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honestly i think they should make burning the goat legal, but still protect it as if it weren’t. make a sport out of it. whoever manages to get past all the cameras and fences gets to be the main character of sweden for a week

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saw a tweet mocking taylor for being “old” and wearing princessy gowns… thinking abt how she is performing music written by her teenage self and honoring that time in her life… thinking about how she loved the fairytale aesthetic as a teen… thinking about how she started dating a much older man who mocked her for being immature… thinking about how her whole personal aesthetic and branding changed dramatically after that… thinking about how taylor swift has literally described relationships with older men as losing her girlhood… thinking abt how she is again and again mocked for trying to reclaim that… thinking about how women at thirty get called old and people don't recognize how insane that is… etc etc

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it's good for your mental health to have mutuals who are wildly horny about kinks which do nothing at all for you

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i rember when i was in high school, hearing a teacher say “lebron james is rich, the guy who hands him his paycheck is wealthy”, and i think that that’s a really simple illustration of wealth and class that a lot of young leftists these days do not understand

i see a lot of young leftists these days thinking that “having a lot of money = oppressor”, which shows a fundamental misunderstanding in how social classes and the dynamics of power in society work, and as a result they go after actors, athletes, even youtubers, but the thing is most actors, athletes, and youtubers don’t actually own capital. actors don’t own disney or warner bros or 20th century fox, athletes don’t own their stadiums or sponsorship companies, and youtubers certainly don’t own youtube or advertising companies that sponsor youtube channels

many highly successful actors, athletes, and youtubers DO start their own businesses once they’ve amassed enough wealth, but it has to be understood that the large majority acquire their wealth through paychecks given to them, rather than through owning the means of production, and it’s the owning of capital that really determines who runs society and who doesn’t, because it’s those who own the means of production who gets to decide the affluence or poverty of those who don’t

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our brains are seriously gullible. you will really believe whatever you hear yourself say over and over. please, stop, even in “good spirits” or being funny, please stop all of the self deprication. i won’t even type out examples, but whatever you say about yourself, you should know it isn’t true or helpful to keep reinforcing.

instead, look in the mirror and tell yourself positive things. “i am doing my best. i am worthy of love and support. i am a good person. i am beautiful. i am fun to be around.” whatever you need to hear. OUT LOUD. every day. you will start to believe it, just like you have started to believe all the mean things you tell yourself. you can’t always choose what others say about you, but you can definitely choose what you say and who you spend time listening to.

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I think a fundamental part of online friendships that people ‘outside’ fail to understand is how comforting it is to have friends right there in your pocket who will keep you company in good times and bad, listen to your rants, let you vent, be supportive whilst offering outsider perspective…

Need to be alone but need support too? Pocket friends.

Something awful just happened and there’s nobody around for you to tell? Pocket friends.

Need to let your feelings out but don’t want people to see you ugly-cry? Pocket friends.

Keep being amazing, pocket friends. You couldn’t possibly imagine how important you are.

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bubble tea should be free as a public service given to girls who are in need of a little treat

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pls behold the absolutely ridiculous oil painting i bought for £20 yesterday

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me, returning to live blogging on the morning of my wedding of all times? more likely than you think!!

as usual i gave myself an obscene amount of time to wash and dry my hair, so i’m enjoying some morning knitting before breakfast

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the end of The Big Short isn’t fucking around

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my family once talked about what each of us would do if we won the lottery and my mum so casually told us that she’d teach years 8-10 maths. like that is her idea of a good time. i do not understand it, but then she also doesn’t understand that i’d work in a kennel or at a dog rescue so

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Devi & Ben — “We talk, mostly argue, for hours.”