tw: biological violence // gene-editing embryos is literally gaslighting my ancestral trauma and i am finally entering my non-genetic era

i literally cannot even right now. i woke up today, spent forty minutes staring at my ceiling wondering if my bed is actually a manifestation of my burnout, and then i saw the news that some biotech startup is trying to prove that gene-editing embryos is 'safe' to make 'healthy' babies. like, first of all, the audacity? the sheer lack of boundaries?

i am actually spiraling. the idea of 'healthy' babies is giving me the biggest ick i've ever experienced in my entire life. it's literally such a toxic attachment to perfectionism. like, who decided that being 'healthy' is the vibe? my anxiety is literally my only personality trait at this point, and the thought of some corporate entity deciding which genes are 'desirable' is a total violation of my sensory boundaries. it's essentially biological gaslighting. they're trying to tell us that we can just edit out the struggle, but the struggle is my entire aesthetic. i'm in my fragile era, and this news is basically a microaggression against everyone who identifies as perpetually exhausted.

it's honestly so triggering that these scientists think they can just enter the womb and start rearranging things without a consent form. like, where is the emotional labor? where is the space for the embryo to process its own trauma? this is a clear case of the biotech industry having a toxic relationship with human nature. they're literally trying to optimize the human experience, which is just a corporate way of saying they want to erase the vibe of being a hot mess. i feel like my aura is being dimmed just reading about it. i'm literally experiencing sensory overload from the concept of a 'perfect' child. like, imagine the pressure? the performance anxiety? i can't even handle the pressure of picking a filter for my stories, and these people want to pre-program a human being? it's giving dystopian nightmare and i am officially entering my non-genetic era.

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