-just a struggling lesbian trying to figure things out- she/her- 16- i love ducks- used to be that 24/7 reading kid (trying to get back to that)- ravenclaw (but i don’t like jk rowling)- i flipping live off of coffee- i dabble in drawing (secret art blog)- honestly feel free to ask me anything- i have been blessed with the tired mom friend personality- @auntvamp draw my profile pic, go check her out!- i have an adorable cat Ambrose(will occasionally post his pictures)-
Today at my school we had an assembly about internet predators and when I had said that most of my true friends are over the internet and they gave me a lecture about how “I don’t know who I’m talking to” blah blah. So please, if you aren’t a predator in any way, please reblog so i can prove a point.
Fourth in a series I of comics about protesting safety tips I made with @this.is.ysabel . This one is about the dangers of police surveillance and how to avoid it if possible. Keep being safe when you go out. Don’t get snatched!
I had a student ask for an extension on their final paper (for good reason). They just emailed me the paper with the caveat: “I changed my topic because I couldn’t get into it. I decided to write about sex instead because I could get into that.”
And I was like. Oh boy.
Except then I read the paper and y’all.
For their final, I gave students a pool of essays they could use for a research paper about mental illness in professional sports, or they could choose their own topic, based on a personal experience, that they then researched themselves.
This kid wrote about their relationship with an asexual partner, and used articles they found about the importance of communication and consent in relationships that involve individuals with different levels of sexual interest, articles about different kinds of asexual experiences, statistics about asexual individuals and sexual assault/domestic abuse, scientific articles, the list goes on. It was basically a 2-part treatise on the validity of asexuality and the fact that asexual folks can absolutely have fulfilling relationships (if they want them) with sexual folks provided there is appropriate communication.
I was touched, y’all. A., It was well-written, appropriately formatted, etc., but B., the amount of love this student had for their partner was just. So incredibly obvious. The amount of research they’d clearly done over the years, out of a desire to educate themselves and be an advocate, was really lovely to see in someone so young.
So the world may be a bit shit right now, but please know that somewhere in the midwest, there is a pair of high school sweethearts reunited over winter break who love each other very, very much.
calling myself babe when I'm talking to myself. in a pitying but loving way. like babe you gotta get up. babe why are you doing this. babe you're giving me nothing here