Cleopatra spoke nine languages, studied astronomy, medicine, and philosophy at the Library of Alexandria, and ruled Egypt for two decades through war, famine, and Roman invasion. Rome reduced all of it to one word: seductress.
how do you tell someone "i'm not ignoring you i'm just disconnected from reality right now and the days are all blurred together and i feel completely apathetic towards everyone/everything around me so it's really hard for me to maintain a conversation" without saying that
Your son watches violent porn at 14.
You call it “boys being boys.”
Your daughter gets catcalled at 14.
You tell her to cover up.
You’re raising a predator and a victim at the same time.