I think I subscribe to a fairly basic dictionary definition of feminism: it's somebody who seeks equality between the sexes and between all people.
Nothing gets my hackles up like being told I can't do something.
These people never learn that violence against women is unacceptable. But they also never learn that women will not be shamed and silenced and made to disappear. I am not going anywhere. So bring it on, motherfuckers. Let's see who blinks first.
I know that the boundaries I create deserve to be respected. That self-care is not the same as selfishness. That this is my life, my voice, my body, my rules, and that no one gets to determine my narrative apart from me.
We all like to believe we are completely self-sufficient but at the end of it all, we're all searching for a human connection, something to make it all feel a bit more worthwhile.
What's the difference being a girl in band and being a guy in a band? Periods!
Pessimism is the way to be then you won't ever be disappointed.
I sometimes get the whole 'She's so cute and dinky ... and she swears like a trooper! What's going on?' It's nice to squash people's expectations.