This train of thought started because of a Twitter trend that's been bugging me for a while, and also because a friend of mine was venting about it recently. There's this thing where people will go around "informing" people to avoid following or interacting with XYZ Person because XYZ Person has been deemed "problematic" in some way. The way in which XYZ Person is problematic is irrelevant to the point of this post, so I'm not going to cite any examples whatsoever. The way in which these people go about "informing" people is really unkind, though. In some cases they go so ...
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It pisses me off how socially acceptable it is to hate kids
It pisses me off how socially acceptable it is to hate kids. People are so casual about it, almost like it's on par with hating broccoli. Except that kids are people. Hating an entire group of people is generally considered Not Okay, but kids? Nah, they don't really matter, right? They'll grow out of it and become likeable when they become adults. I mean, disliking something is valid. On some level I believe that all feelings are valid... but... hating a whole group of people... is that valid? Is that okay? I'm not comfortable with that. On the other hand, there's a ...
There Is No Such Thing As “Small Trauma”, and Abuse is Really Common
I've noticed that some people downplay their trauma quite a lot if they didn't experience "big" trauma like physical abuse or sexual abuse. They might say that their traumas are "small" in comparison to "big" traumas like physical or sexual abuse. It's understandable why they would do this, but trauma is not a competition! Trauma is trauma. I was listening to a podcast the other day about trauma. They were talking about how even "minor" things that don't qualify as abuse can cause trauma. As an example the one person recalled a situation where a mother and daughter were walking in ...