#on age

[akindplace]

Maybe age should not mean much more than how long ago you were born. Instead of being a measure of accomplishments, of beauty, of desirability. You can be sick at any age. You can be exhausted at any age. You can be young and feel old and worn out. You can be old and feel more alive than you ever felt in your 20s.

Age should not measure a human being in anything but when they were born but I guess capitalism and the beauty industry depends on us believing that being young equals desirability, health and happiness and maybe that's why so many teens already feel like they are missing out before they get a chance to live and become wiser and people in theirs 40s are desperately trying to feel less obsolete and trying to maintain a face with no marks of life when wrinkles are just signs of how much your skin stood the tests of time and emotion and people in their 80s feel so left out of society because they don't have the same energy levels and can't maintain the same productivity.

Maybe your body should have signs of being lived on through the years. Maybe being a teen is just a confusing time in our lives instead of the best years one can ever live. Maybe life is what you make of it, but your age should never be an indication of much more than how long you have lived. Maybe this is a hot take but maybe, just maybe, the fear of missing out eats away at every generation.

#on age #on being human #on being alive #on being a teenager #on growing up #self-acceptance #on growing old #original writing #perfectionism #fear of missing out #fomo #life is what you make of it #and I intend to have a body that has lived through life without fear of getting older

[writingfanficsfan]

Apparently Vogue is doing their september cover with the super models from the 90's, Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington and Cindy Crawford (except for Tatjana Patitz because she died this year).

I saw the photo for the new cover and I think they look very good.

I don't really have a problem with the photo (or Naomi's hairstyle), what I do have a problem with is what someone in the newspaper article, (a cultural sociologist) said;

“I see old women styled as young women."

Naomi is 53

Linda is 58

Christy is 54

Cindy is 57

Now, I don't know how old this person was who made the comment but damn god, these women are all in their fifties and you dare call them OLD WOMEN?!

Maybe it's because I work in residential care center and I am surrounded by people who are 70, 80, and more but seriously, SERIOUSLY, can you stop calling people in their fifties (or even younger) OLD!

There is nothing OLD about them!

And then I'm not even commenting on the 'styled as young women' part because I don't have the correct English words to do so.

I myself am now 34, which means that I only have 16 years left before I am considered old.... I mean.... I've barely been alive at this point. I'm only just now starting to know myself, my values, and the things I really care about... I'm only just now really starting to learn and live my own life and to think I will be seen as old ( aka useless/ugly/unwanted) in about 16 years time sort of breaks my heart but mostly just makes me damn angry.

Do you have any idea how boring life would be if we got rid of all the 50+year old people (men and women)?

Just, piss off with your 'old women'/ 'old people'. You'll join the club sooner then you think.

#on age #ageism #act your age #super models #vogue magazine

[septemberkisses]

the fact that i'm no longer the same age as the protagonists of novels and films i once connected to is so heartbreaking. there was a time when I looked forward to turning their age. i did. and i also outgrew them. i continue to age, but they don't; never will. the immortality of fiction is beautiful, but cruel.

#was rereading the hunger games series when this thought hit me like a truck #it beautiful #its haunting #its heartbreaking #its melancholic #quotes #dark academia #books and reading #books & libraries #books #young adult #ya books #young adult books #movies #coming of age #the hunger games #the divergent series #the maze runner #the fault in our stars #musings #midnight musings #thoughts #mine

[mostly-funnytwittertweets]

#age #life #twitter #tweets #tweet #meme #memes #funny #lol #humor

[doccywhomst]

#i’ve been thinking abt that cringe post #i think the latent feelings behind ‘cringe’ are shame and sometimes envy/bitterness #same vibes as when six year olds say ‘those toys are for babies’ if they’ve been shamed for their age by older kids #anyway. i think part of the healing process is realizing that shame puts you at war with yourself bc part of yourself is a social being! #and that part of you wants community and acceptance (maybe love). shame is the absence of acceptance #unlearning shame means learning self-love and gaining the confidence to find your people #jerma #cw jerma #(someone asked me to tag lol)

[plaguedocboi]

We need to go back to using sailing ships full time like immediately. Yes it would take longer to get places but the Aesthetic is unmatched

Like there is nothing sexier hthan this

#bring them BACK #I will never be okay with missing the age of sail

[planefood]

this is how the cold war ended

#ive had this idea in my head for ages I just remembered to draw it #funnies #art #comics

[atissi]

i don't really like when people say dungeon meshi is accidentally good autistic representation, because while i understand not wanting to make conclusions without explicit confirmation from the author, there's always the weird assumption that non-western authors somehow don't know about things like neurodivergency/queerness/etc. (on top of the assumptions that east asian authors are somehow more naive or oblivious to "western" social issues).

given that dungeon meshi started being published in 2014, it's not really a "work belonging to its times"—it's as contemporary as any other media we discuss on this site, which means it should be fair to assume it engages with contemporary topics (and at the very least, you shouldn't say that the representation is accidental with so much confidence)

but anyways, the chapter "perfect communication" in ryoko kui's "terrarium in a drawer" is some of the most straightforward autistic representation I've seen, and from now on I'm going to assume that laios's character writing is absolutely intentional in that regard:

#beepbeep.txt #dungeon meshi #ryoko kui #this is me trying to explain h/ollow knight lore #also yayyyy reading new things. chapter 18 'spring' is basically UFUT if you squint (sorry for the jumpscare if you know UFUT) #but the last two pages were such a surprising gut punch....it's hard not to see it as a metaphor for both the experience of raising childre #and of taking care of your parents in old age....aughh....

[emilnikos]

I need non autistic people to realise meltdowns are a real debilitating thing that has a serious effect on your mental and physical health NOWWWWW!!! The way its been trivialized and lessened pisses me the fuck off. It's not a tantrum and it doesn't come from "being too weak-willed" it's painful and it's embarrassing AND MOST OF ALL IT'S INVOLUNTARY!! Don't claim to be an ally to autistic or disabled people and then make fun of people who have meltdowns. Literally get the hell out of my sight

#i can't believe i have to day it but autism /is/ a disablity. its disabling. meltdowns are part of that. #'oh this is a lukewarm take' you dumbshit fucks have been throwing the word neurodivergent and meltdown around so #casually they have both been said at me with the same disdain as a swear word. you guys will accept making fun of autistic people #if someone jn your circle who is 'cool' does it first. at your big ages. shut the hell up

[allgremlinart]

au where Aang gets told he's the Avatar (and subsequently frozen) at 16 like he was supposed to.... I think it would change a lot honestly

#atla #aang #zukaang #<- ever so lightly. a smooch of it. because thats how it reads when u age Aang up... #kataang #allgremlinart

[rivetgoth]

It's honestly crazy that discussion around testosterone HRT skews so much towards the beginning stages of it (to the point that you have dozens of guys thinking their transition is "failed" if they don't pass by like a year in lol) and what the initial changes of the first couple of months to years look like, like the classic laundry list of those early basic changes like bottom growth, voice drop, etc, when IMO literally none of that compares remotely to the depth and intensity of the long term total masculinization you start to experience like 3-5+ years in.

#also has made it increasingly difficult to relate to those early into their transition honestly #like not in a bitter way it’s just like hard to express how diff the experience is #of being like a year on T vs 5 😭 #ETA I muted this post ages ago now but fwiw seeing transphobes pop up in the notes on occasion just to say cruel reactionary shit #you are clowns I cannot imagine seeing a post that is ONLY about discussing with folks about the reality of a medication #and choosing to make that your moment to get a schoolyard bully jab in about how you find it gross or something. #you are less well adjusted than most children. may the universe be kinder to you than you are to others.

[shcherbatskya]

starting a collection. pierre talking to natasha in war and peace

#it’s soooo funny i don’t know…… #he’s like really not that old like the age gap between them can’t be more than like ten years max he just talks like he’s on his deathbed #samael speaks

[tumbler-polls]

Buy us a coffee ☕️

#zillennial #gen z #millennials #age #tumblr polls #gen alpha #tumbler polls

[dazzlerazz]

You should draw that girl with missing teeth. You should draw that girl with a crooked nose. You should draw that girl with a double chin. You should draw that girl with fat on her body. You should draw that girl with a buzz cut. You should draw that girl with large eyebrows. You should draw that girl with a lazy eye. You should draw that girl with large nostrils. You should draw that girl smiling with gums. You should draw that girl with body hair. It's enrichment for her, treat her right

#art stuff #those who were here for thorne raise your had #and the one pic I posted of her ages ago

[theharlotofferelden]

Genuinely loved the experience of being at camp for the first time and seeing all the companions with their tits out like they're all gonna go clubbin or some shit

Then there’s Gale

Who's just. So utterly swagless that his clothes smell like dusty old books. My man doesn't give a fuck about the drip he's getting his ass ready for bed

#baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #baldur's gate iii #gale dekarios #bg3 gale #gale of waterdeep #baldur's gate gale #game: baldur's gate 3 #c: gale #i am once again shitposting about gale #he's just a guy #just a silly lil guy #personal: my posts #dragon age #personal: shitpost #post so good it was stolen by a popular blogger #pinning this post until i make a new art piece #i made that work of eufemia back in 2021 it's been like 3 years lmao

[emotinalsupportturtle]

David Tennant being a lifelong Doctor Who fan who was inspired by the show to act, becoming the Doctor and Ncuti Gatwa who watched David Tennant and was inspired to act, playing the Doctor opposite David’s Doctor is the most beautiful thing

#This is a fanboy moment of immense proportions #Also they are both so silly it’s perfect #Dw spoilers #Doctor who #david tennant #ncuti gatwa #10th doctor #14th doctor #15th doctor #I’m just thinking of “I saw a regeneration scene on tv aged 3 and decided to be an actor” tennant #And ‘I watched David Tennant”s hamlet before drama school and realized that’s what an actor should be and what I should aspire to” ncuti #And that hug is so wholesome #it’s really come full circle #Also we can’t forget Mel for being the no 1 hype woman there