your best (south) american girl

and then, i have nature and art and poetry, and if that is not enough, what is enough? (victoria, brazil)

[yukiyu4]

[johnny-depp-is-loved]

in the end we are all creatures in need of love and comfort

[crowns-of-violets-and-roses]

Discussions of trans women in sports often focus on elite/professional sports which honestly I find it hard to care about but the more common scenario of “we’re going to legally ban a high school girl from playing sports with her friends because she’s trans” is just profoundly evil

[zzzucker]

i remember when utah's (republican) governor ended up vetoing a law banning transgender students from playing high school sports when he looked at the numbers, and there were only four trans students in the state playing sports at all. he released a clumsily worded but surprisingly compassionate statement about the decision.

I must admit, I am not an expert on transgenderism. I struggle to understand so much of it, and the science is conflicting. When in doubt, however, I always try to err on the side of kindness, mercy, and compassion. I also try to get proximate, and I am learning so much from our transgender community. They are great kids who face enormous struggles. Here are the numbers that have most impacted my decision: 75,000, 4, 1, 86 and 56. 75,000 high school kids participating in high school sports in Utah. 4 transgender kids playing high school sports in Utah. 1 transgender student playing girls sports. 86% of trans youth reporting suicidality. 56% of trans youth having attempted suicide. Four kids and only one of them playing girls sports. That’s what all of this is about. Four kids who aren’t dominating or winning trophies or taking scholarships. Four kids who are just trying to find some friends and feel like they are a part of something. Four kids trying to get through each day. Rarely has so much fear and anger been directed at so few. I don’t understand what they are going through or why they feel the way they do. But I want them to live.

of course, it didn't amount to much. they overrode his veto. it's just so cartoonishly evil. an entire state's political body so desperate to terrorize this one little trans girl.

[synergy27]

Me at 13: “god I can’t wait to go home and read fanfic”

Me at 17: “god I can’t wait to go home and read fanfic”

Me at 21: “god I can’t wait to go home and read fanfic”

[showgirlshawn]

Me at 35: “god I can’t wait to go home and read fanfic”

[avenger-nerd-mom]

Me at 51: "god I can't wait to go home and read fanfic"

[dogpuppy]

[lilapetrichorwinteryrogue]

why would you do this to me

[rionsanura]

don't worry, they do this to him also

[marinella-ela]

[nick-nellson]

Barbie (2023) dir. Greta Gerwig

[scorpionlafemme]

[tarydarrington]

the mighty nein s01e05: little spark

[kaitlin-writes]

You cannot revise if you do not write. Whatever you can get down on the page today is worth all of your effort even if you don't believe it's "good enough." Just write. You can make it beautiful later. This is a reminder for myself and for you today.

[postnuclearophelia]

[str-ngeloop]

probably tomorrow i'm gonna somehow be more organized and disciplined than i ever have been in my whole life so i'm fine probably

[whichcouldmeanothing]

You talk about this stuff a lot? It comes up.

HACKS 3x06 "Power Play"

[konoko]

[official-megumin]

@a-sentient-cup

[catchymemes]

[disgruntled-foreign-patriarch]

it’s almost as if Tolkien knew what he was talking about

[thepieking]

It’s almost as if Tolkien personally witnessed one of the bloodiest wars in human history and then used that to fuel his writing.

[forgetmcnotts]

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