“I’m not doing enough” puts your body into a state of fear, eliciting a freeze response, making it a self fulfilling prophecy
“I’m moving towards what I most want” creates relaxation, opening up your mind to perceive more options, increasing the odds of actualization
Reading is always political because your ability to read is something your women ancestors fought for you to have, and more you don’t see reading as a privilege, the easier it is for the same people who suppressed your ancestors to do it again
I don’t think some people realize how hard the tariffs will hit us.
Artists and small businesses (like me!) will go back to paper bookmarks and laminated keychains.
Say goodbye to plushies, acrylic charms, any and all of the amazing merch that you love. Show’s over.
You’ll have to click through for this one — when I first read this, it took my breath away. Jessica L Walsh • When My Daughter Tells me I was Never Punk
Big news out of Iowa!
Iowa has elected its first transgender House of Representatives member, Aime Wichtendahl after winning a tightly contested election.
She will join a growing number of trans legislators and will make history in the state of Iowa.
Incredible news. Zooey Zephyr, my fiancée, was re-elected to the Montana House of Representatives, getting 83% of the vote.
Many of you will remember her for standing up for trans people in Montana, and then getting censured and kicked off the House floor.
I'm so proud of her.
y’all talking about the 2028 election when you really need to make sure you VOTE IN 2026!!!!!!! STOP IGNORING THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS!!!! TAKE AWAY THE REPUBLICAN SENATE MAJORITY
Strangely, it's moments like this that I feel most lucky to be queer. I think about our elders. How hopeless they must have felt. How easy it would have been to give up. But they fought for the life I get to live today. What an insult it would be, to them, to succumb to despair