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So my therapist said something awhile back and it’s really stuck with me.

I was talking about the stupid things I had done in high school.  How the stories I wrote were stupid and how all I ever wanted to draw was anime shit (which was stupid) and how immature I could be, etc etc etc.

and she was like “Why are you so determined to beat up on Little Maggie?”

It took me off guard, I was like “what do you mean?”

“Why do you keep saying Little Maggie is stupid?  You say she was stupid and immature but wasn’t she just a teenager?  Do you not like who you were as a teenager?”

I shrugged and was like “I think teenage me was very creative and was probably just having fun and being a teenager…”

“So why beat up on her and call her stupid and embarrassing?”

“I dunno, because I guess now I’ve learned a lot.”

“But she was young.  She didn’t know.  I’m just telling you this because if you keep beating up on Little Maggie, you have to remember that she grows up to be you.  When you put bruises and scars on Little Maggie, you’re leaving all the healing for Big Maggie.  Your insecurity about who you were as a child is going to come through into your adulthood.  Be nice to Little Maggie.”

And I’d never really thought of that before?  It seems status quo to just… hate who you used to be for not knowing enough, but that’s totally illogical.  Of course a younger version of you doesn’t know what you know and can’t act with the wisdom that you act.

And even if Little Maggie was writing silly stories about her friends while ripping off anime and drawing her own “manga” and being immature and goofy, she was having fun, she was being creative, she was enjoying the things she liked and she wasn’t hurting anyone.

She’s part of my past and hating her is hating the foundation of who I eventually became.

Just food for thought.

when kirby steals your powers in smash

you: everyone is problematic

me, an intellectual: all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God

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Ya but don't you ever worry that knowledge of social justice might make dangerous men appear safe, without changing them fundamentally? Like I agree that some men mostly don't know any better, and only need to be taught, but how do we teach in a way that elicits real change -- as opposed to only teaching them to avoid obviously offensive behaviors, and thereby obscuring their deeper misogyny? -diff anon

You mean how can we avoid men using progressive/feminist rhetoric as a tool to manipulate and bait women?

For me personally, it has to come in how I teach what I know. If I say “Never tell a woman she’s a bitch. It makes women mad.” It’s easy to use that to lure a woman into thinking you’re progressive. That shit is simple and easy.

A lot of what I think I tell my male friends deal not with simplistic, overarching acts, but with mindsets. I friend once who said all women are crazy and illogical. I could’ve said “Don’t say that! All women are queens!” And he could’ve repeated that verbatim and seemed reasonably safe to some women. But instead, I told him that he was taking his anger on one woman out against all women. That’s not something he can use to manipulate a woman, because it deals chiefly with him.

That’s just one example off the top of my head, but I guess my general answer is that I’ll try to educate my male friends at deeper, more personal levels.

friendly reminder not to support john mulaney lmao

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