#joy is resistance

[teameagleworks]

In light of everything heavy, I will share something silly.

We have been making theater props lately, the biggest being a corn field. My house was covered in corn stalks I made from pvc, wire, and masking tape.

So our son decided Cornelius J. Cornwall should reside in his natural habitat.

I hope you find some silly things to laugh about today.

[positivelypresent]

Joy is an act of resistance against despair. Don’t let anyone take it from you — and don’t be afraid to feel it even in times of darkness. 🩷

[mcelquotes]

They want us to stop laughing and they want us to stop having hope for a better future. They want that so we're easy to push around.

Justin McElroy

[queertranshappiness]

You deserve happiness, no matter what anybody else says. Even in a dark world and a political moment so shitty, your happiness is worth more than appeasing a bunch of sad hateful idiots who don't know what they're talking about. Your joy is resistance. So don't be afraid to bite straight in and get it all down your face, metaphorically. Your peace comes first, so block that trigger word or tag or news site, have a nice hot or cold drink, and do something you love. The world may be dark, but fighting for happiness as an act of rebellion is a much better alternative than not. Queer and trans lives, joy, community, hope, rest and peace are sacred. Do not forget that.

[thoughtportal]

Act Up

[syd-djarin]

hey just wanted to say I love y’all and hope the week ahead is less daunting and dreadful than last week ✨ sending all of my love to y’all & remember y’all always have a friend in meeee <333

[karasbroken]

I haven't been doing much posting about the horrifying shit show that is my country right now.

I'm avoiding real life because I need just a little place where I can focus on the frivolous, on a past that was in some ways even more hostile to women, to queerness, to diversity, but which had the charm of hope, of movement towards a better world.

I love Farscape because it was ahead of its time, it was trying, and I can forgive its failures because I remember those times and my own ignorance and my own need to learn and grow, and hope I am forgiven.

But please don't take my silence here as an assent to the coup that is happening, or a blindness to how deeply this is already affecting not just people I care about, but whole communities, here but also around the world. What we are doing to transgender people is wrong. What we are doing to immigrants is wrong. What we are doing to our institutions and the rule of law is wrong. We know better. We should be doing better. What is happening is wrong. It will cause suffering. It will kill people. It will break things that can't be mended.

I have no religion and I've never been much of an optimist. So while I believe that we will emerge from this nightmare eventually, I don't know how, and I don't know how bad it will get before we do.

In the meantime, while I might be doing other things in the rest of my life, I hope you all can forgive me for keeping this space mostly about my space blorbos. I hope you all continue to post about my favorite misfit Jerry Springer found family, or whatever interests or fandoms or hobbies or art give you a few breaths of joy.

We need joy just like we need anger and organization and resistance.

[never-quite-buried]

Correction to video: these girls were SIX. Not twelve. In no world do these babies look 12 they were SIX.

Remember their names. Sidra Hassouna. Suzan Hassouna. Remember their names, remember their smiles and their laughter.

[blackirisposts]

Progressive-Inclusive Pride Flag #2: 23" x 17.25" (approx) // 58.5cm x 44.5cm (approx)

This is based off of @leo-fie 's creation and her block pattern & tutorial. Thank you for putting your work out on tumblr and inspiring me and so many others.

Working in centimeters again was so delightful; I've missed it so much - even though it was a little chaotic for a moment. I miss measured the circle so its a tad thicker and my seam allowance is a generous half centimeter but I think it works in the end.

[queenpinkireellylikethisname]

Songs for Palestine...

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[anticrapitalist-rage]

This morning I stood barefoot in the first frost, watching my breath curl through the air, deliberately delighting in being alive.

I've been really struggling for a long time. Things are looking pretty bleak, on a personal and global scale. It's increasingly difficult to resist the yawning void of grief and despair. That's the point, though, isn't it.

I'm working hard to pull it together. I refuse to wither and fade into complacency, yet another slow sacrifice at the altar of capitalism. The Horrors will not consume me, I will not succumb to apathy.

If I am ground into dust by this relentless machine, may the last grains of me jam its gears.

[mcelquotes]

I think that us maintaining our joy is really important, not just for ourselves, but in the face of oppression, to as much as we can, when you get those moments of joy, experience them. And you don't have to hide that. It's an act of rebellion.

Sydnee McElroy

[llfreude]

Life is like vibration of sound And man is but string work If a blow hits him too hard, He loses resonance, never to find it back again. Any sound of him will cause but displeasure And he will never unite to the well-adjusted choir Without ruining its harmony with dissonance

Quote from Müllner's theatre play Die Schuld (1813) Found in Ludwig van Beethoven's personal notes.

[t0mies-b0dy]

Well SORRY for not soley focusing my time and energy on the current state of the world and on things that make me happy instead, as if that's MY fault

[the-ablest-navigators]

Barn kitty

Listening to the chickens

Barn kitty #2 in the hayloft.

A little something to give yourself a break from the noise. 🧡