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if you don't do anything else today,

Please have a moment of silence for the people who were killed instead of freed when news of emancipation finally reached the furthest corners of the american south.

have another moment for the ledgers, catalogs, and records that were burned and the homes that were destroyed to hide the presence of very much alive and still enslaved people on dozens of plantations and homesteads across the south for decades after emancipation.

and have a third moment for those who were hunted and killed while fleeing the south to find safety across the border, overseas, in the north and to the west.

black people. light a candle, write a note to those who have passed telling them what you have achieved in spite of the racist and intolerant conditions of this world, feel the warmth of the flame under your hand, say a prayer of rememberance if you are religious, place the note under the candle, and then blow it out.

if you have children, sit them down and tell them anything you know about the life of oldest black person you've ever met. it doesn't have to be your own family. tell them what you know about what life was like for us in the days, years, decades after emancipation. if you don't know much, look it up and learn about it together.

This is Juneteenth.

white people CAN interact with this post. share it, spread it.

REBLOG TO KILL TOM

Tuesday, October 10.

World Mental Health Day 2023.

Today, this Tuesday, October 10, 2023, is not just any Today, Tuesday, October 10, 2023. No, this particular Today is actually World Mental Day, 2023, an initiative led by the World Health Organization. The theme for this year's event is simple, but powerful: mental health is a universal human right. But let's face it, y'all knew that anyway. Mental health is a universal human right. This means everyone, whoever they are, of every community, and wherever they may be, should have the right to the best available standard of mental health. What they should have is the right to be protected from mental health risks and access to the best quality care.

We know this, yet we still have a long way to go. And too many go without what is their right. With that in mind, let's mark today's World Mental Health Day like only Tumblr knows how, work towards making these seven words a reality, and celebrate how far you've come. You'll go further still. You've got this. 

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Wow, Daegu (South Korea) went from not protecting Daegu Pride in 2018 the way they should've to receiving education sessions on Queer culture and becoming public allies and vowing to protect Pride from then on and doing exactly so every single year culminating in this year when their hobgoblin of a mayor tried to destroy Pride, and now even protesting in favor of Pride? Growth.

It's important to note that the courts also supported Pride and the mayor publicly threatened the police chief, yet the police still went to protect and support Pride.

CNN

South Korean city officials clash with police at protest against LGBTQ festival | CNN

Scuffles broke out in the South Korean city of Daegu on Saturday as local officials led by the mayor clashed with police during a protest ag

"South Korean news agency Yonhap estimated that about 500 protesters and 1,500 police officers were at the scene. The festival ultimately continued, with the parade taking place as planned."

"if sirin was to be released today you'd blame elysia for her purple-white-gold color scheme" if you somehow missed her colours not being pastel with dominating white then maybe I'll remind you that she's a far older character than elysia, reaching even ggz.

but if the concept of her character as a whole was to be released just now - you're right, she'd very likely be included in having her color scheme blamed on elysia! because her design is still very distinct from the designs released nowadays and if she was to be released among other pastel-white-gold battlesuits now I'm pretty sure they'd fuck her up

I've got several issues with the proposed Tumblr blackout, but chief among them is the fact that it lands on the first day of Disabled Pride Month and the fact that there are people calling for it to become indefinite when disabled folks already have limited access to their communities, and many of us are losing what little reliable access we have because of places like Reddit going dark.

Like... idk. Maybe I'm being uncharitable. But the prioritization of ensuring Pride is minimally interfered with while the first day of Disability Pride is just taken away is rubbing me the wrong way.

And just to be clear. I don't think anyone is doing it intentionally. But I also think that's the problem. No one thinks about disabled people except other disabled people. I wish they would.