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feral-ballad

Savannah Brown, from Closer Baby Closer; “Retroactive jealousy”

[Text ID: “Someday I’ll care for something / without wanting to close a door behind it.”]

paradoxgavel

autistic folks when their routine gets disrupted, and they don't get alone time when they're supposed to get alone time

kiwi

anybody else feel that being human is like being a long-time syndicated cartoon character watching the world get more complex while your own design stays the same until youre incongruous with the reality around you??

amygdalae

daily-spooky

kaijuno

does anyone else remember being terrorized every single commercial break by the madagascar 3 trailer on every single cartoon channel in 2011-2012

warcrimesimulator

thinking about creatures.

warcrimesimulator

look at this thing

warcrimesimulator

Tumblr users will see some kind of animal or beast and just slam the reblog button

otiksimr

That is a banded linsang.

They sit very politely.

mumblingsage

I'm wondering if, as a society who cares about vulnerable people, we could stop saying "traumatize" when we truly mean "upset"?

I am sick of hearing sad books or movies "traumatize" their readers. I simply do not believe that happens. A traumatic experience might be adjacent to books (I have vivid memories of books I was reading around certain experiences and even how the contents of those books affected my processing of the experiences). But it's not caused by the book. And, y'know. The weather is Christofascist Censorship Attempts outside.

Meanwhile from the other side I continue to be surprised at just how badly people fail to understand trauma and traumatic experiences in general. Watering down the term isn't helping. Find other hyperbole to express that The Bridge to Terebithia gutted you, chewed on your heartstrings, and made you cry your first pair of contact lenses right out of your preteen eyes.

mumblingsage

#meanwhile actual trauma is not always experienced as consciously upsetting! #people may act extremely chill while being traumatized! #only to then be judged by a peanut gallery on how they handled things

I added those tags as an afterthought but upon reflection I want them in the main body of the post too.

mumblingsage

This post is taking off and I'm wondering if it may have been because of my tone, which was harsher than I truly like to be. Still,

We have got to be cautious of talking about books as if they're dangerous

We've got to be wary of the idea that talking about upsetting topics in general is dangerous (usually silence is far more harmful!)

We could stand to be a bit more accurate in how we discuss traumatic events and their effects

girlygothic

Various wings from Roberto Fieri's paintings

bakchantka

Ever since I was a little girl I’ve loved information

fashion-runways

NEPHI GARCIA Vampire Inspired Dress 2024 if you want to support this blog consider donating to: ko-fi.com/fashionrunways

smilepawz

I'LL RIP IN HANDS AND TEETH AND TAKE A BITE! another spamton butcher vanity one cuz this song has me in a grip

02nd

miggylol

You show up for your first day at Copyright-Free Magic School. As you're going through orientation, you're informed that all new students get a school-assigned familiar that they are responsible for housing and maintaining. The staff member assures you that your assigned familiar is appropriately chosen and reflects you in some way.

Spin this to find out yours. (Remember, you are responsible for maintaining this familiar in your dorm room.)

What's your reaction to what you received?

Oh, hell yeah!

Pretty nice

I can work with this

Not what I would have picked, but okay

Ugh. Ugh. ...Ugh.

How does this reflect me?!

...........I'm supposed to keep this in my dorm room?

Voting ended onNov 23, 2024

#crow #:3 yayay