PETAL PRINCESS

tinadayton:

I would just like to say fuck you to everyone who made me feel inadequate growing up and ruining my self esteem for years. You all suck and I’m glad I don’t talk to any of you any more. 

enigmaticagentalice:

shoutout to the guy in charge of the train station at my hometown, who doesn’t limit himself to announcing trains but also:

• comments on interesting birds he sees on the platform
• gives completely unofficial weather reports on what he thinks the day is going to be like
• refers to very crowded trains as ‘friendly trains’
  
• regularly congratulates everyone on having gotten up on time on Monday mornings
• basically seems to use the tannoy system to amuse himself and try and brighten up everyone’s morning commute
• refers to himself as ‘the fat controller’

daph-bae:

mum: how do you feel about coming back to school?
me:

Edvard Munch
The Scream, 1893
Oil, tempera, pastel and crayon on cardboard
91 cm × 73.5 cm 

elliebeanz:

if u feel like u dont know what ur doing w ur life just remember that venus spins backwards and we dont even fuckin know why. just do whatever you wanna honestly

petitetimidgay:

i’ve seen a lot of pushback against “kid hating” lately, so let me just say a few things:

• i don’t particularly like kids
  
• they make me uncomfortable
  
• the idea of being responsible for the physical and emotional well being of a child freaks me out
  
• being pregnant is incredibly unappealing to me
  
• i wouldn’t want to screw up my kids or scar them in any way with my shitty parenting
  
• i don’t want to have to organize my personal/professional lifestyle and finances around my children for 21+ years
  
• i just don’t want kids
  

but

• i would never be mean to children
  
• i love other people’s kids
  
• i completely understand why other people want children
  
• i’m fully aware that many others struggle to conceive and i would never disrespect or belittle that pain
  
• i don’t think less of anyone for wanting kids
  

the idea that people who don’t want kids are inherently selfish, uncaring assholes is a lazy, misogynistic attempt to shame people (primarily women) for prioritizing personal goals and self care above parenthood. Choosing to have children doesn’t automatically make you more kind or selfless or fulfilled than people who don’t. Wanting to remain childfree is not the same as “hating kids,” nor does it mean you’re a horrible person. It’s a personal choice like everything else, so can we please stop being shitty about it?