Part time single mom with two extraordinary kids on the rainbow spectrum.
Theatre/storytelling nerd from a heavily geek family, though for me it is a recessive trait while the arts are more dominant. I gravitate toward dark humor, gothy fantasy, and creature features, but mostly want fully developed characters and immersive storytelling.
I'm kinda an open book. It’s just long and complicated. And it takes a while for me to relax enough to flip through all the pages.
| Pronouns | she/he/they |
| Credo | My feminism will be intersectional or it will be bullshit |
To tangent about a topic that came up here today....
Talk about a rigged game.
Gay men treat women like people but want to sleep with other men.
Straight men treat women like an appliance and spend most of their time trying to impress other men.
Awkward choice for straight women
Do I want to be a person with no sex?
Or an appliance with no relevance?
#FortnightFridayMusic #Duality
U2 - Running To Stand Still
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orfhLLo7XDs
You gotta cry without weeping, talk without speaking
Scream without raising your voice
You know I took the poison from the poison stream
Then I floated out of here
#FortnightFridayMusic #Duality
Radio Iodine - I am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTh45QQLhxc
I am your private hell
Your sweetest smell
Your constant changing voice
I am your best advice
Your darkest night
Your silent raging noise
I am, I am
I am, I am
I'm sure it's kinda a trauma response, but I don't tend to default to easy, satisfied conclusions with recovery stories these days.
I will absolutely celebrate anyone who puts in the hard work and does the thing.
AND I know a number of people who say that word just so they can keep doing the same thing and never be held accountable.
So like, the word itself really depends on who we're talking about and what the evidence says.
Eryn Allen Kane - Fragile
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tn00YGkNHr8
My mother was a blind architect, her mother was too
Designing huge walls no man could ever get through
Born with a brick heart and mortar tongue, they made do
Now the only thing I know is to build those same walls too
Hey folx.
Unpredictable downtime at work while steadily progressing to a more routine client schedule.
Feels good to have a minute to check in here. This is definitely my preferred method for staying up to date and engaged with the state of the world.
I appreciate that this is a place of solidarity and simple joys rather than competition.
I'm so tired of people who keep acting like just existing and caring about the rights of everyone is default competition.
Yay predatory capitalism...
And dude.
You're not a god. And your trauma does not make it okay for you to hurt other people.
Ultimately, you need to learn how to do your own emotional labor.
I just watched Marvel Thunderbolts and I have such conflicting feelings.
They're tapping into cultural themes that people relate to, and how disillusionment is just everywhere right now.
And it's good that comics are centering mental health topics.
But wow is that a comic book, stunted little boy take on mental health.
Tragic dude just needs a badass disillusioned chick to give him a hug and everything will be fine?
Yeah. We all need support. And trauma recovery is still work.
Synchronicity!
I was just processing these exact sentiments today...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNKNNR0STcw
Dr Ramani coming in with some needed validation like she does.
I protest the belief that capitalist overtake is inevitable, so we should just resign ourselves to the new norm and accept the narrative that abuse and exploitation is actually "good for us"
They're still trotting that chestnut out every chance they get.
Personally, I'd go find a more satisfying and sustainable outlet and invest my time in community growth. If it was up to me.