im back on ADHD meds (after almost a year off), and I feel amazing!

so my mom is veryyyy very african conservative and doesn't believe in adhd, autism, or clinical depression (despite her lowkey highykey showing signs of one or two of these).

and since i have been back living with them in 2025 this toxicity began to rub of on me and i just gave up on trying to even be stable.

i was diagnosed at 20. and if you know anything, as a black person, i had to FIGHT for that diagnosis.

i had lost my lecturing job, couldnt afford rent in cape town, and just had to return home.

and looking back, this really fucked up my 2025. i was a mess.

but going to Cape Town for that brief period, seeing my friends and loved ones, and once again opening up about my struggles and mental state did a lot for me. the day after i returned, i went right to see my psychiatrist...my dad also tagged along and sat through a session. story for another day.

i just want to extend a BIG THANK YOU to everyone that boosted my mutual aid posts, donated coins, and showed support through such kind an meaningful words.

but ive been on my meds for the last couple of days and WOAH. I forgot how out of whack my system can be, how erratic my decision making is at times, and i forgot how it felt to have predictable executive function!

I FEEL AMAZING!

I'll write more about Playtopia some other time, but the most important takeaway from it was:

Once again, I thank you all so so so much. You all really did save this year for me, and allowed me an escape from my toxic family.

*I leave this year feeling a lot more confident as an artist, game developer, and most importantly, a beautiful black trans woman growing into herself. *  

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'Black Trans Lives Matter.⠀
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[image: illustration of a Black [Person] holding up a sign (only their hands are visible) that says, “Black Trans Lives Matter”. The text is in trans colors (blue, pink, white on a black background with two hearts). The background behind the sign are pride flag colors, including black and brown stripes.]

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While Warhol claims to have had a friendship with the sitters, he simultaneously anonymizes them. Such contradictions are repeated at all stages of the development of “Ladies and Gentlemen,” from the creation of the series to its

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'A Black transgender man, Tony McDade of Tallahassee, Florida, was [murdered] in [a pig]-involved [murder] on Wednesday [May 27th 2020] morning.

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Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story released in 2024

Jackie Shane was one of music's pioneering Black trans performers.

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Kayla Moore would have been 54 on April 17th 2025 had the pigs not poured their hate out onto her.

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"Stonewall Riots, a series of protests started by a [Black] transgender woman named Marsha P. Johnson. These 1969 riots are largely credited with sparking the contemporary LGBTQ+ rights movement."
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