#Helplessness

[feral-ballad]

I was furious at my hands. At myself. At my history. At my inability to do anything with those hands.

Victoria Chang, from Dear Memory: Letters on Writing, Silence, and Grief; “Dear Daughter,”

[whumpster-dumpster]

Mundane disruptions to Whumpee's recovery that Caretaker can't do anything about. Like a whumpee who really needs rest but can't sleep because there's construction going on outside and it's not like Caretaker can go out there and tell them to go away or keep it down and they don't have anywhere else to stay and recover and it makes them feel a little overwhelmed and useless

[serenityquest]

[icefir-windbreaker]

God said, “Take your son, your only son whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him up as an entirely burned offering there on one of the mountains that I will show you.” - Binding of Isaac, Genesis 22

This is the new V1 Death screen

[angeleyeswide]

Fathom

Ripping tide,

Tried and tried,

To break from,

But I was raptured into,

The skin-rupturing rocks,

Raked acrossed my ribcage,

By their steely peaks,

Canaled and born,

Into the air at the end,

Of its violent thrashes.

Flying, flailing,

With hands clawing,

At the downward current,

Eternal descent,

Into the white waters below,

Until finally,

Blacked out impact.

And after while,

Creaking open mine eyes,

Balled up body and fists,

Dissipating their tension,

Wrapped in sun scented linen,

Light falling in,

Through clearings in the leaves,

Warm breath in my ear,

From a long time love.

Punches to my spleen,

No longer to be had,

Only tender caresses,

To the frayed flesh in my side.

And I froze, eyes wide.

[cherrylacedcoke]

[a-full-moon-and-blooming-flowers]

If there is hope, there is a way out...

[diaryofadissembler]

298: It's the only way my family knows. Image description: a three panel comic with polaroid frames. The panel shows blue sky and a red brick chimney in the middle of the picture. the text on the panel reads: “We open our hearts to the inevitable. Eyes wide and ribcages broken.” Text underneath reads: “J. krupitza / inspired by asofterworld.com” end Image description

[regressioncurriculum]

Little's Reflection Journal Prompt

Make a list of 5 things you’ve done recently that you should have waited for a real grown-up’s help with.

[howifeltabouthim]

All thoughts of revenge are born of the pain of helplessness. I suffer becomes You will suffer.

Siri Hustvedt, from The Blazing World

[a-full-moon-and-blooming-flowers]

LIFE is making me TIRED. PEOPLE are making me ANGRY. CIRCUMSTANCES are making me SICK. I AM TIRED, ANGRY & SICK. LIFE is making me HOPE. PEOPLE are making me FIGHT. CIRCUMSTANCES are making THOUGH. I show RESILIENCE & STRENGHT in the face of difficulty. I HOPE, I FIGHT, I AM THOUGH.

[bookishnerd99]

I can't believe that I have to do this right now. But I have no other option. I don't feel safe.

I'm a foreign student living in Korea. I've been here for more than six months. I have been living in a goshiwon for almost 4 months. One day ago, the manager of the goshiwon I'm living in, physically assaulted me. I was so uncomfortable and scared. I'm here so far away from my family living alone and this woman assaults me for absolutely no reason? Not just me, she assaulted a few more of my juniors, all from my country, Bangladesh. I didn't expect Korea to be like this tbh. I didn't expect them to be so disgustingly racist to any other race who are not white.

Even when we all called the police, the senior officer laughed it off. Saying she was just telling us to go in our room by pushing us. You think pushing us will leave a red mark on my brown skin?? Sigh I'm so lost but I felt like I had to put it over here. I wanted to warn all the people who romanticize Korea. Guys it's not as it looks like. Korea is disgustingly racist. You'll realize it with every breath that you take outside. You'll realize it with every stare you get.

I came to this country with such high hopes. I can't believe the way she attacked us and then pretended it was nothing. I can't believe even the police didn't care enough. We had to call them twice because they left without informing us when we were recording proof from the CCTV footage. Then we called them again and showed them the proof AGAIN. Because the first time he saw the footage, in his eyes she was just 'gently' pushing us to go to our rooms. In his eyes she didn't 'exactly' harm us because we had no visible injuries. Lol and here I came to Korea knowing their police are very good they never let victims down. And when I saw the way he looked at us like we were joking, I lost all hopes.

To all the people out there who want to visit Korea, especially those who aren't white, believe me Koreans are worse than you think. Thank you Korea, for showing your true colors so early. I hope nobody ever goes through trauma like this. I hope nobody ever has to feel so scared, alone and traumatized with nobody to share their pain with. May you get the best of life.

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

Salome Sibonex: I had that same example of adopting ideas that I was told were good for me because well, you know, feminism or like Latin American issues or whatever it might be. They're told to you as, "this is for you. This is, we're we're going to help you. We're highlighting all the ways that you're being hurt, and that's how we're going to help you."

But I found that it did the same thing [as you]. It got me to focus primarily on who's out to get me, what obstacles are around me, and it comes with this baked in notion that the real problem is bigger than you. The real problem, the real obstacle is always something that is bigger than you. And as an individual, you're kind of at the mercy of that.

And it pushes this identification with your groups as well, as opposed to this kind of like focus on our shared humanity or individuality."

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Full video:

How Social Justice Is Exploiting Us ft. Kimi Kaititi & Salomé Sibonex

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Victimhood sold as "empowerment."

[regressioncurriculum]

Adult Grade-School Essay Prompts: On Safety

What three things in the house are most wrong for a baby to play with?

Write a thank-you note to your caregiver for stopping you from playing with dangerous things.

Compose a short poem about an adult baby like you who plays with something they shouldn’t and causes terrible things to happen.