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Because February is just not big enough to contain all the fluff, we have fluffnapped the 14th of every month and appended those dates to Fluffbruary. It's the Fluffbruary: Extended Edition. And now?

The INFINIFLUFF 2024 prompt list has arrived!

All fandoms, all ships welcome! Tag @fluffbruary in your posts so we can reblog your fluffy creations--and please reblog THIS post so your tumblr community sees it and comes to play in the fluff.

March 14 : shining | cotton | mountain

The rest of the year, plus alternate prompts, below the cut.

April 14 : coffee | florist | vision

May 14 : music | breathe | soap

June 14 : poetry | bookshop | seashell

July 14 : library | glimpse | trip

August 14 : radiant | giddy | chase

September 14 : euphoria | cloudy | sophisticated

October 14 : intuition | faded | quaint

November 14 : cuddle | happy | spell

December 14 : book | horizon | hug

January 14 : opulent | gasp | attic

Alternate prompts for use if the prompts for any of the assigned prompts above don't work -

fountain | frisson | gem | Italy | nimble

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Ok this is the best one i've seen.

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the husbands ever

(Husbands, in this instance, being a gender neutral term)

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So, I guess as a middle range millennial, I now get to tell all you young queer kids that what you are feeling right now is exactly how it felt in 2004 when we re-elected George Bush, and not only that but many states put in bans against gay/same sex marriage at the time.

This is probably not comforting, but it is true, and it helps me when I feel hopeless: For every revolution there is a counter revolution, for every step forward there is a step back, that things may not be good forever but they will not be bad, either. That we clawed our way to get where we are and we can claw our way forward from here, too. Talk to your queer elders, the ones who have been here before and will be here again and who threw bricks at Stonewall.

When I was a child, if you got AIDS it was a death sentence. Now it isn't. Now you live on.

So I'll quote angels in america: You are fabulous creatures, each and every one. And I bless you: More Life. The Great Work Begins.

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It’s ma birthday so instead of doing my many assignments and other obligations I decided to draw a present for myself

And the present is Crowley

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[ID: Polk the tabby is curled up on the duvet, nose resting on her tail; both of her front paws are tucked over her nose, making it look like she's hiding her face.]

I've been doing NaClYoHo for five years now, and some years are more intensive than others; I think this will probably be a pretty lightweight year, not because I don't need to do a lot of tidying around here (I really...really need to clean all the floors) but because there's a current upper limit of what I'm capable of. Part of it is certainly, you know, the state of the world, but honestly much more of it is the fact that I have a fucking endless sinus infection.

I don't know why but sometime in my late thirties I started to get really bad sinus infections. I've made it through the pandemic without getting COVID once -- I'm actually enrolled in a COVID-resistance study -- and all the masking has been super helpful in preventing my normally-annual bronchitis. But god damn the sinus infections. They're not frequent, just incredibly durable. And while I'm not normally super congested, the tiredness and nausea make it hard to do things like bend over, use chemical products, or deal with anything even remotely gross. You know...cleaning.

I've been muscling through it but today I decided it was time to take a break, and I'm thinking I may need to recalibrate the rest of the month a little. So, seeing as I also have a pretty light workday, I'm spending my podcast cleaning time curled up with Polk on the bed. I have dinner with a friend this evening that I'm really excited about, so I'm conserving my energy for that, and for some weekend plans. As I say in the manifesto, self-care counts for our purposes here, so I'm taking advantage of that clause.

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I just feel like some of us could use this right now. You know, as a treat.

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where is that cat with the kind and reassuring face

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This discourse, about not voting for Harris because she carries a buden of guilt of the system she works in? I can't believe it worked. I can't believe so many people refused to grasp the concept of least harm.

I mean, you can't just opt out of consequences. It's why French voters have been following a philosophy of 'vote utile' (strategic voting) for five presidential cycles now (and many more elections). Just to keep the far right at bay. And it has managed to slow the progression. To a point. It recently avoided the worst.

And, right, Macron managed to fuck up all our efforts and blow up our--admittedly weakening--barriers, but in this situation it cannot be said that the leftist voters didn't put work towards rallying. The government didn't believe we could and then was forced to clear a way for the far right on its own, since it couldn't blame the voters.

But we did it. Idk, it's just being pragmatic? What's so complicated to grasp about it? You don't vote for a pure ideal, you vote for very real consequences.

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soon:

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My job now is to outlive that man.

I will outlive him. I will be here when he is gone. I will be here when he has been erased. I will be here, telling stories, loving my wife, protecting my friends and family, cherishing joy and kindness and diversity. I will be here. He will not. It is only a matter of time.

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I interrupt this blog to broadcast an important message from a departed friend.

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If engaging in activism in person, organizing aid societies or participating in them, fighting political fights or otherwise putting boots on the ground is daunting to you - hey great news! You don't have to!

Give them money instead.

Whatever cause you choose to focus on - and it's fine to pick just one - I promise there is an organization out there already doing the work you think needs to be done. I am very grateful for all the millions of people who have the personality and the gumption to get out there and do the real work, because I don't. But those people already have the connections, the networks, the personnel. The best thing you can do for them? Give them money. They know how to best leverage it in the way that you don't.

It can be five dollars a month. ONE dollar a month. Whatever you can spare. But whatever it is, make it a monthly automatic payment. That way they know they can depend on it.

I donate monthly to:

The ACLU

Planned Parenthood

The Southern Poverty Law Center

The Silvia Rivera Law Project (an organization that provides legal support to trans people)

I'm considering adding some abortion access groups. I'm definitely adding Lambda Legal (an LGBT legal defense society). You can see what I've chosen to focus on is civil and queer rights, and reproductive rights. This doesn't mean I don't care about other things! But don't spread yourself too thin.

We are often urged to "do something" in the face of despair. I'm here to tell you it doesn't have to be knocking on doors or marching in protests or writing postcards. It can be those things - doing something concrete can provide a lot of satisfaction - but tbh one of the most effective ways to participate in activism is to financially support the professionals. And you can magnify this work by sharing links, spreading news, and urging others to donate, too.

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I just wanted to say that you have great takes on the election and it's really refreshing to see.

oh, thank you ♥️

truthfully i feel full of anger and sadness and a deep, harrowing grief that i fear is making me into a bitter and vengeful person. it’s hard work to combat that animal feeling to bite back, but i’m trying.

anyway i hope you are doing as okay as possible. and i hope you found some small joys in today despite everything. there are still things to cherish and still work to be done. please take good care of yourself, we’ll make it through this ♥️

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It's only a passing thing, this shadow.