How great would it be to respond to Dan Savage’s “It Gets Better” by actually making it better instead of just exhorting kids in terrible situations to hold out and hope it stops, an approach that in some ways reinforces their helplessness and the lack of resources available to them? I wish this project had been around when I was in high school – I wish the internet had been a real thing when I was in high school, for that matter – but for a seriously depressed and isolated teenager, hearing “it gets better later if you just keep taking the abuse now” seems like more bullshit that grownups say because they do not actually understand what’s happening and will not help you.
that kweerkid again
your friendly neighborhood black n' kweer kid
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2012-02-15
