#cw: project 2025

[shakespearefreak]

I'm a few days late posting, but my friends and I had our usual beach picnic on the Fourth, and Makena came along again! She’s becoming a regular part of my Independence Day traditions.

The shadow of Project 2025 hung over our gathering this year; my friend and I spoke quietly about how there was a good chance this would be the last Fourth where many of us had actual freedoms. I tried to forget for a few hours and have that much more fun; if this was the last time, I wanted it to be a good one. But it was hard. VOTE VOTE VOTE this November! Biden is supporting some terrible things, but if Trump wins, life as we know it is over for any Americans who still have freedoms currently. We won't even have a good shot at a revolution in a full police state.

It had rained hard the night before and the water wasn’t good for swimming (which was very disappointing to Marley), but Makena still decided to watch the waves from the lifeguard tower for a while.

While Marley and their friends set up the picnic table and prepped the grill, Makena spread out her towel beneath a tree and sipped her drink. It wasn’t very bright out, but it was hot and humid, and she was glad of the refreshing beverage.

One of Marley’s friends suggested that Makena take a photo with this plaque, which Marley and Makena had seen on past trips to this beach but never thought of taking a picture with. They both thought it was a cool idea!

Even when you’re 13, sometimes it's hard to resist the allure of a good slide!

[chelledoggo]

some actually practical pieces of information that hopefully may quell some worries about Trump's second term:

This article explains the impracticality and illegality of Project 2025, and why most of it is very likely to be legally struck down.

This article explains how, even with a narrow Republican majority in the House, Trump will only be able to pass very bland partisan laws or bipartisan laws.

The ACLU has already prepared a gameplan for combatting the effects of Project 2025.

The state of New York has contingency plans to fight against Project 2025.

like obviously it's still gonna be a rough 4 years, and i'm not dismissing any legitimate worries. i'm just hoping this might ease some anxieties just a little.

if anyone else has some similar pieces of practical information that can dispel some of the panic, please feel free to share them!

stay vigilant and keep fighting, but try not to despair. try to keep a calm and level head as we head into the new year.

[thashining]

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[chronicallydragons]

Alright, so, Tr*mp's no longer pretending to not know what project 2025 is and they're still planning to go full steam ahead into that. I'm on a mailing list for Authors Against Book Bans and for Every Library, both fighting against book bans, fighting against project 2025, and protecting libraries and the freedom to read. There are obviously a lot of other really really scary things in project 2025, but I know where to send people to sign petitions and how to email legislators to fight for our freedom to read and write and share. So, if you're in the US, could you please help us out by signing and sending the emails?

We've got a lot of work to do...

[eddies-disability-swag-blog]

Being very normal as a mexican.

I absolutely am not worried as I see the deadline closing in.

I am really not spiraling as I see the writing on the wall.

I definitely do not harbor resentment and hate for the path you northerners have set us too.

I don’t at all see that a great majority of USAmericans want to enact terrorism into my home. (Including Chicanos)

I am being very normal about it.

Poor Mexico. So far from god and so close to the United States.

If we crash and burn, I hope we take you with us.

You should’ve organized to beat both warmongering genocidal tyrants when you had the choice.

Both Harris and Trump were going to be harbingers of war and destruction and y’all did nothing to stop either of them.

I just want to curl up in a ball and cry.

Pray with all my heart that Trump is bluffing.

But if he isn’t.

We have no one else to blame but the action and inaction of our “neighbors” up north.

I hope, even if it’s a year too late now, the few compassionate people in the north there are organize to prevent the destruction and subjugation of my people.

Fight for us, fight for Mexico, fight for Palestine, fight for Cuba, fight for Syria, fight for Hawaii, fight for the NDNS, fight for Venezuela, fight for every single nation the US is currently subjugating, occupying and invading, and the nations the US is planning to invade, occupy an an subjugate.

I just feel so alone.

Also, on a related note, fuck veterans. Why do you celebrate murderers? I don’t care some of them are disabled. You can accommodate and treat their disability while also spitting on their face like they deserve. They killed thousands of innocent people and freedom fighters. ACAB includes veterans. ACAB includes people who join the military because they’re poor. This should not be a hot take.

[neccturtle]

TL;DR I’m not gonna hide online.

I don’t care.

this is mostly a vent to be honest, it’s kinda long lmao

sorry

tw for vague mentions of mental health issues. I don’t go too into it tho.

I spent so much time hating myself for being trans, so much time thinking there must be something wrong with me.

with my mental health being broken because of my own insecurities and fears. (which, again, I’m not gonna go too into)

I finally came out this year and received love from my family, and a few months later my country told me “no,”

“you are a defect, you are broken, you should hate yourself. because there’s something wrong with you”

and I don’t give a damn anymore.

I will still be myself. and I hope I can at least inspire one person to feel better.

I know I’m not much, I’m not gonna start a movement or change the world.

I’m just a young trans girl who naively thought she’d live a normal life.

but although a small one, I’ll use my voice. even if it’s just to scream. I’ll start making more content then I ever have, I’ll bury myself in it. It’s the one thing I can actually change, the one thing I can control. since there’s no solution to this nightmare but waiting for me, I’ll post my art, I’ll be queer, puerto rican, and proud of it.

I will not hide anymore.

I’m tired of hiding.

I love you all. please send me asks and stuff, Interacting with people like me helps me feel less alone lmao.

and before I start spiraling again I’ll just try to stay strong. for me, for my family, for people like us, and for my dog.

I’ll try to focus on the things that make me happy, on my art, my OCs, my little youtube channel, my growing style and odd sense of fashion, music, my love of food, the most adorable floppy ears and wagging tail in the world, the best mother I could dream for, and hope that maybe someday.

things will get better. ect. ect.

I’m not giving up, probably out of spite.

but I’m still a bit lost.

very disappointed in my country (like usual) but not really surprised.

I’m scared, but I’ll do the most radical extremist thing I can…

and live.

try to anyways.

I know this is a very big tonal shift from my usual content (which, on tumblr specifically isn’t much since I’m new here), as I’m usually way more bright and bubbly,

but I can’t really be that person right now, I can’t pretend everything’s ok. or that I’m fully ok.

I don’t know what to do.

I don’t know what to think.

I don’t know what to say.

emotionally I’m a mess right now.

I’ll take some time to process all of this (and post some drafts in the meantime)

but I just wanna wish everyone good luck, and hope we can make it out of this.

I’m not strong enough for this, but I’ll keep going for all of us, and because I wanna outlive that big fascist orange.

but for now I’ll just take time to think.

and brace myself for what comes next.

and probably start learning a new language.

love y’all, see y’all later, good night,

and good luck to us all 🩵🩵

P.S. my Mom made me go back and capitalize all the “i”s lmao

[vixdesl]

we painted this today 💪

CW; art blood/gore

"The only good Nazi is a dead Nazi"

[hersheysmcboom]

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[astertheabbs]

Vent: Please do not read if you’re not in the headspace to read about Trump’s presidency or suicide.

I can’t even say I’m surprised anymore. Everything keeps getting worse and I can’t do anything about it. I am a caged bird and I will never be free. I will never see myself as I want to see myself and most people in my state will refuse to see how much it hurts. I don’t just want to survive day after day in agony; I want to actually live. I want to leave the United States, I want to be perceived as who I truly am. If I can’t see that, I want to stop existing entirely. I’m tired of everything. I just want somewhere to call home. The United States isn’t my home. Texas is not my home. Maybe the only place I belong in is the darkness of eternal sleep. Positivity is not enough anymore. Denying it like my parents do will never be enough. I wish I was born a boy and I wish I was somewhere that would take me as I am. I don’t want to be selfish like my father says I’ll be, but who’s to say that fate wouldn’t be worse for me the other way? I hate everything; there truly is nothing in most people other than thinly veiled evil. I’ll try my best to stay strong, but my will is wearing thin. I hope that reincarnation exists so that if I do die, whether by others or my own hand, I might be able to have a better life in some other time. I hope my friends never get to where I am in terms of hope because without hope you become a shell of yourself. That’s what I am now, and that’s what I’ll most likely stay. Don’t lose hope like I did. I’ll try to update in the morning.

I’m sorry.

[xoxotwig]

i need someone to tell me it's going to be okay that we're going to make it past this that project 2025 is only going to be a few years and we'll come back stronger that we're not going to die that i'm not going to die that my boyfriend will get his surgeries and hormone therapy that i'll be able to adopt kids that my boyfriend and i will be able to get married and live together that we'll be safe i'm so scared i'm so fucking scared i've been lying and pretending everything is fine but i don't know if i can do this i don't want to die

[mallgothchloe97]

project 2025 is definitely a Christian nationalist movement trying to turn the US into a fascist Christian theocracy. it's another Doctrine of Discovery 1452 & 1493

[religion-trauma]

ya know. as a kid, i didn't think i'd make it past 18. (tw suicide mention and suicidal ideation, no actual suicide thankfully)

yeah, a kid, maybe like 9 years old? 2 years after my long term memory kicked in, after i achieved Consciousness, after I realized I existed. at 9 years old I realized I'm going to die. and I also realized, I'm going to have to get married. (context: i'm aroace, dont want any sort of romantic relationship, sex repulsed. always have been)

there was no other option. nothing presented to me. staying single? i hadn't met an adult not in a relationship (that i knew of) back then. no one told me I could just not. because you have to. everyone falls in love. eventually.

if I wanted to get into the highest caste of heaven, to get with my family in the afterlife, I'd have to get married. and that fucking terrified me.

so when I realized I'm going to die, I was relieved. there's a way out. if I die too young to get married I don't have to get married. I can get in the highest caste if I just... try my best until then. right?

so i fantasized about getting shot in the head on my way from school, getting hit by a car, falling out of a rollercoaster, falling and hitting my neck at the right angle. i didn't go out of my way to do it, just... thought about it happening.

and then i hit I think 10/11. and i learned what suicide was. and my depression... hadn't thought of that. before then I'd been banking on a tragedy, something easy. but now, now I had a plan B.

when I got older, I realized this was all bullshit. I realized that this fucking religion drove a child to suicidal ideation. I realized that caste systems shouldn't fucking exist in heaven. And I realized, I don't feel safe at church. So i stopped believing what the people there told me.

Yet the thought persisted. I wouldn't make it to 18. The depression didn't go away once I realized this religion was bullshit, it just got worse. because i felt like i was trapped, because the church wasn't just restrained to a single building.

nearly every single person in my school went to seminary. they had necklaces of temples. they'd give people with more than 2 piercings weird looks. they'd gawk about lgbt people. they were upstanding church citizens, and expected me to be one as well.

and obviously this extended to marriage. what will you wear to your wedding? what's your type? are you going to go to college or settle down? how many kids do you want?

even though i didn't believe i'd end up in a lower caste, separated from my family, without a ring on my finger, that didn't stop others from believing it.

When a teenager is completely and utterly alone, but cannot tell anyone of that lest they are even more isolated, what do you think they're going to want to do?

there'd be something to break the camel's back, surely? i won't have to think farther than my senior year, right? i won't have to live in a world where i'm alone... right?

but I was wrong. i got therapy, i got more support. but now that i'm past 18 I've realized i've been waiting to die young for so long that i don't know what to do with myself now that i'm not a child waiting to die anymore.

it's like i'm a character who was supposed to die, but didn't, and now the author has no idea what to do with me. i guess we'll go ahead with their wants from before their death? but what's after that? i have no idea. i have no other plans beyond college. and probably getting a job. maybe i'll die before i have to figure it out.

[thelocalmuffin]

CW Mild Rant and Political Talk.

I would like to make clear that this is a general statement and not directed towards anyone. I am seeing this ALL over Tumblr and I'm fed up having to justify why I want to vote.

If you're interested in what I have to say, I put it in the read below.

To be clear: I do not like Harris. I think it's completely understandable to criticize her and I personally do. She supported KOSA and I blasted her for that nonsense. She's a warmonger and has some horrific beliefs, especially with her law enforcement background.

I absolutely do not want to be voting for a half baked centrist. However, I am American, and this is our nasty reality. We vote or we will lose fundamental rights. Please read up on Project 2025 and you will see why I'm fueled to vote against it. This is very serious.

With that being said, I am voting blue. That will not change. I think voting is important regardless but this is about self preservation. I am concerned about Project 2025 and would like to make it through the next election alive. No one will shame me into out of voting. No one will shame me out of being concerned about my safety.

To make things deliberately worse just to "prove a point by not voting" would be very dangerous for me and my family. If this makes me selfish, then so be it. I can't help anyone else if I can't save myself.

To clarify, this is very personal. I am in a same sex legal marriage and will be arrested if Trump's plans go through. I could very possibly be killed. It's already hard enough being constantly discriminated for it by the government as is. I am not going out of my way to deliberately make it worse.

I will stand by that voting is important, especially with local laws. For those of you saying you don't want to vote to prove a point, you are not making the statement you think you are by not voting.

If you want to make an impact on how to pressure a president, vote and take the advice of this post. It's an excellent way to directly pressure Harris and it only takes a few minutes. (Though unfortunately, I think it only works with Americans. If you can't reach out, please at least share.)

I tag #political for those who are here for escapism. Please feel free to use that option if it's too much, I won't be bothered or even know if you mute it.

However, for the time being, I have turned off anon asks since it seems my political statements have angered some folks. I will not be responding to anon hate or whataboutism.

Anyway, I try not to take this stuff too personally, but I've hit a breaking point. I pray this is my only post about this because I don't think this is healthy to constantly discuss.

That's all for now.

Oh, and I also disabled reblogs since this is extremely personal. Thank you.

[wolven-chimera-2023]

Everybody’s panicking over project 2025 if the Republican’s win, I’m more afraid of what will happen if they lose.

Granted, either way it’s a war, but I’m worried more lives will be lost in the initial conflict if they lose.

[pixelkip]

Ok yknow what next person to say "trumps definitely gonna win 😔" is getting strangled. I'm so sick of this. Every one of this kind of post ive seen is literally indiscernable from the shit Republicans are posting about how theyre soooo sure he's gonna win. I'm BEGGING you to think about this for 2 seconds and realize that convincing people that we're doomed to a trump presidency is exactly what maga fuckos want. They want us to be discouraged enough to just give up and not even try to get whoever fucking else into office. If you fall for that shit and start parroting it yourself I'm assuming youre either a psyop or just a straight up grade A fool. Keep your doomposting to yourself suck it the fuck up and go vote for the lesser piece of shit this November or I kill you with hammers.

[gender-ihardlyknower]

"they both suck"

Yeah well a vacuum cleaner and a mouth both suck too but which one would YOU rather have on your dick