Rachael Stephen's Blog, page 18

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Tumblr users are…

50% more likely to go to a political rally
2.2 times more likely to advise others on current events and politics
108% more likely to be registered to vote

I remixed this slide from a presentation by Tumblr’s Liba Rubenstein (libawr).

Sources: TED Open Conversation (one-hour video) on May 28, 2014, data from comScore and photo by James Cridland.

But it’s all just slacktivism right? 

hmmmm

I didn’t know about any rally’s until I saw posts about them on tumblr

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rainbow-femme:

I’m sick of magical worlds with no technology. I want fairy run coffee shops where you can get a latte with a shot of charisma, because you’ve got a big presentation you’re worried about, or witches working at Apple selling phones that automatically appear in your pocket if you accidentally leave it somewhere, or psychics running hair salons who always know how you want your hair to look, or aura reader therapists. I just really want normalized magic in modern society

"Recently, I got a tattoo from a comic book. It’s the non-compliant symbol from Kelly Sue DeConnick..."

“Recently, I got a tattoo from a comic book. It’s the non-compliant symbol from Kelly Sue DeConnick and Valentine De Landro’s Bitch Planet, and it’s on my left thumb. It’s visible; it’s noticeable; it’s a feminist symbol from outer-space. Why did I do that? To remind myself that I don’t have to be nice all the time. That being socially unacceptable does not make me a worthless person. That I have a responsibility to myself to take care of myself. Because I’m a recovering nice girl, and sometimes I still believe the opposite of all those things. And maybe now, I’ll add to the reminder list. Maybe from now on, it will also remind me that the damage I do myself by staying silent is just as bad — if not worse — as the damage I might receive by speaking. That I don’t have to be perfectly right, perfectly reasoned, perfectly kind all the time to have something worth saying. That that’s ok. That my voice is necessary to me, if no one else.”

- from What I Learned About Myself From The “Keep YA Kind” Debate by Jenn Northington (via catagator)

On support

greatatuin:

There are a lot of posts going around about how, if you have mentally ill friends, you should always support them, you should always be there for them when they need you. This is a really good idea, in theory, but it sets up a very easily abused framework of “you can’t get away or withdraw from a mentally ill person because they’re sick, or you’re ableist and a bad person and a bad friend”.

This rhetoric can be twisted very easily by abusive people into it being a requirement to give them attention, like attention is something you owe them as a good person. And to some degree, attention is something that should be exchanged in a friendship! But…

It’s easy to get worn thin. It’s easy to give all of yourself away because you want to be a good person, because you want to be a good friend. It’s easy to forget that you have needs, too.

It’s okay to withdraw from mentally ill friends who are dragging you down with them. It’s okay to need some time alone. It’s okay to stop being friends with someone if they’re actively hurting your mental health.

On the flip side; it’s okay to ask for attention when you need it, but if you’re rejected on that front, you absolutely must respect the other person. It’s not okay to threaten harm or self-harm if someone leaves or says no or refuses to give you the support you want or need. We can’t let communities be ruled by abusive expectation, and we can’t forget abusive behavior just because the abusive person is mentally ill.

Ultimately, I’m really uncomfortable with this particular piece of rhetoric that goes around tumblr, because i think it can be twisted very easily into something really poisonous.

I say this as a mentally ill person, who has recently had to disconnect from a couple of friends who were really badly effecting my mental health by essentially quoting this idea when I tried to pull away. I don’t ever want to be that person for someone- if you need to get away from me, please do.

You don’t owe anyone your time or attention. You don’t owe anyone anything. If you freely give time and attention, that’s fine. It’s fine to ask for attention, too. It’s when it starts to become coercive that there is a problem.

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kierongillen:

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Anita Sarkeesian “What I Couldn’t Say” Speech Lays Bare What Two Years Of Endless Abuse Does To You

Watch this.

Watch this.

This is so important. Thank you, so much, Anita.

I’ve seen so many women who I’m friends with have to star doing what Anita is talking about here, and it’s heartbreaking.

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1979semifinalist:

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A fanmade soundtrack for Marvel’s upcoming Captain Marvel movie (because 2018 is too far away).

listen || keep

I’ll have to take some time to check out all the music, but re-blogging for the album cover art alone. SWOOOOOONNNNNNNN.

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GIRLS — if you hit, slap, belittle, kick, punch, choke, throw things at, or control your boyfriends, you are the abuser. You are not a “strong woman”, “empowered”, or anything similar. You are hurting him. Even if his muscles are strong enough to take it, a hit or slap from someone you love is an emotional blow.

Written by a girl who’d never hit a guy.

These things go unnoticed a lot.

Kind of just realising that I come home almost every day from work with serious sensory...

Kind of just realising that I come home almost every day from work with serious sensory overload/over stimulation. And that that’s the reason I am always desperate to get home and get changed and sit in the quiet by the end of every shift. And that overloaded might even be the main cause of anxiety attacks I’ve experienced in the last year or so. Realising this in the context of also wondering if I’m actually not neurotypical like I’ve assumed my whole life. HMM.

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Doctors are ‘failing to spot Asperger’s in girls’

magicmage:

Expert says many more girls have autism than was thought, and failure to diagnose them can lead to misery

So, basically, what this article is saying is they…

A comment replying to my Ebola post, an idiot said this.. "Or America has the money and sanitation that Africa doesn’t have and that’s why the two Americans lived".... Below is a tiny collection of images of the Africa they refuse to show you..

chocolatecakesandthickmilkshakes:

kushandwizdom:

I really am sorry that you have reached this far in life, brainwashed by your media believing that Africa looks like the image below.. I really do sympathize with you,

Stop making Africa the poster child for poverty, poverty is everywhere, and if you ever paid attention, you might notice that it’s closer to home than you think!!!

Thank fucking you!!