depicting sexual assault in media is not an endorsement of it š¤ it's reasonable for audiences to expect a certain level of care and awareness in its presentation š¤ there is oftentimes an over-reliance on sexual violence in creating the backstories, trajectories, and conflicts of fictional women š¤ sexual violence is prevalent in society and stories about it do need to be told as a reflection of our reality š¤ sometimes male writers and directors are extremely bad at telling these stories and audiences are justified in demanding better
Iām a teacher assistant for spanish grammar and the professor was explaining epĆcenos (single gendered words that encompass masculine and feminine beings) and he was using iguana as an example and he said: āthere is only one genderā¦ iguanaā and i had to mute my microphone
So Iāve been teaching 6th grade since January, and one thing about my female students which made me upset to realize is how many of them are obsessed with skincare. I've heard the girls in my class discussing the EYE CREAM they use. Like tf you mean eye cream? You're ELEVEN!!! I'm a decade older than you and have never even touched eye cream!! The most skincare a middle schooler needs is cleanser and moisturizer, maybe some acne cream. Who tf is selling you all this other stuff? Who tf told you you needed all this?
It hurts me to see. Their brains are too young for these types of insecurities š no 11 year old girl should be obsessed with wrinkles, I wanna beat tf out of whatever tiktoker made them believe they needed skin that perfect