Follow your dream
this is the most weirdly specific relatable comic I have ever seen
young man, the groomsbride is a whore i said young man, please close the goddamn door
I tried to look up movies that portray mental illnesses and I found like one of two options: either things like Shrek or things like Saw and Psycho. No. I don’t want to find films that have random tiny implications and hints of mental illness, and I don’t want films that use mental illness as a scare tactic. I want to find movies that show well-researched representation of mental illness where it is acknowledged and treated respectfully. Good god, is that so hard to ask for??
here is an idea: normalise the idea that adopting kids is a valid option even for parents who could conceive a child themselves, and not just an inferior backup option for parents who can’t
Telling a woman who says she doesn’t want kids “You’ll change your mind” is really shitty because
- it’s assigning motherhood to a person who is explicitly rejecting it
- it’s reinforcing gender roles
- it makes motherhood out to be something you do because you have to, not because you genuinely want to
- it’s infantilizing to make it seem like she can’t make decisions about her own life
- it’s invalidating of her desires which she is capable of knowing and communicating
- it’s telling a grown woman that you know what she wants better than she does