"shame is interrupted joy." - alokvmenon
[image description: post on Alok's Instagram of a screenshot of a Twitter interaction.
initial comment from someone with username blocked out: "Be yourself, no problem with that, really; but i find this disgusting, sorry ..."
alokvmenon's reply: "i think you might be lost? i never asked for your approval. i am not a destination for your insecurities. i am a human being: born with a heart, two lungs, and no shame. I'm sorry right back at you. sorry you have such a narrow worldview. i can see it's hurting you. it just be exhausting to feel as if your worth comes from winnowing yourself down to other people's opinions of who you should be. shame is interrupted joy. and i believe you are worth joy. i know that might feel impossible right now, but i believe in miracles. because i am one. and so are you. i am rooting for you. meaning: i am rooting my teeth on this earth with arms wide open, here to welcome you when you're ready to come home. back from the projective hellscape that misled you to believe that it's our bodies that are disgusting, not your behavior."]
