getting gayer by the minute

Also! Stress tolerance is such an important skill that having a learning disability in that area is a major symptom of a whole lot of other disabilities/mental illnesses! Struggling with it is a huge part of life! It sucks!

Am I saying everyone with misophonia needs to listen to chewing noises all day? No. But you need to find ways to tolerate it enough that you don't treat others like shit if they make a mouth noise near you.

No, you don't have to read the fic with your trigger tags. But you do need to be able to handle scrolling past the tags without being upset.

It is hard! But not having it also makes you so so so easy to manipulate. That grandma is racist AF because her mom raised her to be uncomfortable around black people and she never fought that discomfort. Trans people make so many cis people uncomfortable and that discomfort turns into bigotry real fast.

Next up are three new skirt designs, starting with Fire! This midi circle skirt features red-hot flames rising from the hem on a black background. When it moves, the flames almost look like they’re flickering! Then there’s Hot Air Balloons: I’ve wanted to release this design for so long! Pastel hot air balloons float over blue mountains beneath a soft sunrise sky that fades from cheerful blue to pastel pink. And finally — Daisies! I first designed this back in 2022 while searching for an embroidery factory, but the samples never worked out so I shelved it for years. I finally reworked it, and I’m so happy with how it turned out: white daisies circling the hem on an elegant cool gray background.

v*nmo: @Addie-D-

My UK store for my small, size-inclusive, ethically made clothing brand is closing in just a few weeks, and until then, almost everything in that store is on sale! It's sad to see the UK store closing, so please help it go out with a bang.

IF YOU ARE NOT DOING THIS ALREADY, YOU SHOULD TRY IT

- Toned paper! Brown, grey, black, and a bajillion different shades of cream/white are usually available, but if you want to take the time, you can buy art papers in colours you like and make your own sketchbook!

- A watercolour or ink wash under or over your drawing depending on the water solubility of your mediums!

- ‘Glazing’ with coloured pencils (working in very thin/light layers)! I’ve found oil based pencils work best with this, but other people like wax ones!

- A layer of soft pastel or pan pastel sprayed with a fixative to create a base ‘wash’ of colour that will affect the rest of your work!

- Starting slow when mixing opaque mediums like gouache or acrylic, adding a little of your unifying colour at a time.

- Get creative and incorporate printmaking! A flat screen print, gel plate print, or relief print in your unifying colour can also be an option!

That’s all I’ve got, as I’m not much of a painter, but I am a BFA student who’s faced this struggle before.

Thanks, Anon!

i think the anxiety that "something needs to change" cannot be resolved through deepening of prior held beliefs, only suppressed. i think that there are in fact ways to change and things to change that are productive to do so. i think that if your goal is 'self help' than you should target the personal scale and not pantomime towards greater problems.

if the central contradiction is that "now" is unsustainable, then provide means of resolving the contradiction in an advantageous manner. if you need a case study, walk me through how your past attempts failed and show me the tools of analysis you'll use to craft a better one. yes that's more embarrassing but if you're not genuine than why are you here. build the tools to build the tools.

i need to update it. we still are looking for housing in Portland but now we have medicaid to tide us over and that will be easy to switch to OHP once there. our current housing is no longer safe and we need out asap.