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hey everyone last post!!! as of 1/16/17 my blog is just here as an archive b/c iām a hoarder lol. idk how permanent this is or isnāt gonna be but feel free to unfollow :-)
gay people are just flat out funnier than straight people its not even a questionĀ
some shit on tumblr: love isnāt always SOFT some times itās HARSH and SHARP and ROUGH and will BEAT YOU TO DEATH WITH BRASS KNUCKLES IN A DARK ALLEYWAY BEHIND THE LOCAL CHILIāS
me, surrounding myself with only the Softest Most Tender Loving Content: no thanks
title fight // cambridge, ma - 1.3.17
hey i was there!!!
I hope you guys likeā¦eventually live the life you want to live and I hope nothing haunts you for too long and I hope youāre all kind to yourselves
āIĀ am able to make a difference simply by living my life openly and with loveā
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The idea that violent crime is an inevitable result of āhuman natureā rather than an explicit expression of the material relations of class society is nothing short of police state propaganda.
please dont cry i am not your brother i am not your lover and there is nothing wrong
For The Straight Folks Who Donāt Mind Gays But Wish They Werenāt So Blatant by Ā© Pat Parker (1944 - 1989) You know, some people got a lot of nerve. Sometimes I donāt believe the things I see and hear. Have you met the woman whoās shocked by two women kissing and in the same breath, tells you she is pregnant? BUT gays, shouldnāt be so blatant. Or this straight couple sits next to you in a movie and you canāt hear the dialogue because of the sound effects. BUT gays shouldnāt be so blatant. And the woman in your office spends an entire lunch hour talking about her new bikini drawers and how much her husband likes them. BUT gays shouldnāt be so blatant. Or the āhipā chick in your class rattling like a mile a minute while youāre trying to get stoned in the john, about the camping trip she took with her musician boyfriend. BUT gays shouldnāt be so blatant. You go in a public bathroom and all over the walls thereās John loves Mary, Janice digs Richard, Pepe loves Delores, etc., BUT gays shouldnāt be so blatant. Or you go to an amusement park and thereās a tunnel of love and pictures of straights painted on the front and grinning couples are coming in and out. BUT gays shouldnāt be so blatant. Fact is, blatant heterosexuals are all over the place. Supermarkets, movies, on your job, in church, in books, on television every day day and night, every place-even- in gay bars and they want gay men and woman to go and hide in the closet. So to you straight folks I say, āSure, Iāll go if you go tooā BUT Iām polite so, after you.
(via afrolez)
Lesbians have been disrupting gender norms, acting outside the gender binary, and identifying as gender non-conforming throughout history. If u have a problem with nonbinary lesbians or lesbians who use they/them pronouns u clearly have no concept of lesbian identity or history.
seriously itās so cathartic knowing that I was wrong all those years about no one ever finding me acceptable and good the way I want to be, without doing something damaging or forced to myself to deserve it⦠like, as much as I fuss about how some less visibly gnc women have put me down or made me feel less than, I canāt complain, Iāve had the privilege of getting to know so many women of all presentations who have made me feel worthy and whole and attractive without me doing jack shit to my appearance.Ā
itās cathartic knowing that women love me and my body with nothing added orĀ āfixedā about it, lesbian and bi women in my life have given me the most unconditional love. women love me when I havenāt shaved any limb in a year and a half and I have zits on my forehead, women love me when Iām dressed head to toe in clothes that do nothing toĀ āaccentuateā me or whatever, women love me when Iām sweaty or tired or sunburned or sad or my face is puffy from crying, women love me if I get a cold or chapped lips or a big olā ugly bruise on something. women love me when I dress up in a suit but they also love me in an old tshirt and gym shorts, or in work clothes, or naked, women love me when I bite my nails and my cuticles are a mess, women love meĀ when I laugh really loud and weird, women love me when I eat food in front of them without thinking about if Iām ugly doing it, women love me when I sleep in front of them and donāt think about if Iām ugly doing it, Iāve been blessed since coming into my butch self with women who love me and think that Iām adorable and sexy and worth holding and touching and getting to know and having conversations with,Ā and I havenāt had to do anything cruel or suffocating to myself or my body toĀ āearnā that.Ā
I really think hospitals and doctors that work with pregnancy and pediatricians need to make more literature available for how to, ya know, work with kids? Ā Because the more conversations we have about spanking (and how itās ineffective and harmful and does more bad than good), the more I realize that a lot of people donāt know the alternatives. Or like, anything about child development or where misbehavior stems from.Ā
So, as someone who went through childhood development classes in college, works with kids for a living, and knows multiple people who specialized in childhood education, here are some pointers when you are working with kids:
1. Model emotional response for kids. Children are learning how to recognize and respond to their own emotions. All the way up through high school, childrenās brains are still developing, and the emotions they are learning to process become more complex. So with really young kids, the easiest way to help them with this is to model emotional self awareness and self care.Ā
āOh wow, mommy is feeling angry because the cat made a mess. Iām going to clean this mess and then go sit in my room in the quiet for a short break so I feel better.ā
āYou know, I am feeling very sad about not going to the park because it is raining. I bet some hot chocolate and a book would make me feel better.ā
āHuh, Iām feeling kind of cranky and hungry, but daddy wonāt be home for dinner for another hour. I bet Iāll feel better if I eat a little piece apple while we wait.āĀ
2. Understand what causes child frustration and work to preempt it.Ā
-Transitions (from one activity to another, getting in the car, etc) can be stressful, especially if the activity or location they are leaving is fun. Give kids a warning when this is going to happen. With young kids, give them about 5-15 minutes of warning (ā10 minutes until we are going to leave the park and go home. Do your last thing.ā), with older kids, just give them a time frame. (We are can play at McDonalds for 30 minutes, but then we have to go grocery shopping, ok?)Ā
Not being able to communicate what they want to is frustrating. Babies can learn simplified baby sign language months before they are verbal. Kids may not know the words for what they are trying to say. Be patient and help them find the right words. On a similar note, donāt ignore kids. If you really canāt respond to their question right away because of something else, at least tell theĀ āYes, I heard your question. Iāll answer you as soon as Iām done talking on the phone.ā
Not being able to make choices or having too much choice can be overwhelming. Give kids a limited, reasonable selection of choices.Ā āDo you want apple slices or juicy pears on the side for lunch?ā is much better thanĀ āWhat do you want with your sandwich?ā or just giving them apple slices.Ā āDo you want to give grandpa a hug or a high five?ā is better than demanding they hug grandpa right away.Ā
3. Understand that kids are people to. They will get hungry, tired, an annoyed just like adults do. Sometimes you have to be flexible and give them time to self care. Talk to them, explain things to them, let them be people and not just dolls. Ā āBecause I said soā is really unhelpful for a growing kid.Ā āWe canāt buy Fruit Loops today because we are already getting Frosted Flakes. We only need one cereal at a time.ā is going to do you a lot more favors.Ā āDonāt pick up the glass snow globe. It belongs to grandma and can break easy. She would be sad if we broke it on accident.ā is better thanĀ ādonāt touch that.āĀ
And look, no parent is perfect. No baby sitter, no teacher, no care taker is going to be awesome all the time. And no kid is going to be perfect. They will cry and have tantrums, and not be able to tell you what they need, and be stubborn sometimes. Sometimes they need space, or quiet time. Sometimes they need attention and validation.Ā
But kids learn from every interaction they have, so adults need to make the effort to show all the love, and patience, and empathy, and thoughtfulness we want them to learn.Ā
honestly the most important thing imo is that with every reaction you give - whether to something they say or do, or to someone else, or to circumstances, w/e - youāre thinking about how to respond in a way that will be most beneficial for the child, rather than just reacting the way you normally would automatically
for example, if a kid is doing something that bothers you, your instinct may be to say āstop!ā, to ignore them, or to express irritation, but none of those reactions will benefit the kid in any way. likely your best course of action would be to say āexcuse me, could you please stop doing __? i donāt like it because __.ā that way they learn a. what exactly is bothering you, so they can avoid doing it in future, b. how to identify and communicate when someone elseās behavior is bothering them, and c. how to take constructive feedback on their behavior - all without feeling like they are being punished or antagonized.
me as a mum
āYou got too hype.ā
Lmaoooooooooooo mamma was on it
This is so cute awe
Lmao!!! Meeeee
im eating so much chocolate i love myself
update: i have a headache
pls support trans girls and trans women who like traditionally masculine things
no seriously please reblog this ive seen so many posts saying to support trans boys and trans men who like traditionally feminine things and those posts are good!! i love them!!
but i have never in my life seen a post saying to support masculine trans girls and trans women or trans girls and trans women who like traditionally masculine things and its really important to understand that showing support for trans women in any form is just as important as showing support for trans men so please, please reblog this.
support trans women and trans girls. support trans women and trans girls who like traditionally masculine things. trans women and trans girls who like traditionally masculine things are not any less valid than trans women and trans girls who donāt!!