I hadn’t been on this blog in a while, and I decided to look back at every post (yes, every single damn post) I had made and I found it very interesting to see how time and absence from this god awful site has changed my views. I still do somewhat agree on some things, though I care a lot less now about others’ chosen, or not chosen, identities. Ultimately, I was a 12-13 year old confused and slightly bitter kid who had grown up with unlimited access to the internet. My strong views on just about everything was a result of that. The vehemence I had against feminism is really strange to look at from years in the future, as I currently identify as a feminist, though not all of my views have altered as drastically as that one.
I think it’s easy to be caught up in a little bubble, constantly consuming validation from those with the same opinion as you, fueling you to not only treat those with differing views as lesser and also remaining close minded. I look back on things I said and though I’m quite pleasantly surprised at my younger self’s civility, it is certainly embarrassing to see how occasionally I sounded like a conservative mid western white teenage boy who exclusively wears suits to school and likes playing ‘Devil’s Advocate’ a little too much.
Essentially what I’m trying to say in the least patronising way possible is that, if this reaches even one person in a similar situation to myself from a few years ago; treat people with kindness. Even if they don’t believe the same things as you. Check what you say before you say it, and don’t think that just because Tumblr is full of LGBTQ+ people doesn’t necessarily mean that you have to be one too. That because you hate your body and don’t know who you are yet that means that you’re transgender. Sometimes, you’re just young and insecure. And that’s okay.
