Sometimes I Wonder...

Educator, language learner, home baker, gracefully clumsy. I'm from a town made of legends. Born in ‘91.

[lilygraces]

Anyone going to BST Hyde Park to see Stray Kids in the VIP section (and not a minor)??

I’m going by myself and it would be cool to hang out with someone.

[lilygraces]

Anyone going to BST Hyde Park to see Stray Kids in the VIP section (and not a minor)??

I’m going by myself and it would be cool to hang out with someone.

[carrotssss]

[chillyfeetsteak]

she changed the game

[what-even-is-thiss]

A while ago my dad stopped going to a certain barber because he found a Nazi propaganda magazine in their waiting room and a Jewish friend of his at work said “Well did they give you a good haircut though?” and tried to tell him that a persons politics shouldn’t stop you from getting a good product. Because this was told to him by someone directly affected by this guy’s politics my dad said it did make him pause and rethink for a minute.

Ultimately my dad decided he didn’t agree with this and was uncomfortable financially supporting someone with that kind of politics and found a different barber but when he told me this story it did get me thinking. Eventually you’ve got to choose a line you’re willing to cross when it comes to moral and political differences and as evidenced by the reaction of my dad’s work friend, some people don’t have lines they’re unwilling to cross if it means getting a good haircut. Which is like. Like I honestly don’t know what to think about that. I just kinda stare at that fact sometimes and squint in confusion.

[magnetothemagnificent]

It's not about getting a good haircut or not, it's about Jews (and other marginalized groups) having to tolerate bigotry in their every day lives and making sacrifices. It's easy for your dad, a non-Jew, to give up a barber because there was a Nazi magazine, because chances are your dad will easily find another barber. It's not as easy for a Jew who likely has to choose between a barber who makes explicit antisemitic remarks while cutting their hair, versus a barber that just has a Nazi magazine. Your dad's friend asked if it was at least a good haircut not because he'd go to a Nazi barber if he at least gave him a good haircut, but because our way of coping with things is by trying to find a sliver of a bright side in things, otherwise we'd just be constantly upset. I can't count the amount of times I (a Jew) have experienced antisemitism from a barber or other service provider and been like "well at least it was a good haircut" or something similar.

If I as a Jew refused to get services from anyone antisemitic, I wouldn't have a job and would have very little pleasures of life.

[emerging-jew]

OP reblog this version please. This explanation is important especially considering some of the notes on here

[mysterymellie]

[shitpost-senpai]

This is what it’s like to be an adult.

[room-of-angel-deactivated201910]

in the english dub she say “-just one more good sob - OKAY I’M READY” and that’s pretty accurate too.

[lilygraces]

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[emotionalwords]

[bibliophile-at-the-cafe]

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[everylittlethingshedoesismagic]

(via Pinterest)

[yesterdaysprint]

The Evening Sun, Hanover, Pennsylvania, September 9, 1948

[uncanny-tranny]

Fat people deserve mobility aids, too. No matter if it's connected to their fatness or not, because having a mobility issue that is connected to one's fatness won't change that they're still fat and still have the issue at hand. Fat people don't deserve to "tough it out" because fatness should be this divine punishment doled out to those who "deserve" it. Fat disabled people deserve to have the peace of mind that they can exist in whatever way is most comfortable and accessible to them

[aaa-battery-not-rechargeable]

about a month ago, my uncle asked if I had a significant other. I appreciate his gender inclusivity, of course.

I'm used to the question. it's not like it's something outrageous that he's asking. so I simply said no, that's not for me.

he looked at me and said "well, someday." not someday maybe, just.... someday.

of course I'm not quick to anger, but there's a part of me that's a little more defensive about my aroace identity. so I jumped to my defense.

my uncle isn't a bad guy, he's quite nice and tries his best to be respectful in the current political shit storm by supporting queer people. but apparently that does exclude me, an aroace.

I reiterated that I'm just not interested in a romantic or sexual partnership, and I really do not ever see that changing.

and he said something to the effect of "it's okay if you don't want that now."

and I said, "no, it's just okay that I don't want that."

and he said that I was pessimistic. as if I was secretly searching for a relationship or a partner, but was rejecting love because I could not find one.

I calmly (with all the rage in my veins) told him "no, a life without love or sex is something optimistic for me."

he had the gall to look horrified.

I'm sick of aroace people not being seen as normal human people when they don't want the outcome of their life to look like everyone else's. I'm sick of the white picket fence, I'm sick of the assumption that everyone has another half out there.

I'm whole on my own.

[aaa-battery-not-rechargeable]

reblogging my own baller post with even baller-er tags that I've seen on it

[thischarmingcharlie]

[biscuitsarenice]

Actress, Miriam Margolyes: When you know your worth, you know your worth.

[auroranibley]

She is beautiful and I love her.

[rhube]

She also recently said that JKR’s TERF remarks are fascist. So please, continue to stan a hero.

[nimashkawizii]

And she’s a signatory of Jews for Justice for Palestinians, was one of the first people to say ‘fuck’ on British TV, proudly called herself a dyke during a televised Australian citizenship ceremony with their PM, and has been with her partner since 1968.

[costumersupportdept]

MIRIAM IS A QUEEN.

[tucsonhorse]

I love her. She is fat, she is old, and she is happy with both and damn proud of being herself. That’s how it should be. That’s what we should all strive for.

[vaspider]

If you have not watched this, do yourself a favor and do so.

[petermorwood]

She is cuddly, cute, funny, wise and occasionally naughty when it’s most effective, and reminds me of a favourite aunt or indeed my own Mum.

[dduane]

A true Queen. :)

[neil-gaiman]

She’s Despair (and I have no doubt several other people) in the Audible Sandman adaptations (she had already been Mrs Owens in the full cast Graveyard Book), and I was so excited to meet her. This is me fangirling out while Miriam is cool. Photo by Dirk Maggs.

[remanence-of-love]

[cannibalchicken]

[boymiffy]

one thing i never get tired of in songs is when they include some sounds from the recording booth like a laugh at the end, a ‘was that good?’ or like, the sounds of the guitar being put down, a chair creaking. it’s nice how music can be used as an escape but also something that ties you right back down to earth. it will affect you so deeply & then ur like wow… you just played that. it’s grounding & magical & just one of my fave things ever!

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