Story of my Life

Hannah, 23 years old, born and raised in New Zealand. In life, I think the best thing to do when everything fails is to keep calm and just carry on.

[erinlace-deactivated20200503]

[bone-and-brawn]

[official-lucifers-child]

no no that’s a bop, i love it

[flightyfinch]

“Woman!” cried I, somewhat tearsome,

“Who are you to stand so fearsome

With your wavy locks of auburn hair and eyes of emerald green?”

Quoth the woman, “I’m Jolene”

[smuganimebitch]

imo all movies being some kind of superhero shit paid for by disney is kind of like when every painting and sculpture was some jesus shit comissioned by the catholic church

[smuganimebitch]

marvel movies

enormous collaborative projects that involve hundreds of people

beloved by the masses

functions as propaganda for US foreign policy

cathedrals

enormous collaborative projects that involve hundreds of people

beloved by the masses

functions as propaganda for the catholic church

[smuganimebitch]

i'll be honest this was less an attempt to make a serious point and more of an attempt to upset marvel fans and catholics with one post

[gaynfl-moved]

oh my god

[gutter-adonis]

That was timed so well oh my god

[loumandliker]

this is a bit of a hot take but when it comes to lgbtq identities i don’t think any experience is actually exclusive to any given sexuality/gender

[loumandliker]

trans men have experiences in common with lesbians who have experiences in common with bisexuals who have experiences in common with gay men who have experiences in common with aromantic people who have experiences in common with bisexuals who have experiences in common with asexuals who have experiences in common with lesbians who have experiences in common with gay men who have experiences in common with trans women who have experiences in common with trans men etc etc etc lived experiences are not as cut and dry as “this experience is exclusive to bisexuals” or “this experience is exclusive to lesbians” or “this experience is exclusive to this kind of trans people” because oftentimes queer people are brutalized and affected in the same ways when it comes to interpersonal and legislative experiences. people don’t exist in discrete identity categories that all have unique experiences with no overlap.

[spark-so-floss]

#the point of breaking out of toxic boxes isn't to go invent your own and be just as brutal about them

[randomslasher]

No matter what a post on tumblr tries to tell you, your moral and ethical stances will never be determined by what you reblog and what you scroll past. Don’t let manipulation tactics force you into doing anything you don’t want to do.

[randomslasher]

I find it very interesting to note the times in which this post has a sudden resurgence. It often follows very stressful, upsetting events, where a lot of “REBLOG THIS OR YOU SUCK” posts start appearing on this site. 

So I’ll say it again: it is okay if you come to tumblr to escape upsetting news. It is okay if you’re just here for fun and fandom. It is okay if you do not want to use your tumblr as a place to read about or spread the current events that are circulating. It is okay if you need a place to decompress and just relax. There are other ways to be involved in/support causes and you are allowed to set boundaries on social media platforms without it being indicative of your belief systems. 

Your beliefs, values, ethics, and moral stances are not determined by whether or not you reblog something. 

[butterflyinthewell]

It also helps to remember that nobody else on tumblr can see what you’re scrolling past.

[english-history-trip]

I'm just down to start fights at this point.

[queersona]

"i was a transtrender" no you werent. you were just questioning your identity and then you decided that wasn't for you. that's a fucking healthy thing to do. fuck off lmao

[queersona]

Questioning is:

-healthy

-common

-normal

Questioning isn't:

-an excuse to be transphobic towards often young individuals

[queeranarchism]

I once thought I was asexual and it turned out I actually wasn’t ready to have sex before I had transitioned to a point where I was more comfortable with my body. 

And in that time, the asexual community welcomed me, supported me, helped me feel good about who I was, protected me from the harm I would have done to myself if I had pushed myself to have sex. That made a huge difference.

If I see an opportunity to support asexual organizations, I do so not just because it’s good but also because they were there for me in a difficult part of my life without judgement. I owe them for that.

If you at one point identified as transgender or questioned your gender identity, maybe you too sought a home in the wrong place because you were struggling with something else. And it is very likely that the people in that home, the transgender community, believed you and welcomed you and listened to you.

And then when it turns out that you were searching for the wrong thing, you don’t just leave that community behind but you turn around and shit on them? Shame on you. What a shitty thing to do.

[mitten]

[77lllll]

[swdyww-deactivated20210428]

Icon

[itchycoil]

Did she get any like arts grants for this

[closet-keys]

Underrated form of intimacy: being silly together

[evangelionreference]

[blvkvholic]

[firstgrave]

You really should add your pronouns in your bio

i get this ask a lot and like. it’s a lil frustrating bc the whole reason ppl starting pushing everyone to put pronouns in their bio was so trans ppl weren’t outed or othered for having their pronouns listed.

but now it’s used as a dog whistle to lyk who’s “woke” and who isn’t (even tho plenty of the ppl w their pronouns in their bio are still bigoted in many ways). so now everyone is assumed to be cis and pressured into putting their pronouns in every social media they have, thus once again othering trans ppl and forcing them to out themselves

im not cis. im not entirely sure which pronouns i prefer or will use. ppl going “you should list your pronouns” either outs me or forces me to pick pronouns that may feel misgendering just to appease a largely cis crowd.

she/he/they are fine. i also have no desire to list that for thousands of ppl to see. i am referred to as she/her irl by p much everyone. sometimes it sucks, but it also kinda sucks getting used to using he/they only to know i am not in a position to use that irl at this moment.

[firstgrave]

just came across a tiktok where someone was like “I hate when we’re going around introducing ourselves w our names and pronouns and some cis guy is like ‘I don’t have a preference’ oh yeah steve? You’ll be okay if we call you she/her”

and it’s like. how do you know they’re cis!!!! yes, i get that transphobes hate the pronoun thing and always have dumbass responses but you can’t assume that everyone who doesn’t immediately divulge specific pronouns or isn’t comfortable sharing them is a cisgender transphobe. i know most ppl assume im a cis woman even tho im nonbinary and it’s disheartening how many ppl would label me transphobic(?) for saying i don’t have a preference on pronouns atm.

another tiktok was showing a clip of a group of people being asked their pronouns and they all said “literally anything it doesn’t matter to us” and all the comments were “why was the group of women so aggressive abt it :/ just say she/her” and one of the people from the clip had to comment and say “hey, we’re all questioning our gender rn so we don’t have an answer pls don’t assume we’re cis women” and they shouldn’t have to fucking do that just bc y’all decided you were entitled to out people!!

and it’s sm worse for tma nonbinary and trans people who are often excluded from the conversation entirely.

[theblinding]

How to Look at Art, Arts & Architecture, Ad Reinhardt, January 1947

[depsidase]

[gutsygills]

[transiconlink]

[jessalrynn]

[gaylord-zuko]

Papparazi photo 😂

[rainey-day-whispers]

[alljuststardust]

[desolate-avocado]

[thewritehag]

[neurotoxinsonline]

[nonbinarythorin]

[thepersonwithnoname6578]

[tired-piner]

Here have a Babey

[tiredacehunter]

[straight-edge-hippy]

[ulfrsdottir]

[khashoggisship]

[folkhundr]

[charlesoberonn]

[mishapeep]

[kedreeva]

[journalofalatinwriter-deactivat]

I GASPED

[closet-keys]

I remember reading a study once that asked people in their 90s to rank the best to worst decades of their life, and the overwhelming majority were like “my 70s were the best” and ranked their teens and twenties as near the worst, and I think about that a lot when people act like if they’re not living their best life at 25 they’ve lost their chance. like nah, the longer you’ve had to learn about yourself, the more you can love yourself. there’s no expiration date on joy until you’re dead