rage and fury, now open

some rage with a side of vera bradley jokes and tw for discussion of shootings plural because that's the state of things now, also lots of bad words

Sunday was the 16th anniversary of the shooting at Virginia Tech on April 16th, 2007. I really don’t want to talk more about how gun control is the absolute easiest answer to all this bullshit, and how abhorrent racism* and other-ism is another huge/main/horrifying cause or contributor to the violence that occurs across the country on a daily basis. I’m tired. We’re all tired. I’m trying to just live my life and deal with my own generalized anxiety that I have over my regular, privileged, white girl life. I’m not trying to minify or compare my issues, I’m simply saying that normal fucking life is giving me - us - enough bullshit, and we’re supposed to just keep on keepin’ on cooking mac+cheese and opening applesauce pouches and responding to emails at our earliest convenience as if these tragedies aren’t happening on a daily motherfucking basis.

It is surreal to think back on April 16th, 2007 knowing all that we know now, having lived through all that has transpired since. Not to say …