AaronTheRocker

Oh how true this is.
To take away life that is made in oneself is to not only reject their life, but a part of your's also.

Yeah.... uhhh... that's some serious stuff. Physical and mental damage right there. Wounds may heal, but scars remain.

The part that got to me was,
"I hope you had fun,
while I was your game"
That just put in image in my head of a predator and prey situation, like a house cat playing with a mouse.

Stating a conflict- personal in manner- with a resolution. Respect.

I agree with the premises of the idea of 'stop having women be sexualized objects', fully agree on that. They are people. Living beings that have emotions, thoughts, reasons and a life of their own just like everyone else.

Though there are two concepts that I understand what you are getting at, yet I feel they are misrepresented or misunderstood (unless I'm reading it wrong), but the idea of women's sports getting paid less, usually that is based on ratings and skill-set as seen most dominantly between the NBA and WNBA.
For the 'patriarchy' idea. Well, I mean, was it really the 'patriarchy' that made or contributed to the way it is? Personally, I don't think so. I believe cultural values that have passed overtime has resulted in such things to happen like such cause and effect relations. Once abortion was legalized along with the idea of divorce being 'okay', rates of rape and sexual assault, unprotected sex and of course, abortion rose to higher levels than they were before such things were acceptable.

Patriarchy isn't just about men, but how society is worked as a whole with everyone. Same with Matriarchy and all other forms. There can never be true dominance until one group crumbles to the ground and it can't be true dominance if there are separate roles as to which each side possesses that can't be put on the same scale.
Patriarchy isn't the same as cultural values (in terms of separating the two concepts because most people seem to jumble them into the same idea). Patriarchy is based on set of mostly (keyword: mostly) characterful beliefs that are actually expected of all sides to co-exist in peace and well being for all by teaching from The Bible whereas cultural values is the idea what is deemed 'acceptable' and what 'isn't' from society itself.

Can the two overlap? Of course. How do we value which side is in the wrong or right? Who really knows?

Sorry I wrote an essay, but I just wanted to put my two cents in on this topic because I find this pretty intriguing and have been in discussions about this before with many people.

I appreciate it when boldness like this comes to terms with reality. Gives a moment for us to actually think and reflect on what we do and why.

As a former high-school student myself, this is relatable. This is literally how most students think and act.

The flow is pretty gnarly. Even with the skips in ideas it works well because it comes together in a big "resolution", if you will, of everything.

Rocky Balboa I read.

Respect.

Yo, this is fantastic writing!

I've never experienced these types of events, but from what I hear there is always, as you have written, 'the Don'. Someone who knows it all and sits in their ivory tower of some sort.

The passage when Don articulated the wine saying, "full bodied...just about acceptable." I thought the same thing being, "what the hell does 'full body' mean?"

Some of those foods your mentioned, just the names of them sound astonishing to taste buds.

The flow was decent, variety of vocabulary, great aspect of comedy and truth- just a notable read.

Astounding. Striking. Stupefying. Breathtaking- just a few words to describe this.

The symbolism of butterfly kisses and it's fragility to the human condition is oh so beautiful in connection. From emotion to events and interactions of peers to the mental state of one's being, it wraps together like a blanket. Also, not to mention, that you took characteristics of red and blue symbolism (tears and blood) to create a hopeful loving color of purple (a kiss).

Personally, I'd recommend for a more noteworthy of a read (not that it isn't) would be to confront a certain passage.

"The thunder of their screams
Humanity is being torn apart
Excruciatingly"

Sort of took a step off the path. Although it followed the theme and idea of the writing, those lines seemed to "veer" a little from the flow, but none the less went back on after. Just my personal take.

Can't wait to see what other material you may put out.

Oh, this was beautifully put. Total agreement with you, Walsh and many others.
To add on, this whole 'pro-reassignment' side seems to have a conflict of interest being that they also push the 'love your body' ideal. I'm not sure what's 'loving' in cutting your body, mutilating natural healthy parts and reconstructing yourself with permanent scars, high-risk for infection and let alone led to believe- escape reality in a fantasy that you are something you are not.

The whole topic is absurd. The fact western civilization has to place restrictions and bans for these invasive surgeries on minors because it has been pushed as "truth" and "helpful" by social media says a lot in how degenerated we've become as a society.