There’s a little girl in my head & she screams “unloved! unloved! unloved!” every moment of my life
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@fibrohead
There’s a little girl in my head & she screams “unloved! unloved! unloved!” every moment of my life
"what did students do before chatgpt?" well one time i forgot i had a history essay due at my 10am class the morning of so over the course of my 30 minute bus ride to school i awkwardly used by backpack as a desk, sped wrote the essay, and got an A on it.
six months later i re-read the essay prior to the final exam, went 'ohhhh yeah i remember this', got a question on that topic, and aced it.
point being that actually doing the work is how you learn the material and internalize it. ChatGPT can give you a short cut but it won't build you the the muscles.
the idea that restrooms, locker rooms, etc need to be single-sex spaces in order for women to be safe is patriarchy's way of signalling to men & boys that society doesn't expect them to behave themselves around women. it is directly antifeminist. it would be antifeminist even if trans people did not exist. a feminist society would demand that women should be safe in all spaces even when there are men there.
btw this is maybe the single most key distinguishing feature of the terfy strains of radical feminism, the seed all the rest of it springs out of: they have absolutely no faith in the ability of feminism to actually destroy patriarchy. they do not think feminism can truly build a better world. they cannot really even imagine that possibility. they think patriarchy is an inevitable natural consequence of unchangeable biological facts, and therefore the goal of feminism can only be to mitigate the worst effects of patriarchy, not to get rid of it.
they can imagine a society where women get some designated safe spaces without men around. they cannot imagine a society where the presence of men is not inherently a danger to women.
“Frances and I were considering attending a Lesbian/Feminist conference this summer, when we were notified that no boys over ten were allowed. This presented logistic as well as philosophical problems for us, and we sent the following letter: Sisters: Ten years as an interracial lesbian couple has taught us both the dangers of an oversimplified approach to the nature and solutions of any oppression, as well as the danger inherent in an incomplete vision. Our thirteen-year-old son represents as much hope for our future world as does our fifteen-year-old daughter, and we are not willing to abandon him to the killing streets of New York City while we journey west to help form a Lesbian-Feminist vision of the future world in which we can all survive and flourish.”
— Audre Lorde, Sister Outsider: “Man Child: A Black Lesbian Feminist’s Response." (This essay in particular was apparently first published in 19-fucking-79, which is how long this conversation's been going on.)
laika and the pain of loss
Matthew Stover Revenge of the Sith // Laika in a flight harness (via wikipedia) // Aeschylus Aeschylus: The Oresteia // Haruki Murakami Sputnik Sweetheart // Olessya Turkina Soviet Space Dogs // Haruki Murakami Norwegian Wood // Ada Limon Sharks in the Rivers // Marina Tsvetaeva from a letter to Boris Pasternak // @fateology muttnik // H.D. Loss // Lavinia Greenlaw For the First Dog in Space // Why Laika the Space Dog is All Animals (via lakia magazine)
bat at hornets nest maybe but "there is no ethical consumption under capitalism" refers to low income communities needing to choose between survival vs being eco friendly. not you continuing to watch the harry potter movies
See also: death of the author is a form of literary theory and analysis not an excuse to give J.K. Rowling money
sometimes i feel like a sickly victorian child going "mother, father, i want to go play outside with the other children"
body positivity with disability or chronic illness is really hard
like, i don’t love my body. it’s actively working against me 100% of the time. what i do love is how i’ve grown to work around my body, how i’ve grown to understand my body. the work i’ve had to put in to learn about my own body and the unique things about it cannot be undermined.
my body is hard work, and i don’t love it, but i will work with it to live happily.
chronic illness is wild. like yes i am so angry ab this illness and what it’s taken from me but i’m also still so full of joy and light and i still am going to make my life as beautiful as i can
i may not have the magic words to fully express how i feel, but the world is better with trans women in it. my life is better with trans women in it. you are a warm light in the dark and your existence brings me and many others joy. you are my sisters and my dear friends. i love you and i'm glad you're here.
Y'know that quote about "if you're the smartest person in the room, you're in the wrong room"
Also applies to queerness and neurodivergency
idk how to compare those lol
The original quote's purpose is to say that you should always seek out people smarter than you for your own intellectual development.
If I'm the gayest and most mentally ill person in the room, I need to find a room with more gay and mentally ill people for my own gay and mentally ill development.
And thats why you are on Tumblr
You get it
fuck yeah !!!!!!!!!
Vetheuil in Winter (1879) by Claude Monet
Some parents will never forgive you for how they failed you
I will fall asleep in pain and wake up in pain the rest of my life. :/
✨ Things I'm insecure about because of my disabilities ✨
Being unreliable
Having a messy room
Abdominal bloating
Not being 100% on top of my hygiene
Having to excuse myself to the washroom more often
Using my mobility aids
Random bruising
My chicken (weak) legs
Having to explain myself to strangers
Taking the accessible seating on the bus/train
Tripping over myself
My brain fog (I used to have a fantastic memory, I feel like I come off as stupid now)
Being super sweaty
Not being "good representation"
Leaving functions early
Sitting on the floor in public
And so much more. This is a reminder that you're not alone in feeling gross or undesirable, it's also okay to feel that way.
Sometimes you need to feel the feelings before you deal with them.