#we-aint-borntypical

[brainythefansie]

Omg can you get on skype??

sure

[brainythefansie]

of course you have an aries pride button lmao

i am a proud aries nerd

[brainythefansie]

My mom that I was dead and apparently called all my friends asking for me. Guys I'm fine, I swear, totally not dead. 

I'm getting killed tonight.

[brainythefansie]

I'm really upset that I didn't go to the Banger. Like I want to party with friends and get a little drunk and just have fun. Why does he have to live in the middle of nowhere?

[nonbinary-support]

I'm teaching a master class at my summer camp explaining nonbinary genders (I just came out as nb to my camp members and my counselors want me to explain it and stuff and that's why I'm teaching the class) and stuff like that, and I don't know what topics to put in?? Like, I put in a few slides on pronouns and gender neutral terms and microaggressions and stuff but idk what else to put in it? Advice?

I would explain how gender is a spectrum instead of a binary, how masculinity and femininity aren’t mutually exclusive from each other, and how trying to define anything about gender as universal is a fallacy, so people are better off just expressing who they are, whether they align to social conventions or not. It’s just as natural to be nonbinary as it is to be cis, except being cis is already accommodated for in society. 

I would also talk a bit about safety—finding safe spaces online, creating safe spaces IRL, dealing with unsupportive families—people might get that nonbinary genders are valid, without also understanding that being a nonbinary person opens you up to a lot of potential risks among family/friends/strangers. 

I love that you’re talking about microagressions and pronouns and everything, it sounds like you’re off to a great start! 

[bisexcellentbabe]

Hey, I tagged you in one of those question things, if you like that sort of stuff.

Hellooooooo. I have never done one of these and I have no idea who to tag but I may as well give it a go….

Rule 1: Always post the rules

Rule 2: Answer all the questions the person who tagged you asked and then write 11 new ones

Rule 3: Tag 11 people and link them to the post

Rule 4: Actually tell them you tagged them.

Questions I got asked by the person who tagged me:

1) what was your favourite toy as a kid?

I had this baby doll I took everywhere with a squishy body and a plastic head. I called her ‘bubby’.

2) what song do you listen to to change your mood?

I don’t have one go to song but I have playlists or artists. The one I most frequently go to is 2 guys who do covers of songs in harmonies. They are called Michael Henry and Justin Robinett

3) what’s your favourite food?

Milk Chocolate. Hands down ahaha… In literally anything if it’s not too rich.

4) what’s a book that means something to you?

The witches was something my mum used to read to me and my brother in the car on long trips so I have a soft spot for that one. 

5) where’s your favourite place in the world?

Neuschwanstein, Germany where the “Disney Castle” commissioned by the eccentric King Ludwig II of Bavaria is. It’s surrounded by the most beautiful scenery and I just had the best day there when I went I have no idea why. Probably because I was still drunk from the night before and me and my friends weren’t fighting.

6) what’s the best present you ever got?

This is really hard, I mean I’ve been very privileged and gotten some lovely things over my life. But probably one from my first boyfriend, when I was 16. He got me a beautiful heart necklace which I eventually lost and it broke my heart even though we had been broken up for a couple of years. I really loved him but we were so young we didn’t know how to make it work. I still miss that thing.

7) what do you think gives life meaning?

Woooowwwww this is not something I really have an answer to. Hope, probably. That’s generally what keeps me going. Hope for love. So… maybe love. I don’t just mean a significant other, but friends that bring you happiness and love. I think the connectedness to other humans is important. 

8) who’s your favourite relative?

My mum. I’m not really connected to any other family members. Maybe my cousin who lives in QLD but we have grown apart being far away.

9) have you ever been bullied? Have you ever been a bully?

I think everyone has been both. Most of the time I was bullied though. I was really averse to bullying, I would always befriend people who had no friends. I sometimes got very bossy that bordered on bullying but I was never really a bully. I knew how bad it made me feel and I didn’t think anybody deserved that. I think I slipped up a few times though, I remember doing some really mean things to some people but it was only ever one off events that I got sucked into by like the leader who was a bully, not that it makes it okay. School was hard. I found it hard to fit in.

10) how many houses have you lived in?

4. One in brisbane when I was a baby, the house I live in now, the one I lived in in America and the one we rented when we got back from America before we could move back into the house we live in now.

11) where was the best ice cream you ever had?

Technically it was gelati, but it was still the best. There was this little ice-cream shop near the Trevi fountain in Rome that had the best dark chocolate gelati. TAKE ME BACK!! Anybody want to go to Germany/Easter Europe with me next year? haha

Questions for the people I’ve tagged:

1. Where is somewhere you have always dreamed of going, but never been?

2. What are the top 3 things you value in a person or friend?

3. What is something you are afraid of but avoid telling people about?

4. What is your totally dream job?

5. What do you do when you want to spend time alone?

6. What is a fond memory you have from your childhood?

7. If you could have any animal as a pet, what would it be?

8. What is one quality you really admire in yourself?

9. Where is your favourite place to go with friends?

10. What is a really weird food combination that you either secretly or shamelessly enjoy?

11. What is one goal you have for each of: tomorrow, 1 year, 5 years?

People I’m tagging:

justthefactsmaamifyouplease

karushna5

we-aint-borntypical

level-19-eevee

highgayden

notyourranda

fairyofthestage

toxicnebulae

befferonie

ephebiphobist

rad-design

[gothhabiba]

Is that your hair in your profile pic? It's really cute

yes, it is. thank you!