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on the other hand...

One of the only asexual activists is Yasmin Benoit, a Black woman. She has raised so much awareness for the community. She was the first asexual person to lead Pride in London, she started the #thisiswhatasexuallookslike movement and is THE leading voice for the community.

And you all will celebrate international asexuality day on April 6th but we wouldn't even have that if she hadn't cofounded it.

feel free to use this as an ask game or prompts for your own posts (although I'd recommend clarifying if you want asks in the tags so I can know who to respond to).

is trust difficult for you? is there anyone you currently do trust?

what part of having NPD do you feel isn't discussed enough?

how does NPD affect your friendships?

is there anything non-narcissists feel, think, or do that you just can't wrap your head around?

how much do you mask your NPD, if at all?

are there any songs that you relate to due to your NPD?

do you have any co-occurrences? if so, does your NPD affect how they present (or vice versa)?

has anyone in your family been diagnosed with NPD? do you think learned behavior/genetics played a role in your diagnosis?

how good is your cognitive empathy (the ability to recognize--but not necessarily mirror--others' feelings)? is it better or worse than your emotional empathy?

how much emotional empathy do you feel? do you wish you could feel more?

how do you feel about romance? does your NPD affect your desire for or ability to maintain romantic relationships?

what's the worst thing about having NPD? what's the best?

have you ever known another person with NPD? were you compatible?

do you tend to lie? why or why not? do you feel any remorse when you do so?

are you self- or clinically diagnosed? regardless, what process led you to your NPD diagnosis?

can you love? if so, what does it feel like for you?

how comfortable are you with expressing your feelings? are there any emotions you always hide from others?

do you also have (C-)PTSD? do you consider your NPD a manifestation of post-traumatic stress?

what's the first sign you showed of NPD? how old were you at the time?

is there any particular trait your grandiosity centers around (E.G. intelligence, beauty, morality, etc.)?

what's your relationship with holidays like? how do you feel about birthdays?

do you have a preference for person-first ("person with NPD") or identity-first ("narcissist") language? why or why not?

if you're a creative, how does NPD affect your work? does NPD affect how you see other people's creations?

what's the most difficult part of interacting with other people for you?

do you have an equal or otherwise special person? how easily do you get attached to others?

how much of an effect--if any--does social media have on your self-image? have you ever done anything self-destructive for likes/followers or struggled with social media addiction?

do you think society's view of NPD is improving, devolving, or stagnating? and why? how do you think NPD will be seen 10 years from now?

who's your favorite character with NPD, canon or headcanon?

how dependent are you on others? is independence important to you?

what's your most common grandiose fantasy?

is there anything else that you want to say for NPD awareness month?

I highly encourage reblog karma (sending asks to people you reblog from) and will try to send asks to people who reblog now through july when I have the energy.

And now, when I find myself making the mistake of going on Instagram, I get to see trans men themselves talking about how historically, trans men didn't do anything for the community, and so we need to step up now. Which, first of all, that isn't true, but second of all, if trans men's contributions are lesser, that makes a lot of sense if we listen to that trans woman talking about the trans men she was in community with back in the day. It's very hard to advance the trans cause if you're not alive.

Please have a moment of silence for the people who were killed instead of freed when news of emancipation finally reached the furthest corners of the american south.

have another moment for the ledgers, catalogs, and records that were burned and the homes that were destroyed to hide the presence of very much alive and still enslaved people on dozens of plantations and homesteads across the south for decades after emancipation.

and have a third moment for those who were hunted and killed while fleeing the south to find safety across the border, overseas, in the north and to the west.

black people. light a candle, write a note to those who have passed telling them what you have achieved in spite of the racist and intolerant conditions of this world, feel the warmth of the flame under your hand, say a prayer of rememberance if you are religious, place the note under the candle, and then blow it out.

if you have children, sit them down and tell them anything you know about the life of oldest black person you've ever met. it doesn't have to be your own family. tell them what you know about what life was like for us in the days, years, decades after emancipation. if you don't know much, look it up and learn about it together.

This is Juneteenth.