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Basic Fucking Kindness
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lgbt, couch, bisexuality

"here we see a lovely couch"

{art by FYBG}
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digital, rest, mental health

"we are confronted with more information in 1 week than someone 100 years ago processed in their lifetime

give yourself space to think

give yourself to things that matter to you"
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chronic illness, invisible problems, self compassion, rest, body

"your best is what you can do without harming your mental and physical health, not what you can accomplish when you disregard it"
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body, physical health, activism

"reasons to hit the gym that arent patriarchal beauty standards:
-outrun the cops
-outlive ur enemies
-more stamina for sex
-actually sleep at night
-get strong to fight racists"
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anxiety, socialization, hobbies, art

"you're allowed to like a thing without knowing every single fact about it. you're allowed to like a movie without knowing ever actor's name, a book without memorizing every page, a video game without knowing all the easter eggs. liking things isnt supposed to be stressful."
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arts, body

"this is the first time i've seen color tattoos on dark skin that actually look vibrant and pigmented!!!!!

once i was talking to a dark skinned lady who told me that she was jealous of my pasty skin because she wants color tattoos, which her artist said wasnt possible with her skin tone. i sent her to mine, and he proceeded to go off about how dark skin accepts greens, yellows, and white beautifully, and that her previous artist just lacked the skills to use those 3 colors as highlights to make other colors pop more. if you are dark skinned and your tattoo artists says you cant have bright colors, find a new one"

{tattoo by miryam lumpini}
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body, feminism, activism, patriarchy

"every time i hate my body i remember that there are millions of old rich white men who benefit from my self hatred and if there's one thing i hate, its old rich white men so i snap out of that shit instantly cos i aint EVER giving them the satisfaction

[....]

«if every woman in the world woke up tomorrow and decided that she loved herself and loved her body just the way it is, how many industries would go out of business?»"
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boundaries, socialization, family

"do i have to hug them?
a handy guide"

#hard_to_transcribe
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self compassion, executive dysfunction, depression, mental illness, invisible problems, body

"if the right way is too hard, fuck it. do it the wrong way."
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activism, society, digital, self compassion

"no offense but the internet gives you the most wrong and fucked up idea of helping people because people get mad if you dont care about disasters happening in 72 countries, meanwhile the people in real life that are doing the most good picked one VERY SPECIFIC thing to care about and care about it REALLY HARD"
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society, anthropology, long text

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]..years ago, anthropologist margaret mead was asked by a student what she considered to be the first sign of civilization in a culture. the student expected mead to talk about fishhooks or clay pots or grinding stones.

but no. mead said that the first sign of civilization in an ancient culture was a femur (thighbone) that had been broken and then healed. mead explained that in the animal kingdom, if you break your leg, you die. you cannot run from danger, get to the river for a drink or hunt for food. you are meat for prowling beasts. no animal survives a broken leg long enough for the bone to heal.

a broken femur that has healed is evidence that someone has taken time to stay with the one who fell, has bound up the wound, has carried the person to safety and has tended to the person through recovery. helping someone else through difficulty is where civilization starts, mead said."

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a student once asked anthropologist margaret mead, "what is the earliest sign of civilization?" the student expected her to say a clay pot, a grinding stone, or maybe a weapon.

margaret mead thought for a moment, then she said, "a healed femur."

a femur is the longest bone in the body, linking hip to knee. in societies whithout the benefits of modern medicine, it takes six weeks of rest for a fractured femur to heal. a healed femur shows that someone cared for the injured person, did their hunting and gathering, stayed with them, and offered physical protection and human companionship until the injury could mend.

mead explained that where the law of the jungle - the survival of the fittest - rules, no healed femurs are found. the first sign of civilization is compassion, seen in a healed femur."
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with it, the filter has been upgraded from "delete message with a link" to "ban the user who posted a malicious link". this will be fine for 98% of the cases but it may trigger for innocent links too from time to time, if you get mysteriously banned after posting a link (and you are not an annoying spambot) send a heads up and you will be reinstated/unbanned
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intrusive thoughts, impostor syndrome, self compassion

"-i keep having these horrible thoughts. i think i might be a bad person

+how christian of you

-what is?

+thinking that your thoughts alone makes you a good or a bad person.
just dont act on them and you're fine."
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society

"i think a lot about how we as a culture have turned "forever" into the only acceptable definition of success"
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digital, addictions, society

"not to be all "think of the children" but the fact that companies can openly admit to using methods to intentionally form addictions in children and we're not killing their ceos on the streets yet is astounding"
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