sammyhale:

You need to check your anger and pettiness, friend. 

Let’s be 100% honest here: you’re not mad that I tagged “queen” on a post about a woman breastfeeding, you’re mad because it was Genevieve Padalecki. You can try and hide behind the narrative that you’re angry on behalf of all women but that’s bullshit, because I have tagged other women as queen and never once received wank over it. So this? Is incredibly transparent. 

Gen being married to Jared is a cute “bonus” because I love their relationship and they’re adorable together. But don’t get it twisted: I love Gen because I’m a fan of Gen. Period. She’s a queen for normalizing things that are considered “abnormal” in this society, such as breastfeeding, or letting her sons wear nail polish and challenging gender stereotypes, etc. She’s a queen for being a wonderful mom, wife, and strong woman, a woman who knows that whatever she posts is going to be met by hate from people like you, and yet she still carries on and stays true to her. She’s a queen for standing by her convictions, for putting out positivity and kindness out into the world, for trying to make a difference. 

Me referring to one woman as queen does not equal me thinking all other women aren’t queens. The two are not mutually exclusive. Women are queens; it would only make sense that when I see one of my favorite women being her beautiful self, inside and out, and doing her thing that I refer to her as queen, too, right? Right. 

Since you wanted to make this a tad bit personal: my mom knows she’s a queen, and I remind her all of the time. I tell her that she is the strongest woman I know because she is. A woman who takes care of everyone around her despite the fact that she is disabled and has some physical limitations, including having to spend the rest of her life in pain every single day and yet, she never lets those things stop her, never gives up, and fights every day for everyone in my family. Watching her navigate through life after my dad died unexpectedly three months ago only proved to me even more how incredibly strong she is. She is a fucking queen. And yes, I make sure she knows it.

Whatever your issues are with Gen, it’s none of my fucking business. You want to live in a negative, hate-filled little black hole on social media, go for it. I feel sorry for you if that’s the case. The fact that I hardly ever receive anon hate, but I get a comment because I called Gen queen? Telling. But Gen has only ever shown how strong, kind, and wonderful she is. So whatever your problem is, look in the mirror and maybe you’ll find it within yourself instead of this woman that you have created a one-sided battle with.