Basic Fucking Kindness

self compassion, mental health "today my anthro professor said something kindof really beautiful: you all have a little bit of "i want to save the world" in you, thats why you're here, in college. i want you to know that it's okay if you only save one person, and it's okay if that person is you" "

unscheduled reminder that looking for support is not the same as looking for attention

socialization, mental health, chronic illness "and dont fucking tell people that they're not trying"

lgbt, society "why is it always "queer people are projecting their identities onto characters" and never "straight people are presuming that their identity is the default"?

love, socialization "if you love a flower, dont pick it up"

self compassion "if you ever think you're too small to make a difference, try to sleep with a mosquito in your room"

free spech, fascism, socialization "you're mistaking free speech with hate speech. hate speech isnt censored - its contained. because if it runs rampant, people die. hate speech breeds fascism. fascism kills. fascism kills because hate speech normalises the idea that people should die because of who they are" {credit: "the_catboy" in gbatemp (?)}

parenting, invisible problems, mental health "so i was out to eat and this child (maybe 3 years old) in the booth next to us started crying loudly"

mental health "be firm about your choices right now"

art, self compassion "its okay to be a begginer at the things you are interested in"

boundaries, socialization "these two things are simultaneously true: 1) bad people can and do improve themselves and deserve to have the ability to do so. 2) even if a person improves, people who they've hurt are not required to forgive them or give them another chance to be in their lives."

gaslight, activism, mental health "dont allow others to gaslight you into believing that fighting for justice is divisive"