This Exists

I am that I am. I have a ribbon. I must not fear. I stand on the bridge and no one may pass. The me that you know, he had some second thoughts. I think this year I'm gonna be me. Demographics: early 40s, white, nb, they/them, transfem egg cracked 04-05-2025, atheist, Jewish, fat, US New Englander, pan/bi/demi/queer. Fandom interests: Star Trek, film scores, Doctor Who, and way too many podcasts.

[futchlings]

"incurious" still GOAT insult. You could be better but you're not. You could learn but you won't, and for no good reason, just a base dispositional apathy. Get fucked

[eptck]

you have to be kinder to people with memory issues.

you have to be kinder to people who are slow processors.

you have to be kinder to people who don't understand your jokes.

you have to be kinder to people who forget important dates.

you have to be kinder to people with cognitive decline.

you have to be kinder to people who were always this way, too.

you have to be kind. you have to be kind.

[littlewildmother]

Studies show that engaging in ritualized behavior significantly improves outcomes on measures of grief and feelings of control, even when the person participating in the ritual has little or no belief in the ritual’s power. Just a reminder for no one in particular.

[littlewildmother]

Research has revealed that, while rituals are universal across human cultures, the content and actions of those rituals vary widely even when they have the same intended purpose. This suggests that it is not the actions that matter, but that you are taking any action at all and naming it ritual. It can be an elaborate ritual with dozens of moving parts and participants, or it can be as simple as lighting a candle alone with the intent to remember someone.

The healing is in the doing.

[cour5t]

[ellynneversweet]

1,372 votes and 251 comments so far on Reddit

Go cheer yourselves up, ladies. The comments are absolutely inspired.

[ruimtetijd]

[evilsoup]

Jesus Christ

[genericpuff]

public service announcement to every plus-sized person in the chat:

you don't owe anyone an explanation for your body or your health

being fat isn't a moral failing deserving of judgment

you don't owe anyone self-shame or weight loss just to be loved and accepted

your health isn't solely defined by your weight

you deserve proper healthcare that doesn't reduce you to a number on a scale

you deserve to take care of your health in whatever way you need without being judged for trying

life is too short to not enjoy good food

life is WAY too short to care what other people think

just because other people want you to feel bad for being fat doesn't mean you should

you deserve to feel sexy and beautiful in your body without being reduced to a fetish or told that you're fetishizing fatness

you deserve to take pride in your body without being accused of 'promoting unhealthy lifestyles'

you deserve to date whoever the hell you want without judgment

you deserve to love yourself and your body without being called vain

you deserve to take selfies and share pictures of yourself without people commenting on your body

you deserve to have standards for yourself and how you're treated

you deserve to do what makes you happy and healthy without others turning you into a political statement or a social martyr

you're allowed to have flaws and quirks and personality traits that aren't attributed to your weight

there is no such thing as a "perfect fat person" and you certainly aren't responsible for setting that example

you are loved and you deserve to exist without apology or explanation

the world is better with you in it and that is not up for debate

[background-character-341]

For all its faults Tumblr has truly ruined all other social media for me because my friends all have Instagram and are all trying to get me on Instagram more but every time I open Instagram there are like fifteen things screaming for my attention and when I get over myself long enough to start scrolling it's like. Where is my chronological dash. Where is the following-only option. Who are these people. Why are there so many videos. Everyone is screaming at me. And then before I know it I'm thirty minutes into scrolling and I haven't seen a single thing that I actually care about. At least on Tumblr when I see stuff I don't care about I know someone I follow has found a new interest.

[segamascott]

[yesornopolls]

have you ever accidentally poked yourself in the eye? :/

Have you ever accidentally poked yourself in the eye? :/

Yes

No

Remaining time: 5 days 20 hours

[bsaka7]

excerpts from erin in the morning's article on the ioc's ban on transgender women and sex testing policy

[trans-girl-nausicaa]

We need to standardize clothing sizes. This is fucking stupid. Pass a federal law or something. I’m sick of this shit.

[clovermatcha]

[lilylikesplants]

Femininity is a gift, I'm glad to experience it. I wish the patriarchal idea of it being a negative quality would just die off.

Those who embrace femininity out of joy are some of the happiest people I have ever seen, and I strive to acheive that.

I love being a girl, it's genuinely a gift.

A while ago my gf said "I like being a girl" while we were talking about gender stuff, I didn't say it out loud but honestly, knowing other people also like being feminine brings me much joy. She's really feminine and I take a lot of inspiration from her, I love her so much.

I love women, I love being one, and I wish every woman and woman adjacent person out there a very pleasant femininity.

[carlyraejepsans]

tragic! trans person no longer merely tolerating the act of existing just now realising their entire wardrobe is ass

[shopwitchvamp]

you can fix that at witchvamp.com !! pls because it's the absolute best when i hear from any trans person that they started dressing how they really want to using our clothing

[glenniebun]

The polkat dot skirt was an early addition to my brand-new femme wardrobe and is still a mainstay!

[spookberry]

lowkey kinda hate how all the pride flags are just stripes, can we get some shapes up in here pls

[schnuffel-danny]

OK bisexual (czech)

[spookberry]

Hell yeah 🤙

[the-ghost-king]

Biczechual

[halloweentual]

gender envy is nice but what about gender appreciation? what if i don't exactly wanna go with my own gender in that direction but i'm still like "love what you've done with the place" when seeing someone's gender presentation?

[nocoffeeplease]

[ladyxgaga]

Happy Pride Month!