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We need more positive news to acknowledge that the world is actually getting better little by little. Here are some of the top performing positive news illustrations from 2021.

fantasysource

If you don’t release Nicole, she’ll die. / You’re young. You’ll find someone else. / I’d rather die. / Then you’ll be together.

wynonnatheearp

katbarrell: Last scene of season 4 with the dream team!!! #thatsawrap on @wynonnaearp 🤪😱🥰 It’s all waiting for you Earpers… and youre going to love it!!!

lesbianjamies

References to Dolls throughout the season

wilwheaton

adagiosavesthenebula

These types of parents usually are their child(ren)’s first bully.

liberal-memes

strengthins0lidarity

A billion is an inconceivable amount of money.

profeminist

bogleech

I can verify this because I like, live out here and stuff, it’s pretty weird to watch the news call it a burning warzone every day

furbearingbrick

this is how propaganda works

cliff-snowpeak

Ah yes, because everyone knows, absolutely no ones’ lives or property are in danger until the entire city has been reduced to rubble.

bogleech

It’s literally like one block of downtown.

Few things have sustained more than a broken window or some graffiti.

Photos and videos of completely trashed buildings are including those that have been that way for years.

Stats on closures and financial losses are being confused with those related to covid-19.

The news keeps mentioning the same two or three little “family owned” businesses that got hurt in outbreaks of panic but can’t seem to come up with any more than that.

That’s because downtown is dominated by places Starbuck’s, Rite-Aid, Target, Apple, Microsoft, Nordstrom Rack, Whole Foods, Men’s Warehouse, Payless, AT&T, Sprint, Doc Marten’s and other big chain brands.

Brands which themselves cost hundreds of people their livelihoods or homes when they came here, which people were already angry about before any of this happened.

This is in fact one of the fastest gentrified cities in America.

Oops, I forgot the scientology building got vandalized too. Poor babies.

And STILL, the most that’s happened to the majority is a little graffiti.

Vandalism of business was already commonplace in a city where so much business was lost to gentrification, and the relationship between several major companies and its citizens already strained for very good reason. In fact, this isn’t even a downtown location, but a beloved bowling alley people were hoping to see reopen a couple years ago:

And here it is now:

Damage to inanimate things such as property is an inevitability when large numbers of people are angry together. What they’re angry about is extremely justifiable no matter whose bricks or plaster or linoleum gets caught in the crossfire, but the damage to businesses is both grossly overstated by the media and largely concentrated on brands that did far, far more harm than that already.

stability

its almost like kids learn prejudice

inthenameofsephiroth

user87262893

The type of the mother I’m trying to be. Not just encourage bodily autonomy, but reward displays of it, even when it might make someone else in the room uncomfortable.

swedepea

I’ve made so many people uncomfortable in supporting my daughter’s personal space. People will try to hug her, she’ll sometimes say “No, thank you” and the adult will look at me to make her do it, but I just say “It’s ok honey, you don’t have to hug anyone you don’t want to.” It makes people irrationally huffy, making me feel even more justified in supporting my daughter’s choices. Creeps.

misharoux

I legit had to mom-voice some random woman with a “she said no!” when she tried to force a hug on Madison. (who was not very good at verbalizing to people she didn’t know/trust at the time)

She replied, “I just want a hug, it won’t hurt her.”

Me: She. Said. No.

There aren’t many things more important than letting my daughter know that I have her back when it comes to something like this.

ineeduhnap

I work with five year olds and I had a very long talk with them about permission and that your body belongs to yourself and no one else. “Even if you want to hug your friend, you need to stop and ask if it’s okay and if they don’t want you to touch them, you should respect that choice and not do it.” they were like “cool” and then every time after that they had no problem asking their friends “can I give you a hug?” Or “can I hold your hand?” Very politely. If their friend said no, they shrugged and went on with their life. They even started asking me if they could hug me or if it was okay to hold my hand when they were sad. And I always ask when they need comfort “do you need or want a hug?” If they say no, I ask “okay, let me know what we can do as a class to help you feel better. Quiet time? Do you want a stuffed animal? Sit on the couch? Do you need some time alone?” They verbalize what they need and they become aware of their own autonomy and their ability and power to say “no.” Just because someone is an adult does NOT give them the right to hug a child who has said “no” or “no thanks.” Teach then that they own their own body, and no one else is in charge of it. Teach them the power of NO.

lazy-polyglot

^^^^^this is so important

publiusmaximum

Whenever a kid refused to high 5 me for whatever reason, I make a point to say “thank you for stating your boundaries”.

angiethewitch

My husbands family get so offended when my stepdaughter doesn’t want a hug. I just tell them “no, she said she doesn’t want one”. They often try to force her to hug them or just grab her. It starts young, and they learn their body isnt their own.

When I first met my stepdaughter, if I asked for a hug, she wouldn’t say no, but she’d go into a protective stance and just wait. She was waiting for me to violate her boundaries. I told her “you don’t have to give me a hug if you don’t want one. You’re allowed to say no”. It took a while, but now she’s happy saying no.

Children have a right to boundaries as much as an adult does. Don’t violate a child’s boundaries.

strange-lights-and-stardust

It means a lot to me, for reasons I won’t go into, that you’re teaching your stepdaughter that. We need to teach more kids about this, and for that matter, need to teach adults to respect kids’ boundaries.