also me: so you know how you wish in childhood you were hurt and used and objectified more?

me: boy do I!

also me: and how you identified as a girl from like 3rd to 8th grade?

me: it was a phase, but I draw insight from it still, yes

also me: and how multiple people have said you’ve got a weirdly second-wave feminist vibe given ::gestures at everything::

me: well look at the above, as a precocious kid I first came of age girl-tinted in the early 90s

also me: so have you ever stopped to think that what you’re really envying is “the girlhood experience”?

me: …well shit, I have NOW