cherrys-acid:

Lets talk about how hard it is to open up to someone about being sad for no reason. Lets talk about how hard it is to explain to your friends and family that you have this heavy feeling in your chest for no reason. Lets talk about how hard it is to understand why you’re having a panic attack while just taking a walk back home. Lets talk about how hard it is to understand your own self and how scary it is to feel like the whole world is falling on your shoulders and you have no idea why .

thatwriterchickyouknow:

archemedes:

what skincare culture should be:
-strong encouragement to use sunscreen and stay away from tanning booths
-encouraging little black and brown kids to love their skin color, giving love to people with skin conditions such as vitiligo/albinism/hyper-pigmentation/etc.
-good smelling lotion for all
what skincare culture is:
-unless a women has totally clear poreless pale skin that glows like paintings like the virgin mary she is gross and unhygienic and doesn’t take care of herself
-don’t want to be that girl? spend $1000 a year on expensive goo sold by glossier and lush and inject weird chemicals in your skin to get rid of freckles and moles and wrinkles even though you’re only like 25

all excellent but i would like to submit that skincare culture should also be:

-destroying the idea that acne is something gross or shameful and spreading real information about how to soothe breakouts so they’re not as uncomfortable

-discussion of the skin as your body’s first line of defense against a lot of disease so it needs to be kept healthy

-acceptance of scars, stretchmarks, birthmarks, etc. and conditions like psoriasis and eczema as things that aren’t shameful

-stopping the culture of “look ten years younger!” and acting like aging is something disgraceful

freedom-of-fanfic:

nonbinarypastels:

golbatgender:

Antis: “Some obscure fanfic on AO3 normalizes abuse but us bullying literally everyone doesn’t!”

Antis: “reading fanfic is retraumatizing you!! but me comparing you to your abuser and telling you to kill yourself is doing absolute wonders for your mental health”

Antis: “oh, I don’t condone those other antis who harass or abuse shippers. But have you considered that maybe if you’re shipping an abusive ship, you kind of deserve it?”

staff:

The internet is keeping score

Tumblr, we know you’ve been fighting valiantly to restore net neutrality. Whether you added widgets to your Tumblrs, or reblogged posts to spread the word to your followers, or contacted your reps asking them to keep the internet free and open as we know it—you’re helping. You’re doing it. Let’s keep that momentum up. 

BattleForTheNet.com (@fight4future) is letting Congress know that the internet is keeping score of every Congressperson who is and is not supporting the restoration of net neutrality. 

Right now you can visit that scoreboard and easily look up whether or not your reps support the Congressional Review Act resolution. 

This CRA will restore the net neutrality rules the FCC dismantled back in November 2017. They have 177 signatures, but need 44 more. You can help make that happen. This grassroots effort is working. Just two days ago Rep. Mike Coffman listened to his constituents from Colorado and became the first Republican to support the Democrat-led CRA. Keep putting that same pressure on your congresspeople. Urge them to sign the petition. If your congressperson has already pledged to support the CRA, reblog this post, add the new widget to your Tumblr (just copy and paste the small line of code from Battle For The Net right into the customize theme page on the web), and shout out what’s happening on all of your social media accounts. We have to spread the word.

Keep going, Tumblr. This matters, and you’re making a marked difference.