#that includes yourself

[the-amber-droid-dreams]

i hate the emphasis on beauty in trans narratives. i hate that trans people are told not to transition because it'd make us ugly. i hate that transition timelines are only celebrated when the end result is some magical transformation towards conventional beauty standards

transition is not lifesaving because it makes us beautiful. we do not NEED to be beautiful. transition is lifesaving period.

[fit-as-fxck]

(So me (being the petty little human that I am) felt a little “eek” when I was passed by several more experienced runners today (clearly more experienced and faster and better in every way) and even though I was out there smiling and waving at runners and enjoying my own run, I still let it get to me for half a second. I do a lot of mental work on reframing and purposely changing up own thoughts and I had to remind myself that those runners are in a very different place than me. And it doesn’t discount where I am right now because the places are just different. It doesn’t mean I won’t ever get there. It just means that I’ve been running consistently for less than a year.... and they probably have 5-10 years on me. This time last year, I couldn’t do what I’m doing now. I didn’t even think of being able to do what I do now. And that’s a big deal. And next year will be like that too. Every mile matters. And if I put in the persistence and time to let my body adapt and grow, that’s how real change happens. And I can’t see it right now but it’s happening. And this applies to more than just running.)

[general-doughnut]

Time to change your values

If they hinge on hurting people

[i-stole-junkos-hand]

Ko stop trying to shoot things

[saber-monet]

even if somebody has planted seeds of doubts in you... you can always uproot them

[white-trash-whippoorwill]

Fashion is the story you’re telling about yourself to everyone you encounter.

[magspag]

A couple days ago a post showed up on the dash based on my likes

It was a little year old post riffing on the victorian child meme and i riffed on that meme as well when I reblogged it. It's come to my attention that it's kind of blown up now and the op of that post is getting bullied because of it.

Friends, please don't get weird on the ass of some random dude who is probably just a stressed out student somewhere in a stressed out school. Even if you're not being a Stressy Jesse, you could be making someone else a Stressy Jesse. And it's much better if we can all be a bunch of Chillbro Swagginses.

Let's be kind