choices, boundaries

"{1}what if something goes wrong?
{2} we'll cross that bridge when we come to it
or turn around when we come to it
thats also a perfectly valid option"

tolerance, socialization
[complete trannoscription in comments]

"{1} conservatives will be like: why are you holding me accountable for my bigoted beliefs? whatever happened to tolerance???

{2} the response to that is tolerance is not a moral precept - it is a peace treaty. it is called a contract of cooperation, or at least, of non-interference

the model of a peace treaty differs from the model of a moral precept in one simple way: the protection of a peace treaty only extends to those willing to abide by its terms. it is an agreement to live in peace, not an agreement to be peaceful no matter the conduct of others. a peace treaty is not a suicide pact

(bold added)

someone who's actively trying to oppress, belittle, exclude, or harm people based on their identities is not complying with the contract, so there's no reason to extend its protection to them
[...]"

socialization

"quick note: your brutal honesty?
ain't nobody asking for that"

self compassion

"be imperfectly vegan
be imperfectly zero waste
be imperfectly plastic free
be imperfectly sustainable

because small conscious changes are better than none at all"

self compassion, mental health, trauma

"no one talks about how being happy and having things go your way is scary. if you've went through a whole life of chaos before. trying to fight my mind that's telling me i dont deserve it. i do deserve it. i deserve nice things, and a nice life. i deserve peace."

body, self compassion
[screen reader friendly version below]

"go outside, look at the moon. the moons so pretty isn't it. yeah. take a picture of the moon. oh no bad picture it looks like a weird dumb speck. but the moons so pretty????

u know ur real pretty to. cameras arnt very nice sometimes. but your still pretty. just like moon."


'go outside, look at the moon. the moon is so pretty, isnt it?
take a picture of the moon. oh no, bad picture, it looks like a weird dumb speck. but the moon is so pretty????

you know you're real pretty too. cameras arent very nice sometimes. but you're still pretty. just like the moon'

chronic illness, self compassion

"internalized ableism bingo"

#hard_to_transcribe

self compassion, productivity, guilt

"listen up
you can relax
you dont need to be productive every moment"

adhd, medication, socialization

"real talk
just because i have adhd doesn't mean that my feelings are not valid"

consent, children, socialization

"teach kids about consent for life, not just for sex"

socialization, mental health

"do not punish the behaviour you want to see"

lgbt, society

"the vast majority of straight people knew they were straight while they were still kids, virgins, and before they'd ever been in a relationship

so no you dont have to [have] any type of experience/reach a specific age before you get to claim your identity. dont let anyone tell you otherwise."

polyamory, socialization

"polyamory. is. not. just. about. sex."

posts will resume now for at least another two weeks uninterrupted. the tagging will most probably still be deficient, and if anyone has suggestions for better tagging, they will be appreciated

socialization, chronic illness, mental health

"when you go out into the woods, and you look at trees, you see all these different trees. and some of them are bent..."

impostor syndrome, mental health, self compassion

"a friendly reminder :D

idk who needs to hear this today, but just a friendly reminder: if you're scared that you might be faking something*, you are not faking it"