Journey to her Wings

[through-thick-and-quinn]

The Babysitter's Club got a Netflix adaptation and they didn't fuck it up!(shocking I know)

Everything is this generation so somethings have changed but important character personalities haven't.

They kept Claudia Asian and included Janine and Mimi. They kept Stacey's diabetes. They kept Mary Anne infantilized by her father. They kept Kristy as bossy and learning to be less overbearing. They kept Dawn cool and new age. They kept the Sharon/Richard relationship rekindling.

But the things they added were just the chefs kiss to my enjoyment. Mary Anne is Black and mixed! They have a transgender girl that Mary Anne babysits. Dawn is now a POC and her aunt (Morbidda Destiny, real name Esme) practices witchcraft. Dawns father is also gay and that is the reason her parents got divorced (in the books they just drift apart). He also has a boyfriend! In the episode where Stacey is pining after a lifeguard, Mary Anne makes a friend with a boy who casually mentions he had a crush on a boy a while ago to get her to open up about her feelings. Two of the girls' women teachers are married to one another.

There are also issues addressed in this show that weren't touched on in the books (different time and written by a white woman) like racial injustice, gender issues and living up to parental expectations.

TL;DR Go watch The Babysitter's Club on Netflix, its a wonderful time and the perfect length to binge watch

[whitepeopletwitter]

[cagefreeromanroy]

Rep.Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez addresses confrontation with Rep.Ted Yoho

[thelatestkate]

I’m terrible at relaxing, but I’m trying to practice it lately. Taking a step back and not being constantly proactive makes my anxiety freak out. But just because my mind is threatened by my lack of action doesn’t mean I can get away with not taking breaks. It’s healthy to disconnect from everything and recharge for a good while. Shop, Patreon, Books, Mailing List *•. ✧˖°`

[thoradvice]

tips to get your life back on track after a breakdown™

sleep. your body needs to rest. the average panic attack takes as much energy as running a half-marathon. let yourself rest. take a 20 minute nap. any longer and you’ll hit your REM cycle, and you’ll wake up worse off. after, you’ll feel so much better.

clean something. literally anything. a plate, a drawer, the whole mf bathroom. it doesn’t matter how much or how little. it’ll make you feel more in control, and it’ll make your surroundings more appropriate for recovery.

get some fresh air. even just opening your window for a few hours will help. if you feel up to it, take a walk. take your dog. pick some flowers. cloudgaze. even just sit in your garden for a bit. your body will thrive off of non-stale air. 

eat and drink. I know for some people, myself included, this is Hard. it’s alright if all you can manage is a granola bar, or some cereal. anything is progress and will fuel your body. drink water if you can, but anything apart from alcohol will hydrate you.

take a shower. I have clinical depression. have done since I was 12. I know how hard it is to take a shower. but it fucking helps. if you don’t do anything else off this list, do this. it’ll help more than you know.

talk to someone. I can’t stress this enough. humans are social creatures! we crave interaction. even the most introverted introvert needs to talk to someone. call your mom. text a buddy. skype your brother. chat to your local cashier. anything !! you’ll feel less alone, and hopefully get some good serotontitty flowing.

do something fun! same as above, it’ll make u feel so much bette, and provide a distraction. some good options are writing, drawing, watching a movie, dancing - anything you enjoy!

be kind to yourself. it’s okay if you relapsed, or if you had a bad day, or anything else. treat yourself gently. you wouldn’t so harsh to a friend in your situation. it’s gonna be okay.

if you can’t do all of these, it’s okay. there are better days ahead. this, too, will pass.

[flowercrownbi]

This is a really helpful suggestion if you find yourself taking some time to adjust to someone’s new pronouns/name!

[fizziewizzie]

Ppl act like its so hard to do this. Stop making excuses just bc u can’t except something new. Smfh

[tikkunolamorgtfo]

I think the point of this post is actually that for some people, it really is hard! As somebody else said in another thread of this post, it’s especially difficult for people with ADD/ASD/Dyslexia. I have ADD and am on the spectrum and my brain does NOT like change! BUT—and this is the important thing—hard isn’t a reason not to put in the effort! Which is exactly what the tweet is about. It acknowledges that for some people, it IS difficult, and that that’s okay, so long as you still work on it. There’s no shame in having a brain that doesn’t adapt well to change. There IS shame is not doing everything you can with that brain to validate somebody else’s existence.

[esoanem]

seconding this as a nb person. It definitely can be hard for people to get used to new pronouns (or names), and that’s fine! What’s not fine is not bothering to try, because it’s hard. If you’re putting the effort in, we notice and, for me at least, that’s generally much more important

[analogueswords]

Autistic children are not infants.

Autistic teens are not toddlers.

Autistic adults are not children.

Your 23 year-old autistic cousin does not have “the mind of a 7 year-old.”

Stop calling autistic men “buddy.” Stop calling autistic women “sweetie.”

Don’t act like it’s a crime to swear in front of an autistic adult.

Don’t assume that because someone is nonverbal, they can’t understand what is going on. ESPECIALLY don’t assume that they can’t communicate at all.

Stop infantilizing autistic people.

[fandommember]

This is important. I once went to a group meet up for autistic adults with a friend. It was a game night for adults only at a local college. Since it was a game night I brought a bunch of games with me, most notably Cards Against Humanity.

 The game we all decided to play was cards against humanity and we all had a lot of fun. The one issue was the person “overseeing” the meeting, didn’t like how adult the game was and didn’t like how we were all making “inappropriate” jokes. Right before I left I asked everyone what they thought of Cards Against Humanity, and everyone of the autistic people in the room all said it was a lot of fun and they really wanted to play it again. I never went back to that meeting at first due to issues attending, but my friend went to the game night the next month and was told that “Cards against humanity is now banned for being to crass”. 

After hearing that I decided not to go back to any of those meetings since there is nothing wrong with a group of adults having fun and playing CAH. To be told we could not play that game because it wasn’t PG was BS. It was a group of adults. I had had to show i was an adult to attend. It felt like the message was that because it was a group of autistic people we couldn’t play a game that was a lot of fun. 

[inherthoughts93]

Be patient & give yourself time to grow.🌱🌻

[midnightjellys]

Ok like I’m here for the whole “if it doesn’t make you happy, don’t do it” movement but like, be smart, yeah? Don’t just quit your job out of the blue, even if it is soul sucking, get another job first. Don’t just kick your roommate out because you aren’t getting along, talk to them first. And don’t say absolutely everything that pops into your mind, because discretion will save your ass on occasion. I’m not saying you can’t live authentically, but be smart.

[itstheleopard]

And while we’re at it, rudeness and honesty are not the same thing. “I’m just being honest” is not an excuse to be nasty to someone for no reason, and “that’s just how I am” is not an excuse not to change your behavior.

[sandandglass]

Yuriko Kotani /  Russell Howard’s Stand Up Central

[mszombi]

This is the second photoset of this comedian I’ve seen on my dash and I absolutely have to look her up because she seems delightful

[toastpiercer-deactivated2020080]

[argumate]

could it be...? a good political cartoon?

[ranked-competitive-sexhaver]

The artist is Clay Bennett, a Pulitzer Prize winner and a veteran of his craft. Here’s some more of his work: 

[socialistexan]

The wire hanger one hit me like a ton of bricks.

[pettymvmi-deactivated20190907]

if you’re reading this i hope you find the strength to get through whatever it is that’s causing you so much trouble or pain at the moment

[crystalqueer]

Photos and final product for Mq. & Mrs.’s amazing lgbtq coloring book for kids.

Model : Alicia Michele

[lesvampires-deactivated20190127]

hey i made gifs of these so that ppl can see what they look like !! since sometimes just seeing pictures doesn’t always get the sign across

queer:

bi:

transgender:

gay/lesbian:

[crystalqueer]

Awesome

[darkstrangevirgilanxiboi]

For all my deaf / mute LGBTQ followers or anyone trying to learn

[nonbinarybisexuals]

This is such a great post! Deaf and hard of hearing people are members of our community, so let’s show them some love. You can learn ASL online using the resources in this post: http://mashable.com/2014/04/21/how-to-sign/#SdHJ06gZ1Zqy

[vegancinnamonroll]

anyway here are my therapy snippets from today in case anyone else needs to hear them:

-your eating disorder is not your fault

-your eating disorder wasn’t something you chose

-you’re not a bad person or a burden for struggling

-the people who love and care about you want to help you

-healing isn’t linear and you aren’t doing it wrong

-recovery is hard and messy, and if it was just an easy simple choice you would have done it by now. be kind to yourself.

[micdotcom]

In one powerful tweetstorm, this woman demolishes the hypocrisy of fat shaming

[thatfeministkilljoy]

I thought this tweet was important to include too

[florencelovesyou-deactivated201]

this is body positivity that’s like actually important lmao 

[millennial-review-deactivated20]

[nbian-moved]

today is mother’s day, and as a survivor of mother-daughter sexual abuse, it is difficult. whereas there is usually lots of support for victims of abuse on father’s day, the same is not given today.

so to any survivors who suffered abuse at the hands of their mother: i love you. it is going to get better. you are so strong.

take care of yourself today.