The vast majority of Queer internet discourse would be solved if any of you actually talked face to face with other queer ppl in your community
I’m saying this as a rural dyke who grew up being one of maybe 3 openly queer ppl in my hometown who used to waste time on bullshit discourse like “who can reclaim the word faggot” or “can you be trans if you don’t have dysphoria” but has since been engaged in my own communities wherever I go and has talked to butches and bears and trans women decades older than me and has seen kids half my age coming out and I realized it’s just a distraction to pit us against each other instead of uniting to face a common enemy. There is no one true queer experience, and the sooner we all accept that and listen to people outside our generation and/or cultural background the better.
its true that romance amd friendship will not solve everything but. objectively speaking its very hard to get sad when you can say ‘lets go get cake tomorrow okay’ and someone will go get cake with you. like there is some good at least. you know
How could you leave this in the notes, excellent addition
Actually, this makes the childification of Michael in the movie when he’s 15 in the book really funny:
Sophie, a 20-ish year old woman from a fantasy land where getting married at 16 or 17 does not seem to be unusual: Yes, this is a young man who is almost an adult.
Howl, a man in his late 20s from our world: This is a BABY and he does BABY things.
