[thinningthegame]

ed’s in the media

i’m not saying these are all amazing bc they’re definitely not but

movies: feed, my skinny sister, to the bone

books: wintergirls, the art of starving, perfect, purge: rehab diaries, purge, brave girl eating, what i lost, hunger

tv shows: red band society, skins (uk)

there are def more than this but these are just the ones that i’ve personally watched/ read

also these are just the ones that revolve around eating disorders, not the ones that have it as a plot point like glee and others (not that those are bad!!)

[thegoodvybe]

[crying--is--okay]

[darkphotographs]

[darkphotographs]

[darkphotographs]

[teamaquaria]

1: did you ever think you were straight?

2: what’s your favorite element of gay culture?

3: are you femme, butch, or neither?

4: do you prefer to date femmes or butches?

5: what’s the worst part about being a lesbian?

6: what’s the best part of being a lesbian?

7: how long were you questioning for?

8: what’s the most annoying thing straight people do?

9: what do you look for in a girl?

10: of you had to marry someone you know right now, who would you choose?

11: do you have a crush right now?

12: do you fall in love easily?

13: is there anyone in your life right now you think you’ll date in the future?

14: is there anyone you want to be kissing right now?

15: do you think you’ve met your future wife yet?

16: top, bottom, or vers?

17: is there anyone you wish you could fuck right now?

18: rough or gentle?

19: how many stereotypes do you fit into?

20: what version of the lesbian flag do you like most? (butch, lipstick, original, etc.)

21: do you have a good gaydar?

22: be honest, would you rather be straight?

23: are you cis?

24: are you a sugar mommy or a sugar baby at heart?

25: are you committed to someone at all right now emotionally?

26: are you looking for a serious relationship currently?

27: is there someone you’d like to be in a serious relationship in?

28: do you want children?

29: is your family accepting of your sexuality?

30: how confident are you in your sexuality?

31: are you polyamorous or monogamous?

32: what’s advice do you have for your 12 year old self?

33: have you ever been to a gay bar?

34: leather jackets or flannel?

35: describe your dream girlfriend

36: do you have any lesbian friends?

37: what elements of gay culture do you actively participate in?

38: do you find straight people irritating?

39: would you rather adopt a kid or have a biological kid?

40: do you love yourself?

[sweeet-november]

If you want to donate us and help us to publish our book:

https://www.patreon.com/sillysara

In the world every 40 seconds a person commits suicide. The majority of them are teenagers.

The statistics of Health and mental health center in Lithuania show that young people choose suicide as a last solution to end the bullying at their school grounds. Such last events in Lithuania show that a young person commits to end everything because of his or hers non-traditional orientation.

In social media you can clearly see the comments of our society.

“Homosexuality is an illness!“

“That is an irregularity!“

“Gays and lesbians are the parasytes which need to be stomped on!“

“That is the shame of the country!“

“There have never been anything like this in the past!“

“This is a 21st centuries problem that needs to be solved!“ – says the citizens of the Republic of Lithuania, the citizens of independent country, who are trying to say their opinion out loud in the social media.

And we all clearly see the results. People, who are being led by the herd‘s exclamation, decide to climb over the bridge‘s, which extend along the highway, borders. By taking a hanful of sleeping pills and suppressing drugs they leave the goodbye letters behind, in which they express their disappointment and the supressed will to live by the community. These young, full of ideas, goals, dreams and ambitions people, who would have given so much to this world, in the end choose to cut open their veins.

Is it really that hard to at least try to understand other person, instead of judging?

Why, why is it still kept in silence? Why are all of the institution‘s doors shut in front of the young person who is looking for a ray of his last hope?

Is it true that a young persons life is worth so little in our societies eyes?

I don‘t want to be silent anymore. I clearly see the results of being silent. Young person, who lives between our insanity, alienation, just doesn‘t see the reason to stay. Opressed in school hallways, and after experiencing physical and psychological violence, they try to search for answers, a solution, a way to change and to become “normal”, and in all of this they feel like they aren’t worthy to stay in our group.

I want to talk, because I am healthy, who can love, smile, be happy of lifes every moment, eat like everyone else does and even sleep on time, I have to be thrown at with rocks. I was forced to feel not normal. I was forced to be afraid of my every own move. I was made to feel like a pervert.

The discussions in social media which were there for the last few weeks pushed me to sit down in front of my desk and to talk about how I imagine love. That the love for me isn‘t just a physical contact with other human being. That the love is necessary for us like air, water, propulsion material. That you can‘t choose who to love, because love doesn‘t have gender. That you can love yourself, life and everyone around you, even if they don‘t always love you.

This video recording is representative video about what was happening in Rumšiškės - in Lithuanian folk and household museum. When I talked about my own idea to write a book about a non-traditional love of two girls and to take pictures of it, I asked for help and more that fifty girls from all around the country decided to help me.

“To love is (not) forbidden“ - it is a photographic and written piece of fiction about the love of two girls before the war. About parents who disown their daughter only because of her differences. About societies view of different oriented people. About an illness, which on how to cure electricity is still used. About that it was a reason to be killed. Society talks, about that this is only a problem to the twenty first century, although I would like to apologize, that in nature homosexuality was always there, though people remained silent on this topic. They were scared of the reaction of others, scared of that will be dealt with. Pitiful that it is still a not talked about topic even in our times. That it is still comparable to a disease.

I dare to name that this is an illustrated novel about a full of purpose life which chose the path of free and different love, leaving behind old stereotypes which we get from the birth. One person has told me, that this piece is the love litany. That it can be all kinds of love. That when you love someone, sometimes you‘ll pray to God and sometimes you‘ll curse the God. That when you love someone you can do anything, even resist for yourself. To do more than you have ever thought you can do. To feel more than you thought you can feel.

Thank you to all the girls who walked together with me in this mission to wake up the hearts. To force someone to hear and to ask themselves… Do we really need to punish others because they love differently?

Moreover, we are searching for everyone who wants to support us with monetary amount or any other way and help us to publish “To love is (not) forbidden“. I want that in the future everyone would enjoyliving in Lithuania. I want that everyone would enjoy being in Lithuania starting tomorrow. I don‘t want to hear any bad words and disgust about my own country when I‘m abroad. I don‘t want Lithuania to be labeled as the Third World country.

Encourage everyone to light up with life.

[explicitmaverick]

Want to know me better? Send me any number!

[ghosttobe]

1: My name?

2: Do I have any nicknames?

3: Zodiac sign?

4: Video game I play to chill, not to win?

5: Book/series I reread?

6: Aliens or ghosts?

7: Writer I trust enough to read whatever they write?

8: Favourite radio station?

9: Favourite flavour of anything?

10: The word that I use all the time to describe something great?

11: Favourite song?

12: The question you ask new friends to get to know them better?

13: Favourite word?

14: The last person who hurt me, did I forgive them?

15: Last song I listened to?

16: TV show I always recommend?

17: Pirates or ninjas?

18: Movie I watch when I’m feeling down?

19: Song that I always start my shuffle with/wake-up song/always-on-a-loop song?

20: Favourite video games?

21: What am I most afraid of?

22: A good quality of mine?

23: A bad quality of mine?

24: Cats or dogs?

25: Actor/actress you trust enough to watch whatever they’re in?

26: Favourite season?

27: Am I in a relationship?

28: Something I miss?

29: My best friend?

30: Eye colour?

31: Hair colour?

32: Someone I love?

33: Someone I trust?

34: Someone I always think about?

35: Am I excited about anything?

36: My current obsession?

37: Favourite TV shows as a child?

38: Do I have someone of the opposite sex that I can tell everything to?

39: Am I superstitious?

40: What do I think about most?

41: Do I have any strange phobias?

42: Do I prefer to be in front of the camera or behind it?

43: Favourite hobbies?

44: Last book I read?

45: Last film I watched?

46: Do I play any instruments?

47: Favourite animal?

48: Top 5 blog on Tumblr that I follow?

49: Superpower I wish I could have?

50: How do I destress?

51: Do I like confrontation?

52: When do I feel most at peace?

53: What makes me smile?

54: Do I sleep with the lights on or off?

55: Play any sports?

56: What is my song of the week?

57: Favourite drink?

58: When did I last send a handwritten letter to somebody?

59: Afraid of heights?

60: Pet peeve?

61: What was the last concert I went to see?

62: Am I vegetarian/vegan/pescatarian?

63: What occupation did I want to do when I was younger?

64: Have I ever had a friend turn enemy?

65: What fictional universe would I like to be a part of?

66: Something I worry about?

67: Scared of the dark?

68: Who are my best friends?

69: What do I admire most about others?

70: Can I sing?

71: Something I wish I could do?

72: If I won the lottery, what would I do?

73: Have I ever skipped school?

74: Favourite place on the planet?

75: Where do I want to live?

76: Do I have any pets?

77: What is my current desktop picture?

78: Early bird or night owl?

79: Sunsets or sunrise?

80: Can I drive?

81: Story behind my last kiss?

82: Earphones or headphones?

83: Have I ever had braces?

84: Story behind one of my scars?

85: Favourite genre of music?

86: Who is my hero?

87: Favourite comic book character?

88: What makes me really angry?

89: Kindle or real book?

90: Favourite sporty activity?

91: What is one thing that isn’t tight in schools that should be?

92: What was my favourite subject at school?

93: Siblings?

94: What was the last thing I bought?

95: How tall am I?

96: Can I cook?

97: Can I bake?

98: 3 things I love?

99: 3 things I hate?

100: Do I have more girl friends or boy friends?

101: Who do I get on with better, girls or boys?

102: Where was I born?

103: Sexual orientation?

104: Where do I currently live?

105: Last person I texted?

106: Last time I cried?

107: Guilty pleasure?

108: Favourite Youtuber?

109: A photo of myself.

110: Do I like selfies?

111: Favourite game app?

112: My relationship with my parents?

113: Favourite accents?

114: A place I have not been but wish to visit?

115: Favourite number?

116: Can I juggle?

117: Am I religious?

118: Do I like space?

119: Do I like the deep ocean?

120: Am I much of a daredevil?

121: Am I allergic to anything?

122: Can I curl my tongue?

123: Can I wiggle my ears?

124: Do I like clowns?

125: The Beatles or Elvis?

126: My current project?

127: Am I a bad loser?

128: Do I admit when I wrong?

129: Forest or beach?

130: Favourite piece of advice?

131: Am I a good liar?

132: Hogwarts house / Divergent faction / Hunger Games district?

133: Do I talk to myself?

134: Am I very social?

135: Do I like gossip?

136: Do I keep a journal/diary?

137: Have I ever hopelessly failed a test?

138: Do I believe in second chances?

139: If I found a wallet full of cash on the ground, what would I do?

140: Do I believe people are capable of change?

141: Have I ever been underweight?

142: Am I ticklish?

143: Have I ever been in a submarine?

144: Have I ever been on a plane?

145: In a film about my life, who would I cast as myself, friends and family?

146: Have I ever been overweight?

147: Do I have any piercings?

148: Which fictional character do I wish was real?

149: Do I have any tattoos?

150: What is the best decision I have made in life so far?

151: Do I believe in Karma?

152: Do I wear glasses or contacts?

153: What was my first car?

154: Do I want children?

155: Who is the most intelligent person I know?

156: My most embarrassing memory?

157: What makes me nostalgic?

158: Have I ever pulled an all-nighter?

159: Which do I value more in others, brains or beauty?

160: What colour mostly dominates my wardrobe?

161: Have I ever had a paranormal experience?

162: What do I hate most about myself?

163: What do I love most about myself?

164: Do I like adventure?

165: Do I believe in fate?

166: Favourite animal?

167: Have I ever been on radio?

168: Have I ever been on TV?

169: How old am I?

170: One of my favourite quotes?

171: Do I hold grudges?

172: Do I trust easily?

173: Have I learnt from my mistakes?

174: Best gift I’ve ever received?

175: Do I dream?

176: Have I ever had a night terror?

177: Do I remember my dreams, and what is one that comes to mind?

178: An experience that has made me stronger?

179: If I were immortal, what would I do?

180: Do I like shopping?

181: If I could get away with a crime, what would I choose to do?

182: What does “family” mean to me?

183: What is my spirit animal?

184: How do I want to be remembered?

185: If I could master one skill, what would I choose?

186: What is my greatest failure?

187: What is my greatest achievement?

188: Love or money?

189: Love or career?

190: If I could time travel, where and when would I want to go?

191: What makes me the happiest?

192: What is “home” to me?

193: What motivates me?

194: If I could choose my last words, what would they be?

195: Would I ever want to encounter aliens?

196: A movie that scared me as a child?

197: Something I hated as a child that I like now?

198: Zombies or vampires?

199: Live in the city or suburbs?

200: Dragons or wizards?

201: A nightmare that has stayed with me?

202: How do I define love?

203: Do I judge a book by its cover?

204: Have I ever had my heart broken?

205: Do I like my handwriting?

206: Sweet or savoury?

207: Worst job I’ve had?

208: Do I collect anything?

209: Item of clothing or jewellery you’ll never see me without?

210: What is on my bucket list?

211: How do I handle anger?

212: Was I named after anyone?

213: Do I use sarcasm a lot?

214: What TV character am I most like?

215: What is the weirdest talent I have?

216: Favourite fictional character?

[endlesslifeinpain]

[perfectquote]

[tea-and-coffex]

this is the truth.

-your insecurities will in fact, not disappear when you lose weight

-your suicidal thoughts, if you have any, will no go away when you are thin

-you will still worry about people hugging or touching you

-you will think to yourself that the weight you have lost isn’t enough, yes, your “goal weight” is going to be considered fat once you reach it

-you will not be happy

-you will not gain confidence

i am in no way trying to make you miserable, but this mental illness isn’t something that will allow you to be happy. “Ana” wants you to be so sickly thin you are on the verge of fucking death. do you understand? life will not be sunshine and happiness when you get down to those 94 pounds. you need to realize that.

that is the truth.

[cobaltnights]

[zarathustra-would-be-proud]

[deathtothempire]

[f--o--r--e--v--e--r]

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