The quietly desperate work culture of “I hate Mondays”, “thank god it’s Friday”, “working for the weekend”, and similar nonsense is deeply disgusting, and I hate that it’s seen as normal. We are burning away 70% of our lives waiting for the 30% where we can recuperate from work and actually live for a little while. This is absolutely not the way life is supposed to be. This is obscene.
please take the time to remember every member of our community who was lost from aids. our government did nothing to save them. our schools do nothing to remember them. an entire generation of lgbt culture and history has been lost, the generation just before our own. remember them when people ask why theres suddenly so many lgbt kids in this generation. we’ve always been here. we cant be stomped out. we will remember our roots and by doing so we can keep those we have lost alive.
i see a lot of posts reminding people that they shouldn’t expect their friends to always be available, or demand they act as a stand-in therapist to vent to at any available opportunity, but i rarely see anyone saying it’s okay to take that advice yourself, and i think we should.
if your friend makes you feel guilty for not being on call 24/7/365, they’re not being a good friend, and you’re not a bad person for not wanting to interact every single time they message you.
