I made a Project for Awesome 2023 video about The Learning Gate, which is a nonprofit that provides affordable and quality childcare! I’m the Lead Preschool Teacher. Help us receive a grant by voting here from February 17-19:
Thank you! ❤️
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I think we should have a turn of phrase for "I'm not in the right, but I AM annoyed with this situation, so I just need to go bitch to a friend about this before I suck it up and go do the right thing" because more and more I'm finding this is a critical element of functional adulthood.
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learning that self deprecation isnt cool and just makes the people around you uncomfortable unironically improved my mental health a lot. like if you just stop saying negative shit about yourself you will genuinely like yourself more and other people wont be repulsed by your attitude and you will have more friends. it's true.
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Today is Trans Day of Remembrance (November 20th, 2022) 🏳️⚧️
The Trans Murder Monitoring Project’s 2022 update published by TGEU has 327 reports.
Here’s a list of 390 reports.
[Image Descripton: A graphic from the Transgender Law Center with the title “Trans Day of Remembrance 2022.” Below it are the names of those we’ve lost this year: “Amariey Lei. Duval Princess. Naomie Skinner. Cypress Ramos. Paloma Vasquez. Matthew Angelo Spampinato. Elise Malary. Tatiana Labelle. Kathryn Newhouse. Kesha Webster. Miia Love Parker. Ariyanna Mitchell. Fern Feather. Ray Muscat. Nedra Sequence Morris. Chanelika Y’ella Dior Hemingway. Sasha Mason. Paris Rich. Deedee Hall. Brazil Johnson. Shawmayne Giselle Marie McClam. Kitty Monroe. Martasia Richmon. Toi Davis. Keshia Chanel Geter. Cherry Bush. Marisela Castro. Hayden Nevah Davis. Dee Dee Kandii Redd. Jasper Aaron Lynch. Maddie Hofmann. Dede Ricks. Regina “Mya” Allen. Acey D. Morrison. Semaj Billingslea. Tiffany Banks. And those we have yet to learn and love. We cherish. We rememeber. We will rise.” The trans flag colors are to the left.]
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lead balloon (the tumblr post that saved me)
if this comic resonated with you, it would mean the world to me if you donated to this palestinian family's escape fund.
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no creative notes because this isn't that kind of comic.
I know I don’t owe any of you anything but I still felt compelled to write about my long term absence. And I feel far enough away from the dangerous spot I was in to be able to make this comic. I have a therapist now, and she agreed that making this could be a very cathartic gesture, and the start of properly leaving these thoughts behind me. I am still, at seemingly random times, blindsided by fleeting desires to kill myself. They’re always passing urges, but it’s disarming, and uncomfortable. I worry sometimes that my brain’s spent so long thinking only about suicide that it’s forgotten how to think about anything else. Like, now that I've opened that door for myself, I'll never be able to fully shut it again. But I’m trying my best to encourage my mind in other directions. We'll see how that goes.
I am still donating all proceeds from my store to Palestinian causes. So far, I've donated over $15K, not including donations coming from my own pocket or the fundraising streams which jointly raised around $10K. In the time since I made my initial post about where this money would be going, the focus has shifted from aid organisations to directly donating to escape funds.
If you'd like to do the same, you can look at Operation Olive Branch, which hosts hundreds of Palestinian escape funds or donate to Safebow, which has helped facilitate the safe crossing and securing of important medical procedures for over 150 at-risk palestinians since the beginning of the genocide.
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