in dark times, should the stars also go out?

cin | 30s | dyke | any pronouns | enthusiast.

[oncce-againn]

My alone time is for everyone’s safety

[meanbuddhist]

*turns my attention inwards* mmmmm. no *turns my attention back outwards* oh god

[kurulover]

I hate that when you’re stressed enough your body just starts falling apart. I think it should realize you’re already stressed and don’t need that and start functioning better actually

[kurulover]

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me when my disabilities disable me:

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me when my disabilities disable me:

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me when my disabilities disable me:

[butterflypeaflowertea]

ever since i was a little girl i knew i was doomed to take things too seriously and think about them forever

[autistobrat]

scientists are experimenting on cross-breeding a crab and a cheetah; things could go sideways real fast

[ismenes]

When my son was about to turn two, strangers would offer condolences. There’s a collective cultural dread of toddlers, who get described more like animals than people. Kids in their "terrible twos," I was warned, are illogical, unregulated, and feral. "Good luck," people would say. "He'll grow out of it."

I'm lucky: My son is a very easygoing kid. But I remember the first tantrum he threw for me. He was standing by our front door and asked to go outside. So I opened the door and grabbed his shoes. But as soon as he stepped onto the porch, he pointed back into the house.

"Inside," he said.

"Okay," I said. I picked him up and brought him inside.

But as soon as I shut the front door, he pointed outside.

"Outside!" he said.

You know where this is going. We went back and forth, inside and outside, again and again. He got more frustrated. And I got more frustrated. Eventually he wound up straddling the threshold of our house, sobbing. When I tried to comfort him, he screamed at me. "You go wherever you want!" I said. He just got madder. I felt trapped, convinced he’d concocted the whole episode as a pretext to unleash his rage at me. It was ridiculous. I consoled myself with the thought that he was just being a toddler.

But later I kept thinking about him wailing at our front door, one foot inside, one foot outside. His misery wasn't unreasonable, or trivial, or silly. My son was experiencing the agony of wanting two things that were impossible to have at the same time. What a fundamentally human sorrow! My son wasn't being a toddler; he was being a person. Adults may not walk around howling, but that same pain rages within us. In that moment, as a father, I was powerless to solve my son's problem. I told him he could go wherever he wanted, but of course I was wrong. To be where he wanted was impossible.

Make Believe: On Telling Stories to Children by Mac Barnett

[yourspecialeyes]

Reddit user has cracked the code on how to read fanfic and study at the same time

(image via twitter)

[argentinasexogay]

original reddit post

[avianscribe]

seriously, this is an example of how the integration of arts into learning helps with comprehension. It recontextualizes the material in a way that helps the brain remember AND makes it more understandable.

it’s why for generations teachers used mnemonic songs to help kids memorize all the U.S. states.

[pterribledinosaurdrawings]

[pterribledinosaurdrawings]

This is getting a lot of notes again and is reminding me that I should try to get out for more walks in the nice autumn weather

[xenosagaepisodeone]

are we not feeling very pious today, brother lionel

[transgenderpolls]

If HRT came in a smokeable form, would you do it that way?

FUCK YES I WANT TO SMOKE TESTOSTERONE CIGARETTES!!!

if it was more accessible/cheaper than other methods for T, sure why not

i'd choose it over some methods for T but not others, wrt pain/inconvenience

no, i don't want to smoke. not even testosterone

i'm on T or want to be and have more complicated feelings

FUCK YES I WANT TO SMOKE ESTROGEN CIGARETTES!!!

if it was more accessible/cheaper than other methods for E, sure why not

i'd choose it over some methods for E but not others, wrt pain/inconvenience

no, i don't want to smoke. not even estrogen

i'm on E or want to be and have more complicated feelings

see results

Voting ended onDec 3, 2025

[0king-of-the-rats0]

god gives his most specific, hard to explain genders to his strongest dykes

[warmfigure]

i am massively overdue for a very very good week where not a single bad thing happens and everything is easy

[unlettered-heathen]

reblog to give prev a very good week where not a single bad thing happens and everything is easy

[sexchangedotcom]

disco elysium is a game that makes you feel bad for hours on end and you absolutely should play it during a transitional period of your life and when you have a lot of other problems you arent dealing with. advice from me

[rohirric-hunter]

"You could get up early and do it before work" I could also wait for a magic beanstalk to start growing in my living room LMAO. Let's focus on things that happen in the real world