mckenna

27. sapphic. I’d try to date your mom, but I’m far too anxious to make a move. we back bb

[wnq-writers]

Don’t you dare let him ruin your favorite song. Do not turn on the radio and when the first note comes out you change it. Scream the lyrics as loud as you can. Do not let him ruin your favorite panties. The navy blue ones with the white polka dots and the lacy edges. Don’t think of the times he’d run his hand up your thigh and tell you absolute sweet nothing just to make you fall for him. Wear those panties, you spent a little more money on them than you would have ever on a pair of panties. Do not let him ruin your favorite perfume. Don’t think of the times that his lips were in the crook of your neck taking deep breaths, inhaling every bit of you. Wear that perfume, overdo it. Do whatever the hell you want. But don’t throw that 75 dollar bottle of perfume away. Do not hate your passenger seat. Do not hate where he stopped you midsentence in the parking lot of a diner to give you a kiss. Do not hate that seat, someone else will sit there and hold your hand and sing along to the radio with you one day. Keep your head held high, baby girl. It takes time. Do not hate these things, they are what are YOURS. Not HIS.

stolenkisses-pretty-lies  (via wnq-writers)

[zadokthepriest]

(^._.^)

YOU HAVE BEEN VISITED BY A BAT

you don’t have to reblog or anything, bats feed on insects not attention

[audible-smiles]

(^~~~~(^._.^)~~~~^)

[ballcocktail]

Heteronormativity in action.

[refinery29]

Watch: Hannah Hart has a really grounded reminder for people who have loved ones with mental illnesses– boundaries are okay!

Last Friday, YouTuber Hannah Hart sat down with R29 for an interview in which she revealed that she wrote her book, Buffering, to address the problems with how we look at mental illnesses.

WATCH THE VIDEO

[cailineireannach-deactivated201]

Irish politician Aodhán Ó Ríordáin (TD, Labour Party Senator) calls out the Irish government on their reaction to election of Donald Trump.

“TRUMP IS A FASCIST AND I’M EMBARRASSED BY THE GOVERNMENT’S RESPONSE.”

[lamardeuse]

fucking legend

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

Honestly one of the most incredible and praise worthy speeches I think I’ve heard from ANY politician in recent years

BLESS THIS MAN RIGHT HERE

We need more politicians in the world like this man

[pandavalkyrie]

So we’re doin this again huh. We’re just, we’re gonna start the fake outrage train day fuckin 1. Merry War on Christmas

[silencingthedrums]

Ah yes, my favorite holiday, War On Christmas

[themckennabrianne]

employer: so what would you say is your biggest weakness?

me: probably just like who I am as a person

[dearmyblank]

Tell it to me like this

We’re seating on your bedroom floor and the food is cold but you’re rubbing my feet and saying I have weird toes. And I don’t know why I’m laughing or why you joined in, but the sound fills the room and blurs out the TV.

Tell it to me like this

We’re laying on your bed right after sex and your legs are wrapped around me and light pours out the closet door and you’re running your fingers down my back and I think “please don’t speak. Please don’t utter a word. I can hardly keep it together but if you say you love me now I might lose control.”

Tell it to me like this

Like that time you didn’t hold back and told me that you loved me until I fell apart. My insecurities swelled up in tears you brushed away, and you called me beautiful. And you meant it. Just like you meant the kiss that left me breathless in your arms. And I wanted to tell you that I love you, that I’ve loved you from the start. But we exchange ‘I love you’s too often so I want to take them back, because I mean it so much more now.

Tell it to me like this. Like we’re meant to last. Like we’re the ones they’ll talk about, because we went through hell but wound up in each other’s arms.

Little Bird

[kornakus]

When the whole squad looks good

[kiisaria]

@themckennabrianne @call-me-commander

[themckennabrianne]

But honestly tho. 😂 also why is it the first time I'm on tumblr in actual months, you mention me. #telepathy

[commanderboshtette]

In Memoriam: The VCR, 1956 – 2016

RIP.

The Videocassette Recorder, a piece of technology already so obsolete you would be forgiven for not realizing it hadn’t died long ago, finally kicked it for good last Thursday, when Funai Corporation of Japan, the last known VCR manufacturer on the face of the Earth, announced it would cease production by the end of July. According to the New York Times, a company spokesperson said Funai will keep on selling VCRs “though its subsidiary until inventory runs out and will provide maintenance services as long as it can.”

[sauvamente]

I’m kinda sad

[systlin]

RIP you served us well. 

[jigokuhana]

The end of an era.

[100493503004422]

hate when I am wearing makeup & still look shitty like what else am I supposed to do? get enough sleep? eat right & exercise? as if

[fadical-deactivated20150420]

when an artist wants to show you their art

or a writer wants you to read what they’ve written

it’s quite often an expression of trust

because a poem or a story or a painting are often things that come from the heart

little pieces of the artists themselves

and if they’re willing to share it with you

you should appreciate it

[biuestnight-deactivated20221221]

THANK GOD SOMEONE KNOWS BECAUSE I SWEAR TO GOD WHEN I SHOW IT TO PEOPLE THEY THINK IM BRAGGING

[themckennabrianne]

tumblr is too damn sensitive.

[themckennabrianne]

mom: what are you gonna do when school starts

me: die

[hashtagloveloses]

Positive parts of 2016

- the rise of old friends senior dog sanctuary - Hamilton - pokemon go - female ghostbusters - i don’t give a fuck im outta here Obama - captain america civil war - girl, black guy and latino guy leads in new star wars - deadpool - lemonade - literally???! Nothing??? Else????

[violent-darts]

WELL ACTUALLY SINCE YOU ASKED:

- Starbucks actually did the hard work of figuring out how to donate perishable food in a foodsafe way.

- 500 elephants were relocated to a better, safer and bigger home.

- “Unadoptable” cats (who are usually killed) may have a really important place in the world in their traditional area of work, given we’re thinking maybe poisoning stuff all over the place is a bad plan.

- We made massive strides in Alzheimers’ prevention.

- We found out that the ozone layer is repairing itself and that all the work we did to get rid of those aerosol chemicals was actually worth it.

- This therapy could cure radiation sickness.

- The Anglican church resolved to solemnize same-sex unions the same as opposite-sex unions, which required a super-majority of all three orders of the church (lay, clergy, bishop) and got MORE than that from both lay and bishop.

- The Rabbinical Assembly issued a resolution affirming the rights of transgender and non-conforming individuals.

- The Liberal gov’t changed the Canada Child Benefit so that it’s actually helping people who NEED THE FUCKING HELP. (I am sorry if you are a six figure income you do not actually fucking need this make some fucking lifestyle adjustments for fuck’s sake.)

- Highway of Tears is finally getting some regular fucking bus service.

- Eastwood donated a bunch more land to the Carmel River restoration project.

- We have developed gene-therapy for autoimmune disorders.

- Precision treatments for cancer are hitting clinical trials and WORKING.

- Dentists are once again providing free care to veterans who need it.

- The Anglican bishop on the Islands made an Eastern pilgrimage walking from Alert Bay to Victoria to stop at every First Nations community and personally, unequivocally apologize for his church’s involvement in fucking them up.

- Canada is actively attempting to increase and improve refugee resettlement.

- It has been determined that the manatee population has bounced back so much (500%) that it can be moved from “endangered” to “threatened”.

- This guy got to see his kids again.

- The Orlando Shakespeare Festival showed up with angel wings to block funeral-goer’s view of hate group so they wouldn’t be disrupted.

- Net Neutrality has been upheld by the appeals court. (No that fight isn’t over BUT THIS IS STILL A FUCK OF A GOOD THING.)

- We may have cured MS. (LET ME REPEAT: WE MAY HAVE CURED MS.)

- New short-treatment-period cure for HepC is huge success.

- Rise Women’s Legal Centre opened.

… . and this is just what I came up with in a pretty lazy google search in an hour, including distractions where I went down the research rabbit-hole for a bit because holy crap some of that stuff’s NEAT, guys!

And I know I’m missing stuff, because I wanted a citation for every single thing I put on there.

Yes, there have been some really bad things that have happened in 2016. There have also been a number of huge fucking miracles, and SIMILAR bad things have always happened, just about every damn year - maybe not to you, or maybe they didn’t make the news, and maybe you just don’t remember any of the good because of that whole massive Negative Bias problem that human brains have, but?

A lot of good shit happened. A lot.

And like I do actually get the sudden overwhelmed feeling of EVERYTHING SUCKS? but that mindset is, at this point, literally our worst enemy. “Everything is terrible somebody do something” helplessness is what will in fact consign us to everything BEING terrible. 

Everything is not terrible. In fact there are new ways, every single month, wherein new opportunities and miracles are happening and no that does not balance out the bad shit but it gives every reason to FIGHT the bad shit, and to get past the bad shit, and to make sure the bad shit ISN’T the overwhelming stain. 

So. 

[metaflesh-deactivated20180415]

a good thing to do for your friends with anxiety disorders: if you have a question you need to ask them or something you need to tell them, explain the subject of the question/the statement in the same message as your opening one!

so basically: instead of saying “can i ask you a question?” and sending just that (which, as a person with an anxiety disorder, makes my anxiety go into hyperdrive) go “can i ask you a question about ___?”

it’s a little thing but honestly few things make me anxious like “i have a question for you” or “there’s something i need to tell you” without immediate explanation. thanks!

[briedoof]

“call me, nothing is wrong, just wanna talk on the phone” would be so much better than “Call me.”

[endlace]

Actually please to all of this please.

[awkwardprincessally]

YES PLEASE.

[thecheshirecass-deactivated2018]

YES THIS OK????? Like I have trained my husband to say “nothing bad, I just need to call you because it’s too much to type.” It helps SO MUCH. Just let me prepare myself, because I guarantee my imagination will take me to much much darker places.

[revanchistsuperstar]

Might I add, if someone with anxiety has just said something to you that’s a lot to process, and you need some time to think about what to say in response, please consider a quick “I’m not ignoring you, I need to think about what to say and I don’t want to say the wrong thing.”

Because that definitely saves your friend with anxiety a lot of strife and assuming they’ve ruined your friendship forever. Nothing is crueler than a “Seen 2:25pm” when it’s 10am the next day and you’re waiting on a reply to a huge confession.

[howto-joelheyman]

Normally I don’t acknowledge my anxiety very much but to any of my friends this would genuinely be helpful. Thanks 

[bethrevis]

Representation Matters to White People Too

Look, when I say “representation matters,” I believe that the most important thing is for people who are often ignored in arts and media to see themselves there. 

But I also mean that it’s important for white/hetero people to see people who aren’t white/hetero. 

Here’s the thing. I was raised in a very white/hetero community. Every friend I had was white. I never had a black person in my classroom until late high school. I never had a black teacher until college. There was one out-gay student at my high school. One. And I saw what shit he had to go through by being out. 

And, if I’m honest with myself, most of the adults in my life were racist and homophobic. They were good, loving people…to me. But they were also racist and homophobic. 

And as a kid through my teen years, I’d be lying if I didn’t say that didn’t affect me. I parrotted the adults in my life, which meant that I often parrotted their hate and their prejudice. I’m ashamed of those attitudes now–now that I’ve had education and met people who were different from me and travelled the world and put aside hate. 

But then? It was easy to excuse racism. People who weren’t white and straight didn’t exist in my world–and they didn’t exist in the world I saw on television and in books and on the radio. It was easier to live in the bubble of that world. 

Representation matters to white people, too. It is important for white people to see diversity. Not as a token, not as “politically correct”–the white people who feel that adding a minority character to a storyline is pandering are horrible people who are entirely missing the point. I’m talking about the white kids who don’t see minorities in their lives, but who see a black girl and a white boy being friends on Sesame Street. I’m talking about the straight teen reading More Happy than Not, I’m talking about the white teen empathizing with Malala Yousafzai. The more representation we have, the more we hold a mirror through the world rather than whiting-out people who aren’t like the majority, the better our world is.

Representation matters.

[fandomfeministe]

I swear to god, it’s like every damn word could have come out of my own brain. Brava!

[kvothe-kingkiller]

Honestly. As someone who went to a very tiny, almost completely white private school through eighth grade and then to a high school in a city with the demographics of a marvel movie (89.3% White, 0.7%African American, 0.4% Native American, 5.6% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 0.8% other races, 3.0% two or more races. 3.7% Hispanic or Latino) I never realised that the casting choices in most tv shows and movies vastly underrepresent any race that isn’t white.

I remember being confused about people saying they should hire more actors of color for movies set in like new york because thats what i legit thought the rest of the US and western europe was like.