Natalie Wood

[sadhoc]

there is a very real tendency of teenagers with anxiety disorders self diagnosing with considerably more stigmatized and impairing mental illnesses (e.g. schizophrenia, DID, personality disorders), but the best response to that isn't to get angry with them for "appropriating" lol. instead you show them coping resources for the problems they're actually having and deemphasize diagnostic categories in general. if an 18 year old is claiming to have alzheimer's, they're probably making an innocent mistake and are in genuine distress. be kind.

[mariaalenkoshepard]

Also I think this trend comes, at least in part, from how brushed aside anxiety disorders can be. If your parents and teachers dismiss you with 'oh everyone feels anxious', then inevitably you're going to start thinking that there must be something else going on with you

[lightblueminecraftorchid]

”You must feel very scared right now; let’s talk about how to help you personally, tailored to your symptoms” will always be more helpful than “stop faking (X) for attention”. If theyre that desperate for attention or an explanation, something is wrong.

[rebeccathenaturalist]

Tired, scared, depressed people are easier to control and less likely to fight back. It is quicker to temporarily feed anxiety with trinkets than to create structures to dismantle and prevent anxiety.

It is not your fault if you are exploited in these ways. You are not weak, or bad, or "not trying hard enough" if you feel the weight of the world upon you, if it takes all you have just to survive. It's okay if you have ups and downs, if one day you're able to do many things and the next barely get out of bed. You did not create the system we are all trying to function within, one that punishes what it cannot exploit.

But your ongoing survival is a message that you are not defeated. Every single moment you are here offers the opportunity to try again, to be better, to grow and change and learn. Missed the last opportunity? That's okay, another one will come along any moment now, and the next, and the next. You just choose which one is the best for stepping aboard a new pathway, when you're ready. If it takes a while because you are, in fact, tired, scared, depressed, that's okay. There are many, many moments before you and who knows what could go right?

Self-care is rebellion. Joy is a radical act. Love--given to others, and above all to yourself--is a key part of the antidote to what ails us. Even if your embodiments of these are not big and momentous, they are no less important a part of your ongoing story, and the weaving of a better world.

[stevienick]

CATHERINE O'HARA 80s polaroids

[natz72038]

RIP gone too soon

[questcequecestqueca]

Natalie Wood

[nataliawoods]

[natz72038]

Today marks 43 years since Natalie Wood was discovered floating in the ocean. It’s crazy to think that she’s been dead for as long as she was alive…

[natz72038]

Happy 86th Birthday, Natalie!

[studentofetherium]

CGI animators should unionize next. normally, their jobs would be too precarious to strike, since studios would replace them without a second thought, but if it's part of this larger general film strike, they might finally have meaningful power to better their working conditions

[studentofetherium]

if CGI animators unionized, it would kill the MCU. straight up. the the entire business model is built on exploiting CGI animators

[rifleweeb]

[unculture]

THEY ARE TRYING!!!!! SIGN THE PETITION TO GET THE DISNEY ANIMATORS' UNION RECOGNIZED

[clustxr]

this petition is from IATSE (union), btw! it actually has credibility, unlike most change.org/etc petitions! please sign it!!

[annies-classic-beauties]

Natalie Wood

[natz72038]

Happy birthday to us like 10 minutes from now!

[queerism1969]

[natz72038]

I guess I totally ruined my grandma’s view of Robert Wagner by tell her about the details and contention around Natalie Wood’s death… Whoops!

Then I told my parents about it and got a lecture about assuming things that aren’t proven… And I wonder why I even speak.

[nwscrapbook]

A casual black and white photo of Natalie.

[natz72038]

This outfit is the kind of cheesy outfit I would totally wear. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[nataliawoods]

Little Sister: My Investigation into the Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood by Lana Wood

[bettedavis111-deactivated201703]

Bette Davis and Natalie Wood in The Star (1952)

“I had a mean director one time who threw me in the ocean, I don’t want to say [who it is]. I was terrified, I was petrified, because we were in the open ocean. It was a picture with Bette Davis, as a matter of fact, and when she found out, she refused to work until they got a double for me because she knew that I was petrified.”

-Natalie Wood

[nataliawoods]

Natalie Wood, Sammy Davis Jr, Martin Luther King Jr | 1963.

[natz72038]

Sign the Petition

Exhume Natalie Wood’s Body

[natz72038]

Here are some picture of Natalie Wood’s idol, Vivien Leigh. The people Leigh is with in these images are also associated with Natalie in one way or another.

[natz72038]

Thanks to Natalie Wood on Instagram, I have remembered to give Vivien Leigh a happy belated birthday. She would have turned 108 today!