A while ago I was talking to my therapist and I told her I was worried that I was creepy and invasive with relationships. She asked me what I meant.
I told her, "Well, when I'm interested in someone, I try and find out what they like, and if it's something I don't like, then I do a bunch of research and write notes and stuff and explore the topic until I find something I *do* like. And I'm worried that that's weird or stalker-y. But like... I've found a bunch of stuff I still enjoy after the interest in them has faded. So is that okay, or is it creepy?"
And she stared at me for a minute before saying, "That sounds very sweet of you, actually"
And so yeah
Self-perception and shit
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iâve mentioned this here before, but it will remain one of the most ideologically influential experiences of my life: when i was in fifth grade i did a report on post traumatic stress as manifested in veterans of the vietnam war, and my father did me the huge favor of connecting me w/ a vietnam vet friend of his who was diagnosed with PTSD, assuring him that while i was only ten i was bright and curious and he should be as honest with me about his experience as possible.Â
i remember entering his office with my tape recorder, sitting in a chair that was too big, and asking him questions about war, and his life after war, while swinging my legs over the edge of the chair. i remember being very, very quiet as he spoke of pulling the car over on the highway for fear of crashing when his hands would shake uncontrollably in response to song on the radio or a smell that he couldnât be sure was real or sense-memory. and of ruined relationships and anger and american hypocrisy.Â
and i also remember that was the day i learned what âvalorâ meant. he used âvalorâ in a sentence and i didnât know that word, and when i asked him to explain âvalorâ he became very quiet. and i canât remember precisely what he said, if he ever offered me the dictionary definition or not, but i do remember him looking very sad, and saying something about our countryâs idea of âvalorâ, and also something about a broken promise. and there was an edge to his words that i couldnât parse at the time that i would later come to understand was bitterness, that he sounded bitter.Â
to this day i canât hear or read the word âvalorâ without seeing sunlight coming through his office window at a slant, close-to-sunset light, and feeling the kind of quiet, confused, completely internalized panic a child feels when they sense that a grown up is trying very hard not to weep in their presence.Â
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âWeâre born alone and we die aloneâ you were born alone? Your mom wasnât there?
Terfs and radfems get off my fucking post I am gender-fluid Thanks
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hey, you guys? you⌠might want to see this *shows you the truth at the center of the universe and it is love*
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pick one you bald genderless idiot
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i deserve a gold star for being so sweet and nice and not killing
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"can men be lesbians?" bestie in 100 countries women can't be lesbians is this really the most pressing issue rn
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Pro-tip to young trans guys:
If a stranger misgenders you, please please please do not ever utter the phrase, âIâm a man.â It sounds very unnatural and immediately sounds overly defensive.
My advice? Just look at the person like theyâre an idiot and, in the deepest voice possible, say, âUh. Alright, then.â
Just act as though they made a huge and obvious mistake, and donât get flustered. If youâre comfortable with it, handle the situation with humor and say something like, âMan, I know Iâve got a babyface, but I didnât think it was that bad.â
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i really donât like how the internet has decided to associate sexualities and gender identities with personality traits
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visual by zayn alarbi, words by ibrahim nasrallah
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i understand toddlers cuz if i was just born a couple years ago and someone tried to get me to understand and say words while i'm growing insane amounts of teeth very quickly and painfully i'd be having a temper tantrum on the floor of a department store too
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Israel has destroyed every university in Gaza but despite that, many students have continued their education thanks to Palestinian universities in the West Bank
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people have been calling this portrait very befitting considering the amount of blood on the british empire's hands, and i absolutely agree (i also don't want to know how much this was commissioned for because i think of how many British people are struggling with food and fuel poverty):
[photo: @/WorldTimesWT with caption "Britain's King Charles unveiled the first official portrait of himself since his coronation last May." May 14, 2024.]
in one direct action response to the portrait's reveal, Palestine Action activists did this:
never forget the British royals' support for a terrorist state -Israel, and never forget that king colonizer has personally voiced support for the bombing and genociding of Palestinian people.
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