Bitches will be like "prev tags omg" on my post and I check the preg tags and it's like "blorbo from my shows"
I have decided to burn my old diaries and have been scanning them for pages I might want to keep and these two entries really summarise my life in the past years quite well
one of the most enduringly obnoxious things about algorithmic feeds is that there is genuinely no amount of blocking and tailoring and "not interested in this" and "show me less content like this" that will ever ever convince the algorithm that you don't want to be shown content promoting weight loss
Some women are conditioned to be fragile and weak, and to believe that it's a sin to outperform a man. Her feminism would involve allowing women to be strong.
Some women are expected to be strong at times when they can't. Her feminism would involve reassuring her that it's okay to not be strong.
Some neurodivergent people are raised to believe that they're too stupid to ever amount to anything. Their disability activism would involve reassuring them that they're capable.
Some neurodivergent people are raised to believe that they're smart and gifted, and are expected to live up to impossible standards. Their disability activism would involve allowing them to fail, make mistakes, be stupid, etc.
Some children are constantly reminded "you're the child, I'm the adult" in order to deny their autonomy. Their youth rights activism would involve treating them like an adult at times when they feel ready for it.
Some children are treated like adults in order to justify increased expectations or to downplay abuse against them. Their youth rights activism would involve allowing them to be a child.
There is no one-size-fits-all solution to oppression. Each individual person's experience is different. Whatever trauma is caused by their oppression, the activism should focus on undoing it.
Marcus Aurelius being ecofeminist millennia ago
Why do I love Tumblr? Because if I go on Twitter and say "I hate washing dishes" 12 guys will show up to lecture me about germ theory and 56 will tell me to buy a dishwasher, but if I go on Tumblr and say "I hate washing dishes" the responses will mostly be "I too hate washing dishes" except for that one person who has a Supernatural meme queued up for just this occasion.
note to self, draw a heavy metal version of nut-cracker barbie and her horse marziPAIN
looking in the mirror repeating my daily matras
i am hot
i am hairy
i am gay
i am scary
Bits from my life, occasional reblogs | Autumn: always-between-birches | Winter: burnt-almonds
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