neverseemenaked:

When I started high school, but not menstruation, they said I was ‘just a late bloomer.’

When I started college but not dating, they said I was ‘just a late bloomer.’

When I said I was asexual, they said I was ‘just a late bloomer.’

‘No,’ I said, ‘I’m a fucking cactus and *if* I bloom, I’ll do it on my own schedule.’