Little Bird

This is whatever I want it to be. Take it or leave it.

[carry-on-my-wayward-butt]

having a child has taught me that every toddler is completely justified in their frustrations and tantrums because learning how to do something you have literally never encountered or heard of before is insane. and being expected to be completely calm in the face of this constant barrage of overwhelming information is doubly insane.

i got charlie a sticker activity book and it occurred to me i have to TEACH someone how to unpeel stickers. it's SKILL that requires DEXTERITY and FINE MOTOR ABILITY. i thought it was obvious that you have to curl the page a little bit to create a break in the cut so the sticker comes up.

obviously a fucking BABY wouldn't know that because they have no background experience to inform their thought process. OBVIOUSLY. and OBVIOUSLY the LITERAL BABY wouldn't get it right the first few times. it would OBVIOUSLY take practice. lots of it.

i hate this feeling. it's so obvious. why are children treated so badly when they're learning everything for the first fucking time. why do people treat children so horribly and expect so much. they're brand new. why didn't i get the same grace i give to my child? why did no one have patience for me? why, when it's this easy?

it's so easy. it's so fucking easy.

[chrissongzzz]

[urbanfantasyinspiration]

Boys will be boys

[were-ralph]

I’ve never been so invested in anything in my life

[royal-random-the-yogurt-queen]

[intimatevoid]

#my buddy over here with the shakiest hands on earth #meanwhile Helmet Greyshirt has the hands of a surgeon and the confidence of Jupiter

via @aturinfortheworse

[theconcealedweapon]

[thatswhywelovegermany]

Toleranz ist gut, aber nicht gegenüber den Intoleranten.

Tolerance is good, but not towards the intolerant.

Wilhelm Busch (1832 – 1908), German poet and cartoonist

[anxietyproblem]

[ruinedchildhood]

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

not to be anti-religious but i do wonder if teaching children that they are innately flawed and sinful is, perhaps, not a healthy worldvi

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

to expand on this, i also think kids should probably grow up without being told that engaging in common pleasurable activities is a sin against god

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

in fact i suspect that telling tiny vulnerable human beings they are morally obligated to forsake the needs and desires of the flesh, might, just possibly, interfere with healthy develo

[smegorl]

Please don't say religion when you mean Christianity. None of those are innate parts of religion.

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

so the language of the additions on this post was very consciously influenced by my experiences living in countries with laws and cultures dominated by Islam and Buddhism, respectively.

Yes I grew up in an oppressively Christian culture, but Western Christianity is not solely or even necessarily singularly oppressive, and is certainly not the only religious structure that leverages shame in a dangerous way. And we do the world at large a disservice by acting like other major global religious institutions are harmless simply because they aren't Christian. Religious trauma comes in many forms, foreign and familiar.

[myspace]

[theconcealedweapon]

But an insurance company can say it as an actual, literal policy and that's somehow okay.

Capitalists' entire existence is violent. Cops' entire existence is violent. Yet they expect nonviolence from everyone else.

[mysharona1987]

This is the dream, tho?

[theratcircus]

Does anyone else experience burnout as a complete loss of identity? Like I have to keep a pinterest board of my interests and personality and values to look back on when I’m burnt out because when I am, I feel like a complete blank slate going through the motions with no sense of self whatsoever

[dharmaart]

Cantering horse run cycle

I've been working on this on and off since the summer which probably explains why it's not as good as it could be. I'm aware of the faults but I feel like it's probably still worth posting here. Drawn with pencil on sandwich paper.

[psalacanthea]

to all my period-having buds in the US, make sure you delete that shit

[islamprotestan-blog]

only 5 seconds

[zanyflowerpizzatrash]

i wasn't ready for that..lol

[lamentablesquonk]

Immediately recognized that look

[anxietyproblem]

[sacred-portal]

[thatswhywelovegermany]

Tradition ist Bewahrung des Feuers und nicht Anbetung der Asche.

Tradition is preserving the fire and not worshiping the ashes.

Gustav Mahler (1860 – 1911), German composer, conductor, and opera house director