Quit Giving The Staff Ideas

As a writer who’s gotten both of these comments, the later two by FAR want me to keep writing more. They make me smile. I laugh, I giggle, I get those weird butterflies of happiness (gross). Guys it takes literally five seconds, and the author will MOST LIKELY respond or at least get a kick out of your humor

how to trick writers into giving you more fanfic to read

Had a professor tell me "suffering is the wellspring of creativity" and my therapist was wrong to tell me to create art that reflected my happiness. We're on much better terms now, but never let someone tell you that you should suffer to create. Create in happiness, you deserve it.

I just finished the newest episode

Ned no longer working with the try guys has me in a combination of disgusted with men and sobbing over my childhood

Small memories

You’re standing in line for basketball during lunch with your best friend of six months when it happens.

The most popular boy in school calls her a word you don’t know in one breath and then says, “You’re on my team.”

She’s been waiting for nearly an hour to get called into play.. She turns on her heel and marches out of line. “I don’t want to play with you.”

You scramble after her, confused. “What? What did he say?”

She doesn’t answer you. She looks like she has a fever, eyes glassy and face flushed as she stomps up to the teacher on duty.

“Oh,” the teacher says, “Oh, he didn’t mean it. He just heard someone else say that and wants to sound cool.”

“But he called me a name,” she says. “We aren’t allowed to call people names.”

“He didn’t mean it,” the teacher repeats. “I promise.”

Your friend’s eyes aren’t glassy now. They’re very, very sharp. “Okay. He’s a fucking dickhead.”

“We do not use that language,” the teacher says. “Two wrongs don’t make a right.”

“I didn’t mean it,” she says.

The teacher’s jaw clenches. “Yes, you did.  You’ve lost free time this week.”

“Does he?” she asks.

The teacher refuses to answer and pulls out the penalty notebook to write down your friend’s name.

You don’t know what’s happening, but you know that something’s gone very wrong here. You say, “You’re fucking up, teacher.” Then, when the teacher gapes at you, “What does fuck mean?”

It is the first time you get detention, on a different day than your friend.

I have a rotation of new-tab sites that give money to different causes (cleaning the ocean, planting trees, etc.) I’m adding this to the list. 

IF YOU’RE SHORT ON CASH, HERE’S ANOTHER WAY TO DONATE TO BLM WHILE BROWSING THE INTERNET:

There’s an extension called Tab for a Cause that donates money to charity every time you open a new tab (on Chrome or Firefox).

Basically, it puts two or three small ads on your new tab page and then donates the ad revenue to charity.

You’ll get Hearts every time you open up a page, which act as “votes” that you can donate to various charities to tell Tab for a Cause where you want your money to go.

There are a few charities that are always available for donations, but Tab for a Cause also “spotlights” a new charity every month – and starting today (June 2), in support of the BLM movement, the spotlighted charity is the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.

Also, did I mention it’s incredibly gorgeous and functional, too? You can customize your new tab background, take notes, create to-do lists and more (I’ve been using this extension for several years and I still have yet to get sick of it)!!

For those concerned about possible scams, this extension is super transparent. All of its code is open-source (x) (x) (x), and you can see all its quarterly financial reports right here.

Seriously, this is so so so easy – I usually hate posts that are all “there’s no reason not to do this!” but right now, I genuinely cannot think of even a single reason not to do this. 

That said, if there is somehow something standing in your way, you can still help by boosting this post like crazy – I’m not a big blog, so every share counts. Otherwise, please take 30 seconds and install Tab for a Cause by clicking this link or typing tab.gladly.io into your search bar.

(By the way, that if you use the specific link in this post, it’ll register as a referral for me, which will give me 250 bonus hearts to donate to NAACP… just saying.)

FLORENCE + THE MACHINE NEVER DISAPPOINTS SHE’S MAKING HER OWN GENDER AND I LOVE IT

hey so uh, I don’t know how many of ya’ll know this, and I don’t mean to be super up front about it, but evERYBODY DESERVES RIGHTS!!!!!!!! EVERY HUMAN BEING!!!! DESERVES!!!!! RIGHTS!!!!!! and if you don’t think so you’re a racist homophobic misogynist ass piece of shit!!!! 

not to be a bootlicker but im going feral over young gibbs in parade rest

I think what I’m enjoying most about Glass Onion discourse is that hugh grant is hugh grant. Like, benoit is played by daniel craig we all acknowledge this but I immensely enjoy that his husband is hugh grant. no fancy detective name, no alias, that’s just hugh grant with a sourdough starter