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My hidden room as a child
austin, tx | oct. 9 2022
since itâs pride month, throwback to this beautiful cover and this wholesome interaction between two icons
wearing no bra and oversized clothes is self care at itâs finest
Shout out to trans women who arenât computer scientists or musicians or avant-garde artists or whatever.
Shout-out to tgirls who work at Taco Bell. Thank u queen, society would collapse without you
Over twenty years ago my big brother got me a job at a Taco Bell in the St. Louis suburbs-West County. He warned me that it was the âgay Taco Bellâ, but since I was coming from the âgay Howard Johnsonâsâ I wasnât shocked. It turns out it was the black trans women Taco Bell complete with black trans women in management. And theyâd worked out an arrangement with the local teen Narcotics Anonymous group so that twice a week we would shut down the drive thru and the dining room and exclusively serve 60+ teens in various stages of recovery. And many of the women I worked with were in various stages of being out or transitioning and they were from all generations from teens to over 50. One woman I worked with had a regular corporate job presenting as a man 9-5 Mon-Fri and then came to Taco Bell and worked 6pm -2am Friday and Saturday night so she could be herself surrounded by other black transwomen in those stolen weekends. And we had customers come from all over the metro area because they knew they could be themselves in the dining room. I only worked there from 1999-2001 but for young me, this was a vital, formative experience. Some of the girls came from north city all the way out to the âgay Taco Bellâ on Manchester in west county because they heard it was safe to work there. Like- I know times have changed but they havenât changed much in 20 years. Iâm still convinced that for lgbt youth, finding a job at your cityâs version of the âgay Taco Bellâ is key to survival.
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I made a battle axe out of monster cans
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I notice a lot of people have very low standards for themselves and others. Of course, youâll say standards are subjective⌠but are they?
Because when it comes to the things that actually shape your life. How youâre treated, how you show up, what you tolerate. Thereâs a clear difference between preference and self respect
A good trick here that everyone should incorporate is this: whatever your ceiling is, itâs now your floor. That should be your standard for yourself and for others. Romantic relationships included, especially since thatâs where we tend to make the most excuses
If someone once showed you what consistency looks like, inconsistency is no longer acceptable. If youâve experienced effort, you donât downgrade to bare minimum. If youâve seen what it feels like to be chosen, you donât entertain confusion
Your past âbestâ isnât something to reminisce on but something to uphold. The problem is, people experience something good once, then spend the rest of their lives tolerating less while calling it âbeing understandingâ âbeing patientâ or ânot expecting too muchâ. But standards arenât about demanding perfection from others. Theyâre about no longer negotiating on what you already know is possible
You donât need to chase higher standards because youâve already seen them. You just need to stop lowering them because this says I know thereâs better but Iâm going to settle for less. And this goes back to the things (excuses) we tell ourselves about compassion and understanding. Because the real issue comes back to what we think we deserve and not the other person
Suffering is not proof of effort. Weâve been taught that if itâs not hard, if it doesnât hurt, if weâre not struggling for it then it must not be valuable. Thatâs conditioning. You donât earn your desires through suffering. You allow them through belief. Wanting something is not the same as believing you deserve it
You can want love and still accept less
You can want success and still sabotage ease
You can want more and still feel like itâs not meant for you
The moment you stop tying your worth to how much youâve struggled, you create space for things to come to you without resistance because you no longer require pain as proof that youâre worthy of receiving it