Tell the women who came before you what you're doing today.
16 responses
it isn’t that you taught me wrong,
but the methods made me, me.
it isn’t that you failed at teaching,
i’ve grown into someone i’m slowly becoming proud to be.
i am free to think, and free to exist.
i laugh when i wish to, cry when i feel it coming, and feel when i am supposed to.
i wouldn’t be handing back what you gave me, but out of the broken pieces, i built a vase that now holds my origami flowers.
muted ferry
May 10
May 10, 2026 at 11:01 AM UTC
I am just trying to survive in this crazy world that keeps on getting crazier
shy marsh
May 10
May 10, 2026 at 8:36 AM UTC
I'm doing better any ever, better than anyone ever.
hollow wren
May 10
May 10, 2026 at 7:22 AM UTC
I'm doing everything you wished you could.
We no longer have to submit our lives to serve.
We no longer have to suffocate in silence.
We no longer have to accept the biting of our feeding hands.
There's still more to work on, sure.
Many more things for us to come.
But that's what we're fighting for,
so you can watch us on our journey and feel the victory too.
So you can be proud.
blue stoat
May 10
May 10, 2026 at 12:49 AM UTC
before I say this I apologize on behalf of all woman now
woman before us thank you for fighting for us for living for us for showing us what It means to be a woman
but now we fight we yell we hit we break apart so for those before me I want to say I'm sorry and for those with me I want to say we need to be better because we should not be fighting over about who gets the man we should be hugging each other because woman stick together
copper ridge
May 9
May 9, 2026 at 4:15 PM UTC
To be a woman today is often a struggle. Life is more expensive and life cost more to breathe. Troubles inside the government raises everything up. Retirement is not what it seems. Work all your life so you can follow your dreams finally. Then that's taken and you just struggle to be alive.
So be happy you came before when life was easier and better, even with all its trouble was better than here.
So what am I doing today, not a lot just trying to breathe and survive this crazy life I'm in.
copper moss
May 9
May 9, 2026 at 6:29 AM UTC
today I had the privilege of passing under
the blooming chestnut trees with a smile
and of finding delight in fresh irises
I had time to feel the depth of the soul
this wide virgin hunger
my palms are not cracked
when I kneel before the rain
I can tell you this:
the trees are still full of omens
and you couldn’t comprehend our new god:
the algorithm
I am clothed in the noise of choices, of screens
the right to be happy is now a law
but freedom is still looking for its bones
late ivy
May 8
May 8, 2026 at 3:49 PM UTC
I am holding on by the skin of my teeth
faded orchard
May 8
May 8, 2026 at 2:19 PM UTC
You might be appalled
utterly horrified
i tried on a costume
tight as could be
my teacher shook her head, thinking about sending the costume back
i rather liked it
you wouldn't
of course
You and your high-necked dresses,
shying away from any pants in sight
You'd be horrified
at the lacey pants covering the leotard
copper cloud
May 8
May 8, 2026 at 10:15 AM UTC
I'm living your dreams
Being educated
Yet still we all complain
Us girls
While we're living your dreams
weary magpie
May 8
May 8, 2026 at 9:04 AM UTC
im trying to be better for you
im trying to be enough
im trying to let you see me
i hope i can live up to your expection one day
so far ive failed
i wish we could speak properly
i wish i didnt have to have a mask
i hope you see through me one day
maybe i dont at all
i promise im trying my best
to be better for you everyday
maybe thats where i go wrong
maybe ive given up on me
im changing for everyone
im changing for you
maybe that way youll except me
maybe youll hate me more
im sorry...
frail swallow
May 8
May 8, 2026 at 8:57 AM UTC
I am being scared. But I am doing it well.
restless barn
May 8
May 8, 2026 at 8:16 AM UTC
I’m tending the small things,
the way you taught,
boiling water, choosing words,
listening for the quiet truth.
I’m carrying your steadiness
into a world you never saw,
writing the day open
with the strength you left me.
If you could look in now,
you’d know:
I am still yours,
still learning
how to live well.
patient barn
May 8
May 8, 2026 at 12:38 AM UTC
waiting on Tomorrow
shy ivy
May 7
May 7, 2026 at 10:14 PM UTC
Oh, you were always full of good advice, back then.
Conservative always, as I recall. In this world you wouldn't shape up. Too visceral, too manipulative, too confrontational. So the rules have escalated, the options have accelerated, the stakes are higher, the risk, greater.
You would perform like a fish out of water.
I don't.
I let the systems run and take advantage of every opportunity....and generally, I win.
This is my world, darling, not yours.
faded otter
May 7
May 7, 2026 at 10:08 PM UTC
I'm surviving.
That's more than some of you did.
I hope you're proud of me.
I hope you see
me for me
my way of love
my state of mind
my marred skin
and you love
me
the same way
I love you.
dusky field
May 7
May 7, 2026 at 9:05 PM UTC
it isn’t that you taught me wrong,
but the methods made me, me.
it isn’t that you failed at teaching,
i’ve grown into someone i’m slowly becoming proud to be.
i am free to think, and free to exist.
i laugh when i wish to, cry when i feel it coming, and feel when i am supposed to.
i wouldn’t be handing back what you gave me, but out of the broken pieces, i built a vase that now holds my origami flowers.
muted ferry
May 10
May 10, 2026 at 11:01 AM UTC
I'm doing better any ever, better than anyone ever.
hollow wren
May 10
May 10, 2026 at 7:22 AM UTC
before I say this I apologize on behalf of all woman now
woman before us thank you for fighting for us for living for us for showing us what It means to be a woman
but now we fight we yell we hit we break apart so for those before me I want to say I'm sorry and for those with me I want to say we need to be better because we should not be fighting over about who gets the man we should be hugging each other because woman stick together
copper ridge
May 9
May 9, 2026 at 4:15 PM UTC
today I had the privilege of passing under
the blooming chestnut trees with a smile
and of finding delight in fresh irises
I had time to feel the depth of the soul
this wide virgin hunger
my palms are not cracked
when I kneel before the rain
I can tell you this:
the trees are still full of omens
and you couldn’t comprehend our new god:
the algorithm
I am clothed in the noise of choices, of screens
the right to be happy is now a law
but freedom is still looking for its bones
late ivy
May 8
May 8, 2026 at 3:49 PM UTC
You might be appalled
utterly horrified
i tried on a costume
tight as could be
my teacher shook her head, thinking about sending the costume back
i rather liked it
you wouldn't
of course
You and your high-necked dresses,
shying away from any pants in sight
You'd be horrified
at the lacey pants covering the leotard
copper cloud
May 8
May 8, 2026 at 10:15 AM UTC
im trying to be better for you
im trying to be enough
im trying to let you see me
i hope i can live up to your expection one day
so far ive failed
i wish we could speak properly
i wish i didnt have to have a mask
i hope you see through me one day
maybe i dont at all
i promise im trying my best
to be better for you everyday
maybe thats where i go wrong
maybe ive given up on me
im changing for everyone
im changing for you
maybe that way youll except me
maybe youll hate me more
im sorry...
frail swallow
May 8
May 8, 2026 at 8:57 AM UTC
I’m tending the small things,
the way you taught,
boiling water, choosing words,
listening for the quiet truth.
I’m carrying your steadiness
into a world you never saw,
writing the day open
with the strength you left me.
If you could look in now,
you’d know:
I am still yours,
still learning
how to live well.
patient barn
May 8
May 8, 2026 at 12:38 AM UTC
Oh, you were always full of good advice, back then.
Conservative always, as I recall. In this world you wouldn't shape up. Too visceral, too manipulative, too confrontational. So the rules have escalated, the options have accelerated, the stakes are higher, the risk, greater.
You would perform like a fish out of water.
I don't.
I let the systems run and take advantage of every opportunity....and generally, I win.
This is my world, darling, not yours.
faded otter
May 7
May 7, 2026 at 10:08 PM UTC
I am just trying to survive in this crazy world that keeps on getting crazier
shy marsh
May 10
May 10, 2026 at 8:36 AM UTC
I'm doing everything you wished you could.
We no longer have to submit our lives to serve.
We no longer have to suffocate in silence.
We no longer have to accept the biting of our feeding hands.
There's still more to work on, sure.
Many more things for us to come.
But that's what we're fighting for,
so you can watch us on our journey and feel the victory too.
So you can be proud.
blue stoat
May 10
May 10, 2026 at 12:49 AM UTC
To be a woman today is often a struggle. Life is more expensive and life cost more to breathe. Troubles inside the government raises everything up. Retirement is not what it seems. Work all your life so you can follow your dreams finally. Then that's taken and you just struggle to be alive.
So be happy you came before when life was easier and better, even with all its trouble was better than here.
So what am I doing today, not a lot just trying to breathe and survive this crazy life I'm in.
copper moss
May 9
May 9, 2026 at 6:29 AM UTC
I am holding on by the skin of my teeth
faded orchard
May 8
May 8, 2026 at 2:19 PM UTC
I'm living your dreams
Being educated
Yet still we all complain
Us girls
While we're living your dreams
weary magpie
May 8
May 8, 2026 at 9:04 AM UTC
I am being scared. But I am doing it well.
restless barn
May 8
May 8, 2026 at 8:16 AM UTC
waiting on Tomorrow
shy ivy
May 7
May 7, 2026 at 10:14 PM UTC
I'm surviving.
That's more than some of you did.
I hope you're proud of me.
I hope you see
me for me
my way of love
my state of mind
my marred skin
and you love
me
the same way
I love you.
dusky field
May 7
May 7, 2026 at 9:05 PM UTC
it isn’t that you taught me wrong,
but the methods made me, me.
it isn’t that you failed at teaching,
i’ve grown into someone i’m slowly becoming proud to be.
i am free to think, and free to exist.
i laugh when i wish to, cry when i feel it coming, and feel when i am supposed to.
i wouldn’t be handing back what you gave me, but out of the broken pieces, i built a vase that now holds my origami flowers.
muted ferry
May 10
May 10, 2026 at 11:01 AM UTC
I'm doing everything you wished you could.
We no longer have to submit our lives to serve.
We no longer have to suffocate in silence.
We no longer have to accept the biting of our feeding hands.
There's still more to work on, sure.
Many more things for us to come.
But that's what we're fighting for,
so you can watch us on our journey and feel the victory too.
So you can be proud.
blue stoat
May 10
May 10, 2026 at 12:49 AM UTC
today I had the privilege of passing under
the blooming chestnut trees with a smile
and of finding delight in fresh irises
I had time to feel the depth of the soul
this wide virgin hunger
my palms are not cracked
when I kneel before the rain
I can tell you this:
the trees are still full of omens
and you couldn’t comprehend our new god:
the algorithm
I am clothed in the noise of choices, of screens
the right to be happy is now a law
but freedom is still looking for its bones
late ivy
May 8
May 8, 2026 at 3:49 PM UTC
I'm living your dreams
Being educated
Yet still we all complain
Us girls
While we're living your dreams
weary magpie
May 8
May 8, 2026 at 9:04 AM UTC
I’m tending the small things,
the way you taught,
boiling water, choosing words,
listening for the quiet truth.
I’m carrying your steadiness
into a world you never saw,
writing the day open
with the strength you left me.
If you could look in now,
you’d know:
I am still yours,
still learning
how to live well.
patient barn
May 8
May 8, 2026 at 12:38 AM UTC
I'm surviving.
That's more than some of you did.
I hope you're proud of me.
I hope you see
me for me
my way of love
my state of mind
my marred skin
and you love
me
the same way
I love you.
dusky field
May 7
May 7, 2026 at 9:05 PM UTC
I am just trying to survive in this crazy world that keeps on getting crazier
shy marsh
May 10
May 10, 2026 at 8:36 AM UTC
before I say this I apologize on behalf of all woman now
woman before us thank you for fighting for us for living for us for showing us what It means to be a woman
but now we fight we yell we hit we break apart so for those before me I want to say I'm sorry and for those with me I want to say we need to be better because we should not be fighting over about who gets the man we should be hugging each other because woman stick together
copper ridge
May 9
May 9, 2026 at 4:15 PM UTC
I am holding on by the skin of my teeth
faded orchard
May 8
May 8, 2026 at 2:19 PM UTC
im trying to be better for you
im trying to be enough
im trying to let you see me
i hope i can live up to your expection one day
so far ive failed
i wish we could speak properly
i wish i didnt have to have a mask
i hope you see through me one day
maybe i dont at all
i promise im trying my best
to be better for you everyday
maybe thats where i go wrong
maybe ive given up on me
im changing for everyone
im changing for you
maybe that way youll except me
maybe youll hate me more
im sorry...
frail swallow
May 8
May 8, 2026 at 8:57 AM UTC
waiting on Tomorrow
shy ivy
May 7
May 7, 2026 at 10:14 PM UTC
I'm doing better any ever, better than anyone ever.
hollow wren
May 10
May 10, 2026 at 7:22 AM UTC
To be a woman today is often a struggle. Life is more expensive and life cost more to breathe. Troubles inside the government raises everything up. Retirement is not what it seems. Work all your life so you can follow your dreams finally. Then that's taken and you just struggle to be alive.
So be happy you came before when life was easier and better, even with all its trouble was better than here.
So what am I doing today, not a lot just trying to breathe and survive this crazy life I'm in.
copper moss
May 9
May 9, 2026 at 6:29 AM UTC
You might be appalled
utterly horrified
i tried on a costume
tight as could be
my teacher shook her head, thinking about sending the costume back
i rather liked it
you wouldn't
of course
You and your high-necked dresses,
shying away from any pants in sight
You'd be horrified
at the lacey pants covering the leotard
copper cloud
May 8
May 8, 2026 at 10:15 AM UTC
I am being scared. But I am doing it well.
restless barn
May 8
May 8, 2026 at 8:16 AM UTC
Oh, you were always full of good advice, back then.
Conservative always, as I recall. In this world you wouldn't shape up. Too visceral, too manipulative, too confrontational. So the rules have escalated, the options have accelerated, the stakes are higher, the risk, greater.
You would perform like a fish out of water.
I don't.
I let the systems run and take advantage of every opportunity....and generally, I win.
This is my world, darling, not yours.
faded otter
May 7
May 7, 2026 at 10:08 PM UTC