Kdotfann - Black Beauty

I want you to know how glad I am that you are running this blog, especially after what has happened. This is my message of support. I hope you get many more and I hope that you are safe.

Thank you, but I’m not safe. Myself and almost everyone I know have been hiding in their houses, even calling in sick to work, afraid to go anywhere because people are getting harassed and attacked all over. The KKK is literally marching in the streets proclaiming their “victory”. The scant resources or protections that have been keeping me and my closest people alive for the last few years have been “promised” to be removed, and without medical care or a safety net, we will die. Regulations that are supposed to keep our drinking water clean and our working environments safe are being removed, even more than they already have. Discrimination that keeps people from having homes, educations, and jobs is going to be legalized.

I realize there’s a lot of “we made it through [___], we’ll make it through this!” going around, but I’m not “we”. I’m a multiply disabled, chronically ill qpoc with a mountain of student debt, who is living in poverty with a physically disabled partner who only has access to medical care through the ACA and is waiting on an SSDI hearing. There’s already no heat in my house or car, and we live hand-to-mouth when it comes to food. And that’s not even the only direct threat, it’s just the most immediate one.

And I see a lot of people invoking history, but how long ago is history? Because after “reforms” to disability supports to the British system in 2011, literally thousands died within a week of having been deemed “fit for work”.  TENS of thousands died under Reagan, and if it’s not clear, I was alive through his entire term and remember it well. This is likely to be worse than that.

I’ve had friends and family over, and we all have found there’s not much to say or do but stare at the walls in despair, and derive small comfort from each others’ presence. We’ll do the best we can, but we all kind of know we’re not the ones who “make it through this.” I’m usually a fairly positive person but I’ve…kinda got nothing here.

Its finally here, this is a gift from me to you. I hope you enjoy and i hope it helps in your Journey. :)

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fin

Fuck yeah!

Do not try telling me melanin don’t got a play in this

Great prayer.

❝ ‘Henry VII’s devout and rather awesome mother’, was the description the historian Neville Williams offered of Margaret Beaufort in his 1973 biography of the King. Both adjectives in this statement are true, but neither do full justice to the woman who forms the subject of this book. William’s assessment does, however, accurately summarize the way in which Margaret has often been portrayed: a religious fanatic who was obsessively ambitious on her son’s behalf and dominated his court, an image compounded by the effigy upon her tomb as well as the surviving portraits, which show her wearing widow’s weeds and a barbed wimple, on her knees in prayer. This is an image often conjured up when the name Margaret Beaufort is mentioned. Yet it is two-dimensional as the paintings themselves, frequently used as a convenient short-hand when relating the tales of the period. Margaret’s own story and her true character as a living, breathing woman are a far cry from such flat representations.Nicola Tallis, Uncrowned Queen: The Fateful Life of Margaret Beaufort, Tudor Matriarch.

1446. dirty laundry

Have you ever: 1. Skipped class? - yes, i started doing that a lot in high school.  2. Done drugs? - nah, you know. 3. Self harmed? - yes, i have never self harmed as much as i have been lately, unfortunately. 4. Drank? - sure. 5. Shoplifted? - never, i’m a wuzz. 6. Gotten a tattoo? - nope. 7. Broken up with someone? - all my breakups have been mutual pretty much.

What’s your favorite: 8. Show? - my all time favourites are the office and friends. lately i’ve been loving american horror story and lie to me. 9. Movie? - american psycho maybe. 10. Song? - my all time favourite is this must be the place by talking heads. my current favourites are dirty laundry by all time low and the mack by nevada. 11. Tumblr? - meh, i don’t do tumblr as much these days. i just come here to fill in surveys. 12. Singer/Band? - i don’t really have any favourites at the moment. i used to be craaaazy about good charlotte, simple plan and blink-182 though. i also love say anything. 13. Memory? - i tend to only remember bad ones. 14. Book? - my favourites are all about either mental illness or music.

This or that: 15. Invisibility or Ability to fly? 16. Cookies or Cake? 17. Twitter or Facebook? 18. Movies or Books? 19. Coke or Sprite? 20. Blind or Deaf? 21. Tea or Coffee? 

What’s your: 22. Age? - turning 22 this year. 23. Sign? - gemini. 24. Height? - about 170 cm. 25. Sexual orientation? - pansexual. 26. Shoe size? - 38. 27. Religion? - none. 28. Longest relationship? - my current one will soon be two years.

Opinion on: 29. Gay rights? - any person’s rights shouldn’t be something to have an opinion on. 30. Second chances? - usually good. 31. Long distance relationships? - cool if it works, respect. 32. Abortion? - i have had an abortion and i never thought twice about it. it’s nice that people are allowed control over ther own lives. 33. The death penalty? - i’m against it. 34. Marijuana? - i don’t really care. if making it legal would take away the hype, then please yes.  35. Love? - love is all.

Do you: 36. Believe in ghost? - definitely not. 37. Shower facing the shower head or turned away from it? - i always shower with the shower handle. 38. Sleep with the door opened or closed? - closed. 39. Love someone? - yeah. 40. Still watch cartoons? - i don’t. 41. Have a boyfriend/girlfriend? - yep. 42. Like yourself? - nope.

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