Surprise! You can create and maintain boundaries while also having sympathy/empathy for the pain and trauma that led the other person to the behavior you're removing yourself from.

*taps mic*
Is this thing on?

If the world owes me nothing, I owe the world nothing.

I have a theory that every black/white dialectic is actually a full color spectrum infinity sign, a la the new Autism symbol. That's not why, it just happens to fit.

Reposting this since I have more followers now. I'm very proud of this poem, especially this particular performance. Let me know what you think!

🏳️‍⚧️🕯🕯🕯 Hail The Travelers. Today we Honor the dearly departed. #transdayofrememberance

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Supporting all of these 💛

LGBTQIA+ 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
BLM 🖤
Free Palestine ☮︎
Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦
Indigenous People 🫶
Women’s Rights 💖
Pro-Choice ❤️‍🔥
Gender Identity 🤍
Mental Health Awareness 🎗
Autism Awareness ♾
Disability Awareness 🏥

I’m simply saying that we should at least begin the discussions.

Christian nationalism
is just white supremacists twisting the word of their god for hatred

We should call them what they are
religious white supremacist zealots

& stop coddling them by using their coded language

where my gay witches at??

#gaywitchcraft #wicca #lgbtq #gay #wiccan #witch #witchcraft #nature #love #art #magic #blueskywitches

having the ability to go to a protest, any protest, is a privilege. not everyone can physically walk far. some people get claustrophobic too easily. others might have a temper and not want to ruin the cause by virtue of popping off at the wrong time or in the wrong way.

The thing that keeps getting me about all the pieces fretting about Bluesky being too insular is that the argument seems to be that those of us who are most likely to be abused by the right (BIPOC people, trans people, queer people, etc) must put up with being abused for the sake of public discourse

A most appropriate introduction of myself to
#SkyPoets
:
An ode to my ex-step-mother's fascination with "The Polyamorous Gays in their Bondage Leathers"

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