Photos of gay trans male activist Lou Sullivan throughout his life, as presented in Lou Sullivan: Daring to be a Man Among Men by Brice D. Smith

I never see historic trans male posts and I’m crying thank you

a fools guide to not wanting to die anymore

by me, a fool who doesnt wanna die anymore 

… 8|

That’s some pretty good advice. I don’t know what’s left of my humor after ‘guess I’ll just die’ jokes but it’s worth a shot.

Personally i went from “guess I’ll die” jokes to “IF I HAVE TO BE HERE FOR 5 MORE MINUTES I PROMISE YOU I WILL BUY JUST, AN ARRAY OF CLOTHES.” and other wild hyperbolic stuff. Just replace the death part with something ridiculous and off topic. Its very entertaining

This also works with calling myself things like stupid, worthless, trash, etc. Even if you do this jokingly to yourself, your brain still believes it, and keeps up the cycle. Seriously, I found that when I stopped saying these things about myself, even jokingly, it made a massive difference.

Here’s a tip I picked up from a friend that’s helped me a lot — replace self deprecating jokes with ironically self aggrandizing jokes

Like every time I trip and fall, instead of saying “l’m just a disaster human” I say “I’m the epitome of grace and beauty”

Or like, when I draw a picture I’m not 100% happy with, instead of saying “my art is trash” I say something like “you know I think it’s time we replaced the Mona Lisa”

When you do that you get to make a joke, but you’re ALSO getting practice building yourself up, y’know?

And eventually it becomes a reflex and you get so used to it that you can say nice stuff about yourself even when you AREN’T joking

Sade on the Russell Harty Show, 1984

this is the actual best picture, there is simply not a better image

Us (2019) - Dir. Jordan Peele “Once upon a time, there was a girl and the girl had a shadow. The two were connected, tethered together. And the girl ate, her food was given to her warm and tasty. But when the shadow was hungry, he had to eat rabbit raw and bloody. On Christmas, the girl received wonderful toys; soft and cushy. But the shadow’s toys were so sharp and cold they sliced through her fingers when she tried to play with them. The girl met a handsome prince and fell in love. But the shadow at that same time had Abraham, it didn’t matter if she loved him or not. He was tethered to the girl’s prince after all. Then the girl had her first child, a beautiful baby girl. But the shadow, she gave birth to a little monster. Umbrae was born laughing. The girl had a second child, a boy this time. They had to cut her open and take him from her belly. The shadow had to do it all herself. She named him Pluto, he was born to love fire. So you see, the shadow hated the girl so much for so long until one day the shadow realized she was being tested by God.”

wheres that picture of the white boys picking cotton and the black kid with the whip i think and mlk jr in the sky smiling

ur right we can’t let mlk have all the fun here

hold on

there we go

That time of year again.

add harriet tubman up in there too

as you wish

HAPPY BLACK ASS HISTORY MONTH EVERYBODY 😂😂😂

*takes your hand* rapists don’t get punished in this country; most of the Terrible People you think should be “Locked Away Forever” won’t be. Prisons are stuffed with desperate poor people and people of color for things like Having Weed and Robbing a Gas Station Because They Were Desperate for Money or Being an Addict or, and this one’s my favorite, Being Black and at the Wrong Place and at the Wrong Time. Prison is a Farce; you’re not being protected from Bad People like the government wants you to believe, like use your brain and think about all the free labor prisons are getting out of these Black and brown men …

These vines are my life

i am on the fucking floor DYING

Let us watch as this man’s life devolves

This video reads like this man has been placed under a curse and he is physically incapable of resisting the cup shuffle