I’d like to be fucked.
therapist: how are you?
me: fine how are you
(via teenagerposts)
My dreams are attainable and I will reach them. My dreams are attainable and I will reach them. My dreams are attainable and I will reach them. My dreams are attainable and I will reach them. My dreams are attainable and I will reach them. My dreams are attainable and I will reach them. My dreams are attainable and I will reach them. My dreams are attainable and I will reach them.
(via exploring-essence)
Be mindful of how people handle how you react to them mistreating you.
chemicalheart-deactivated202009:
chemicalheart-deactivated202009:
I mentioned how drug criminalization at street level ties in with other nuisance crimes like solicitation, loitering, public urination, panhandling etc. You might be opposed to all of these things but the formation of these crimes is not arbitrary, they’re designed to criminalize people deemed undesirable. If you’re homeless in the city at night where are you supposed to piss? Loitering is literally just existing in public space without spending money.
We tend to believe - or we’re told - that public space belongs to everyone but these laws turn it into private property for people deemed desirable; people who will walk along the boardwalk and spend money at all the little cafes and boutiques. You can see how this facilitates gentrification right?
And the people who actually occupied these spaces are rendered invisible, which means being cut off from their communities and from society. When I was a teenager hanging around the city at night cos things sucked at home and I had no money I’d hang out with the local street people (the term they said they personally preferred). This didn’t occur to me at the time cos I was 14 with no sophisticated political understanding but having the space to connect with people directly like that - houseless and housed, in the public spaces of the community you share - holds serious potential for mutual aid and networking, which something people living in these situations have always known and done. This is how criminal networks spring up seemingly at random in the first place. Those networks, btw, are not merely self serving but include friendship groups, relationships etc. I wanna point out that it’s ridiculous to diminish the relationships houseless people have because of the necessity of shared resources when literally all relationships are mediated by capital and plenty of housed people date for money, because they can’t afford rent alone etc.
But point being, shared public space like this facilitates relationships in all different directions which can have a lot of important outcomes like making it harder for cops to get away with harassing houseless people, making housed people aware that their local government is letting people sleep rough, enabling the sharing of resources (like Food Not Bombs providing meals since you can’t cook without a kitchen), and this is on top of the social relationships that form without the involvement of housed people at all.
This is long winded sorry but my point is that the denial of public space through criminalizing the act of living and working in it is yet another example of how isolation is enforced and the most marginalized people are pushed ever further outward. Strategic sleeping arrangements worked out to increase safety are ruined, access to nearby amenities is denied, and local housed people are only faintly aware of what’s happening at best. Where I hung out with the local street people had nearby toilets, a bakery that opened early, a cop shop and courthouse, a welfare office, a government housing office, and a hospital all within walking distance, all of which are things houseless people often need to access. I could go on and on about this cos it makes me furious (I’ve been homeless but not slept on the street) but like, this kills people! And it makes their lives so much more difficult and really highlights why everyone should be furious about these laws and how public space is increasingly privatised
Also? When governments talk about “increasing safety” with more surveillance, lighting, police patrols etc this is what they’re actually doing. “Public safety” is an excuse to privatise every corner of life and criminalize people who are already marginalized and living on the fringes. It’s obviously very well meaning when people talk about solutions to homelessness being cheaper than criminalization but it’s kind of missing the point. This isn’t just about individuals or about a budget, it’s about the mediation of public space, expanding the surveillance state, and tightening systems of control. Homeless people and people who live and work on the streets (like dealers, sex workers etc) are collateral damage
(via prettyboiiblues)
Every time I have one sip of alcohol I’m like “time for sex”
Current mood
(via journeydowntherabbithole)
someone said ‘the version of me you created in your mind is not my responsibility’ and wow
(via journeydowntherabbithole)
Good dick is so hard to find.
You go through the motions all to find out it wasnt worthy. Like who has been telling stories to these men?
Exactly. Speak on it!
(via journeydowntherabbithole)
ruinedmami-deactivated20200726:
You ever just wanna…. mmmm… connect with someone on a deep level that isn’t forced?
(via prettyboiiblues)
In 2020, niggas gotta stop checking in on me.
It’s either you check in on me to send me some money, eat my pussy from the back or to buy me a very expensive dinner. Other than that, leave me alone.