Dirah, they/them, 30something (affectionate) US-American (derogatory). Always and forever a bisexual socialist Steve Rogers blog, but lately mostly The Old Guard and her royal highness Nile Freeman. I write Book of Nile porn and political screeds and metas and silly ficlets and I adore asks and prompts! @nevermindirah on AO3, but not twitter, fuck twitter
wait i get to watch an action film about 1) a boy who worships his mother, 2) a vengeful, rageful underdog whose past visibly shakes his composure, 3) mythological allegory where the oppressors are actually challenged, 4) marginalized communities achieving justice with violence, 5) training montage with beautiful music and a sweaty hero covered with grains of rice
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I'm having a rough few days and gratitude journaling type stuff can be triggering of some of my mental illness particulars, but I'm drinking a really really good cup of coffee right now so we may have lucked out and found a this-works-for-me window!
this cup of coffee
the song I'm listening to right now (In the Name of Love by Jacob Banks)
the thing I'm gonna hang up on my wall tomorrow when it's socially acceptable to make hammer noises
dipping cheese-covered matzo in peach pineapple salsa
When your partner has a praise kink but you're Montessori trained so you know that praise is an ineffective way to encourage development and it's much more productive to acknowledge their effort so that they learn to effectively give themselves feedback so they can develop a healthy intrinsic motivation instead of deriving their self worth from labels put on them by other people .... "baby it's amazing how much you could last today compared to last week"