To all the teenagers following me that don’t hear it from their parents: I’m proud of you.
To all of the adults following me that never heard it from their parents: I’m proud of you, too.
“There’s so much more to life than finding someone who will want you, or being sad over someone who doesn’t. There’s a lot of wonderful time to be spent discovering yourself without hoping someone will fall in love with you along the way, and it doesn’t need to be painful or empty. You need to fill yourself up with love. Not anyone else. Become a whole being on your own. Go on adventures, fall asleep in the woods with friends, wander around the city at night, sit in a coffee shop on your own, write on bathroom stalls, leave notes in library books, dress up for yourself, give to others, smile a lot. Do all things with love, but don’t romanticize life like you can’t survive without it. Live for yourself and be happy on your own. It isn’t any less beautiful, I promise.”
— Emery Allen (via quotemadness)
I think he’s become—and I’ve said this to him—for as amazing as all of our actors are at embodying these characters, every single one of them, he’s one that reminds me, alongside Christopher Reeve, as just like ‘these are the characters.’ I think he’s a great actor, and I think he can do whatever he wants to do, but even when you look at his Twitter account and taking a stand on things, it’s like, ‘Is he becoming Captain America?’ – Kevin Feige
The sharing of the names and faces of marginalized achievements and experiences has its place and its time, and it’s good to give credit where credit is due but don’t overdo it.
A post about a highly unjustified arrest of an antifascist activist is not better with their name and face in it. All that does is expose the activist to more danger.
It has to be safe and it has to be their own choice.
A person in handcuffs is not consenting to be photographed. If an author didn’t name their identity on a zine, don’t tell everyone that it was written by a black trans woman from your small mostly-white city.
And if you wanna do the kind of activism that doesn’t exist at the mercy of the state, get used to staying anonymous and not getting credit for the work you did. Get used to not telling your followers about the cool shit you did. Adjust yourself to activism without credit and praise. It can take some getting used to but it is the only way to stay safe if you want to be dangerous to the forces oppressing you.
TheOriginalGodsGirlRachel 