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#anshinwrites #tyrotheterrible #you were both talking about merfolk AUs recently #have you guys seen this? #(shame the text is blurry) #(and some of it’s in Hebrew) #(I can sing *almost* all of the Alef-Bet Song) #(but that’s the best I can do)
“How can you know anything about your identity when you’re just a teenager?”
“Actually, I’m 30.”
“You must be really immature, then.”
I tried to reblog it and it vanished. O_o
Anyway, as I was saying. This argument has completely stopped fazing me, because the way I figure, if I’ve known my own identity for longer than the person telling me I’m wrong has been alive, then I’ve kinda got one up on them.
Still, that doesn’t stop this argument from being harmful, if baseless. It reeks of ageism and perpetuates the idea that when we all become adults, we magically get this book of knowledge about the world and about ourselves, and we’re not allowed to know anything before then. Hell, I know adults who still don’t have themselves figured out and kids who know exactly what’s up better than anyone else around them. There is no magic age at which everyone suddenly has a miraculous epiphany. It happens at a different age for everyone.
One of these days, I have faith that people will learn this. And then we can move past ridiculous laws that say teens aren’t allowed to have Plan B or that anyone with a uterus who doesn’t want said uterus can’t get it removed until they’re 25 (or have been sufficiently pressured to have a kid/have had a kid) or that young trans* people aren’t allowed to start transitioning until they’re old enough to be absolutely sure of themselves, even if they’ve had crippling dysphoria since they were three.
Until then, this is one of the biggest problems with society—the fact that everything we do revolves around a magic number that’s supposed to define our maturity and knowledge.
I have read two different blog conversations with adults talking amongst themselves about maturity. The general consensus both times is that they stopped feeling more mature around age fifteen. Not seeing the whole “book of knowledge” thing.
And then we can move past ridiculous laws that say teens aren’t allowed to have Plan B
Wait, what? How is that internally consistent? If we accept for the purposes of argument the inferiority of teenagers, then their access to Plan B should be more important. They’re more likely to not realise “Maybe having sex isn’t such a good idea, all in all” until afterwards.
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#reply via reblog #ageism #anshinwrites
yeah basically
Or when you go ahead and begin to memorize facts, required by other nations’ emigration department, in case you wish to gain naturalization.elsewhere.
My goal for the next year is to start memorising the emigration requirements/test info for Canada, just in case. I have plenty of friends in Canada already, and I would like to be prepared in case something horrendous happens at the next presidential election.
(Admittedly, my experience is as a child immigrating, so I might be missing bits my parents did without involving me.)
The test is for citizenship, and thus you don’t need to know it until after you’ve been here for some time*. The tricky part is convincing the U.S. to let you leave. It took us five years (yes, five) to get them to stop stalling. (They were reduced to making shit up. They rejected a form for lack of signature when it quite clearly did have the signature. Also, why do fingerprint records expire (and so have to be re-done) when you still have the same fingers?)
*So I’m told. I was technically a minor when we applied for citizenship, so the test is Not My Problem.
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#anshinwrites #reply via reblog #our home and cherished land
Eighteen’s one of the big ones too. What with the ohgodadulthood *fetal ball*
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*deep breath* Okay, I can do this. Um…brownies! Yes! Brownies are great for distracting from the crushing weight of responsibility celebrating!
I feel better now. Yay birthday!
(I don’t have a picture of a brownie with a scoop of chocolate ice cream and a Canadian Thin Mint on top, so you’ll have to imagine the toppings.)
(No, hang on, don’t eat them all. Save a bit for Anshin. It’s zir birthday too, after all! (Even if 24 isn’t a milestone.))
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#Official Adulthood #anshinwrites #birthday #brownies #celebration #yummies #oh look an original post
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