
My discourse views in a nutshell.
Here’s to the angry trans person who will refuse to answer to their dead name!
Here’s to the furious gays who will not accept that their parents want them to hide their sexuality!
Here’s to the raging lesbians who would rather be sent to their room and cry themselves to sleep than “be quiet and stop making everything a political discussion”!
Here’s to the angry kids in a classroom talking back to a teacher everytime he says sometimes sexist/racist/homophobic and risking getting detention!
Here’s to the angry kids who are colorful and vivid just to be visible!
Here’s to the angry kids who are quietly writing letters to politicians and to newspapers and will do it again and again, until one day they won’t be ignored anymore!
Here’s to the angry kids who know their rights and will never let them be taken away!
Here’s to the angry kids who know the lack of rights they have and will fight for them!
Here’s to the angry kids who scream the loudest at riots!
Here’s to the angry kids who use their talent to make the world a better place!
Here’s to the angry kids who riot despite being grounded!
Here’s to the angry kids who actively fight back!
Here’s to the angry kids who get beaten down a hundred times and won’t stop getting up!
Here’s to the angry kids who got broken and still will paint banners with tears in their eyes!
Here’s also to the angry kids whose graves no one visits anymore.
To the angry kids who are forgotten but changed our lives in tiny ways.
To the angry kids out there.
To the angry kid reading this:
RAGE ON!
KEEP FIGHTING!
TALK BACK!
STAY ALIVE!
Chat Noir: I made a marshmallow Ladybug. See? Her arms are crossed because she’s mad at marshmallow Chat for annoying her. You like it?
Marinette, choked up: It’s fine.
Ladybug is getting annoyed by her partners flirty actions and reckless behavior. Yelling at him or scolding him doesn’t seem to work. Perhaps some Pawsitive reinforcement will work.
Ladybug calls Chat noir one night to talk. Chat noir obviously agrees.
Ladybug reveals a chart, much to the cats surprise.
Ladybug explaining that when he does something good, he’ll get a sticker. If he gets enough, he can trade them in for goodies. But after a trade in, he is down the amount of stickers.
10 paws get him a macaroon.
20 paws gets him a free hug.
50 paws he can get a cheek kiss
Chat noir was starting to get invested in the idea.
“What about 100? Do I get a kiss on the lips?” He asked.
“Maybe if you get a 1000.” She dismissed.
“Deal.”
“Wait I…. alright. If you can get 1000, you can get a kiss.”
Chat noir was absolutely giddy.
There’s a little rat inside your head.
This rat doesn’t know anything, but it knows that sometimes snacks fall into its cage, and sometimes the floor shocks its feet. It likes the snacks, and it hates the shocks. It will tell you to do things that produce snacks, and it will tell you not to do things that produce shocks.
This little rat is not the only power inside your head, and it might not be the strongest, but it’s there and it has influence.
So pay attention to how you’re treating the little rat.
If every time you learn something new, you say to yourself “ugh, I’m so ignorant for not already knowing this,” you’re shocking the rat. You’re teaching it to be afraid of learning new things, to associate it with embarrassment and self-criticism.
Remember to feed the rat instead. Tell it “now I know, and that is good,” and let it eat its snack in peace.
If every time you take care of yourself and your home, you say to yourself “ugh, I never do this enough, and I’ll never get it right,” you’re shocking the rat. You’re teaching the rat that it was safer when you didn’t try to take care of things.
Feed the rat instead. Praise what you have done, forgive what you haven’t, so the rat can feel safe.
When the rat takes a step in the right direction, even if the step is too small or slow or not in quite the right direction, feed it. Don’t shock it for being imperfect; it’ll only learn not to take any steps at all. Feed it, and let it get bolder, and take bigger steps, and give it bigger rewards for those bigger steps.
Be kind to your little rat.
Oh my Gods…