If you weren’t a young girl in the 2000s, I don’t know if you can really know how fucking terrible it was to be one then.
When I see nostalgia for the 2000s now, it reminds me of how preteen me thought the 80s were so cool, until I talked to people who lived through them.
When I see nostalgia for the 2000s now, it reminds me of how preteen me thought the 80s were so cool, until I talked to people who lived through them.
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So yeah, NATM was definitely good for being self-aware
Tells you a lot about how prevalent fatphobia was at the time
And Bill Wyman married a 13 year old.
she's a lesbian and it took a few years before I understood what she meant. 💔
9/11 and Woodstock 1999 really set the tone for the next decade
Of course every person who we kick out now is a 35-45 year old white dude and it's always for groping women.
He can fuck off forever
I also always think: 'Yeah - course you think your teenage years were better - you didn't have to pay any bills yet'
Those dudes probs never had any deep convos with their parents
There was ONE openly gay couple in the early-mid 90s and yes, we were warned away from them.
My generation had it objectively worse, but the early millennials had a terribly rough go of it, too.
Just the fact that there was a freaking OFFICIAL COUNTDOWN to the Olsen twins turning 18.
Like what the actual hell?!
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/21/2000s-lad-culture-russell-brand-hindsight-women-misogyny
Plus, we all thought we would die in a nuclear war.
It’s no wonder my generation liked dsytopian stories
I became the third but even before I did. We had an OPENLY homophobic health teacher and none of the teachers or parents (except mine and one other) cared.
I got called slurs. It wasn't a big school. 300 kids. Staff could have done something if they wanted.
Because who doesn't miss Islamophobia, nu-metal, and the subprime mortgage crisis?
Like, I believe you, but it hurts my brain.
And breaks my heart.
I think i must be older, my toy from a summer job was a Commodore 64 lol
Even back when I was young and dumber than a sack of rocks, the people who said that made my skin crawl.
I ended up drawn into that world by proxy in its final days, as it "cleaned up the act" and got reputable. Never met Brand thankfully but I did end up working closely with a number of comedians...
I always refused but in retrospect never really considered HE was partially to blame for their vulnerability.
I still wonder if others said yes.
I once had two teenage girls travel over 100miles to find me in my day job and try and get me to give them a comedians phone number. That scared the hell out of me.
Still does tbh. Such a powerful hold on people.