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In a society that teaches us to hustle, seek, attain, and burn out in the name of profit, prioritising self nourishment is punk as fuck.

In a culture that prioritises individualism, community care is punk as fuck.

Self nurturing is resistance.

Collective, community, and political care are self care.

Rejecting individualism doesn't mean not caring for ourselves as individuals, it means prioritising care for all as well. Not Borg, but Federation!

I've been feeling directionless, stuck, unsure of my path. But there's something in this that's really important to me. I'm still working on wording it in a way that doesn't make me feel like a total wanker, but that may be my internal RSD at work, still navigating that part!

But for now, let me say, go look after yourselves as best you can, my fellow punks, witches, neuroqueers, disabled folks, headcases, weirdos, and wonderful souls...for your own sake, and for the collective good!

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Be a fucking weirdo, embrace what makes you stand out from our fucked up society!

ID - A background of skull drawings, with black writing on a red background that reads "IF OUR FUCKED UP SOCIETY IS WHAT'S CONSIDERED NORMAL, I'D RATHER BE A FUCKING WEIRDO."

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Nothing is perfect, no one is perfect. Literally everyone and everything has at least one flaw!

Arguably, having flaws, fucking up, being imperfect, is one of the few actually universal experiences! Which kind of sucks on one level, sure. But it can also be really freeing, to accept that mistakes are part of being human. To accept that perfection is an unfair thing to expect of ourselves. It makes it easier to try new things, to go for what we want in life, and to take responsibility for our mistakes in a constructive, healthy way.

It's not easy to let go of the need to be perfect, it runs deep. But learning to embrace imperfection takes so much pressure of ourselves and others.

I read that some artists will fill the first page of a new sketchbook with deliberately silly, "bad", scribbly, work. They consciously avoid trying to do anything "good", just storming right past that urge to only use it "perfectly".

Total power move! I've been trying to find ways of bringing that energy into my life, because the need to do things perfectly, to be perfect, holds me back so much in life.

So maybe try to embrace imperfection this week, see how it feels? Might take a bit of pressure off at least 💜

ID - A starry sky background with white writing that reads "I don't remember signing a contract agreeing to be fucking perfect!"

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Got some new stickers printed, spreading the Good Word!

In a society that teaches that tears are a weakness, crying is punk as fuck!