it’s been a minute since i wrote out a needlessly long caption to a thirst trap, so here we are. i’ve always been open and transparent about my journey, my mental health and my body. endless messages from those who have seen themselves in me have filled my inbox & heart, so i won’t be stopping anytime soon. my current journey is about honesty. not to others - i’ve always communicated my needs and wants without hesitation (an old bar manager once promoted me bc i simply said “i think you should promote me”). this journey is about honesty to myself. asking myself: “are my decisions and thoughts forced by the heaviness of societal pressures?” “is who i want to be, the same as who i am?” “is this choice mine, or centuries of design?” i’ll be hitting 40 in a couple of years as an unmarried, childless, shameless, hairy, queer woman with a focus & goals aligned solely to my work and community. & being honest with my body, interests, happiness and mental health has allowed me to understand: that’s pretty f*cking okay. being our true selves = powerful rejection to oppression.