle. This is truly fucked up.
This shit pisses me off so much. Let the girls have their hair whatever way they please and certainly don’t fucking BAN them from doing shit they enjoy that contributes to their education just because you have a fucking problem with their hair. These teachers and this whole school system need to take some fucking sensitivity training or something jesus christ.
I am Silver Tongue, I am an artist. I have many characters and you can check out my art in the art tag. I occasionally practice witchcraft though I don't do anything too complicated. I am girl 2 and don't know what else to put here.
