mk

eighteen. georgia.

[holdingeverybreathforyou]

i never dreamed of this. — happy selfie night and HAPPY DISABLED PRIDE...

[holdingeverybreathforyou]

yesterday, we were just children//playing soldiers, just pretending, dreaming dreams with happy endings

happy disability pride month!

[thoradvice]

you are not hard to love. you're not "too different" to be loved. you're not "too ugly", "too fat", "too weird", or anything else. the right people will love you because of everything you are, not despite of things. you're worthy of that love, and it'll come to you soon.

you are not hard to love.

[mentalillness]

BLM Links Masterpost

Keep reading

[vanessagillings]

A few resources to help, learn, and promote:

TO HELP AND DONATE:

Black Lives Matter carrd with info, petitions, donation sites they recommend, and readings they suggest

President Obama’s List of orgs to help, things to read, and ways to get engaged

Black-led LGBTQ+ Organizations posted by Alexis Michelle

TO LEARN AND UNLEARN:

5 Ways to Take Action for all non-black people by The Conscious Kid

10-Steps to Non-Optical Allyship by Mireille Cassandra Harper 

How to Be Actively Anti-Racist by Good Good Good Co

Victoria Alexander’s recommendations on Anti-Racist Literature

TO SUPPORT AND PROMOTE:

Abelle Hayford’s #drawingwhileblack Directory of Black Creatives to hire

Author Oge Mora’s List of Children’s Books by Black Authors - also check out Oge Mora’s beautiful books!

A Twitter Thread from Melissa See on Black YA novels

Karina Yan Glasser’s 100 Must-Read Children’s Books by African-American Authors

10 Black-Owned Online Bookstores to buy all these lovely books from!

Bookshop.org’s List of Independent Black-Owned Bookstores 

[vanessagillings]

UPDATED WITH A FEW MORE RESOURCES:

Afoma Umesi’s List of 35 Black Middle-Grade Books

Aforma Umesi’s List of 45 Best Black YA Novels to Add to Your TBR

Book Riot’s 25 Fantastic Middle Grade Books by Black Authors

Shoppe Black’s List of Black-Owned Farms – broken down by state!  Check out Shoppeblack.us in general for features on black-owned businesses!

roohiamber’s List of Black-Owned Businesses – beauty, skincare, food, etc!

roohiamber’s List of Black Influencers to Follow

roohiamber’s List of Black-Hosted Podcasts

Feel free to add more, guys! 

[loveisbraveandwild]

im thinking about all the times taylor has asked for our help in the last year. when she asked us to support her with everything that was happening with scott and scotter and bmr. when she posted about how she couldnt perform her own music she asked us to make some noise and demand justice and demand that they let her sing her own music. how she told us with great sadness that her documentary might not happen but if we take to instagram and twitter, maybe it will be able to. if we’re loud and demand whats right, change can happen. and how in that very documentary she promised to be more politically engaged and publicly active and socially aware. and now we’re literally begging her to do the exact same for her black fans and members of our community. the same people that have stood by her side not just privately, but publicly. the same people who demanded justice for her. and that ask is met with silence and complacency. theyve done so so so much for her and im not saying that thats why she should speak up but if she’s looking for another reason on top of the obvious ones, this is one.

[behindsthemall]

yes its important to get this disgusting administration out of the white house but it’s even more important to realize that black people literally cannot wait until then for the system to change and that systematic racism has been around as long as the country has and it doesn’t end because a democrat is in office

[enchanteds]

enchanteds > whatthefuckisuptaylor

[killdrae]

[onmytallesttiptoes]

I’M FINALLY FEELING 22! VERY HAPPY! VERY FREE! VERY CONFUSED AND VERY LONELY AT THE SAME TIME (especially in quarantine)!!

thank you so much @taylorswift for being one of the main reasons i got through 21! it was perhaps one of the hardest but also best years of my life and your music and the love you have shown me during some of the absolute lowest points got me through it all. it’s also because of you that i have made some of the best friends i’ve ever known and i’m so thankful to you for bringing me to them because i truly don’t know what i’d do without them. spending 22 in quarantine definitely was not what i had ever pictured for this big celebration but they still found a way to make me feel so loved and happy despite these less than ideal conditions. i love you so much always thanks for pulling me through this chaotic year!!! hopefully 22 has some much better things in store once all of this is finally over!!! 🥺💘

[winestainedlove]

I hope I never lose you, @taylorswift💛

[winestainedlove]

hi I graduated from college with honors and a B.S. in public relations and even though nothing was the way I always pictured it would be it feels really good😁💓

[fearlessnetwork]

spending april reminiscing about the butterfly mural and how much chaos it caused!! we love you so much T!! @taylorswift 🦋

love, - the archers ♡

[diggingmyself-down]

if you saw me on the street, in a classroom, in a social setting, during a race, you would have no idea the mental/physical barriers i have to break to do those things; “but you don’t look disabled!” 

i cannot  believe these photos were taken 5 or so weeks ago. i cannot believe how many barriers we are all breaking right now, despite all the things trying to hold us back. i’m hoping we come out of this a little stronger, a little more empathetic, and a lot more proud of ourselves. stay safe swifties / @taylorswift and @taylornation!

[dyingtoseehowthisonends]

Dear T, Our lives may never cross paths again like they did that one wondrous midnight on June 2nd in Chicago but I’ll always be wishing you fulfillment in life and I’ll forever be dancing with you whether our hands are tied or if it’s in the pouring rain or if we’re doing better than we ever were. Loving and missing you every second of every day, your friend Ana.

[smallbrownswift-deactivated2021]

special nose scrunch for @taylorswift :)

[holdingeverybreathforyou]

dear taylor,

you’ve never noticed me before, but you’ve been there for every phase of my life beginning with pre-k. it’s absolutely crazy to me that a five year old who just wanted curly hair like yours grew into an eighteen year old who will be graduating high school sometime soon with you having been there every single step of the way. these past few years haven’t been easy. in 5th grade, my papaw got diagnosed with cancer. in 7th grade, he unfortunately passed away. in 8th grade, my granny got diagnosed with cancer, and she thankfully won the battle. my sophomore year, my little sister got diagnosed with epilepsy. calling the ambulance on your 11 year old sister just doesn’t feel right. i have hEDS (hypermobile ehlors-danlos), and i got diagnosed right before my junior year. i would be lying if i said it didn’t make me sad. i didn’t tell anyone for a while because i was scared of the stigma. then the end of junior year came, and my diagnosis got the best of me. my knee messed up and i wasn’t able to play my senior season of softball. when that happened, i felt lost. half of my personality was built around softball and knowing that i would never get a proper last game hit me hard. my second hobby had always been music and theatre, so i turned to those things to keep me busy. i wrote more songs than i ever had, listened to your music constantly (thank you for releasing lover when you did), learned ukulele, and played piano any chance i could get. now it’s march 27th, and tonight i should be getting ready for my last opening night for my spring musical. instead, i’m at home, and i’m not sure if i’ll get to perform on my high school stage ever again. once again i’ve been writing more than i ever did before, playing ukulele like crazy, and of course listening to you. thank you for always being there every step of the way. growing up is hard and it feels suffocating right now, but i take great comfort in knowing that no matter what leaves me, you never will. yanno, i had the time of my life fighting dragons with you and all that <3