Peace to the Mountain

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[millennial-review-deactivated20]

[airyairyquitecontrary-deactivat]

This post makes a good point but can I just say what a bloody surreal couple of years we’ve all been having that we have a context for this.

[mercedesbenzodiazepine]

I love locking my door like…you’re not coming in lmfao

[radiant-moonchild-deactivated20]

This post is honestly so iconic like every time I lock my door I literally think about this

[weavemama]

the fact that a school shooting survivor has to tell the president of the united states to do something really shows how fucked up the government’s priorities are

[weavemama]

this girl is overall taking no bullshit from anyone

[weavemama]

moral of the story is….. DON’T FUCK WITH THIS GENERATION OF TEENS. It’s pretty obvious we’re aware that there’s a goddamn problem, and these grown ass adult invalidating our concerns is getting tired.

[kashmir1]

I’m so fucking proud of these kids.

[luisonte]

[whatsdifferentincanada]

[writer-and-thrasher]

I HAVE NEVER HIT THE REBLOG BUTTON SO FAST

[breadbench]

me whispering to my cat and pointing at a bug in my room: eat it

[houndofhecate]

also me lifting my cat up toward the ceiling so he can reach a bug: get it

[awed-frog]

The time for gun control is now.

[dragonsuggestions]

Be still large one. Let the snow cover you like a blanket. Soft and heavy.

You emmenate warmth and caring. The smaller ones understand this and seek you in this cold weather.

For family is not always chosen. Sometimes it is found.

[coffee-alien]

“Imagine having a child that refuses to hug you or even look you in the eyes”

Imagine being shamed, as a child, for not showing affection in a way that is unnatural or even painful for you. Imagine being forced, as a child, to show affection in a way that is unnatural or even painful for you. Imagine being told, as a child, that your ways of expressing affection weren’t good enough. Imagine being taught, as a child, to associate physical affection with pain and coercion.

[samayla]

As a preschool special ed para, this is very important to me. All my kids have their own ways of showing affection that are just as meaningful to them as a hug or eye contact is to you or me. 

One gently squeezes my hand between both of his palms as he says “squish.” I reciprocate. When he looks like he’s feeling sad or lost, I ask if I can squish him, and he will show me where I can squish him. Sometimes it’s almost like a hug, but most of the time, it’s just a hand or an arm I press between my palms. Then he squishes my hand in return, says “squish,” and moves on. He will come ask for squishes now, when he recognizes that he needs them.

Another boy smiles and sticks his chin out at me, and if he’s really excited, he’ll lean his whole body toward me. The first time he finally won a game at circle time, he got so excited he even ran over and bumped chins with me. He now does it when he sees me outside of school too. I stick out my chin to acknowledge him, and he grins and runs over and I lean down for a chin bump.

Yet another child swings my hand really fast. At a time when another child would be seeking a hug, she stands beside me and holds my hand, and swings it back and forth, with a smile if I’m lucky. The look on her face when I initiate the hand swinging is priceless.

Another one bumps his hip against mine when he walks by in the hallway or on the playground, or when he gets up after I’m done working with him. No eye contact, no words, but he goes out of his way to “crash” into me, and I tell him that it’s good to see him. He now loves to crash into me when I’m least expecting it. He doesn’t want anything, really. Just a bump to say “Hi, I appreciate you’re here.” And when he’s upset and we have to take a break, I’ll bump him, ask if he needs to take a walk, and we just go wander for a bit and discuss whatever’s wrong, and he’s practically glued to my side. Then one more bump before we go back into the room to face the problem.

Moral of the story is, alternative affection is just as valid and vitally important as traditional affection. Reciprocating alternative affection is just as valid and vitally important as returning a hug. That is how you build connections with these children. 

[tobiblack]

I just . . this is amazing, and wonderful, and should be posted everywhere where there are people and shown to everyone who thinks there is one way to show affection - by eye contact or hug.

[bxttlecxps-blog]

When you're naturally paranoid but you also just smoked a fuck ton of weed:

[burningoleander]

Devilman Crybaby sounds like a Griffin Mcelroy insult

[plutotheforgotten]

Reblog if the FBI agent tracking you can message whenever they like

[lalocorleone-deactivated2026041]

“Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.”

As Above, So Below (2014) dir. John Erick Dowdle

[bxttlecxps-blog]

Ask me if I give a fuck.

[newkidsonmycock16]

[timsutton]

just found out there’s a fetish thing called fin-dom where rich people get off on sending vast amounts of money to people who verbally abuse them and hey just sayin if you’re into that hmu, i got a paypal and i’m mean

[quixiiify]

Make Some Pocket Extenders for Your Pants

So I don’t know about you, but I’m often frustrated by the ridiculous smallness of girls’ pockets. At a bare minimum, I need to be able to shove my cellphone in there - come on, pants companies! So what I started doing was making myself pocket extenders. I’ve done this several times, for pants and shorts. It’s great.

I just got this pair of jeans, so I thought I’d show you how to do it. I kind of feel like it just hasn’t occurred to some of you that this is an option, so maybe now it will. All you need is your pants, some fabric (I just took a random piece from a scrap bin), a needle, and some thread (thread doesn’t even need to match the fabric since literally no one will see it).

See? Ridiculous. Like, half a cellphone, or only 2.5″. Useless.

 So turn those inside out to expose the pockets.

Figure out how big you want your pockets to actually be. I kinda go by whatever looks like might be right. I didn’t really measure them. Fold the fabric in half, so you have a pocket, and then fold it in half again so you can have two equal ones.

Try to get the edges to line up enough, pin it in place, then sew up the sides! Are your stitches crazy uneven and wonky looking? Doesn’t matter; nobody’s going to see it. These are in the inside of your pants. The only thing that matters is that it holds up. So I double-did the corners, since those tend to get the most stress.

Cut open the bottom of the existing pockets.

Pin it in place, then sew around, joining the new pocket to the old pocket. I did this by keeping my hand on the inside, so I wouldn’t accidentally sew through the other side. Again, I reinforced the corners, and didn’t worry about what it actually looks like. Then I turned it in side out to make sure the inside was all joined properly.

Yay all done! And the pockets are so much bigger now!

Whaaaat I can fit my entire phone and entire hand and probably something else now, are girls’ pockets even allowed to do that?! Heck yeah they are.

[rosalarian]

You are a goddamn hero.

[im-just-a-peach]

The fashion industry just needs to catch the fuck up!

[should-be-sleeping]

The fashion industry wants to sell you pants AND a purse. They’ve made a conscious decision not to catch up.

[legitimatelala]

Reblogging for the truth in the last comment. That is, in a nutshell, the way everything works in this world.