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I sell propane and propane accessories, and stocks occasionally.

Please note: the person in my pfp is a fictional character (Harper on Industry).
Context: I speak about my stepdaughter in past tense bc I’m divorced.

I don’t talk about her often bc it’s a sore spot but while raising her I was raising the little me (I was not treating this as therapy, no labor on her part). I didn’t expect her to heal anything. I did the work.
February 12, 2026 at 6:35 AM
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One of the areas I worked on in therapy was my (lack of) relationship with anger. Intellectualizing the feeling without ever engaging with it tactilely. Absolutely a consequence of learning that anger doesn’t belong to you and is dangerous.
February 12, 2026 at 6:23 AM
Yup.
Whew! Now I'm thinking about the "maturity" as prescribed self-abandonment.
February 12, 2026 at 6:21 AM
It was hard to navigate this when I was raising my step daughter. I told her it was okay to be angry. That was never told me. I wish it was.

Denying the full spectrum of emotions to all children is damaging. But we talk about it in very particular ways.
February 12, 2026 at 6:21 AM
This.
I think we condition women and girls girls into becoming permanent secondary characters through this framing

(secondary even in our own lives, mind you 🫩)
February 12, 2026 at 6:18 AM
I know I’m using binary language. This isn’t to exclude anyone.
February 12, 2026 at 6:16 AM
The failure to address pivotal experiences makes girls/women become villains to themselves. I don’t think this is on accident.
February 12, 2026 at 6:15 AM
I center girl and women often bc I left to decipher so much alone. At 33, my God did they fail to teach me what I needed. My brother was in many respects was coddled.
February 12, 2026 at 6:14 AM
That expectation that girls are more emotionally regulated leads to women overcompensating later.
February 12, 2026 at 6:04 AM
But I’m not conscious enough to go deep but I think we are very haphazard with how we engage with this.
February 12, 2026 at 6:00 AM
First heartbreak for boys means we have to prevent them from becoming villains.

This language is never used for girls. I find it all so fascinating.
February 12, 2026 at 5:57 AM
Language is so powerful. Its shapes conditioning and outcomes.
February 12, 2026 at 5:55 AM
I slept 6 hrs already. Cooked.
February 12, 2026 at 5:38 AM
Woke up ready to make breakfast. It’s 1 am. Felt like I slept an entire night.
February 12, 2026 at 5:35 AM
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Colon cancer numbers are rising in the US, UK, Canada, China, Australia, India, South Korea, the EU, Brazil, South Africa etc., the exception is in women in Nordic states who are more likely to eat a diet high in fiber because of berries. Eat beans, berries and other high fiber foods. Limit booze
So many Americans are dying from colon cancer and thats terrifying to me.
February 11, 2026 at 11:22 PM
“Where athletes are students first!”
the type of flick PWIs use in the brochure to show how their campus is diverse
February 11, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Cringe prevents us from fully supporting those who could and will be great.
February 11, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Women truly keep cultures alive.
I learned how to properly cheat from a woman 😭😂
Women cheat so damn good you won’t know if you the side nigga or the main nigga. you just know you a nigga 😂
February 11, 2026 at 10:51 PM
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the term "kitchen beautician" exists for a reason. kelly rowland STILL gets her hair done at the kitchen sink when they come to her house. it's a black american cultural thing old as time.
September 23, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I’m a poet. Close enough.
Fellas, yall ever had a woman try to become a rapper while yall were in a relationship?
February 11, 2026 at 10:39 PM
*taps sign*
The lesson for today: help sell that mixtape and share that SoundCloud link.
February 11, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Then there’s me:
February 11, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Everting smells bad. I want to cry.
February 11, 2026 at 10:24 PM
My sense of smell is so off during that time. Please lord why?!
February 11, 2026 at 10:24 PM