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You know that's right 😏

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genuinely can’t stress enough if you’re in high school rn and anyone is telling you that’s the best time of your life they are lying. it gets better. hs is arguably the worst. if you can survive that you can survive anything. despite the horrors i know i’m always posting about i swear life is so much better as an adult

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adopting this into my vocabulary

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“Families are messy. Immortal families are eternally messy. Sometimes the best we can do is to remind each other that we’re related for better or for worse…and try to keep the maiming and killing to a minimum.”

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remember when tiktok was still a new thing and everyone was talking about how "tiktok doesnt have any bangers i can think of dozens of iconic vines but zero iconic tiktoks". and tiktok was like 4 months old at the time. anyway now that were in the future there is not a day that goes by where i dont find myself thinking "Google, show me this guy's balls" at least once

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I think maybe I don't talk about how, as a former Sex Worker, these completely braindead talking points from SWERFs about the industry make it impossibly hard to have nuanced conversations about the actual risks, dangers, and broken stairs that exist in the industry. Imagine if, when people were working to make movie sets safer for talent and crew, some group was like "MOVIES DANGEROUS ABOLISH ALL FILM" and people nodded in agreement with that take and caved to it?

Like the industry IS exploitative often because having a conversation about regulation that actually moves toward legislation is nearly impossible. Politicians are afraid to touch the requests of actual industry workers because they will be bombarded by harassment groups, labeled as "groomers" or worse for even discussing our issues.

Instead it can feel like the conversation boils down to "Sex Work is empowering" vs. "Sex Work is rape" and those things are both absolutely insane, because sex work is a damn job???? It's not either of those things without additional information. My day job now sure as fuck isn't empowering. And I get threatened and assaulted here more than I did in any strip club, despite it being a "normal" job. The only difference is that I have avenues to escalate those things here, and people generally take me seriously when I do. Sex Workers need avenues like that too but you paranoia-stricken, self-centered, infantilizing mobsters don't want our actual needs to be met.

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there is nothing like severance

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Its crazy how many good books there are

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woven rhubarb by rubybhogal

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so since I don’t need or want anything for my birthday this year, I decided to create a competition between my sisters where, if they get me something, it has to be:

second-hand

weird as hell

pink, yellow, or orange

OR

a coffee mug, used or new, that makes you say “what the fuck” out loud

so far my middle sister has been laughing to herself looking at things on her phone and at one point she held it up to her boyfriend and he said “what… is that 🧍” and she said “exactly 🌝”

so it’s off to a great start

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Help me pay for school after illness!

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PayPal Cash App Venmo

Hello! So I’m a college student! This last semester I got sick and had some personal stuff happened. There was a lot of grief and my grades slipped. Financial aid was denied this semester! Luckily for me, I have a grant that’ll pay tuition! But I still need books and supplies! I also need a TI-84 calculator (which I’m buying used) and a bus pass (I don’t drive)!

Thank you!

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ikemefuna was doomed by the narrative before any of your anime twinks were send post

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The only way to play the game is to work the crowd 🎤

Get ready for Crowd Control - a new series hosted by Jacquis Neal

The 6 episode season premieres September 8th - only on @dropoutdottv

Pics 1 - 2 📷 Jill Petracek, Pics 3 - 6 📷 Kate Elliott

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cooking with trauma

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