just finding out that the term "anticipatory grief" exists and reading about it and then finding out about other concepts like disenfranchised grief and ambiguous loss and like... oh okay now I have some terms for things we experience but never know how to talk about
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consider the fact that "BL/yaoi has a precedent of being written by women for women, and with that tend to romanticize tropes that are usually considered toxic in m/f media because it's instead being acted between two men" and "the assumption that any piece of media (whether described as BL/yaoi or not) coming from countries like japan, china, or korea that includes a relationship between two men automatically suffers from this issue and european/american media with gay relationships don't and are better somehow is just straight up racist" are statements that can and should coexist
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the vast majority of the reason why i’ve abstained from getting a professional diagnosis is practical-- i already have a therapist (she just doesn’t like to diagnose, it’s not part of her practice but within her qualifications). it would fuck up my insurance in the long-term and complicate other systemic processes. i don’t need medication nor do i need accommodations so having a diagnosis wouldn’t really help me. it opens the floor to traumatic experiences, will likely cost a lot of money, and would again be trapped on my record for years upon years.
but jesus christ, i wish i had half the confidence that other people can have with self-diagnosis. because even if i have my therapist basically stating that she thinks bpd explains several of my symptoms, and having said that the best way to explain my experiences to other people is by using bpd as a reference, i still cannot wholly convince myself that this is the issue. and i have researched for years and years so it isn’t that, i just. i need someone to look me in the eyes and tell me but if i get that, i get the rest of this too.
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Random, really simple, writing tip of the day.
Remember the AEIOUs of capitalization:
A, at the beginning (of a sentence).
E, as in everywhere (that has its own name, Earth versus earth for example, Japan, London, New York, etc).
I, as in I (idk man English is weird) (this is the only singular letter that MUST be capitalized, we tend not to do it online as it seems more casual or cute that way, but in proper text, it’s supposed to be capitalized).
O, as in objects and others (things that have names but aren’t people. English [language], Caliburn, Kleenex).
U, as in other people’s names, occasionally pronouns, and… I forget the actual name, identifiers I think? (such as Ring Leader, Captain, French [nationality]).
I have no problem with online speech being Like This and Rather stRANGE in response to the lack of vocal tone, but if you’re writing for like… serious publication (final drafts that is, not rough drafts, do whatever in roughs) and essays, I beg you to please remember when to capitalize.
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