“in order to create loving males we need to love males” means teach boys that they can be themselves without being less of a man. it means being encouraging and nurturing of their emotions so they don’t become cold and hateful. it means showing boys, early in their lives, that they have value outside of what our society deems proper masculinity. what it doesn’t mean is that it’s our job to handhold men who see women as walking sex toys through the concept of empathy, and maybe if we’re really really nice to them and don’t say things that hurt their feelings they’ll stop killing us for saying no
The View down the Long Border early in the Morning - Francis Hamel
British , b. 1963 -
Oil on linen , 46 x 36 cm.
i love you vaccines i love you research i love you reading the book instead of having chatgpt summarize it i love you critically thinking rather than reacting to a headline i love you investigating the source material i love you science i love you math even though you are personally my enemy (math/yn slowburn) i love you writing even though you try to stab me a lot i love you Experts in Your Field i love you Using The Brain
Finding a fresh new daydreaming plot is honestly the best feeling.
Yasuko Nagai, 1987
"what was your childhood like?" idk I wasn't there
The Drowned, by Josef Manés (1867).
please don’t spend your life convincing yourself that love or joy is reserved for the idealized version of you that only exists in the future
Benno Kögl