obscureone:

amber

thanks!

femmesandfamily:

“Vanity is”

An artistic piece by femmesandfamily, with contributions from her followers.

[Image is of a variety of shots of an art piece.  There is a thick romantic looking frame.  Inside there is a picture of a softly painted light skinned feminine person, with a variety of texts covering the canvas.  The text reads:

Vanity is

surviving modesty

being unapologetically and unshamedly beautiful

loving and exposing

catching my own face in the mirror

empowering

bright red lipstick

stop what I’m doing to admire myself

merely knowing you are beautiful

self-care

radical self-love

glorifying your own existence

to know one’s own beauty and appreciate it for one’s self

victory rolls

hours of makeup for staying home for the night

your own body

making people notice that you are alive

day long photo shoots

self-love that’s been a little twisted]

Thank you to all my followers who submitted and contributed.

femmesandfamily:

wow. this is so powerful.

dearcispeople:

We know we’re not better than you because we’re trans. We’ve also never actually said that. We’ve spent too long being shamed for our genders to shame you for yours.

steppingoncracks:

When are we going to stop “accepting” that people are different than us
and when are going to start respecting people and making them feel safe and welcomed?

smashedwordbrokenopen:

From One Survivor to Another: Can we stop using the sanitized, academic word, “problematic”

thewaronbutthurt:

fromonesurvivortoanother:

and start calling out racism, sexism, ableism, trans-hatred, etc for what they really are?

DANGEROUS

Threatening

Hurtful

Terrible

Because these attitudes are not a little “problem”. They often translate into real-world harm and even…

femmesandfamily:

I preach self care and survival for others

but never do it for myself

transparrotfish:

[Image description: Background is 8 piece pie style color split with black and blue alternating. Foreground is a photo of a parrotfish. Top text reads “(Sometimes Courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying..)”. Bottom text reads “(I will be Stronger tomorrow)”. End description.]