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“You know…”

“Sometimes I’d wonder if I’d ever really been free in the first place.”

“If outside wasn’t just something I’d made up inside my head.”

“If the Inbetween wasn’t all there was.”

“It all just kept getting blurrier and blurrier until I started to wonder if any of it had ever been real.”

@lloydskywalkers’s fics got me unlocking emotions I didn’t know existed

AsDAFSDGFHGD TWO DAYS LEFT OF PRIDE HERE YOU GO :D!!!!!

all my gender/sexuality hc as icons!!!

we got uh,, trans aro/ace Lloyd, bi demi Kai, mlm Cole, Bi wife Nya (<3), genderfluid (all pronouns) ace/bi Zane, trans lesbian Skylor, enby Morro (obviously :P), pan demi Pixal, bi trans Jay aaa..

...aaand ✨her✨(lesbian Harumi <33)

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There was a phrase that I used in my classroom when my students would ask me about doing questionable things, and my response was always, "Technically you can, but should you?"

The reason I used this instead of a simple yes or no answer is because it opened up conversation. Instead of blindly looking for permission, the conversation became more about cause and effect. Usually it navigated the "well you can't tell me what to do I'm going to do it anyway" instinct in kids when I'd say no, because all they were looking for is something to challenge them.

For example: "Can I jump off the slide?"

"Technically you can, but should you?"

If they answer no, I'd ask why. Usually they'd say because it's against the rules or I don't know.

If they say it's against the rules, I'd ask them why they think it's a rule. And if they'd say I don't know, I'd explain that the slide is five feet off of the ground, and jumping that high is a good way to hurt your knees or worse.

And then the most important part: if you did do it, how can you make it safer?

That's when the creativity juices started to flow. I'd get anything from pillows to beds to bouncy shoes to wings to someone catching them (which became a whole different conversation). And I told them since we didn't have those things here, it wasn't safe. And safety is everyone's number one job at school.

It stopped them from doing it behind my back. It got them to engage in critical thinking. And it helped them figure out how to do things without help.

However, there's always been an itching thought in the back of my head. Somewhere out there, did one of my past students drag their mattress out to the slide and jump off of it?

Luh-Loyd doodles bc why not

Plus Nya bc their friendship dynamic is so good and I love it so much

Also the neon hoodie is bc I just wanted to and also bc uh- I have a hc that he gained a lot confidence in himself once he wasn't hated by everyone, and to reflect that he began to wear neon green. Also then he can use his old hoodie as a comfort thing to hide from people in bc they go nuts whenever he's around. They learn to recognise neon green so ignore the darker green.

Obamitsu fanart redraw for @capsaiciin

RENGOKU BEING THE THIRD WHEEL WITHOUT HIM REALIZING IT! TEH HEH!😏

Really loved the concept and couldn’t resist drawing it! 😊

Here’s their original art here!

Please support the artist! They’re art style awesome and they’re super cool !

BONUS:

"why do you know that" i am curious about the world around me

Can't express how stress free being open minded is.

Some lesbians use he/him? Oh cool.

Some people have people inside their head and sometimes it's fictional chars? Sick your brains like a pirate ship they're all working to run.

Some people like being treated like a pet dog? Bark bark bro.

Being fat isn't unhealthy but a perfectly normal type of body to have? Kinda beautiful how different we can all be.

Something doesn't make any fucking sense? Cool an opportunity to learn. And even if I can't figure it out it's cool we still have mysteries today.

"The trannies should be able to piss in whatever toilet they want and change their bodies however they want. Why is it my business if some chick has a dick or a guy has a pie? I'm not a trannie or a fag so I don't care, just give 'em the medicine they need."

"This is an LGBT safe space. Of COURSE I fully support individuals who identify as transgender and their right to self-determination! I just think that transitioning is a very serious choice and should be heavily regulated. And there could be a lot of harm in exposing cis children to such topics, so we should be really careful about when it is appropriate to mention trans issues or have too much trans visibility."

One of the above statements is Problematic and the other is slightly annoying. If we disagree on which is which then working together for a better future is going to get really fucking difficult.