the real demon's souls starts here

n8 • like 30 • they/it • evil video game enthusiast • on the angel to demon spectrum I'm nonbinary • main blog: @darksunradiance

[lifeafterpsychiatry]

It's a lot healthier to go for a daily walk than to sign up for a gym membership you won't be using because you hate that kind of exercise. It's a lot healthier to eat a frozen meal than to skip a meal because you were too tired to cook something healthy. It's a lot healthier to take a quick shower than to procrastinate an elaborate routine for days. Don't aim so high that you won't be hitting anything!

[creamypancakebatter]

this is actually really helpful and affirming thanks

[breelandwalker]

[flipocrite]

there is no such thing as the perfect steppy

only the next steppy

[dragongirlsweetie]

things girls like

concrete

rusty metal

vast pools of water

overgrown foliage

a dense fog covering the land

broken machinery

a landscape of ancient structures too vast for one to fully explore in a single lifetime

pettings her snout nicely

[targetedknowledge]

[evilnicegirl]

i hope that someday there will be no more advertisements ever again

[lyraeon]

re-learning how to ask for help before it's an emergency will help you get rid of the feeling that you're always having to drag other people into your emergencies btw

[lyraeon]

if you really think it's not fair to keep asking people to step in when things have already gone to shit and it's gonna be super stressful to them, the realistic solution is to ask for help before things have a chance to turn into a crisis so that the help needed is more minor, not to magically become the one person on all of planet earth that never needs help

and if people get mad at you for asking for help on something minor, that's a sign you need different people in your life. I promise there are plenty of people who are not just willing to help a friend, but excited at the opportunity to feel helpful and like you want them in your life!

[dogpuppy]

[eltonjohndenver]

some of you don’t seem to realize that In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade and he carries the reminders of every glove that laid him down or cut him till he cried out in his anger and his shame "I am leaving, I am leaving" but the fighter still remains

[ratatosk777]

I should do more void siblings and silk siblings stuff for this au by the way. I have ideas, but I cant resist the yuri

[mousidy]

the other other thing with the weaponization of socialization theory against trans women is that it's extremely defeatist and it serves the patriarchy, rather than challenging it, as the theory was developed to do

they've molded the theory into an extraordinarily powerful weapon by asserting that even people who literally change the sexgender class they belong to cannot do anything to change the shape the patriarchy has attempted to beat them into

you spend the first x years of your life with your environment attempting to shape you, and then, like clay hardening, you're stuck in that shape forever. if you were not taught confidence, you can never learn it. if you were not taught humility, you can never learn it. if you were taught ideas that harm you, you can never unlearn them

if you truly buy into this version of the theory constructed as a prison cell for trans women, you're putting yourself in the cell too, aren't you? how can you believe in feminism at all if you conceive of yourself as forever stuck in the shape of a helpless doormat? if not even a trans person can do anything to leave the cell you've constructed, surely you have even less hope of it

no, obviously you can and will change and break out of the shape the patriarchy attempts to beat you into, and trans people and feminists have been proving that throughout history

socialization theory describes an attempt by the patriarchy to mold you into the shape it wants. to conceive of this as an all-powerful force is to lie down and let it do the molding. one of the greatest tricks of the patriarchy has been co-opting socialization theory and managing to convince so many people that somehow not even transition itself represents any challenge to the efficacy of its untouchable socializing forces. feminism would have nowhere to go if that were true, and that's why it's so important to understand that it isn't true

[lanfan]

Hey yall I just wanted to come on here and bring some attention to what’s happening at the detention center (really a concentration camp) Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey. There is a hunger strike going on right now to protest the abhorrent conditions within the camp (allegations of torture, maggots and other bugs in the food, etc) and protests happening outside the camp. ICE is not allowing any politicians to come in (as is their right) to see the conditions of the camp. I would urge yall to do your own research, but if you want videos of some people who are actually there, here are some tik tok accounts you can go follow: @ bethanyquilter/ @ whoiskingtrivv/ @ Status Coup News/ @ L.A. TACO

And here is a video explaining what’s going on in more detail than I provided.

With everything else going on in the world, it can be hard to keep up with stuff going on at home, but ICE is still out here terrorizing innocent people. We must keep our eyes on them, and keep fighting.

Feel free to add more sources or info to this post, should you have any.

[tsscat]

I found this linktree here that has a master list of ways to help the detainees inside Delaney Hall: https://linktr.ee/SupportOurFamilies

SupportOurFamilies | Linktree

Please support immigrant families by donating to the GoFundMe's below and purchasing supplies via Amazon Wishlist to support detainee visito

I have heard that protestors outside need medical supplies, but I can’t find the best way to provide that if you are not nearby.

[andreablog2]

What will save us

Islam for some of you and transgender for the rest tbh

[thetransfemininereview]

Roberta Angela Dee, The Black Trans Literary Pioneer You Probably Haven’t Read

For the first time in decades, read over 100 rare writings from Roberta Angela Dee in this comprehensive survey of her life’s work.

In the 80s, she wrote a lifestyle column for R-18 trans tabloid The Transvestian.

In the 90s, her ground-breaking novellas defined Black trans indie publishing.

In the early 00s, she helped organize the TWOC community, inspiring Monica Roberts to write.

This is the story of Roberta Angela Dee.

[darkmoonseance]

"are you going to Boy Scooch at Tschuus" real sentence I'm about to text to someone

[ibedressin]

Happy Black Fae Day!

I did this as part of a collaboration post with many other wonderful black creatives over on IG. My theme was Warrior Fairy.

Creative Direction and editing by me

Shot by @sachinteng 🥰

[annabelle--cane]

what I mean: "sexual intercourse" is as much a social construct as "romantic courtship," and you discover this very quickly as a queer person if you try to talk to able bodied straight cis people who literally think the only thing that counts as Actual Sex is penis-in-vagina penetration, like they call oral "foreplay" it's so dire. various people have a lot of vested interest in cleanly defining "sex" vs "not sex" for a whole slew of reasons (ex. censorship dodging and enforcing, conferring the social clout of virginity and prowess, finding and closing loopholes about premarital sex, deciding what relationships "count" as serious partnerships, ligating what is general assault vs sexual assault vs Something That's Definitely Probably Fine And Not Sexual At All, Actually, etc.), and it's really not something you can just fall back on as obvious common sense that people are dumb for questioning.

what I say: sex isn't real and you can't have it

[darkmoonseance]

so. health update. cw for food/ED related stuff.

so I finally went to an ENT urgent care and got diagnosed with "LPR" which is like a weird form of acid reflux that skips the heartburn. My sinuses are fucked up because my throat has been scoured by stomach acid for months! which is fun. it can also have respiratory symptoms similar to a cold which explains the chest tightness-congestion feeling. I'm glad to know that there actually is something wrong with me, it's not just me being a baby about experiencing allergy symptoms. but. it also means I have to change my entire diet. because Ive basically been eating pizza and takeout and Mac and cheese for my entire life. And I'm very scared and meal prepping is hard and the idea of having to keep fresh produce in my house without it going bad is daunting. The other problem is that I've been able to handle my eating disorder as an adult specifically because I dont think too hard about what I eat, I just grab whatever sounds good and is available and will get me enough calories to survive. but now the doctor says I need to keep a food journal so I can start tracking trigger foods and....I don't know if I can do that?? I don't think that is a safe thing for me to do. and also it's SO FUCKING HARD to get enough calories when you eat only vegetables and oats and brown rice and etc. Like, I could throw a frozen pizza in the oven and eat the entire thing and then I don't have to think about eating the rest of the day cuz that handles all the calories I need. now it's like, I HAVE to eat small meals throughout the day, and I need to eat a lot of them which is my personal hell. Also, if I stop drinking alcohol (or at least cut back), that's another major calorie source for me just gone. objectively these are all good things for me and will be good for me in the long run it's just a very sudden lifestyle shift that I'm not sure if I'm mentally prepared for. anyway idk where I'm going with this but I'm freaked out and a lot more anxious than I should be. how dare my body age and no longer agree with me living like I'm still in high school/college.

[darkmoonseance]

trying this new thing called eating breakfast I've heard it's good for you or something