Cockroach

18 | they/he/it | queer, neurodivergent, artist | not enjoying the fascism

[androgynous-insect]

Ok so I realized I made a pinned post for the new sideblog before even making one for my main so here it is!!

You can call me Rat or Bug on here. I use they/he/it pronouns, and I’m queer and transmasc.

I’m a scary radical antifa leftist who believes in human rights, taking down the system, and harm reduction.

I’m 18 and a freshman in college, taking whatever classes I think look fun and frankly putting most of my energy into activism and friendships and surviving depression. I care a lot about trans people, undocu people and anyone in danger of ICE, liberation from genocide, and disability justice.

I reblog a lot on here, yap about queerness, neurodivergency, politics, religious trauma, and art, and share personal stories/vents/opinions.

I love stuffed animals, cartoons, stop-motion animation, the muppets, colors, insects, and more :)

I need to make money for top surgery, so I’m trying to figure out how to sell art/porn/?? as an internet side job. Part of exploring that ⬇️

This is my nsfw sideblog (18+!!!):

Tumblr is a place to express yourself, discover yourself, and bond over the stuff you love. It's where your interests connect you with your

But uhh yeah! My presence on here can be irregular but I love asks and I’m open to talking and making friends!

[eptck]

you have to be kinder to people with memory issues.

you have to be kinder to people who are slow processors.

you have to be kinder to people who don't understand your jokes.

you have to be kinder to people who forget important dates.

you have to be kinder to people with cognitive decline.

you have to be kinder to people who were always this way, too.

you have to be kind. you have to be kind.

[wafflesauruz-rex]

the doodle of all time from the sat practice book

[zylahbee]

sexism in medicine kills people. racism in medicine kills people. fatphobia in medicine kills people. queerphobia in medicine kills people. classism in medicine kills people. ableism in medicine kills people.

do not downplay people’s fears about being mistreated because they are a part of a marginalised group. it is a matter of life and death and you should be angry about it.

[motherblackcap]

I actually really like the term genderqueer, because the only thing it specifies about your gender is that it's queer in some way. Does that mean you're nonbinary? Binary trans? Cis with some freaky cool gender presentation stuff going on? None of those or all of those? It doesn't matter and I think that's beautiful.

[androgynous-insect]

I love beign transgeder so mcuh

[bananonbinary]

one of the hardest things to learn as a depressed former Gifted Kid™ is that half-assed is better than nothing. take the 50%, 40%, even 20% job. scrubbing your face is better than not taking a shower at all. picking up your clothes is better than never cleaning. nibbling on some bread is better than starving.

DO THINGS HALFWAY. NOW YOU’RE 100% BETTER OFF THAN YOU WERE BEFORE.

[redheadhatchet]

One of my college professors used to say “anything worth doing is worth doing poorly.”  I didn’t understand that for years because I didn’t do anything poorly, I couldn’t do anything poorly, I had to Do Everything Perfectly.

But brushing your teeth for 30 seconds is better than not brushing them at all when that 2 minutes seems exhausting.  Doing ten minutes of yoga is better than 10 minutes of sitting when 30 minutes of cardio sounds impossible.  Changing my clothes is good when a whole shower is impossible.  Standing on the porch for a few minutes is worth it after being in the house for three straight days because I don’t have the energy to go anywhere.

Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly… because doing it poorly is better than not doing it.

[resetium]

someone please hit me over the head with this post every day for like the next week thanks. a mention, a reblog with text, a message, something.

[msshadowqueen]

A Bug’s Life, 1998

[the-doodle-darling]

@isuggestrevolution

[isuggestrevolution]

i suggest crushing grasshoppers

[kaninchen-reblogs]

Be kind to trans women or die by my sword

[kaninchen-reblogs]

Respect trans men or die by my axe

[kaninchen-reblogs]

Include nonbinary people or die by my morningstar

[kaninchen-reblogs]

listen to intersex people or die by my longbow

[kaninchen-reblogs]

love he/him butches and she/her femboys and neopronoun queers and all kinds of gnc folks or die by my arquebus

[kaninchen-reblogs]

don’t just see multi-gender and two spirit and third gender and agender people as “gotchas” in your debates or die by my trebuchet

[kaninchen-reblogs]

“Kanny where did you get all these medieval weapons” well you see I defeated the Duke of Worsestkingshireton-upon-avon in glorious battle and claimed his lands as my own and I broke into his castle armory and now I’ve got all these cool toys to use on bigots. I do this every Monday.

[wordfather]

just found out that accidentally in love by counting crows was literally made for shrek. they didnt just choose it. it didnt exist before. they asked counting crows to make a song for shrek 2 and thats how we got one of the best songs ever made. insane.

[wordfather]

counting crows knew shrek 2 would become one of the best movies ever made and had to act accordingly

[mollyjames]

I think a lot of transmisogyny stems from this idea that people are really scared to see a dick. The reason bathrooms and locker rooms and hot springs keep being flash points is because these are all places where if a trans woman is using them, it's possible you might see her dick. A lot of transmisogynistic humor revolves around being traumatized because the subject saw a woman with a penis. And look, to a certain extent I sympathize. I'm not a fan of dick; I dont want this thing either. But if you want to be an ally to trans women, I think a big important step you can take personally is to examine your own reaction to the scenarios I described above, and recognize that a dick is just a body part a girl has sometimes. Seeing it as inherently sexual and/or traumatizing is a major wedge conservatives use to justify their rhetoric

[isuggestrespecttranspeople]

This is actually really interesting to explore as a bit of theory.

[mx-macintosh]

y'all need to relearn the word erratic and stop using schizophrenic/bipolar/psychotic as a replacement

[mx-macintosh]

y'all need to relearn the word particular and stop using ocd as a replacement

[weresoul]

People need to relearn the word "egocentric" and stop using narcissist/narc as a replacement.

[thatpreciousthing]

People need to relearn the word "impulse" and stop using "intrusive thought" as a replacement

[lindstromm]

People need to relearn the word "enjoy" and stop using "hyper fixation" as a replacement.

[pipermca]

I got another spam comment today on AO3, and I want to share it as a PSA. But before I do, I want you to understand that you SHOULD NOT DO what this comment is asking. Ok? Ok.

See that bit at the bottom? Don't do that. Insert ParamedicGuy.gif going "Don't."

Other malicious spam comments I've gotten seemed designed to make an author question their writing, or outright encourage them to delete their stories from AO3. This one is different, in that it tries to get you to destroy the work on your own computer.

If you ran that command, it basically locates your Documents folder, then deletes everything in it, including all subfolders. It also does it without any prompt, so you have no chance to second guess your actions.

This is just fucking trolling.

Coincidentally, we just did training on a cyberattack similar to this, called a ClickFix attack. You can read about how that works here.

As a general rule, if ANYONE or ANY WEBSITE tells you unsolicited* to do anything in Powershell, CMD RUN, command prompt, shell command, or something similar, DON'T.

*There are legit reasons for running commands in PowerShell or the command prompt, but in those cases you are likely seeking out a solution to a problem you are already experiencing. Don't just run random commands on your computer as recommended by some unlogged-in guest on a fan fiction site.

Always think and consider before taking action, and get a second opinion from a trusted source. When I got this comment I was pretty sure what the command would do, and it took me about three seconds of googling to confirm it.

Be safe out there!

[hardwiredweird]

This isn't just trolling. Nor is it a simple malicious attack to fuck with authors.

All of these things, starting with making people delete their stories from AO3 to now this, are all specifically designed to kill any digital paper trail so people can steal and make money off your fanfictions by just scrubbing the serial numbers off (and probably training AI on them).

These scammers have realized that even if people delete the stories off of AO3, authors can still prove that they are the original owner of the story by having locally stored documents that prove when the story was originally written.

That said: I want to impress on people once again to never EVER run any commands on your PC unless you know EXACTLY what you're doing! ESPECIALLY not if it's just a rando on the internet telling you to.

[tree-of-blue-squirrel]

"If you ran that command, it basically locates your Documents folder, then deletes everything in it, including all subfolders. It also does it without any prompt, so you have no chance to second guess your actions."

Sorry, but that isn´t just trolling. This is a command that could VERY EASILY ruin a person´s life if they don´t second guess it. It is malicious and irreversible unless you have every single thing backed up elsewhere (some people have backups for important stuff but not everything and most people might not even have backups for all of the important things)

so no, this is not just trolling, this is a targeted, malicious attack on ao3 writers, especially younger and less tech savvy ones who might actually run the command.

[i-am-a-fish]

there is nothing badass about not taking an ibuprofen when you need it

[daftpatience]

this is what i wanted to make! feel free 2 use this for whatever i love you

[indicatheory]

[androgynous-insect]

Has anyone else noticed that S/C/A/R/E/C/R/O/W sounds a lot like Every Snowflake’s Different Just Like You? Especially the chorus?

[ppups]