Decentering men is the best thing you can do, ladies.
Remember, “Barbie has a great day every day, but Ken only has a great day if Barbie looks at him."
This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days.
ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.
Working with kids is such a treat because one kid asked me "are you a boy or a girl? Because boys have mustaches but girls have nail polish" and the boy next to her said with 110% confidence "No but those are the old rules thats not how it is anymore" and it was sweet
i actually think "surface level" friendships are very healthy. not everyone in your life has to be your ride or die. some friends are for the gym. some are for going out. some are just for complaining about work or bureaucracy. when you stop expecting everyone to be your everything, the disappointment disappears. those deep convos and connections are for the 2-3 people closest to you