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every time people make a character go through severe life-altering physical injuries and then decide that they’re still able-bodied and look and act completely unaffected after the fact i want to throw tomatoes at my screen

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"The nonbinary afab who goes by she/her, dresses femininely, and uses a push-up bra when I—" when you what? What's wrong with her?

Is she not nonbinary enough for you? Is the way she experiences her queerness and how she presents not perfect enough for you? Nonbinary people don't owe you androgyny, right? So why is she the exception? Why does she have to hate herself to appeal to your standards? Why is she any less trans—any less worthy of respect—cause it's "not visible"? Queer solidarity my ass. Don't spout this bullshit on Pride, man.

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Silence, extroverted alter

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golden hour

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A co-worker of mine was standing outside with me during a break from customers to share a cigarette with me, and told me about how he had lost his brother that he was close with some years ago. He told me about how they used to be in a band together with some friends, and how ever since he'd died, he hadn't played any music because he'd been too scared and anxious. I told him about how I'd lost my brother to suicide some years ago.

I went home and pulled out an old tiny wooden box my brother had given me before he'd died. I'd been using it to store guitar picks I'd collected over the years, including one guitar pick that used to be his. I haven't played the guitar since he'd died, my hands are too small to play some of the chords, so I play bass and piano instead.

I went to work the next day and gifted my brothers old guitar pick to my co-worker. I told him that it'd been sitting in a box for ten years unused, and would probably sit there for longer if I kept it there. Told him that I thought he deserved to have it, because I bet he could put it to better use than I ever would. Told him I didn't feel like it was coincidence that me and him would cross paths with each other in our lives, and that it seemed suiting that we had these similar experiences but split in two halves. That somehow, I felt like he was meant to have the guitar pick. I told him that I knew he'd not played guitar since his brother died, but that if he ever decided to play again one of these days, maybe he'd be able to honor both of our brothers by using that guitar pick.

He almost cried. He thanked me. Then he went home that night and for the first time in years he played the guitar.

I don't know what the meaning of life is or what my purpose is, but I do believe that love and human connection is one of the most important things in life. It's finding ways to tell strangers you love them and share experiences with others. I think it's all just about love.

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I'd like to bring to attention another fundraiser which also really needs your support, and it's that of the Abushammala family. This is a family which has been separated due to the war. Amal is trying to get her family out of Gaza to reunite with her.

In the past few months, everything which is familiar to them, their home, their streets, their neighborhood, has been demolished. They've had to evacuate and have been on the run, struggling to find healthy food and clean water. And through all this, her family has persevered and shown their resilience, even as the occupation has been bombing them and cutting access to food and water.

You can see Amal's 2 sisters, Tala and Eman, in the video linked below talking about their family's situation and requesting your help.

They will need to raise funds in order to not only cross the border, but relocation fees and living expenses. They still need your support. Their fundraiser is nearly €8000 off of their goal.

And you can find Amal's tumblr @amalisam where she's posting about her family's situation and updates about the fundraiser.

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Inspecting my grean

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i know there are a lot of trans women that follow me so to all of you please please be kind to yourself and keep yourself healthy. if you can't do it for your own sake do it for the sake of the people that love you, i promise somebody loves you, and if you really feel like no one does then do it for me. it's easy for us to get so used to feeling ashamed that the shame feels like an inseparable part of you. i understand. loving yourself can feel wrong, insincere, but it's just a muscle that needs to be exercised. there will be ups and downs, but you can make yourself feel worthy of love, and i guarantee there are people who will love you - the whole you, with all your perceived faults, all the pain you carry. i don’t want to lose another one of us

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This picture makes me so emotional... I would never hurt you, sensitive little damselfly

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ah yes, the two genders:

man and bath

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skelanimals x millionaires 🖤🖤🖤

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got monster energy drink in my left eye n now i can see the ghosts of dudes named hunter with it

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Trollface and :-) having the same birthday is incredible. It's beautiful. It's meaningful. I am crying

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लैला और सत्त गीत//The Shepherdess and the Seven Songs Dir. Pushpendra Singh

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A tiny island in Syagozero, Karelia

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While we're here, I'd like to bring Aseel (@aseelo680) to your attention. Aseel, her sister, and her nephew were displaced several weeks ago, and are still living in extremely difficult circumstances. They need money for basic necessities like food and water, as well as to evacuate.

I know you may be tired of these posts or that they might not fit your blog theme, but Aseel and her family are tired of living under bombs and occupation. Please support them however you can, ideally through a donation but if you can't donate, boosting helps too. If you voted - kindly reblog.

I'm struggling to get these posts out of the regular sphere of people who reblog them, so I would really appreciate if y'all could tag some more people or tell people irl! This is really important!

Incentives to donate:

Book raffle by me

Writing commissions by me (I can write about fairies if you want!)

Art commissions by @secondhandtroubles

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