#So it's not all bad

[plantanarchy]

I just wanted to tell you I’m sorry about the loss of the Garden. It looks amazing in the photos you’ve posted. I just wanted you to know that you’re not alone ❤️❤️

Thank you <3 I do understand not wanting to keep up a massive garden if you've got young children and aren't certain where to get started, so I guess it does make me feel a little better that I'm able to work a job and have a little space here where I can help folks figure a few garden things out. It's a lot of work! But wonderful to see things grow that you planted, even if it's just one or two things.

Also, my mom took most of her favorite perennials with her to her new house and they are thriving there, plus she has planted several new trees in a yard that had none.

[compo67]

I've been going to bed super early and it's actually been good???

I wrote resumes all day today, did a little art, and listened to this audiobook about cemeteries.

Tomorrow is for writing.

I am just... feeling sad over a person and I need this to stop. They reached out and left me holding the bag. Move on, Cal. No answer is an answer. It's cruel, but I get it.

Big sigh.

At least my cousin is going to make arrachera this weekend.

And idk. I might be able to finally pick up Wolfsong again.

My heart just hurts.

[freckledbastard]

ohhhhhhhh my god they're so cuuuuuuuute

[4bsurdcreature]

Cici Cicada

[eurydiceey]

Little clown jester thing lady here to make you laugh and do... other things.

[worstloki]

whenever i feel annoyed about having "only" written a few hundred words after trying so hard i think about how many fics i've read that were also only a few hundred words (or sometimes less) that are amazing for it

[galaxywhump]

oof i’m back on my ADHD meds and the side effects are just great

[dicaeopolis]

hustled $2k raw profit on ebay last week got hit this week with about $1200 of mostly surprise bills. the lord taketh away

[alexturner]

trying to get amsterdam taylor swift tickets was the WORST experience of my entire life

[esta-elavaris]

Currently doing a workout challenge that involves taking one or two muscle groups and exercising them to muscle failure 3-4 times in a row every single day (on top of regular workouts), all month, no rests, for super quick improvement/results.

I chose to do squats and bicep curls, which means every single one of my limbs currently feels fuckin broken.

[ilikethequiet]

Sorry this won’t keep you awake anymore most likely. But, top five fandoms of all time?

Hmm, an interesting question! Hard to say, I mean I was in the Buffy fandom in the beginning, but that place was toxic as, the ship wars -shudder-

Let's see:

+ Heroes + Star Trek + Warehouse 13 + Charmed + Doctor Who I was in deep with the Once Upon a Time fandom to a point, they know what they did to me 😠

I have a lot of other random fandoms, I am a fan of most things! Until they slight me, then they gotta paaay.

[aqualewdity]

It's a bad brain day so here's my face

[almondpiglet]

ppl were drawing mikus from all over so heres habesha miku and her lil twin sibs rin and len!!

[irisangel444]

sorry for not posting for a while i've been crashing out like never b4

[chalkrub]

autumnal chill....featuring the girl

[inkskinned]

the tradwife movement is the same as it has always been - back in the kitchen, back to breeding - it just has better branding.

when i was younger, i hated pink. i was not like other girls. this is now something i'm embarrassed of - this was not me being a "girl's girl."

but it was expressing something many of us felt at the time: i literally wasn't what girlhood was supposed to be. this is a hard thing to explain, but you know when you're not performing girlhood correctly. it isn't as easy as "i liked x when girls liked y" - because there were other girls that liked x, too - but i never figured out exactly the correct way to like x, or to be interested in y.

now there is the divine feminine. this is the same rhetoric it has always been: women are biologically driven to like pink and ribbons and submitting to our husbands.

the problem is that the patriarchy found a better PR team. because yes, actually, i want every woman to have the choice to be a homemaker. i also want her taken seriously for her legitimate home-making labor. i want her to be recognized as also having a job, just unpaid. i want men to have this opportunity, too.

but it is no longer "i made this choice and I love it." instead it is a sixteen-paragraph rant about how selfish it is that my generation isn't having kids. instead it's long videos about how if you feed your children processed foods, you're going to kill them. instead it is "this is what womanhood is supposed to be. i feel bad for any other choices you're making."

the shame spiral is just prettier. it is large houses devoid of personality. it is the implication: if you don't have this, you aren't happy. the solid, everlasting assurance: women are actually supposed to be submitting. this is the default. this is the natural state of things. all other attempts inflict suffering.

but you can no longer say i'm not like other girls. you can no longer reject this image completely. you cannot find it revolting, even if you know that the underbelly is toxic and festering. sure, it is the same repackaged patriarchy. but the internet does not have shades of grey. you should support and reward other women! your disgust is actually internalized misogyny. not because you are seeing a vision of yourself the way they're trying to train you to be. not because you feel her ghost pass within an inch of your earlobe. not because your father will eventually ask you - why can't you be like her?

because they figured out how to make it beautiful: women will sell other women on this idea, and we will find the singular loophole in feminism. sure, she's shaming you in most of her videos. sure, she implies that a different life is obscene. but she just wants you to be happy! you'd be happier if you were listening!

and the whole time you're sitting there thinking: i'd actually just be happier if i had that kind of money.