no, not like ‘stupid’ brain damage. your emotions become so stressful your brain starts getting a little numb to them. you start experiencing higher rates of apathy. you can also have further trouble with memory and problem-solving.
Velma Dinkley is a lesbian ensnared in the pernicious tendrils of compulsory heterosexuality. Her empathy for criminals “masking their identity” allows her to understand their motivations and identify the perpetrator, for she also understands (subconsciously or not) how it feels to mask an aspect of her identity. In this essay I will
a point: Hailey Kiyoko, known to some as lesbian Jesus, played the character of Velma in the live action scooby doo films, further tying this character to queer culture
The other day I was washing my hands and another woman came out the stall a couple seconds after I did. She wasn’t cis, and a different woman waiting for someone to finish up looked angry and opened her mouth to say something. Before she could, I smiled real friendly a this woman who’s just trynna wash her hands and told her I loved her skirt, and we started talking clothes.
The waiting woman was still clearly pissed but she didn’t say anything because she knew I wouldn’t have her back. That’s all it took to keep some poor lady just trynna scrub up from getting harassed.
Sometimes doing the right thing is really hard and kinda scary. Other times all it takes is making it clear that you won’t support someone’s nastiness. It’s a little enough thing to do your part.
