wisemilkaddict

op is there any particular reason the librarians would feel safer not invoking you by name

the dichotomy between the "immigrant" (someone from the global south who moves to the north) and the "expat" (someone from the global north who moves to the south) makes me feel fucking crazy. a white person who moves to asia is an expat but an asian who moves to the west is an immigrant. & how those terms are politicized and assigned class statuses, like the word "immigrant" tends to imply a blue collar worker (even if that isn't the case) while "expat" implies a white collar worker. the associations with "expat neighbourhoods" in asian countries is very very different from those of "immigrant neighbourhoods" in western nations. also how "immigrants" who dont assimilate are seen as "failing" and bad, lower class, a burden on society, etc. whereas "expats" not assimilating into local culture is expected and viewed as a sign of their higher status. the double standards are so insane

i don't know how many times i can say to europeans in the notes "these words have political connotations associated with race, class, and national origin outside of the most literal linguistic definitions and i am specifically talking about how these are used in the (southeast) asian context but this also applies in varying ways around the world because racism and classism are global phenomenons" before they stop replying to this post with 'uhm actually as a german who moved to chile i consider myself an immigrant this must be an english-ism or americanism, it's linguistically incorrect' because i'm going to start getting mean for real soon

there are literally Thousands of southeast asians as well as central+south americans and africans in the notes being like "this is literally exactly what it's like" but sure, this is an english language us-centric problem, thank you white germanaustralianbrit for enlightening us all

Reblog to cast healing for your homies.

there is something erotic about watching someone be extraordinarily competent at something especially if they're also really passionate about it

lan xichen was really like *traumadumps the weirdest fucking story you’ve ever heard* *flute solo* “do you know my brother is in love with you?” at like 2am in the span of five minutes and no one stopped him

This is why lans have a strict bedtime of 9pm

Untamed Heritage Post

It’s funny that because of the “I thought that was non-diegetic” thing from devil’s chord, we now know for a fact that when Clara lost it at him in KTM and asked “seriously, do you have music playing in your head when you say things like that ?” The answer was an embarrassing and resounding yes.

step one to overcoming social anxiety is to realize that most people kind of suck and their opinion of you is literally worthless

to add, what helped me was realizing that people have their own shit going on and no one really thinks or cares all that much about what you say or do unless it personally impacts them in some way

I'm going to clarify here and now that "visible difference" =/= mobility aid user. There is plenty of positivity on this site for mobility aid users. Visible differences are things like limb differences and facial differences, for a couple of examples. Please don't make this another post about mobility aid users in general, that isn't the point at all.