Be Kind to Yourself

calling dolly parton a country singer is like calling jesus christ a carpenter. it is technically true but theres a lot more you could say

dolly parton did so much good in this world. just because she cared. caring means so much. loving people and wanting to make the world a little better while you’re here matters so much.

When you hear the news that there is a growing life expectancy gap between republicans and democrats partially because of the right-wing anti-science conspiracies that have taken hold (especially after COVID) you’re like “Lol. They owned the libs so hard they died.” and then you remember these are the same people having 6+ kids to populate the polls with their white Christian children and medically neglecting them. Then you squint at the data and realize it is not measuring voter data and life expectancy but life expectancy in red areas vs. blue areas and you realize that voter suppression, corruption, racism and poverty is actually killing the people in these places faster than the national average, not their own reactionary views. And you’re so angry it’s being presented like it’s their fault they’re dying.

Dolly Parton could have been a billionaire 3 times over but actively chose to give her money away to cause after cause for charity. She was an incredible musician and artist but more importantly lived with compassion and kindness and with the drive to help those around her in every way she could. God I’m sad. The world lost one one of the greats today :(

Have not yet fully figured out how to counter the old adhd “I thought about doing this thing so much that my brain has decided I must have done it already even though I haven’t done it actually” problem

I did my laundry, right? I must have. I meant to do it and it feels like I did it. Yeah, it was so important to me that I must’ve done my laundry. <-did not in fact do his laundry

Have not yet fully figured out how to counter the old adhd “I thought about doing this thing so much that my brain has decided I must have done it already even though I haven’t done it actually” problem

I did my laundry, right? I must have. I meant to do it and it feels like I did it. Yeah, it was so important to me that I must’ve done my laundry. <-did not in fact do his laundry

ooh thank god

I get that sex and drugs are fun but even im like. at least have a 3rd thing. at least one more hobby. you can have a 3rd hobby. this isnt a purity thing this is a some of u are fucking boring thing.

rock & roll

girl i just walked into that one like a coyote with a painted tunnel

the situation with harry potter is kind of unprecedented in some ways imo because it is maybe the largest media franchise in history to be created & owned by a single person who still has direct creative control over it. who is also a billionaire with significant cultural/political influence. like the usual "no ethical consumption under capitalism" type excuses shatter on impact when the bigoted author in question is logging onto twitter every day saying explicitly that when you buy the tim hortons ravenclaw donut she is using your donut money to fund the genocide of trans people. like with big franchises usually there's at least a little more diffusion of responsibility than this