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Jennifer Espinoza
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Jennifer Espinoza
@sadqueer4life
poet / lovergirl
- might fuck around and show myself the same compassion and understanding i’d instinctively have for a good friend or loved one
- me: i'm a very private person someone: hi me: so i'll start by describing some of my lighter traumas before i get into the real bad stuff
- man: i enjoy attaching fake testicles to my big dumb truck society: cool woman: i enjoy pumpkin spice & pop music society: kill yourself
- “i don’t know enough to have an opinion about that” is the most underrated sentence in the world
- i used to think there was a fiona apple song for every occasion but it turns out i just have clinical depression
- transphobes love to be like ‘you can’t transition because your life will become too difficult due to the way i am going to treat you’
- when i stop tweeting it’s because my mental health is bad and when i start tweeting again it’s also because my mental health is bad
- me: self-care is way more complex than people think, it takes prolonged and uncomfortable emotional self-examination, plus a willingness to challenge one’s deeply ingrained perceptions also me: i bet if i drink this glass of water i won’t be mentally ill anymore
- them: you’re an amazing writer imposter syndrome: they’re just being polite them: your work has literally changed my life imposter syndrome: so polite of them to say that them: i even got a tattoo of a line you wrote imposter syndrome: they’re very dedicated to being polite
- hey, wanna come over? i live right at the intersection of desperate longing for human connection and unrelenting terror at the thought of getting too close to anyone
