Internal Screaming

130x130 and 19 colors. DM me if anyone wants the rest of the pattern lol

Made this for a friend of mine. From CrossStitchTraveller on Etsy

In progress shots below

Get all your vaccines

Travel while we have a functioning DOT

Read and buy books on feminism, anti-racism, pro-lgbt

Attend drag shows

Don't skip any of your classes

Read and buy history books

Find your out-of-state networks

Learn to carry cash

Get birth control solutions

Support the Biden/Harris administration

Postpone large purchases and save money

Be careful of what you say online, like un-ambiguous attacks against the incoming administration, especially in spaces that contain your full name or personal information

Person filming: " having gay friends is all fun and games until they need to take a picture of a mushroom"

>I had hives during my middle school graduation

>I have a pet named after a character from Shadow of the Colossus

>I have a pet whose name is another animal (like a cat named Fish)

>A random stranger pretend to try to kidnap me when I was young to teach me a lesson (they didn't know my parents)

>I dislike wasps but make an exception for dirt daubers

>I had two separate pet parakeets who were eaten by cats

>There's a tree in my yard that's actually two totally different species that grew/fused into one tree

>I got my chosen name from the first dating sim I ever played

>multiple of these apply to me

>none of these apply to me

It doesn't matter which sport. Tennis? Ur fucked, Volleyball, that's the baddest bitch in the galaxy ur gonna fucking die from that spike

no, your friend probably has not noticed they cut you off four times in this conversation. 

no, your brother didn’t realize his music was that loud while you were studying. 

no, your bff or S.O. doesn’t remember that you’re on a tight deadline right now.

no, no one else is paying attention to the four power dynamics at play in your friend group right now.  

a habit of abused kids, especially kids with unstable parents, is the tendency to notice every little detail. We magnify small nuances into major things, largely because small nuances quickly became breaking points for parents. Managing moods, reading the room, perceiving danger in the order of words, the shift of body weight….it’s all a natural outgrowth of trying to manage unstable parents from a young age. 

Here’s the thing: most people don’t do that. I’m not saying everyone else is oblivious, I’m saying the over analysis of minor nuances is a habit of abuse. 

I have a rule: I do not respond to subtext. This includes guilt tripping, silent treatments, passive aggressive behavior, etc. I see it. I notice it. I even sometimes have to analyze it and take a deep breath and CHOOSE not to respond. Because whether it’s really there or just me over-reading things that actually don’t mean anything, the habit of lending credence to the part of me that sees danger in the wrong shift of body weight…that’s toxic for me. And dangerous to my relationships. 

It has honestly saved some of my relationships and it could have saved others if I had taken it to heart earlier

It’s how I approach all new relationships, and I’ll state this outright to be clear

I can’t stop myself from overanalyzing initially, but I have regularly stopped myself from obsessing over or acting on my overanalyzing

"Power to the laboring class."

Is Zetian for real about to start a class war in Heavenly Tyrant, the sequel to Iron Widow? How tf is that going to work? You'll have to get the book to find out. If nothing else goes wrong it should release on Dec 24

In the spirit of anti-capitalism it would be best to preorder it from your local indie bookstore, but I understand that not everyone can pay full price. In that case, you can get it for 25% off at Barnes and Noble until July 17! You gotta do what you gotta do