afloweroutofstone:

I’ve mentioned this before but I remember an LGBTQ group at my old school did a privilege walk that I participated in (for the unfamiliar, it’s an exercise where the leaders of the activity call out privileges and a certain number of steps forward or backward to walk depending on if you have them, to illustrate differences in social status within a group), and they put “have difficulty finding clothes that fit you comfortably” around the same number of steps as “don’t have health insurance,” and I identify that moment as the one where I realized exactly how broken privilege politics are

pocketbucky:

nobody talks about how ugly taking care of yourself can be

yes, sometimes it’s taking a warm bath and texting memes to friends and keeping an aesthetically pretty journal.

sometimes it’s crying silently on your couch at 3am, hugging yourself and reminding yourself that you’re a good person.

self care is not always ‘aesthetic’ and cute…and that’s ok. don’t be embarrassed, just do what you need to do.