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This week on Dropout: on Tuesday, a new Dirty Laundry with Kendahl Landreth, Michael Henry, Sarah Schauer, and Dylan Adler; on Wednesday, episode 4 of Dimension 20: Fantasy High Junior Year; on Thursday, the Adventuring Party talkback for Fantasy High Junior Year ep 4; and on Friday, Very Important People Last Looks for last week's episode!
I’m so fucking sorry… WHAT!!???
(I’ll be fine I just need to adjust to this INCREDIBLE REALITY )
AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!👑✨🤯🥰🤩
https://youtu.be/B5I-eQqg55A
E.T x Waiting For The End (Katy Perry x Linkin Park) by Michael Henry & Justin Robinette
Does the mashup slap?
this mashup slaps
it only slaps like a cold fish
it's complicated (why? tag it)
Michael Henry is a provocative gay comedian, and normally he does bawdy sex-themed stuff, but this is about processing the grief at losing the election and more importantly, losing a future that as LGBTQ people, we thought we had. Equality, marriage, rights. It’s just a sweet little few minute video about processing the grief at losing the election. Really neat. 
Michael Henry usually cracks me up, but today he delivered a gut punch.
The internalized shame of not having the "right" body when the images presented in the traditional media and social media constantly display fit, muscular, and toned bodies is all too real, but so is the shame when comparing yourself to friends. The men in this video obviously seem to like Michael's character and interact with him as friends, but he can't help but keep his shirt on and compare himself negatively to them.
I feel fortunate to have never developed a diagnosed eating disorder as shown in this video, but I understand hating the mirror all too well. I have starved myself for months on end to lose weight. I routinely rip myself apart emotionally for eating more than I should. I remember losing 150lbs after essentially starving myself for three years and swimming, cycling, and exercising at home 5-6 days a week and still hating my body for not looking the way I imagined it should look.
I had really hoped I'd stop wishing for a different body at some point. It's quite sad to be nearly 40 and still wishing for a body I didn't hate quite so much, but as long as I continue to compare myself to unrealistic standards it will never happen.
The worst thing, this internalized shame and physical self-loathing stopped me from ever truly enjoying my body. My body has always appeared to me as a catastrophe in need of harsh discipline, not a source of joy or expression. I work out only in private, I only dance now when alone, I hate summer for forcing me to lose layers of clothing I can use to conceal myself. I have avoided beaches and pool parties most of my life to avoid going shirtless in public even though I love swimming.
It's all in my mind, but I do think being gay exacerbates this harsh judgement. I can't help but to evaluate myself with the same standards I use for gauging my attraction to other men. Even though my standards have evolved and expanded over time, I always come up wanting, no matter how much encouragement I get from my boyfriend, friends, and loved ones.
