It’s after a week of Castiel sulking and generally being miserable that Dean slaps down a piece of a paper and a pen on the kitchen table in front of him.
Castiel stares uncomprehendingly at it a moment then peers up at Dean. “What’s this?”
“You think being human sucks so bad? Fine. I’m gonna show you just how awesome it is.” Dean’s voice is forcedly optimistic, and Castiel knows that it’s for his own sake and is grateful. “Write down the top 5 things you want to learn as a human, and I’ll teach you how to do them.”
“You’re not serious.”
“Yup, I am.” Dean’s eyes brighten and he grins. “Hey, I can be like your, uh, your human Yoda.”
This, Castiel thinks, cannot go well.
God we fuck up teenagers’ heads. We tell them that biological conditions are moral punishments and then we get all shocked when they don’t practice rational risk management of biological conditions. We teach them “sex is super desirable and all the cool kids do it, and it’s hideously shameful and will destroy your life” and we wonder why they act an eensy bit neurotic about it. If you tried to design a system for making sexually active kids confused and unsafe, you couldn’t do much better than the American media and school system.
And for once, the answer is relatively simple. Just talk about sex like it’s a part of life. Some people have sex and some people don’t, because people are different. STIs aren’t bad because they’re Dirty Crotch Rot; they’re bad because they’re contagious illnesses like strep throat or whooping cough, and you can ask a doctor to check for and treat them just like you would with strep throat. Unwanted pregnancy isn’t a scarlet A; it’s a mostly-preventable accident that sometimes occurs when people are going about their normal business of having sex. You can ask the school counselor about a variety of topics, including career planning, problems at home, questions about sex, or conflicts with teachers.
If we could just get the goddamn stick out of our collective ass and accept that sex is a human activity and teenagers are humans, maybe there wouldn’t be quite so many plaintive “I don’t understand my body and I’m confused and scared and I don’t know anyone I can ask in person” messages flying out into the world.
“
| — | The Pervocracy - “Teenage Panic.” (via klonazepam) |
People mistake ovulation and menstruation to be the same thing when in fact they aren’t
Ovulation is when the eggs are saying “hello friends I am here”
And menstuation is when the eggs are saying “goodbye friends I am gone”
THIS EXPLAINS THE DIFFERENCE 40x BETTER THAN MY ENTIRE SEVENTH GRADE SEX ED CLASS.
n4ut:
N4UT’S FIRST GIVEAWAY!
FIRST PLACE:
- $30 on my Etsy [excludes shipping!]
- $50 in commissions
- Custom horns*
- Custom troll tee
SECOND PLACE:
- $15 on my Etsy [excludes shipping!]
- $25 in commissions
- Custom horns*
- Custom troll tee
*WITHIN REASON. Probably won’t accept Tavros or Condesce horns because wow I don’t want to give you a shitty pair I’m not a horn crafter extraordinaire but I will do fantrolls if they’re not crazy
For every 1000 notes, I’ll add another prize to this [1k = 3rd place, 2k = 4th place, etc].
RULES:
- Reblog this post
- Follow n4ut, bc if you’re inclined to reblog this that probably means you like my art so why the fuck not
- Don’t be a shithead
- Don’t spam your followers’ dashes
- No giveaway sideblogs c’mon that should be obis
- Gotta give me your address if you win so be cool with that
Using a random generator, likes won’t count.
Will ship worldwide.
If you’re chosen I’ll send you an ask - please respond in 48 hours or I’ll choose someone else as the winner.
GIVEAWAY ENDS JUNE 1ST 11:59 PM PST!
