If your regular everyday clothes* were put on a mannequin, and placed in a group of other mannequins that are dressed in regular street clothes of your region, could the people who know you spot the mannequin who is "you" from clothes alone?
*if you are of an unusual size or build, assume for the sake of this thought experiment that they've found clothing items that are otherwise identical to yours, but able to fit to a standard mannequin
Shout out to all the Black ppl that can no longer participate directly in the fandom they love because of the stresses of racism 👍🏾 you contain multitudes of value and I'm sorry that the color of your skin and the power of your voice makes people not want to acknowledge that.
because we’re in trying times and people deserve kindness without feeling like they have to earn it, reblog this and write in the tags something nice/affectionate/or a fun fact for the person you reblogged it from
Pretend to be so self confident that the gods will strike you down for your impudence. Your brain cannot tell the difference between being sarcastically self-absorbed and genuinely proud of yourself.
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You are now extremely self confident.
Uh oh, you're too self confident. Zeus is turning you into a wolf because of your hubris.
”getting thicker skin” is great in theory but I think for some people “get better at handling your thin skin” is gonna be way more helpful advice. I have strong emotional reactions to criticism and they might never go away, but i can continue to try and handle each situation maturely and that’s the important part. Sometimes irrational feelings are chronic and living with them is better than trying to beat yourself up into not having them.