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I hope the new year brings less misgendering, less deadnaming, and more positivity to you!

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♥ Hiya! My shop is open! ♥ You will find pins, stickers and prints!

https://snowpriestess.bigcartel.com/

Reblogs are greatly appreciated!

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Jelly princess 😍

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pink rabbit

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Tips for kids online

Pseudonyms! Use them! Even if it’s a nickname, a favorite character’s name, a letter, your username, use a pseudonym. Especially if you have a unique name

Private information is PRIVATE. Last name, age, full birthday. Things that could be used to identify you should not be shared. Remember those “enter anyone’s name and learn everything about them” websites? They aren’t kidding around, and they’re dangerous.

Your house is your business. Don’t share your home address, school name, city, even sharing what state you live in could be risky. There’s no reason for people online to need to know this, there’s no reason for people online to ask for it. This is a red flag

Pictures are worth a thousand words. Take note of what’s in pictures you post. Can you see a state flag? A pet’s collar with a home address on it? Does that screenshot have your phone number in it? Be careful with EXACTLY what you post.

Once you post it, it’s not yours anymore. Anyone on the internet can share a post, take screenshots, repost to other websites, send to other people, etc. Once you post something, what happens to it is out of your hands. Make sure you be careful with what you post.

Face and voice can reveal a lot about you. They can reveal age, agab, in some cases they can be used to determine where you live (accents anyone?) be careful.

Please kids on the internet, BE SAFE. Remember these are strangers. Remember the internet is full of real people with their own motives and intentions. Remember that you can’t control the internet. Please please PLEASE be safe!

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also in trans news that should be talked about. laverne cox has stated that on saturday her and a friend were assulted in a park and it’s not really getting the same attention as elliot. we can still be proud of him without ingnoring what happened to laverne and her friend.

if you claim ally ship to the trans community then you can’t ignore the bad things that happen to especially trans woc. and if you’re a white trans person you can’t just talk about other white trans people. it just shows that you only care about trans people if they are white and that shouldn’t be the case.

if your gonna talk about elliot please also talk about laverne. she deserves better and we should all do better to raise up the voices of black trans women.

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unfollowing a bunch of ppl and refollowing on my other blog (augustisbi). just so folks are aware. It's surprising that I still have followers here after multiple years of hiatus. i just wanna follow artists and fashion bloggers and others who make cute or pastel content here.

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just got into watching ever after high (watching in Spanish as part of trying to relearn it lol) and I like that so many of the characters basically wear lolita fashion. I would love to see ever after high inspired coords, tbh. although I know that's controversial since it veers into "lolita is not a costume or cosplay! do not treat it like it is!" territory.

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Wanted to make a coordination for my custom cake slice purse from Rommy de Bommy!

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habits to pick up if you’ve enjoyed your tumblr chaos revival experience:

reblog more stuff!!

appreciate imperfect things

focus on enjoying yourself

prioritize compassion

complete your anger

make yourself laugh

create things that fail

tell people if you like what they made

distance yourself from things that hurt you

what made this site what it was 2010-15 was sharing. it was enjoying something and sharing your joy with others who appreciated it, and added to it! acknowledge the flaws of the past as we move forward, but the fresh energy on this site tonight is something you don’t have to lose

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im sure this is controversial to some or whatever but tbh i really do not give a shit about historical precedent when it comes to like. lgbt people existing lmao. like don’t twist this or turn it around for your own discourse or whatever but who fucking gives a shit

like even if bisexuality didn’t have a long history of including attraction to all (which it does) why tf wouldn’t bisexual people today be able to claim that definition? even if he/him women, and esp he/him lesbians didn’t have a long history (which again, they do) why the fuck would it matter? Women would still be able to use he/him now if they want because it’s their fucking choice. Even if nonbinary lesbians didn’t always exist, which they did, they would still have a righ to exist now. Even if nonbinary people in general have never existed before today, which they have, it wouldn’t suddenly invalidate current nonbinary people’s genders. Even if butch trans women didn’t exist forever, they would still be here now.

Whether or not people in the past have approved of your existence now, you still have a right to exist. The idea that history has to dictate the way the current lgbt community functions is stupid lmao. Like the whole point is to have progress and to improve as society changes, not stay in the same cycles over and over again.

And it’s especially stupid when this leads to you guys putting historical writings and activists on a pedestal. None of the past activists were absolutely perfect and there’s a lot of issues with historical lgbt movements that need to be evaluated with a modern lens.

The comfort and existence of current lgbt people matters a lot more to me than what someone in 1947 said.

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nypd kidnapped an 18 year old trans girl off the street last night because she helped organize a march. she’s a homeless teenager and they literally dragged her into an unmarked van and threatened to pull their guns on civilians who demanded her release.

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People have started vomiting after exposure to a new gas in Portland, possibly the older gas known as Adamsite. If you are going to any protests, and require regular oral medication, please be aware of this new risk. 

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