Basic Fucking Kindness

kindness, self compassion "no need to be best only good and kind"

mental health, healing, growth, self compassion "dont let a bad day distract you from all the progress you've made"

lgbt, labels "viewing queer identities as "this is the label that makes me happy and feels most accurate now" rather than "this is who i am, was, and always will be" will definitely take the pressure off, friends. changing your mind is proof that you have one"

society, kindness "reasons why im polite to waiters because i realize the're human beings, trying to make a living, not my servants"

socialization, kindness, mental illness, lgbt "i live my life under the basic principle that people know their minds, bodies, genders, and orientations better than i do so."

unscheduled reminder for those who may need it: you own your body, but you are not your body

mental health, intrusive thoughts "do you ever catch yourself thinking of something so weird and fucked up that you have to stop mid-thought [...] our thoughts arent always from us. sometimes random thoughts are our brain trying to process and understand concepts we've heard from other people. your reaction to that thought shows your true feelings on the subject"

socialization, kindness, invisible problems "on the surface, things seem the same for all but you dont know how deep their troubles run be kind. or just, dont be a jerk. good enough."

kindness, society "remember kids: if you see someone shoplifting food, no you didnt"

socialization "you have to meet ppl where they are. and sometimes you have to leave them there."

trauma "there are moments that divide your life into before and after"

parenting "kids are not responsible for"