this was going to be my submission to the how to train your dragon tshirt design comp welovefine was holding a while back but i found out too late that it was for americans only so i was like FUCK
but just recently i remembered that i have a redbubble and that IF THEY CANT SELL MY SHIRT, I CAN SELL MY SHIRT MESELF so i fixed it up
i really hope the people who are reblogging that ‘twenty something year old and never kissed’ thing from me arent letting themselves get too sad or worried
i know its Too Real and hits very hard but i hope i havent given anyone a reason to feel down today, and maybe instead have let people know that theyre not the only ones worrying about this, that theyre not alone in these insecurities
please have a very good day + night + week + month + YEAR + LIFE okay? ily all and well figure our lives out at some point, at our own pace
sometimes i want to pull my hair out because i want to see just ONE female character i can relate to in terms of their romantic/sex life
i want to see a girl in her mid twenties who has never been kissed
i want to see a girl who is confused because she has literally no experience
a girl that has panic attacks when she thinks of sex and cant stop thinking about what kissing is like while also being terrified of it
a girl who cant figure out her sexuality because she’s never gotten to try
a girl who self destructs because shes terrified of how bigger her baggage gets with age
i’m sick of seeing woman in tv and movies who date and have sex and still have relationship hangups, not because that doesnt exist but because i cant relate to those women
i want to turn on the tv and see a 25 year old woman who has never been with anyone, was genuinely not looked at for a long time and has become terrified of attention, who’s anxiety cheats them out of dating, who greets every birthday with this feeling of dread in the pit of their stomach because they’re getting older and older and it feels weirder and more wrong with every passing year
i know i’m not the only woman like this, but with the way the media is, it’s maybe the most alienating baggage i carry. everywhere i look, it’s weird that this is my experience. i feel ashamed and i feel scared that i one day have to tell a person to their face that i’m am adult who has never had a first kiss. its terrifying and consuming and confusing and awful. you start to believe it isnt meant for you - not just sex, or intimacy, but fucking love itself. because you dont turn on the tv and see people like you. “unlucky in love” means slightly clumsy and loud on dates and fear of commitment. its a quirky girl who probably has had sex with multiple people and just ~cant figure it out~!!!!!
i want a girl who feels so alone because she literally always has been
So I’m a manager at McHell. I know manager. Grr. Argh. I get it. We’re a 24/7 place but our lobby closes at night. Anyways last night around 10 minutes till close an older woman and her daughter walk in. As one of my employees was taking their order I made sure to communicate that our lobby would be closing in 10 minutes and they would have to leave then. The older woman acknowledged me with an eye roll.
So at close I send one of the teens to tell the few customers (the mother daughter pair included) that it’s closing time. He comes back and tells me that everyone has left and the mother daughter pair said they’d be done in a few seconds.
Now I send one of my other employees out to clean the lobby. She’s one of my favorites. She’s sixteen and a sweetheart who can work every position in the store easily and has GREAT customer service skills. She’s doing her thing and see the mother daughter pair still just casually eating their food. Not know that they’ve already been informed it’s time to go, she very politely tells them we have to have everyone out of our lobby at close.
And then all hell breaks lose. The older woman starts yelling and slamming her tray around. She starts to storm to the door and my employee almost trips getting out of her way and drops the mop on accident. It doesn’t hit the woman at all, just falls to the floor next to her. She starts SCREAMING now that my employee threw a mop at her.
I’m back in the office counting my deposit, but I can hear all the commotion going on, so I book it up front to try and get a cap on the situation. After my employee explains what is going on to me (while the woman is still screaming mind you) I turn on her and tell her in my Strict But Still Polite Manager Voice™ that she needs to A. Calm down and stop yelling and B. Leave the premises immediately.
This is where shit really hits the fan, because customers expect me, as the manager to bend over and give them anything they want. So she loses her shit and makes the FATAL mistake of threatening my employee. My sweet 16 year old employee who is a ray of fucking sunshine. First she says that she’ll be waiting outside for her and then warns for the girl to watch her back because she knows where she works.
Now this is the last fucking straw because I am something of a Momma Bear manager, especially with the high schoolers. I’m pissed so I punch the silent panic button security watch thingy I’ve got strapped around my wrist (they’re fancy as fuck) and just wait. Less than two minutes later as I’m explaining to this woman that she is banned from not only our store but every store within ten miles of us (franchises rock sometimes) two cops pull into the parking lot, lights and sirens in full effect. I was very happy to see that woman taken into custody for a range of offences from Creating A Public Disturbance to Intent to Commit Bodily Harm to a Minor.
This woman is named June Ayres and she has owned and operated Reproductive Health Services, which is currently the only clinic in Montgomery, Alabama, for about 30 years. May I suggest that you donate the price of that beer to The Linda D Foundation, which helps Alabama women afford reproductive services including birth control, emergency contraception, and abortion services? http://alabamareproductiverightsadvocates.com/thelindadfoundation/
This gifset is from an incredible documentary called Trapped. You can find or organize a screening or stream it for free here: http://www.trappeddocumentary.com/
It’s seriously an amazing movie about some amazing people.
People act like Lucio would be super nice to everyone and that’s fair because he’s a genuinely Good Dude and I do think that when Symmetra finally comes to her senses he’ll have an “okay, I’ll give you a chance, but don’t make me regret it” attitude towards it
But you cannot and will not expect me to believe he would ever be nice to Hanzo. He would consistently and regardless of circumstance refuse to say his actual name and instead opt to call him “Genji’s stupid brother.” He would without hesitation shove Hanzo in a pool for saying some shit about Genji. Lucio would 100% tell Hanzo he doesn’t own a phone while visibly texting.
