#and one of us is just 10000000% bought in. she is READY to implement this in her life. she wants to join the cult

[whentherewerebicycles]

Watching you suffer and bail on this is SO validating actually. I remember in high school we used to do a "women's day" where we'd sit in circles and they'd get us to tell personal stories that were uncomfortable and talk about how hard being a teenage girl was and tell each other affirmations and after the first year I BEGGED my mum to let me skip off of this fake vulnerability and manufactured closeness and she let me thank god.

I'm sorry you have to go through this, but I am begging you to be "vulnerable and brave" and "live your truth" and "make space for honesty" in your evaluation. Please, for the haters in all of us.

oh my goddd this is only semi-related but your description of women's day (gag) is giving me flashbacks to youth group where we'd be divided into groups of four or five teenage girls to talk about our Struggles in Faith. i just remember this one popular girl named jessica was always like 'SIGHHH my struggle is that i am so Pursued by Potential Boyfriends' and then would tearfully allude to her difficulties in Refraining from Premarital Sex. i mean in retrospect she probably WAS having complicated teen girl experiences around sexuality and navigating relationships with men. but at the time i was like eyeroll eyeroll we get it you're oppressed by your own hotness & desirability. god gives his hardest battles to his toughest soldiers