I just indicated my sexual orientation and gender identity on a work platform and I have mixed feelings about it.

It was 100% voluntary to self identify. I opted to, for the sake of their LGBTQIA+ training furtherance.

I don’t love the idea of that information being on file just because I don’t trust that the human people handling information are 100% professional with it.

But that’s also part of why it’s important. To see the number of people that are impacted by the training and how necessary it is.

It’s not even my information that makes me uneasy. It’s other people’s information. But they’re not obligated to share, so I should chill.

She has a lucky sock. Very necessary when monitoring the bird situation. 

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here’s another fun fact: asexual does not mean nonsexual.

asexuals’ relationship with sex and sexual attraction tends to be….complicated. there’s a bit of an idea of like, oh of course, you’re either sex-favorable, sex-neutral, or sex-repulsed, but honestly i see a LOT of discussion about how wildly different those can each look for each individual. some people are comfortable with some acts in very specific contexts, and deeply upset by them in all others. some people find certain forms of nonsexual intimacy (like kissing) to still be off-limits, while something most people might consider more charged (like nudity) is totally fine. a lot of us just kind of have a long laundry list like “this is fine, this isn’t, that one’s okay, that one’s always off-limits….” because the big secret is that “sex” isn’t really any cohesive act as much as a lot of little things that people just threw together and called one thing.

as for attraction: some aces are actually attracted to other people once in a blue moon, and simply don’t want to clarify that every time. some aren’t entirely sure, but don’t want to spend their whole lives guessing. some ARE completely sure they never have and never will feel an attraction.

at the end of the day, much like any label, this single word really doesn’t tell you much of anything about what a person is actually like unless you bother to ask them what it means to them.

Portrait of an unidentified woman standing outdoors wearing a blouse with exaggerated sleeves, 1896

I think this belongs here.

why don’t you look at a painting which is predominantly blue and lose yourself in its melancholy and maybe you’ll. actually you won’t calm down.

i no longer respect the hustle i want universal basic income and dignity for everyone

i think people who enjoyed the Coraline movie but never read the book need to view Dave McKean's illustrations for it at least once in their lives

July 1, 1914, The Diaries Of Franz Kafka, 1914-1923

Buzzfeed just told me I belong on Tumblr and I don’t know if I should feel seen or be a little insulted.

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Adhd really is like… bedroom is slightly messy it would be nice to tidy it some

bedroom is very messy I really should tidy up

bedroom is chaotic I NEED to tidy but my brain says no. Why. Whyyy.

I guess I’ll just have to watch where I step in here for the rest of my life. The mess is everywhere. I’m one with the mess.

A sudden Need to Clean™ makes you get the room looking like some fancy homes magazine cover, and you think “I’ll never ever let it get that bad again, and then…

bedroom is slightly messy (uh oh)

“You all right there? he says. I’m okay, she says. I’m doing my best in response to my situation and being as good-humoured as I can while I’m doing it.”

— Ali Smith, Spring