#Empowering myself

[thegodwithinblog]

What is happiness...??

Contentment and Happiness go hand in hand. One and the same. How to go about it...

What is contentment…?? Contentment is about focusing on what you have and paying attention to its meaning. A person is content in his life by looking at himself and realizing whatever he has achieved, whether big or small. Do you have health?? Do you have friends?? Do you have a good relationship with others?? Do you have dreams and a vision to work towards them?? Have you left past pain and…

[welcometogrouchland]

(ID in alt) I literally said I was gonna post this month's ago and then never had the wherewithal to describe it and so I didn't Lmao (said with pain). But since I'm thinking of opening my commissions I figured I should remind ppl that I. Yknow. Can draw.

Lots of Steph here (I had major art block making all of these and my brain worms for her kept me going) + some sprinkles of stephcass for Cass nation to enjoy!

[sleepyysweetheart]

You know what to do to see more 😏 👀

[accidentalslayer]

I'm sitting at the doctor's office (again 🙄 ) & literally minding my own business and these dudes sit down across from me and the first thing out of their mouth is to tell me to smile.

"It's not that bad."

Dude, I am just. Sitting here. My face isn't a decoration for you to dictate!

For the first time, I snapped back. Told him that my goddamnn face isn't any of his business. Told him to learn some fucking boundaries while he told me to eat shit. I am so proud of myself for not shrinking. For not trying to make this man comfortable while I violated my own voice because I was uncomfortable.

He's still bitching in the lobby.

[samantabrzozowska]

"Don't even try to think that

you are not enough for him!"

~ Sam

[emmavakarian-theirin]

"I'm Commander Shepard and I've got this."

Happy N7Day!

I wanted to do a personal piece, so I drew myself as Shepard as they've been my motivation and inspiration for fighting on, the blood representing real life scars from surgeries. I also wanted to reflect this as this video alone means just as much to me as the entire series does and is where the phrase comes from. Thank you, Bioware, for Mass Effect -- for everything.

+ colour variants + a clean version because I had such a hard time choosing between them

[chryblossomjjk]

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[rosekasa]

I feel really sad that my art doesn't turn out good, nor does it get appreciated by fandoms. How did you deal with that in the beginning?

aww hi anon 💖im sending u big hugs. im sorry and ily

honestly i did not deal with this Well at the beginning. i started posting art for fandoms when i was 13 and it was not a great time to be both obsessing over reception from fandoms when i was also growing as an artist. it's very isolating to feel like no one really cares about what you create. or, what felt worse, being in groups of fandom friends where i would see other people whose works mattered but felt like mine didn't. and as a teenager that sucked even more! the first time i started really feeling good about my art and sharing it with fandoms was when i was 15, when i started drawing for miraculous.

i remember what shocked me about drawing for the ml fandom was that, for the first time in two years, i wasn't caring about being 'known' in a fandom. i realised how much it had stressed me out in previous fandoms so drawing for ml kind of felt like a rebellion against my own anxiety. i purposely separated my ao3 and my tumblr for months because i just didn't want people to see me as an actual Individual in the fandom (because i was scared i would start caring too much about the same stuff i cared about before). the fact that i felt like nobody cared about me other than my friends made me feel like i could create whatever i wanted. i would write fics with tropes specifically because they made me excited, would draw completely aimless stuff that had no purpose but making me happy, i would not care if something looked bad because "hey no one knows me in this fandom so what's the big deal??" but then like. it was THEN that i noticed i started getting more traction. when i started focusing on enjoying my work. when i wanted to become my own favourite artist.

basically, i guess what i'm trying to say is that it's really hard to deal with feelings of insecurity around your art. and although it seems very counterintuitive (and i still don't always manage to follow the principle) when you can say for sure that you yourself are your favourite creator, somehow other people can see that, and you'll become their favourite creator too. it sounds so silly but i've always had a tumultuous relationship with creating and social media but, in my seven years of having my art account, it has always helped me

[theresa-of-liechtenstein]

the one 11pm thought i’m going to entertain seriously: i should try to stop forcing an american accent

[brown-little-robin]

I realized only *after* I created this status that it indicates a generous amount of anime consumption in the near past

[mintedwitcher]

fun fact actually: women can have independent thoughts and feelings about their own appearance without it being some larger social commentary on women's empowerment hope this helps :)

[i-spilled-my-soup]

i miss the olden days when the greeks didn’t have labels for sexuality they just had affairs and orgies

[fadeintoyou1993]

see i hate apps that track books personally & for myself because they always have that goal section and i always set up a reasonable goal but then not every book i read is a fast pace read and it will take me months and sometimes even years to finish a book bc i like sitting w it and reading it when i feel like whatevers in there is The right thing for me to read at a specific moment and that dumbass goal will always be at the back of my mind like. it was a reasonable enough goal and you cant even finish that. but im chillin tho. but like its annoying

[samantabrzozowska]

"Self love is so important to grow."

~ Sam

[ialwaysknewyouwerepunk]

not to be that emo bitch again but louis showing his arms, his body, on stage like this again is so !!! yk? it shows confidence, not only about his looks, but also in his stage presence. he knows he'll make a show, a statement, and he did so with bombarding impact. no we're not past this. no we're not too old, or not strong enough, or not fit enough, or not sure enough. we ARE confident and we WILL show our arms and we STAND TALL AND PROUD

[iantosource]

i think the way people use the word queer to refer to ianto in this fandom is kind of uncomfortable to watch? he clearly doesn't wanna be called that (and you can reclaim the word as much as you'd like but its still very much a slur) yet people still call him a queer character left and right (you can say bisexual i promise it wont kill you) and if you cant even respect your favourite character's feelings on the word i dont even wanna imagine the way you treat strangers who dont wanna be called queer

EDIT: for people who do not understand the point of this post : this isn't just about a character. its about the way that we interact with media being intrinsically linked to the way we interact with the real world. if you can't stop yourself from using one specific word to refer to a fake little man i dont trust you to be able to stop yourself from using it to refer to real people who are uncomfortable with it