YOUTH/AGE

i just turned 25. that sounds old to me. like i need to start acting like an adult. but also because it means i AM an adult. and i can act however i want. i feel, as a ladyperson, it is especially important to be vigilant about how "adult" becomes "patriarchy." to remind myself of this, here is a manifesto being written by multiple tumblr peeps that i am really excited about/feel inspired by. print this out. read it every day:

- never compromise yr feelings to make people comfortable
- cry in public [cry all the time]
- nothing sober is real anyway [sobriety is a bourgeois construct]
- violence is the new “being the bigger person”
- mellow is not an interesting state of being [relaxed fit jerks wear relaxed fit jeans]
- you take up for every girl everywhere
- suffer no fools
- eat cake [eat everything]
- if yr sleeping with yr cat it is not sleeping alone
- if yr sleeping with a beer in yr bed it is not sleeping alone
- don’t internalize anything even [especially] if that means letting so much crazy out of you
- make men cry
- farting as a means of communication [farting as self-care]
- talk about everything yr not supposed to [poo with ya boo/be the grossest always]
- fuck and get fucked however you want
- be loud [and smart and mean]
- take up space
- take up space that is traditionally occupied by men
- get lipstick on everything
- punch people [get punched]
- you can/have to hate yrself but you don’t really hate yrself
- because you are perfect
-steal anything
-raise hell
-prioritize the coven
-blog about it
- skillsharing (esp. re: thieving)
- honesty even [especially] when it’s hard
- be more “gay” more of the time
- kissing on the mouth
- not sorry
- never sorry
- Come as loud as you want. Fuck the neighbours.
- Be a fucking sad woman with too many feelings on the internet.
- No making nice.
- Set fires if you gotta.
- dress like a witch
- if you bleed through let it show and tell everyone it’s menstrual chic
- refuse to assimilate into aesthetics that bore you (ie dress weird if you wanna)
- know that frivolity is not trivial
- be socially inappropriate, invite shameful disclosures, make people feel so good when they join in on your oversharing, make it a party
- shove a book in your purse and don’t be embarrassed to read it at boring parties
- overidentify with kate bush

Write a manifesto of your most girlish demands for the world. This is important because I, and I'm sure many others, need to be reminded that the reason the above makes me uncomfortable/scared sometimes is because it is ANTI-patriarchy and when you go against the grain, you get some some splinters. But that's a small price to pay for FREEDOM. Let's be FREE BITCHES. DEATH TO THE PATRIARCHY. Now and forever. On earth as it is in HEAVEN.