Don't Wander Alone

She/They/He give me internet rabbit holes to go down

[dont-wander-alone]

“I am grateful that I can experience the full spectrum of human emotions,” I say through gritted teeth while going through the emotional equivalent of losing a limb.

[expressions-of-nature]

by Elina Magalimova

[dont-wander-alone]

Daily goals:

- wake up on time

- do as little harm as possible

- go to bed on time

[dont-wander-alone]

This was a real advertisement in my cafeteria.

[dragon-in-a-fez]

you can believe victims about what they experienced and also not want to torch the lives of the people they've accused without proof. that is a space you can walk in and usually it's not even that hard. I say this as a survivor of domestic violence. "believe victims" doesn't mean get torches and pitchforks any more than "innocent until proven guilty" means victims are lying. please please learn this "believe victims" isn't about the perpetrators it's about the victims

[dont-wander-alone]

I have no motion. As still as the scared rabbit upon hearing the fox.

[alpaca-clouds]

The biggest bullshit with Adultism is basically that the people will defend it with: "Well, if we did not force X on kids, kids would not do it, because they hate X."

And then you actually look onto the research.

Kids do not generally hate learning or school. Quite the opposite. Children tend to enjoy learning and are naturally curious. It is exactly the fact that they are forced into school and into the rigid structure of it that often punishes curiosity but also is hostile towards the differences inherent in people, that kids hate it.

Kids do not naturally hate medical care. While medical care is scary at times, the fear usually comes from medical care scenarios being defined by adults overriding a child's agency, not explaining things to him, and otherwise being abusive, that makes children afraid of medical procedures. Additionally the way a lot of medical procedures go hand in hand with denying a child's reality ("Look, it is not that bad") tends to be traumatizing to children.

There have been studies done in this. If you explain a child - even a toddler - what you do and why, children will generally be a lot more okay with stuff like needles and simple procedures, and will even agree to necessary surgical interventions.

If you create a learning environment that allows more for self-directed learning, and involves less specific testing, most kids actually will enjoy learning.

The way kids hate school, and are afraid of doctors is the result of those interactions being associated with violence and coercion. The hatred is because of the coercion, rather than the hatred making the coercion necessary.

[dont-wander-alone]

The evisceration of third spaces has led me to places I wouldn’t even go with a gun.

[dont-wander-alone]

Welcome

I have no clue what I’m going to do on here, but this is more fun than writing my music history essay. So hi, here’s an introduction:

- My name is Sasha.

- I live in a very rural area of North Georgia, USA, a stones throw away from the mountains.

- I’m going to university for a piano performance major and I’ve been playing classical piano for 17 years, so my entire career revolves around dead white men and the stuff they wrote. I’m a junior about to be a senior.

- I work as a night housekeeper for my university, which was built in the 1800′s and is notoriously haunted as it’s partially located on the Trail of Tears. Yes, I have scary stories. Yes, we have wendigos.

- I love cats!

- I was raised in a cult that later stopped existing, so no one knows about it, but it makes a fun party story.

- Hiking is my favorite hobby, even though I rarely have time to do it.