I'VE BEEN PAINTING AND IT TURNED OUT SO BEAUTIFUL
I didn't know it was gonna get so much attention so I'll be making prints!!
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My 18th birthday is in less than 10 hours!! If anyone's feeling generous my tag on cashapp is $QuinnSwitch 😋😘
Losing my mind cause they were also doing this:
one of the most fucked up things about the internet is how it has given us so many new ways to self harm that we don’t even realize is self harm. it’s something i’ve seen getting addressed little by little recently, as it’s finally being recognized for what it is.
it’s the kind of addictive behaviour we engage in that doesn’t actually benefit us in any way, such as:
- Reading The Comments
- ruthless discourse that won’t accomplish anything
- checking up on people and topics you shouldn’t
- 90% of body image stuff
- constant stream of devastating news
and so on, and so on!!
there are suddenly far less barriers and boundaries between our hearts and the entire rest of the constant, churning world, and sometimes the only thing holding us back from pointless hurt is our own willpower. that’s not always gonna be enough.
we feel shame for turning off anon, for blocking those who hurt us without giving them a “fair chance” first, for leaving a discussion, for leaving a space, for going offline, for missing out. we keep martyring ourselves, and for what? our hearts are not made for this.
we’re still adapting to whatever internet culture is and does to us. remember to breathe and forgive yourself every once in a while.
responses to the question “you got a name?”, all of which i have used, especially whilst sleep-deprived and/or not paying attention
- “i do!” followed by me not saying my name, ever, at any point
- “do you?”
- “i have many” no idea what i meant w/ that one like, sincerely, and that was probably deeply unnerving or at least moderately unnerving
- “possibly? who knows”
- “that sure is.. a question. that has an answer”
- “yeah..” followed by uncomfortable laughter
op is surrounded by fae
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^ thats the original image, in case you want to see exactly how fucking vile these bastards are.
(those are signs they confiscated from homeless people they arrested for “panhandling” during the holiday season)
Holy fuck the original is worse
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What’s worse than evil?
Now what would happen if a homeless quilt was made by someone who actually cared about homeless people?
Meet former ad designer Willie Baronet.
Baronet is an artist who talks to homeless people and buys their signs from them for $20 a pop, if they’re willing to sell. He uses the signs in art exhibits to educate the privileged and point them to ways they can help, and to humanize homeless people and tell them they matter.
One sign at a time, Baronet makes a statement to help people with $20 in their hand and a voice that rings across the nation saying “I’m here.” (source)
So not only did they take the small, hand-made signs away from homeless people but instead of just tossing them, they kept them. Not only did they keep them as some kind of homeless trophy, they actually went through the time, energy, and effort (funded by tax dollars) to tape them together, pose for a picture, and post it during the holiday season.
This is why people say that there are no good cops. Because there aren’t.
This isn’t the first time they’ve done shit like this either.
It’s cheaper to house the homeless than criminalize it, but then cops would be out of job, because there’s no defenseless people to beat down.
#ACAB
-fae
Yall know that “toxic masculinity” refers to expressions of masculinity that are toxic, right? it doesn’t imply that all masculinity is toxic- it’s used to talk about like, how people will repress their emotions aside from anger in order to seem “manly”, and how they might act in violent or self-destructive ways because that is what society expects of men.
masculinity is not inherently toxic. it hasn’t been poisoned or corrupted. it is a neutral concept, a kind of gender presentation, and it doesn’t make you a bad, unhealthy, or toxic person to be masculine.
masculinity does not need to be “soft” to be acceptable, it can just be neutral. because it is not toxic, just sometimes expressed in toxic ways or for toxic reasons.
Does this mean there is toxic femininity?
imo? Yes.
Like when white women fake cry to win arguments, or to appear to be the victim (despite how much damage they may have caused), or when female abusers point to their femininity as a reason they couldn’t possibly be hurting anyone. Or when the girls in school weaponize their performances of femininity against more androgynous, less traditionally attractive, or more masculine girls.
Plenty of cis women have a similarly toxic relationship to femininity as cis men do to masculinity. A good example of a less material expression might be the tendency to self-martyr, using the “caregiver” role to guilt trip and gaslight, and abuse in a more manipulative, emotional/mental way than the physical aggression more typical with toxic masculinity.
The patriarchy rewards gender conformity, and requires cis people of both genders to uphold it. Cis women are at a structural disadvantage to cis men regardless, but can absolutely gain more social power by adhering more strictly to traditional femininity- and weaponize that power against others.
There absolutely is toxic feminity and the fact that this aspect is not discussed frankly worries me, because it perpetues the “men bad, women good (nb people? never heard of them)” mindset which belong to fringes of feminism I’d like to stay the hell away from.
“Only if I could tell you that I am alluring, in the sense that you will be beguiled in my presence or that I am the clink of that age-old romantic Chandelier hanging above an era old Opera House. But all that I am is a black dark heist in the dead of the night or a raging storm amidst a desert on a twilight. All that I am is a wrinkled fog along the endangered mornings, and all that I am, an edacious starless sky waiting to collapse, shatter — to eventuate Thunder; or just a starved ghost awaiting, at the end-cross of a graveyard — embittered with tears.”
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Online store is open for the new year!
New stickers, totes, notebook inserts, washi as well as restocks have been added!
How the LGBTQ+ Community Conquered 2020 ⚔️🏳️🌈
2020 has not been the easiest of years for us. From wild bushfires and hurricanes, to a global pandemic and elections, this year has put a toll on all of us.
But we want to look at the positives that happened in the LGBTQ+ community in 2020 to remind us all that there has been light in all of this darkness and that we should look forward to the wins which will greet us in 2021.
January
- Northern Ireland legalised same-sex marriage
- Utah bans LGBTQ conversion therapy for children
- New Hampshire allows a third gender option on driving licenses
February
- Croatia makes fostering children legal for same-sex couples
- Switzerland votes to ban homophobic discrimination
March
- Virginia bans conversion therapy for children
- Gay panic defence removed as a defence for committing a crime
April
May
- Germany bans conversion therapy for children and adults who were pressured into receiving it
- Albania bans conversion therapy
- Zambian President pardons 3000 people who were jailed for being homosexual
- Costa Rica legalises same-sex marriage
June
July
- Montenegro voted to legalise same-sex civil partnerships
- Gabon decriminalizes homosexuality
- Sudan abolishes death penalty for homosexuality
- Scotland becomes first country to teach LGBTQ+ history as part of their curriculum
- Mexico City bans conversion therapy
August
- South African marriage officials cannot legally reject same-sex couples
- In Australia, Queensland has banned conversion therapy
September
- Inheritance laws in Hong Kong now fully cover LGBTQ+ people
- English schools now teach LGBTQ+ inclusive lessons
October
- In Mexico, the state of Mexico has banned conversion therapy
- Pope Francis shows support for LGBTQ+ acceptance and civil unions
- Canada reintroduces bill banning LGBT conversion therapy
November
- Nevada to protect same-sex marriage in state constitution
- Sarah McBride became the first transgender state senator
- Italy’s lower house of parliament approves bill protecting LGBT+ community
- In Canada, Yukon has banned conversion therapy
December
- In Mexico, Tlaxcala legalised Same-Sex Marriage
- The UK lifted restrictions on blood donations from gay and bisexual men
- Uruguay has also lifted restrictions on blood donations from gay and bisexual men
- Bolivia holds its first same-sex civil union
The LGBTQ+ community has made a lot of progress in 2020 and that will only continue into 2021! As a community, let’s push forward and make the next year an amazing one! Stay proud! ⚔️🏳️🌈
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FAITH IN HUMANITY RESTORED
Anyone who sees a comment from me and has no idea who tf I am, I can only comment from my main for some reason I was probably on one of my side blogs. If anyone knows how to change that please please please tell me
EPILEPSY AD WARNING
To my pals with epilepsy, or any other form of photosensitivity, THIS AD FLASHES RAPIDLY UPON ACTIVATING ITS ANIMATION and its actively dangerous.
This is as far as I could scroll down without triggering the flash. If you see the womans face, stop scrolling and do what you need to do to avoid triggering the flash.
when we try to befriend cats we mimic their meows and get down on the ground to their level and try to gently coax them to interact with us right
that horrifying entity mimicking human noises at us maybe just thinks we’re cool and wants to pet us?
had to draw it
This is the bare minimum of decent human behavior for ANY gender. If you are an adult and someone who is not an adult wants to have a relationship with you, it is your duty to, at bare minimum, turn them away.
and like... having crushes on adults is a Normal Adolescent Thing, but it doesn’t mean they’re ready for--or for that matter, want--an actual relationship with said adult. it’s a goddamn developmental phase for kids working out their sexuality, and treating it as a chance to get laid is fucking monstrous.
Recommended tactics to deal with a child hitting on you:
- “kiddo”
- “buddy”
- inform a friend to ensure you’re never left alone with them
- refer to own age in conversation
- “yeah, I know I look young, but you wouldn’t BELIEVE how awkward it is being mistakenly hit on by a teenager!”
upon that child turning 18:
- “Happy birthday, kiddo!”
- “Have you registered to vote yet?”
- “Man, being a baby adult was so hard, good luck with that”
And as a reminder, teenagers often have crushes on older and/or unavailable people like celebrities precisely because psychologically/emotionally they’re not ready to have a relationship. On a subconscious level, fantasizing about someone you know you can’t be with allows you to experiment with your emotions in a safe way. And obviously an adult taking advantage of that will disrupt the entire thing.