writers and editors won't tell you this because they're gatekeeping but em dashes and en dashes and hyphens are actually all the same

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If I really were what I eat, I'd be a croissant with trust issues. Flaky on the outside. Soft in the middle. Crumbles under pressure.

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This is why my temper flares when ppl say “kids are resilient”. Why are you counting on time & distance to heal the damage you KNOW is being done right now? It’s just self-absolution.

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I have memories of arguing with my mom as a child: She would say I would forget most of my childhood and just “remember remembering.” I would say I wouldn’t. To this day there are certain memories from early childhood that still rattle around close to my conscious mind.

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Sometimes, because it was the way to survive or just get along, you joined them in the betrayal of yourself, your reality, and what you knew. This is not a reason to be angry with yourself or ashamed of that choice. It’s a reason to start unraveling it, and rejecting it, today. Like right now.

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