Full content warning for this blog post. I talk about sexual abuse and general grooming red flags. There are mentions of incest, CSA fetishization, and sexualization of minors. Sorry if my words don't flow well. It's a little late for me. I work with kids often, and I've noticed that kids that are 10 and older will act in somewhat sexualized ways. Cropping shirts and saying "I'm a sexy girl", phra... » Continue Reading
lately it feels like i haven't had emotions. i know i've felt things, and that my head still produces the hormones that make happiness and sadness, but i keep forgetting that i ever felt them. it's strangely calm and hollow at the same time. i think the only thing i can remember from the last week is that somebody won the US presidency. i feel like granting this thing a "name" or the word he's acc... » Continue Reading
(edit: disabled comments. i'm not leaving them up for... whatever that one other user was trying to do.) in just a week and a half, the current genocide on Palestinians will have gone on for a year. ...i don't have any words. i'm angry and sick. here's some resources. if you have any other ones, please add on. » Continue Reading
I haven't been keeping that close of an eye on the SmartSchoolBoy9 situation, but I've heard of a recent viral video related to him. In the video, a group of adolescents are harassing someone who they believe to be SSB9. It makes sense that a situation with such high publicity would result in impulsive types, especially kids, trying to find SSB9 and give them some sort of "punishment." I'm here to... » Continue Reading
i just woke up a while ago. i'm still feeling a little strange from it. i was having a dream about reading a book to some of the kids i've worked with. nothing out of the ordinary since i regularly read aloud with small groups. in my dream, they asked me to read one particular book. one that technically didn't exist. the stories in it did, but they were never compiled into an anthology book like t... » Continue Reading
while browsing YouTube, i found a community that likes extreme and disturbing movies. these sorts of movies usually don't interest me... they're often poorly written and do things for the shock of it. there was one that caught my eye, though. people were saying it was a strange film with a good story. i decided it'd be worth a try. i was severely unprepared. as expected, everything about this movi... » Continue Reading
i've been thinking about my relationship to religion for a while. i want to explore a little, maybe convert if a religion really feels right for me. my mom's family is catholic. i was raised with some of that, but not all of it. i never really prayed, didn't truly believe in God, and went to church with mom because they had donuts. once they stopped making them, i stopped going too. i don't think ... » Continue Reading
it seems like i forget about it a lot, even though i have a pretty hardcore crush on her. maybe it's just been on my mind less because i've been busy with volunteering. i've been thinking about what my relationship to her might be after we graduate high school. once i leave a place, i detach from the people i was friends with. i don't really want that to happen with her. she's one of the best peop... » Continue Reading
it's been a while! i've been busy with trips and local events. summer's been very busy for me, so it felt like it went by really fast. the break's actually coming to an end for me in a few weeks. and with that, i'll be in my last year of high school. i'm pretty excited about college applications. still, it's all a little scary. i'm going to be "growing up" in a way that i'll have a hard time adjus... » Continue Reading
summer break started this week. awesome!! i can go beachcombing or maybe to an aquarium... i still have lots of things to do, though. i've got a training today, a family trip i'm not the most excited about, and some other stuff that i'm volunteering for. i'm happy to help out with things! it's just like, woah, i'm doing more than i thought i would this summer. i hope there's a king's tide nearby! ... » Continue Reading
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