Steeping in Storytime

Kaz/Clock Love/Lover, It/Its, Queer Special Interests: Anthropology, Linguistics

[kazthropology]

About Me

My name is Kaz, or Clock- either works! It/They/Love pronouns! This is a personal blog for things I like- anthropology, linguistics, books, random ramblings, etc.

DNI List

Usual criteria (Racists, TERFS, Transphobes or Homophobes, etc),Zionists, Endogenic “Systems “ (i’m in system myself, to clarify. i am not a singlet)

🏷️Tag System 🏷️

kaz’s rambles : anything that doesn’t fit other criteria

clock’s reading room: books posting! there may be subset tags for specific books also

clock study hall: anything school subject/learning related! also may have sub tags

kazthropology: anything i post

kaz reblogs: reblogs!

video games killed the radio star: video games tag!

my sunlight: posts about my loves

I hope you enjoy your stay here < 3

[existennialmemes]

Hey. Hey you. The person aimlessly scrolling, stuck in an immobilized standoff with your brain

It's not your fault. You won't be stuck forever. I know you're trying. I know you hate it. It's ok.

And tell the Mean Voice in your head that it's not helping. It knows as well as you do that you would get up and Just Start the task if you could. You're not doing this on purpose.

Take a deep breath. Relax your jaw. I see you trying so hard to break out of it, but you can't force it. You'll get Unstuck eventually. All you can do in the interim is be kind to yourself.

[stopmyhearts]

affirmation: I am a normal person and I like doctor who a normal and expected amount

[kazthropology]

Hey

That friend you’ve made a few mistakes around or sometimes been an asshole towards doesn’t hate you, actually. They’re putting effort into difficult conversations, into bringing up issues, because they care about you

If they didn’t want you to get better they wouldn’t bother

[buggoblin]

has this been done yet?

[borderlinereminders]

I just had someone reach out in messages to apologize for some anon hate they sent months ago. It was some pretty awful stuff. I don’t say that to make them feel bad if they’re reading this but to emphasize my point.

They told me that they hit rock bottom and began working on their behaviours and realized how wrong it was and how it wasn’t right to take out their frustrations on me.

I really respected that, and them sending me a message from their blog. It wasn’t anon. It wasn’t an empty blog. It was just them taking accountability.

And it made me so damn happy. Because it’s evidence of their progress. I really, really believe that wherever you are in your journey, even if you haven’t started yet that you aren’t irredeemable.

People who believe they’ll never change or even want to change get there. Even a want for things to be different is a good step in the right direction.

And if you’ve ever sent me hate, no matter how awful it was, know that I don’t hold any grudges or bad feelings towards you. The most common emotion I feel about the hate is sadness, and not for me, but for you. I know it’s a dark place to be where you just lash out at others. And I know at a point, you may think you’re so awful and why bother changing.

But you aren’t irredeemable. You aren’t hopeless. I hope that you can feel compassion for yourself, but for what it’s worth, I do feel compassion for you. I truly hope you get better because you deserve to heal. You deserve to come out on the other side of this.

[vivatlux]

idk maybe it's just me but excusing their bad behavior isn't logical it'll harm u in the long run

some ppl r just naturally mean u just have to accept that and move on

not all ppl deserve grace I learned that in a hard way

[borderlinereminders]

I'm not excusing their behaviour.

I'm accepting that people can grow and change. People have the right to not forgive someone. In this case, I do choose to forgive them. I believe they've grown, and done better. And it would still be my right to not forgive them but effort and trying to improve behaviour goes a long way with me.

If this is a general statement, my blog is directed at people looking to recover and sometimes feeling irredeemable can make it feel impossible. People can lose hope. I don't think there's an excuse to treat people terribly, but it's important for people to know that there is still a point to healing and growing and that they don't deserve to punish themselves forever.

We make mistakes. We lash out when we're hurting. It doesn't mean that mean people don't exist, but most of the people following my blog are people looking to change and do better and they deserve to hear that it can be done.

[lifeafterpsychiatry]

Make sure you don't accidentally punish people for communicating their needs and boundaries. When someone cares enough to have the uncomfortable conversation, that's a compliment and a clear sign that they are invested in the relationship. Yes of course it's uncomfortable to hear that something you've been doing has been upsetting someone you care about when that was never your intention, but people generally only bother to have these conversations with the people they want to keep around - the people they trust to care. If they just didn't like you, they'd probably just try to avoid you. So make sure you don't make it into a more punishing experience than it has to be. Try to see the care and the trust behind the criticism, even when it triggers uncomfortable emotions. It's a good sign that they're there telling you.

[heroicallynude]

My two yr old is looking through a book about prehistoric art and she saw a picture of those cave painting of hands and she held up her own and said "hand!" And I gotta be honest. That hit

[im-da-bronx]

Oh my god, this reminds me of the childrens garden of our local botanical garden. There’s one section that’s called the prehistoric lives garden or smth, and it’s full of native plants that indigenous people 2000 years ago would have eaten and used as medicine, etc. And within this little garden, there’s an adobe style playhouse, which for some reason (probably lighting reasons) has no roof, which means the rusty red dirt floor is often quite muddy.

And this series of events has led to my favorite interactive art piece ever.

Handprints.

Little tiny handprints at the bottom. Big teenager and adult sized handprints at the top. Handprints upon handprints upon handprints, a modern day continuation of an ancient tradition.

Most of the people who contributed were probably doing so because they thought it would be fun, not for any deep philosophical reason. Heck, you can tell based on the height of the larger handprints that their owners were having a jumping competition. They didn’t think about the fact that they were creating art in the exact same way the earliest humans created art. They didn’t think about the fact that humans have always been and will always be humans, and the ways we interact with each other and the world have always stayed the same in the most important ways.

But I did. I thought about it. And I am in love with humanity all over again.

[heroicallynude]

[beanlightbibblekeepflickbeanboss]

I want to thank Ncuti for all that he’s done as the doctor, he brought love, light and vulnerability. He’s the first black openly gay doctor. He’s beautiful. He’ll be my favourite for a while. He’ll never be forgotten. The doctor who loved wholeheartedly

[lesdemonium]

i made your favorite dish. i made you something you’ve never tried before. i love you. i spent twenty minutes chopping. my grandmother made this for me when i was little. i made this dairy free for you. i love you. i want to eat together. the onions made me cry. i love you. i learned this recipe for you. i love you. i made this special for your birthday. i love you. i know you don’t like peppers. i love you. i love you. i love you.

[anarchistfrogposting]

“Ah sorry I’m just dumb” (having ADHD my whole life has meant that I’ve been criticised heavily for making mistakes that come part and parcel with the condition. Even the people I love most in the world have chastised me for mistakes that I spend much of my life worrying about and trying to avoid. It’s much easier to tell you I’m just a silly guy than explain to you that no matter how much effort, how much thought, how much stress I put into avoiding these same mistakes, I will keep making them over and over again. My brain is structurally built to thwart me throughout it all.)

[firlachiel]

Dracula: Come freely, go safely, and leave something of the happiness you bring.

[kazthropology]

everyone wish jonathan harker a good trip!

[kazthropology]

i love you horror set in forests i love you when the camera pans upwards to show how small you are in comparison to the trees i love you characters not knowing where they are because it all looks the same

[thisreallyis-xav]

I guess the guy likes musicals now

with emma version on the bottom!

[ghost-nunya]

big fan of this funky lil asteroid, sure hope it doesn't ruin some random guy's life over and over again!

[ageblue-aka-varnah-g]

I imagine some trans person or enby changing their name like.

-> Goes to Wiktionary.org -> Clicks "Random entry" -> My name is now ጭምብል

[jan-silan]

click on this link and find your new name

i got:

[kazthropology]