I awake in a dream

All things serpentine, feline, and equine.

[fruitgushers]

a dead scene kid is trying to contact me through captcha

[junglejim4322]

People don’t even want to say le sigh anymore. le sigh

[monsterofmaplestreet]

#but I am more le tired than ever

[mumintroll]

okay

[inforapennyinforapunned]

Jesus fucking Christ. I don’t know if reading this while having a mental health crisis was a terrible idea or just what I needed. But fuck me if I don’t feel both incredibly seen and incredibly called out.

Dropping the link for the full article in case anyone is interested in reading it. Because it’s certainly done a number on me this morning

How Society Forces Autistics to Become Inhibited & Passive

A “deleted scene” from my book Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity

[libraford]

Explaining to straight adults that much of queer history happened within their lifetime and they were unaware of all the extremely important events and how many laws there were to prevent us from thriving because they werent part of queer circles themselves is like...

-leans in close-

How would you like to know about the war in Ba Sing Se?

[libraford]

My dad LOVES learning about the Cold War. It's full of drama. Backstabbing, cross-double-cross, spy gadgets, secret identities. It makes for great stories and as a journalist he loves a good story.

Me: oh yeah, I was just watching a documentary on the Lavender Scare. Fascinating that it was so recent in our history.

Dad: ....the what?

Me:

[libraford]

Me: -explaining that the moral panic of the 50s slowed down in the 70s only to start back up again with the aids epidemic in the 80s-

Dad: I remember that. It was scary times because no one knew how it was spread.

Me: what if I told you... that they could have slowed the spread of it, but chose not to because it seemed like only queers were affected by it and the government didnt see any problem with all of us dying.

Dad:

[libraford]

Dad: okay heres a simpler question for you- what's with drag queens and Judy Garland and Barbara Streisand? I feel like every drag queen I've seen has a Dorothy costume in their lineup.

Me: -deep breath- okay so let's go back to that lavender scare for a minute and how it intersects with the golden age of hollywood...

Me, ten minutes later: and that leads up to that famous picture of a drag queen dressed as Dorothy protesting in front of Trump Tower with the sign that says 'surrender donald.'

Dad: that's a pretty recent photo though.

Me:... uhhh... 1982.

Dad: ... you've been hating that guy since before you were born, huh?

Me: oh man, wait until you hear about my opinions on Reagan.

[libraford]

Me, ranting about queer history:

My dad, just excited he can learn something new:

[important-animal-images]

[demonprincex]

saw a flyer for an event branded as "destroying empire" and its... a few live performances and coloring.

there is lots of value to building community ties and helping people soothe their nervous systems and all that. but it sure seems like we...only ever do that shit. and not the other shit that would you know destroy the empire. i cant fault anybody for not having the capacity to do the stuff that would destroy the empire, im not doing it (and when i am trying to do it, im not posting about it because that's not how it's done). it kind of requires a level of community investment in one another and infrastructure and training that just is not present in most spaces. but man. its a bleak/laughable feeling seeing this kind of thing sometimes. all this fucking anti colonial bluster and for what. i dont think we are gonna color and somatic exercise our way out of this one fellas. the dissonance of it all is pretty rough

[serviceberries]

give yourself a sense of place and time. rotate your wardrobe when the weather changes. update your playlists every month. write down three things you did today. do it everyday. message your friends good morning. buy yourself different flavours of tea based on your mood, the packaging, the weather, your heart. save the little paper labels; stick them in your notebook until the inside cover is full of little colored tags. have it hot in the winter. have it cold in the summer. learn to make apple cider, raspberry cordial. spend the summer knitting a scarf for the colder months. spend the winter sewing loose flowy blouses for the summer. open the windows, five minutes a day if it's cold, all day if it's warm. give yourself a sense of place and time and weather.

[scramratz]

I’m gonna do it! I’m gonna do the dishes!

[scramratz]

I did it! It sucked but I did it!

[scramratz]

[foodcravings]

23 Layer Chocolate Cake (via Instagram)

[drysqu1d]

[scumrunner]

[michoislost]

PRIDE WAS A RIOT

(feat. a beautiful fat trans woman)

[feralratbitesu]

Why do you use It/Its pronouns...

i got tagged in elementary school and never recovered

[theconcealedweapon]

[theconcealedweapon]

[c3rvida3]

How To Tell Your Cat That You Could Walk To His Food Faster If He Weren't Weaving Under Your Fucking Feet In A Beautiful And Intricate Idiot's Ballet

[evilsoup]

how to tell human,,, "ilove you",,,

[sioltach]

Fuck you *migrates to another environment and evolves entirely new characteristics over thousands of years*

[sioltach]

Why did thjs beautiful island make me. So small

[a-book-of-creatures]

Skill issue. Now get out of my way

[whatbigotspost]

Caption From @ essenceofblackculture on instagram:

Kristi Williams

@kristi_williams_black_history, a Black woman whose aunt survived the Tulsa Massacre, saw Oklahoma trying to silence Black history-and answered with action. She started "Black History Saturdays," free community classes to teach what the schools won't.

Now the room is full, the lessons are real, and the legacy lives on. end caption

____________

This is a heroic feat that shouldn’t be needed. But because it is, a hero emerged.

[sunbookie]

Necessary Dopeness. This is what queens do....👑🥰🧠✊🏿📚❤️🖤💚☀️✨🔥🔥🔥🔥💯

[callmeelle22]

I know Kristi personally and the work she does in Tulsa is unmatched.

[animentality]

[cricketcat9]

The disdain and hatred for science + adoration of wealth = more deaths from cancer and preventable diseases.