I'm not a popular enough blog that I will give you any reach
I am a minor, and most of my followers are too
It makes me feel extremely guilty
Seeing pictures of injuries or hospitals etc are triggering for me (which are in most intro posts for this sort of thing)
They are always worded in a way that makes me feel like I am a murderer if I don't donate
It makes me feel uncomfortable
I said I don't want them, and my boundaries should be respected
I can't tell what is a bot and what isn't (although I know a large portion of them are NOT bots)
I get a lot of spam from this. It is disappointing to see 10 new asks in my inbox just to be the same ask for donations over and over
Please, just respect the fact that I have said this.
If you want this in your pinned post, please don't credit me. You can copy the words or take a screenshot with my username cropped out. You can reblog this but please don't go on about how awful you find it. I get it, but also if you spiral two much you might end up accidentally saying something bad. This post has led to a lot of hate anons and harassment, so I would rather not have too much attention. Thanks...
Edits, boundaries and facts below (probably for the best if you read them too- especially if you are considering sending me hate)
Edit: To all the people reblogging this, I'm sorry you have had to deal with this too. And yes, you can put this in your pinned post! Stay safe <3
Edit 2: I am pro Palestine and want to do everything I can to help but I'm not financially or mentally well enough to do much. I'm not in support of these people dying. Also, this post isn't just about Palestine. It's about ALL asks for donations. I'm not doing favouritism or racism. I just can't deal with it. Don't harass me for expressing boundaries.
Edit 3: Yes, this post might seem controversial. But I did literally make this for my own personal experience and didn't expect it to get more than 12 notes or so. You can agree with this post, pin this post, reblog this post, I don't care really. But don't add opposing views because quite frankly, it's none of your business. It's not my problem and I didn't mean for this post to get so many notes. Edit 2 mostly covered what I'm trying to say here, but don't use the number of notes as an excuse to fight me. I just want a peaceful Tumblr experience. Also, if you are reblogging this, don't trauma dump. I keep notifications on for this post so that I can block people harassing me before shit escalates, so I can see every reblog. You can screenshot and repost if you want to talk about your problems, but honestly its no better seeing people saying "I'm bankrupt and I just got kicked out by my family. I also have a history of abuse and those images are so triggering that I want to die". That doesn't help me. Make your own post to say that. Please
I am currently finishing up some training in work, and the topic is on helping international students to avoid culture shock. They have just presented me with this graphic:
They've captioned it with "This is a bit of fun but it highlights the underlying point" but I am now completely stuck on "I'm sure it's my fault" - "It's your fault" - "Why do they think it was their fault?" as an interaction
like. you can choose to block someone and not engage with them on the internet for any reason at all. this is true. I just think that doesn’t mean that blocking someone for calling you out on your racism is then somehow not still a racist choice to make. you know? like imagine if white people on this website treated racism as the hostile action rather than seeing that as a totally morally neutral whoopsie accident but the calling out of racism as harassment
sometimes you see Takes™ that make you go "mmmhmmm okay yeah i see we both interpreted that differently based on what the show gave us, but i see how you arrived at your ideas even if they're different from mine," and then sometimes you see Takes™ that make you go "brother what show did you even fucking watch"
did you know that if you want to signify simultaneous inclusion of asexual people in general and aromantic people in general, you should use the flag for asexual people in general side-by-side with the flag for aromantic people in general? because the purple ace flag represents all aces, and the green aro flag represents all aros. the blue/orange aroace flag is great, but it represents aroaces, not everyone who is aro or ace. (and hell, even some aroaces like me prefer the individual aro and ace flags more, whether because we see our aro and ace identities as distinct, or because we just prefer green and purple.) if you're creating a space meant for aros and aces, if you're making a post about aro characters and ace characters, you need to include more than the aroace flag — you need the aro flag and ace flag individually. you can certainly throw in the aroace flag, because it serves a wonderful purpose for the aroaces who choose to use it, but you should include aroallo and alloace flags too. the aroace flag doesn't represent all aros and aces automatically.
I love playing with language, trying on different terms or titles to see what feels validating, and innovating new terms to feel maximally euphoric
I love playing with gender expression at the thrift store with them, taking turns in front of the mirror, experimenting with clothes that were forbidden to us growing up, and leaning into fresh creativity to see what styles and combinations best express elements of our inner selves
I love playing with gender roles in relation to each other, claiming and curating any elements that feel good from femininity, masculinity, neutrality, and anything other, and rearranging them all into a unique collage that is our own beautiful dynamic
We are unbound from tradition; we innovate new ways of being that are true to our essences, ebbing and flowing and learning and enjoying.
Like there is a difference between "My trauma creates impulsive urges and has changed my instinctive reactions to be irrational, I need to relearn shit." vs "I'm traumatized so I Can't Help It and you're not allowed to expect better of me"
"there's no platonic explanation for this" oh so you think the characters are aplatonic too? how cool that we share the same headcanon! 😊 we should discuss—oh wait... you're just using that phrase because you can't see them as anything other than romantic ☹️ that should count as false advertising. don't get my hopes up like that again
shout out to enbians whose relationships are perceived as straight. shout out to enbians whose relationships are straight. shout out to enbians who describe their relationships as straight in some contexts (for example, if someone is closeted). shout out to enbians whose relationships are sometimes straight and sometimes other (for example, if someone’s gender and/or orientation is fluid).
you have a place in the community. in queer community, in enbian community, in whatever communities you want to be in. you don’t have to live parts of yourselves or your experiences behind the door to be welcome. you belong here as a whole being.
