If you haven’t seen this video already, it’s something worth watching. While it’s quite disturbing to watch, it really shows the damage we are doing to our oceans and marine wildlife. I know a few companies are making the switch to biodegradable straws but it’s still not enough. Something needs to change and we need to make it happen!
This is disgusting. I’m ashamed to live in a world where we rely on so much plastic. It’s time to email our politicians and demand change. It’s 2019 folks…wake the F up. THIS IS A PROBLEM.
So happy to see people are passionate about making a change towards getting rid of plastics! Marine animals rely on us to smarten up and make the change. If any of your are interested in helping our cute sea creatures, there’s a great place called www.savetheturtles.ca. They sell reusable straws and donate 5% of their profits to Sea Turtle Conservancy. Something worth checking out to make a small change.
I actually own one of those straws from Save The Turtles! I literally take it with my everywhere I go. Pretty sure I’ve made 10 other people get one just by using it at restaurants. Check them out everyone —–> SAVE THE TURTLES
When you catch yourself staring at a girl and suddenly realize there’s a reason you’re 20 and you’ve never wanted a boyfriend, and that your 9th grade lesbian gym teacher wasn’t your favorite just because she was funny.
After some time to reflect on your feelings, you take a hard look at your gay self in the mirror. Deep down you know you’re gay but you don’t know “for sure”… aka you haven’t accepted it yet.
You’re pretty sure you are gay but are going to spend the next 10 months quintuple checking on the internet. You watch every coming out video ever made, read every thread, ask strangers questions. Only to realize that, while these resources help, only you can determine your sexuality.
But you’re “a lot gay” so you say goodbye to be comfort of you heterosexual lifestyle; scary, but you know it’s for the best and is what will make you happy.
So now you know you’re gay, but no one else does. Despite how comfortable you feel with your orientation in your mind, it’s still incredibly hard to come out. So you sit back hoping that you emanate enough lesbianess that other gays will simply flock to you.
You muster up the courage to tell one person. Your heart literally feels like it’s in your throat and you’re sweating under your hoodie. And the person is like “oh okay!” Which is an underwhelming reaction for all the stress you put yourself through for that last year. And your like:
In all seriousness, that type of reaction is great and you feel blessed and understand your privilege to have a life in which you can be your true self safely and be supported!
Slowly, you build up more confidence, a process which takes time, and soon your gay af and don’t care who knows it. Sure, you may still have some moments of shame, encounters with homophobes and assholes, and a doubtful Aunt Carol, but then you remember:
