#freely given

[many-sparrows]

Wringlin' in it

[an-experienced-gentleman]

Hugs that you don't ask for.

Six Sexy Words

[ablackwomansurvivingrape]

UNDERSTANDING CONSENT

Consent is....

An agreement between individuals to engage in sexual activity. It requires ongoing communication about boundaries and what each person is comfortable with.

There are 5 core elements of consent- that it is freely given, reversible, informed, enthusiastic and specific.

Reversible:

You are allowed at anytime during a sexual experience to change your mind about what you want to do and what you are okay with.

It doesn't matter if you have done it before or if you have already started. You are always allowed to change your mind.

Specific:

Consent requires being specific about what you are asking and what your expectations are.

Its important to re-establish consent for all changes or escalations of sexual activity. Giving consent to one thing is not consent to anything else, and consent given in the past is not the same as consenting to something in the moment.

Freely Given

Consenting is a choice you make without pressure, manipulation, coercion, or under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

Freely given consent means there is real choice and nothing trying to convince you to say "YES" when you really want to say "NO."

Enthusiastic:

If you are consenting to sex, it should be because you want to!

Instead of looking for the absence of a "NO," enthusiastic consent focuses on looking for the "YES!" and other positive affirmations to signal comfort and enjoyment. Checking in often with your partner creates space for more enthusiastic consent!

Informed:

All must be equally informed in understanding what is going on or about to happen. You cant consent to something you don't have all the accurate information about!

This is especially relevant when talking about sexual protection, as well as checking that all re fully in a state to understand and take in information to consent.

[tired-beholding-bitch]

no listen you cannot do this to me???

for goodness' sake

[kmac4him1st]

What Can I Do

What Can I Do For You, Jesus, On This Day, How Can I Serve You Well?

“Jesus is the vine, and we are his branches. We could say Jesus stands at the head of our family tree. Our beauty, wisdom, and divine nature have been passed down to us from him. All of heaven looks at us and sees the offspring of glory. Is this what we see when we look in the mirror? Is this the truth we pull from when we reach out our hands to bless others? His very life, the expression of his…

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[justana0kguy]

2022 AUGUST 30 Tuesday

"We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit that is from God, so that we may understand the things freely given us by God."

~ 1 Corinthians 2:12

[samirant]

@knifeears​!!!

Please give her ALL THE KUDOS, because she is so damned talented! I had an image in my brain that I asked her to make it come to life and she did it in beautiful detail, far beyond what I could even fathom. His little cape! Salmon and Tiger’s matching harnesses!

I loved writing this story and I love this art. Thank you, knifeears <3

[sarah-sandwich]

Omg Sarah I just went on ao3 and saw you🥺 posted 12k of outtakes from your fic🥺 I haven't read the final chapter or the outtakes yet I just wanted to come by and word vomit a lil at how blown away I am at you sharing all your content even stuff that didn't make your final cut for the fic! I wasn't ready to say goodbye to yfo and seeing your outtakes post I am just so grateful (?there's a better word for how I'm feeling I just don't know what it is?) I wish I could write words the way you do, you're amazing and wonderful and I just wanted to stop by and say that before I indulge and read☺️💕

Anon 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺 mysterious stranger 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

This made my day! Thank you so much for going the extra mile to come into my ask box and gush to me! That makes me so 🥺🥰💖✨😳💞💕😍

Tbh the outtakes are a mess but I hope you find something enjoyable in there! There are only a few actual scenes and the rest are dialogue snippets and stream of consciousness--me talking myself through how to move from spot A to spot B.

Posting them felt incredibly self-indulgent so it’s cool that at least one other person is excited! For me it’s like...I maked this! I should get to share it! Even though it makes no logical sense in the story and has too much backstory/nuance to be posted as a one-shot. Luckily it’s fanfic not a novel so I can do what I want lol