crawfishboy:

spacelazarwolf:

spacelazarwolf:

white trans ppl from liberal suburbia in blue states will go on and on about how scary it is to be a trans person right now but the second they encounter a trans person from a red state they’ll be like “ummmmm why would you live in such an uncivilized place lmao maybe you shouldn’t have voted for republicans like if you don’t like how conservative it is then just leave” as if these states aren’t populated by black and brown people who face intense voter suppression and poor people who can’t just up and leave. not to mention the fact that all those articles y’all are sharing about the state of trans safety? those are in our states and we will be the ones who go down first. so instead of laughing at us dumb hicks from your liberal safe haven, consider instead shutting the fuck up and actually doing something to help us. because they’re coming for you next.

no literally this!!!!!!!! queer hicks unite!!!!!!!!!!!

[ID: tags that read, “#also frankly its infuriating to me that queers & people of color arent allowed to enjoy their rural/southern cultures #theres an expectation that REAL queer culture is urban & northern/west coast #i feel like a lot of ppl see southern/rural culture as intrinsically racist/homophobic and therefore the whole thing needs to be tossed out #and everyone should just act like theyre from fucking LA. no i wanna be a hick AND queer fuck you #it sucks already that your own culture is hostile to you but then you get people shaming you for enjoying or mourning it too”. End ID]

thepeacefulgarden:

Spiritual Self-Care Can Look Like…

• Praying or meditating
• Spending time in nature
• Attending worship if you choose
• Deconstructing, and questioning what you’ve been taught
• Letting go of purity culture (that doesn’t mean you have to jump into hookup culture, and it’s not “anything goes.”)
• Absolving yourself of responsibility for other people’s choices
• Forgiving yourself for your mistakes, and giving yourself grace and compassion as you strive to do better and be accountable
• Practicing gratitude, even (especially!) when it’s hard
• Mindfulness and grounding
• Joyful movement
• Resting, and not feeling guilty about resting
• Participating in rituals and celebrations that are meaningful to you (and letting go of ones that aren’t)
• Sitting with your feelings
• Learning to discern intuition from trauma, learning to trust yourself
• Getting in touch with your cultural heritage, learning the things your ancestors knew
• Making art, writing stories, and being creative, just for its own sake. (Even if it’s “not very good,” or wouldn’t make it into an art gallery.)
• Setting up a small altar in your home
• Taking a ritual bath, or even just taking a shower after a rough day
• Reading sacred texts
• Being kind to yourself and others
• Leaving a religious group that does not suit you anymore, or that never did in the first place
• Finding your own path, even if it’s not the one your parents and culture mapped out for you at birth
• Listening to a spirit guide (whatever form they might take in your culture or belief system)
• Letting go of shame
• Starting over
• Letting go of bad habits
• Decluttering
• Getting away from screens, even just for a little while
• Volunteering, doing good deeds
• Slowing down
• Practicing self compassion
• Listening to your conscience (and learning to distinguish it from trauma and insecurities), deciding not to do something that “feels wrong”
• Working through religious trauma and generational trauma
• Letting go of grudges and resentments towards others, practicing forgiveness (not because they deserve it, but because you deserve peace)
• Processing your feelings, sitting with them, and accepting them as valid

evidenceofdespair: