i don't think all academics are driven by trauma. but academia attracts ppl who experienced school as a central space of validation, maybe the only place they were ever praised/"seen." also, academic accomplishments are wielded to counter parental neglect & societal debasement.
"You complain about the life that you chose. You’re not a victim. Not. At. All. Your generosity conceals something dirtier and meaner. You’re incapable of facing your ambitions and you resent me for it. But I’m not the one who put you where you are. I’ve nothing to do with it."
“ART” IS CONTEXT 🤦♀️
what if the shoe was “art” for those moments that people understood it that way? would that be so bad?
(what’s trying to be “art” but isn’t here is the *video* trying to make people look dumb and being mean on purpose)
Naturally his being forced to mask was also my fault (isn’t everything at this point?). He wanted it made clear that he would never stand for that kind of violation to his bodily autonomy. He wouldn’t do something he disliked just to protect people who should already be dead. /10
loveeeeed being told my entire childhood that i didn’t count and now that i’m an adult, turns out i don’t count for a whole new reason! such an exciting time to be an american 🇺🇸
JD Vance says Americans without children should “face the consequences and the reality” and not get “nearly the same voice” in democracy
Vance: “Let’s give votes to all children in this country, but let’s give control over those votes to the parents of those children.”