Happy/sad is a normal human thing, like really full/but still a little hungry, or I am so done with this/okay but just once more, or big plans/but why bother? – Michael Lipsey
overstimulation/sensory overload really is like sorry I can’t hear you over the sound of my shirt tag being itchy and these two strands of hair touching my face and the tv and one of my shoelaces being undone and air touching me and the plane flying overhead and my own thoughts about remembering to buy hummus
The stereotype of the nagging woman is so harmful. I remember already being aware of it in elementary school, when boys would role their eyes when we did group work and I tried to actually do the work. I remember that shame, and how it prevented me from speaking up and from being a leader. I still get that response and that shame at my job, where I am literally paid to lead and to remind people to stay on schedule.
