Basic Fucking Kindness

self compassion, socialization "the people in your age group who did not experience life altering trauma absolutely had an advantage over you, your brain was focused on survival and they were free to grow up and develop"

healing, growth, trauma "what the fuck brain!? i thought getting better meant i would stop feeling miserable but it actually means learning to deal with the feeling?"

body "i dont know who needs to hear this but, when you're using your phone, stop using your pinky as an anchor. its destroying your wrist and aggravating your ulnar nerve"

parenting, trauma "in 20 years you wont remember the time your kid(s) didnt finish their dinner. but they'll remember how you freaked out and yelled about it"

activism "irregular reminder: never use your fingers to remove fascist stickers there have been many reports of razor blades being hidden underneath! use a pocket knife, stone or similar object to do it if you dont have stickers handy the best option is to put a nice sticker above though as it has the lowest risk stay safe!"

activism "if you would report an undocumented immigrant to ICE you would have reported me to the nazis and i dont fucking trust you [...] civil version of work-to-rule strike. dont do more than is expressly asked of you, and do what you are asked with such an intense attention to protocol than not asking you at all becomes more productive than even bothering" ["ICE" is the name of the racist gubernamental organization in charge of "dealing" with immigrants in the united states]

society, discrimination "its not the 1800s so most people wont outright say "homelessness is a moral failing of the underclasses" so the new liberal version of this is "its about addiction and mental health so asking us to pay for housing is a total waste of time because, uh, they have bad brains" "

socialization, society, trauma "being poor is traumatic"

self compassion "dont worry if you make waves simply by being yourself. the moon does it all the time"

society, body "besides the misogyny i feel like the key reason why you dont see female gender non conformity celebrated in popular culture/media the same way we're starting to see male gender non conformity celebrated is that its nos profitable or marketable... you cant exactly sell a lack of makeup and shaving products to whomen whereas selling all that feminity shit to men opens up a whole new demographic to make money off of"

lgbt, relationships "cheating isnt an expression of polyamory and polyamory isnt a solution to cheating"

body, digital "we need like "unclench your jaw" posts but like for eye strain [...] take off your glasses if you wear them for 20 seconds [...] look at something 20 feet away, then 10, then 5, then 1, then if you can your nose" [note: 20 feet = 6 meters, 5 ft=1.5m, 1=0.3]