Cherryqueenoftarts - 🏳️‍🌈♿😷💉

STOP. moment of gratitude for those precious times of breathing from your nostrils when you don't have a stuffy nose

writer’s block (dry) = no desire to write, no ability to write (bearable)

writer’s block (wet) = HUGE desire to write, no ability to write (very evil)

I recently attended a meeting at my eldest's middle school. He (his chosen pronoun) is autistic and trans, although he hasn't transitioned. Still, he has vibes. He's also fairly aggressive with his peers. He's trying to be funny most of the time and this usually doesn't go well. In recent months there have been several kids who've ganged up on him, especially at lunch. They ruin his food, throw rocks at him, and call him gay slurs. He's miserable.

Reader, I went into that meeting with the intention of having a Cooperative Attitude. I tend to go mama bear pretty fast with school admin and I was Not Going to Do That this time.

Until the principal sat there and earnestly informed me that he was not being bullied. If he defends himself, it's a conflict, not a bullying situation.

Mind you he's one kid, with no one sticking up for him, against groups of attackers.

The only reason I didn't go full nuclear is because my husband was there and he interrupted before I blew my top. We needed a document from the school for his residency paperwork otherwise he's usually the first to blow.

One of the teachers present had the wisdom to assert that it *was* bullying and that allowed me to deescalate.

And I had to point out the power differential to this principal between an autistic kid and a fucking *group* accosting him daily and she finally admitted it was a problem.

I'm still feeling shabby, ngl.

I hate Bullies.

I hope every writer who sees this writes LOADS the next few months. Like freetime opens up, no writers block, the ability to focus, etc etc you're able to write loads & make lots of progress <3

Imagine you somehow could tell who the "bad" people really were. Imagine the good people eliminated them. Who is left?

many problems are caused by the mindset that the world is divided into good people and bad people and the bad people can be "found out" and removed, eventually leading to a utopia containing only good people.