i've come to find that if you don't lead first conversations with people to what they do for work it's a) usually a better foundation for lasting connection and b) often it turns out they do amazing work and it's just a fun extra piece of information rather than their whole being
🐨 To my 32-year-old self,
Are you well? Nothing hurts?
Like me now, are you still living a life of proving the worth of your own existence?
To you, how much clearer have you become? I wonder
Or have you grown even more blurred?
I’m still making music
20 years ago, you wrote poetry.
10 years ago, you made music
Whatever you’re doing, I hope you’re still you
I now believe in fate, but don’t forget that everything about you is yours to decide
Jungkook was such a good toe sock ambassador that a few years later when barefoot shoes were happening I started working for a company that sells toe shoes bc i genuinely like these shoes & socks so much 😅
NAMJOON POSTING SOME PICS WITH THE CAPTION 'TOE SOCKS AMBASSADOR' AND THE WAY JUNGKOOK JUST-😭
🐰: I was first (to wear them)
🐨:Why did I only start wearing these if they're that good?
NOT JUNGKOOK CLAIMING HIS THRONE AS THE TOE SOCKS AMBASSADOR LMAOO😭😭
girl this is not the time to dig your heels in and post a carefree tiktok of ur time in toronto 😂😅😭 is their social media manager the same person that said they should make more english music bc damn this is tonedeaf
i understand we expect diff things from men who offer/ed understanding and care for women's issues than from actual known ab*sers, but perpetrators should fall and those trying and sometimes failing to understand the implications of their actions should learn and stand corrected
it starts getting a bit absurd where people (usually antis) start to think bts (or joon and hobi's) career should have to suffer from their association with cb more than cb's own career... let's focus on the actual perpetrator here.
it's not a problem of our own, and absolutely also not of bts' creation, but an industry that is a product of patriarchy through and through—of which we are all part. but! we have some leverage in who we praise, and how willing we are to see our own positions in the grand scheme
my two cents: for all the words namjoon has spent explaining himself as a fallible human being, i think there is a certain irony to be found in bts still naively admiring their nostalgic childhood r&b heroes while these literally perpetuate and endorse violence against women etc
and as a fellow millennial we both might need to reckon with that a lot of the women in r&b i/we looked up as teenagers are now washed up, or literally dead, due to their male abusers. let alone the girls who weren't famous. all while these guys get praise and stadium tours
i have been at a loss of words between what i am learning about the devastating eco-, psychological & socio-economic impacts of ai everyday VS the response of my immediate environment and their casual and professional use of it—and their dismissive attitude towards my concerns
betting on that this moment in history is making it into a BTS documentary... it's too much of an important conversation and consideration not to share