Give me cute skirts or give me death

Curtis. 22, Agender, Pansexual, Polyamorous. They/them if possible. Autistic, and perpetually exhausted. If I mess up please tell me. And if you know me IRL and I didn't give you this URL, then either ask to follow me or leave.

[p0dunkpunk]

For those of you who don’t know, I work at an anarchist co-op coffee shop.

Apparently, all the Chicano/Cholo boys in my neighborhood have caught on the the fact that I sneak food and stuff to all the little punk kids and homeless kids at the coffee shop.

There are three in particular who call me Mom. Not Mami, not Ma, Mom. The rest refer to me as “Miss”.

They’ve decided to always have one of the three of them there with me on my night shifts. (Especially after they witnessed the last bad shift where I had to kick a bunch of tweakers out. Said tweakers lit my fucking bulletin board on fire.)

Tonight, one of the boys actually charged up a crackhead who wouldn’t get out when I told him to leave.

About an hour later, I was emptying bus tubs when that same lovely boy walked in and wetted a wash rag. I asked what he was doing and he told me not to worry. So, I went about my business, doing dishes, bussing the main dining tables, etc.

I’d left a broom in the smoking room and a fresh trash bag in the bathroom for once I was done with the dishes.

When I walked out, everything was spotless and the trash had been replaced. He’d wiped all my tables, swept, mopped, and emptied all the ash trays.

He’d also picked the lock on the bathroom so his friend could take out the trash for me. (Which I’m not sure whether I should scold him for. Haha)

They snuck around and did my closing shift duties to thank me for keeping them warm and fed.

I’m fucking crying.

[casanova-lives]

Kindness begets kindness.

[kotas-dump]

Picking a lock so you can take out trash for someone who’s nice to you is the most chaotic good thing i’ve ever heard. <3

[fortunate-greatness]

my entire life has been a lie

[sculptingsuccess]

This is simultaneously one of the most realistic and unrealistic mechanics in a game ive ever heard of

[bort-the-champion-of-bears-deac]

Well fuck

[ivan-fyodorovich-deactivated201]

Honestly, this is better than health that magically regenerates 

[le-fishe-has-arrived-deactivate]

[icouldwritebooks]

And one more. I think that this video is adorable, but I get the idea it might be less so to somebody who doesn’t like baby rats. This was their immediate reaction to me putting the plastic flowers down on the bed.

[bogleech]

Anyone who hasn’t ever had rats has no idea how much they love things. Any things. More than possibly any other animal you can imagine.

[finalfantasysixteen]

[unseelie]

she is gay… cow pride

[dankmemeuniversity]

[themostbeautifulanimals]

[theoreocat]

[theoreocat]

Sometimes it’s possible to have too much determination.

[sonneillonv-deactivated20220218]

I was waiting for the payoff and I was NOT disappointed

[queeranarchism]

When a comrade gets arrested

If you’re new to actions with an arrest risk and you don’t have experienced protestors with you, there’s stuff you can find online about having a legal team, writing the name of a lawyer on your body, saying NOTHING to the cops except the name of your lawyer, etc. That’s all good advice.

But let me give you a bit of advice that is just as essential as all that:

If one of your comrades gets arrested, and you know they can be held for 6, 9, 12 hours, depending on where you are, you get a group of people together and you wait outside the police station.

You may be tired, you may be stressed, it may be freezing, you may need to take turns, but you take whoever can still physically and mentally bear it and you go to that police station and you wait for your comrade. You can spend the time taking care of each other, drinking hot drinks, doing whatever gets you through, but you wait.

And when your comrade gets out, you make sure they do not walk home alone in the dark thinking about the fucked up experience they just had, you make sure there’s a big fucking crowd of their comrades there to greet them with hugs and hot drinks and a cigarette if they smoke.

And whether the arrested comrade that just got out is happy or sad or pissed off, you take that for what it is and give that space and you support that. And you get them a hot meal and you hang out with them and you offer to let them stay at your place or you stay with them so they don’t have to spend that night alone with their thoughts.

You do this every damn time, regardless of whether you really like that comrade and regardless of how you feel about the thing your comrade got arrested for, regardless of how often they’ve been arrested. Because you never know how shitty their experience is going to be in there this time. 

Trust me. This is absolutely essential. Once you’ve been arrested and have felt the difference between walking home alone or having your friends waiting for you, you’ll understand.

[property-is-theft-deactivated20]

Be good comrades

[demetriochavez]

I can’t stress how important this is. When my father and I were arrested in Seattle some years back for agitating for Comprehensive Immigration Reform, we were greeted outside the jail by the event’s organisers. They cheered us, had cokes and munchies for us. They drove us to our car and, during the drive, asked if we wanted to stay the night in Seattle with one of the organisers, they filled us in on what had happened after our arrests, they asked about and listened intently to what we experienced from arrest to release. They did so much so well that when another call went out for potential arrestees, we were amongst the first to raise our proverbial hands.  Read the post. Re-read the post. Remember it. And, when the chance comes, do it.

[glompcat]

When I was arrested at a Black Lives Matter protest a few years ago, Jews for Racial and Economic Justice were doing Jail Support when I was finally let out of One Police Plaza at around 6am. 

They had gotten a klezmer band to stand along the hill you have to go up to leave the jail, and as I walked to where the volunteer lawyers were waiting (they were there to make sure all 200+ people who were arrested that night would be represented at their later hearings. They also were surrounded by volunteers who had food, phone chargers, directions to all the nearby subway stops, and one of them let me borrow her phone to call my mom when I got frustrated with how slowly my phone was charging) the band played music, cheered and applauded. 

Honestly? That band playing klezmer for me as I left jail, cheering me on and making me laugh… it’s a memory I really treasure. 

It’s also one of my mother’s favorite stories. Before I told her about that band, she got so upset and agitated whenever anything reminded her of my arrest. She’d freak out, cry, start fussing over me, and so forth. After I told her about the klezmer band though? It became something she’d tell her friends about, over and over again, laughing each time. She stopped calling me to beg me not to go and protest every time she knew a big one was happening, and instead would call to make a joke about how if I want to listen to klezmer she has some CDs I can borrow.

When I think about that night, rather than any of the many many terrible things that happened from the moment the cops grabbed me onward, the first thing I remember is the klezmer, and how it made me laugh, and the popcorn someone gave me as I gave the lawyers my name and info, and the kindness of strangers.

After the dehumanization of even a few hours in police custody, those volunteers made me smile, and gave the night a new fun and funny angle to be remembered from. I actually laugh when I think about that night, thanks to them.

Jail Support is a beyond vital part of protesting. It really really is. 

[ja-khajay]

[pyrlspite]

I made a discord bot that responds to all mentions of “todd” and “skyrim” with random todd howard edits but…. “bethesda” isn’t a keyword

[koth-harvest-final]

[coltre]

I love when my friends close their eyes and put their heads on my shoulder.. rest bitch

[scatterbone]

[pastcloudfromffvii]

help some trans + gay + disabled kiwis stay afloat!! 

hi there i’m cloud and i’m opening commissions again! come buy some cute art from me! i work part time in a cafe now, so things are a little bit easier, but between that and being ill, it’s still kinda hard to make ends meet. 

i have a commission page here now with all the info on it.

all prices are in usd. all payments to be made through paypal.

all inquiries can be made through tumblr IM or emailing [email protected]

there are 5 lineart slots open, and sketches don’t have slots! 

examples of my art can be found here!

and if you’re just feeling generous, i have a ko-fi over here. 

thank you, and please reblog if you see this! <3

[truelovevip-deactivated20190324]

being as i am an idiot, and having been one my whole life, i just wanna say that i find it very easy to do nothing, and go nowhere. i eat chocolate late at night in the dark. i stand in the garden also. and i’m often waiting for something to happen. and i’m stupid.

[princesstigerbelle]

I meant to type cat smirk in google images but it came out as cat smork

Smork smork

[autistic-raptor-arms]

Why do read discourse things I just get sad and angry