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Stop Using Phony Science to Justify Transphobia
Someone wrote this and actually believes this: “there are only two genders, the rest are mental illnesses.” I can’t even… I’m so sorry to anyone who has dealt with this. I just want to take a moment and say that gender is not binary. This is not just my opinion, or anyone’s opinion, really. There […] [read more]
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Cool thing I learned this week 🎶
At its very essence, playing a wind instrument can be a form of self-care. [read more]
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More really great advice
Action creates motivation, not the other way around. You don’t need to feel good to get going, you need to get going to give yourself a chance at feeling good. [read more]
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You can’t change the people around you, but you can change the people around you. [read more]
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Quote from “Whenever You’re Ready”
Picture a wave. In the ocean. You can see it, measure it, its height, the way the sunlight refracts when it passes through. And it’s there. And you can see it, you know what it is. It’s a wave. [read more]
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Trans Women are Women; Trans Men are Men
If someone says a trans woman is “a man pretending to be a woman,” I hate to break it to them… [read more]
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Social Media “Friends”
To everyone who’s seen their friends list shrink and have no idea why: Don’t take it to heart. I’ve been there—wondering what I did wrong when people “unfriended” me. But let’s be honest, Facebook calling them “friends” is quite manipulative. It’s just a digital connection, not a measure of your real relationships. True friends reach […] [read more]
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Stop associating strength with the ability to smile through tears and suffer in silence. Strength means being brave enough to talk about what’s hurting you on the inside. [read more]
