I am tired

more than anything i want a world where a trans girl realizing she is a trans girl faces zero fear from that realization and subsequent coming out. Where she can say "Oh sweet, I can just be a girl? Sign me up!", no worrying if shes girl enough, no worrying if society will accept her, no worrying if she'll be an attractive girl as she transitions, no worrying at all in any way shape or form.

Its alarming how most of you probably can't name 10 African countries on your own.

I remember one tumblr user who couldn't name a SINGLE one. And he blamed the US education system.

The notes of this post suck already i think tumblr is beyond saving

Being well versed in the names of countries does not make you sympathetic to the realities people live in after colonial rule. You can't use the education system as an excuse when you have the world's library in your hand. Yet you use this gift to stay isolated and oblivious because it keeps you comfortable.

Yeah, sure, being well versed in the name of countries does not necessarily give you any understanding of the lives of people who actually live there, but to even begin to care at even a surface level for anyone who lives anywhere, you must know that a place exists. That is what OP is referring to when saying that it is alarming that the majority of this site can not even name 10 countries in Africa. Like, you cannot learn about the unique cultures in Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique, Zambia, Nigeria, the DRC, Ghana, South Africa, Morocco, Egypt, Somalia, or the Ivory Coast if you don't know they exist as individual countries each with their own distinct and nuanced histories, let alone develop enough of an understand to have anything beyond a surface level understanding of the lasting impact of colonialism in any of these places, or the nuances of how that impact differs from country to country. And it's not just the Americans on this site who can sort to hide behind a bad education system and american centric internet, who are guilty of this ignorance. It is the entire global north. Like, I have seen just as many Europeans on the internet thinking that the entirety of Africa is made up of people living in huts with no electricity or running water, who cannot read or write or speak English and have pet lions or elephants or giraffes, when that is absolutely not the case. While, yes, there is widespread and often extreme poverty in Africa that makes being poor in a 1st world country look almost luxurious, that is not the only truth of this continent, there are beautiful cities here, world class universities, and African countries are actually some of the world leaders in sciences like astronomy and industries such as agriculture and rare mineral mining. Africa is so much more than is conceptualized in the minds of the global north. It holds so much rich diversity. But you cannot learn any of that if you do not even know the names of even just a few of the countries here

ive always rly liked the idea of a member of a group of adventurers having what everyone assumes is very well trained hawk and then at the end of their journey its casually revealed that thats actually just his buddy whos a shapeshifter and just rly likes being a hawk

the guy also like thinks everyone knows bc he never tries to hide the fact that the hawk is a person but everyone assumes hes always just joking. like the others being like "damn its crazy how he knows exactly what you want him to do its like he knows english or something." and the guy is just like "well yeah thats his first language so ofc he's fluent??" and they all go "haha good one" and move on, leaving him confused

they just think hes a quirky guy that really loves his pet and says things like "the 9 of us" even tho there are clearly only 8 people! he just cares about the bird so much he counts it as a group member haha !

similarly to how you can say "penis" or "vagina" instead of "male/female genitals" you can also say "testosterone/estrogen dominant endocrine system" instead of "male/female endocrine system" wow. amazing, we don't have to misgender trans ppl who aren't going to or haven't yet medically transitioned when we refer to hormones its just that easy

ok having a second job can be annoying for all the reasons but i must remember that the reason i always return to it is that i really enjoy the work and i'm good at it. today i had my second meeting with this student athlete who described himself in our intro meeting as "a bad writer" who "doesn't really have anything to say about [himself]" and i will be honest going into meeting #2 i was like ok in all this brainstorming we've done so far i see ONE tiny tiny little kernel of something that could MAYBE develop into an interesting essay. AND GUESS WHAT WE DID IT!!!!! i just kept asking him questions and doing all the active listening things and mirroring stuff back to him and doing all the, "i noticed you said X was always true of you, but i just heard you say Y and that seems really different, can you talk me through how those things fit together" moves, and WE GOT THEREEEEE we have an essay topic. at the end i was asking like, does this idea we're coming up with feel like it resonates with you, does it convey who you are, and he said "i've never really thought about this stuff or myself like this before... i feel like i have all these different pieces i didn't know about... i didn't know i had depth" and i was inwardly fist pumping like YEAH kid that's the BIG SECRET we all have enormously complex inner worlds and through deep reflection we can access them!!!!

Here’s an old aro meme from 2011, which was before the rise of the “Ace Discourse” around 2015 (which may have started out as backlash in response to The Trevor Project deciding to include asexual people around that time). This meme format uses an aardvark to represent aromantic people. At the time, axolotls were often used in similar memes to represent asexuals, so the aromantic aardvark was chosen as the aromantic equivalent of the asexual axolotl. Aardvarks were considered to be somewhat of a mascot for the aromantic community for some time, though they have become less popular as a symbol in recent years.

This reads like a museum guide showing one of the most prestigious pieces in an exhibit

August should be in Autumn. Fucking ridiculous that it isn't.

I mean it’s winter here (southern hemisphere) but I agree, August is and Autumn month like spiritually, emotionally

In fairness this winter does feel like autumn. Some of the trees still haven't dropped their leaves because the climate is fucked.

Yeah, no, this whole winter has been autumn so far, like, I'm still waiting for it to get cold, it's still t-shirt and maybe a flannel weather, the day temps are still 25-30, the night temps are still double digits, we haven't even had the usual winter storms or the weeks of just never ending rain, we're getting the spring flowers already a month and a half early this year, the climate really is fucked

We are getting never ending rain but where I live that's autumn weather. I have no idea when winter's last frost is because I'm not sure we've had any.

The town I grew up in has been extreme frost this year (also unusual), I'll try and send you some of that if you can try and send some of your rain to Cape Town so we can maybe avoid running out of water this coming summer

Guy freezes his hair and it stands tall.

sound on for his adorable gremlin giggles and commentary in a lovely accent

August should be in Autumn. Fucking ridiculous that it isn't.

I mean it’s winter here (southern hemisphere) but I agree, August is and Autumn month like spiritually, emotionally

In fairness this winter does feel like autumn. Some of the trees still haven't dropped their leaves because the climate is fucked.

Yeah, no, this whole winter has been autumn so far, like, I'm still waiting for it to get cold, it's still t-shirt and maybe a flannel weather, the day temps are still 25-30, the night temps are still double digits, we haven't even had the usual winter storms or the weeks of just never ending rain, we're getting the spring flowers already a month and a half early this year, the climate really is fucked

Im so evil I like to play video games and draw AND stay up way past my bedtime

Moving house tomorrow

Be careful, I've heard they're heavy