Perceptivity Of The Day 🙂

𝑶𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒔 , 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆

Comparing oppression can sometimes give you insight as to what other groups of people go through. It teaches you what you have in common with people seemingly different than you are, and teaches you how you are different and how you can ally yourself better with other peoples.

However, if your goal is to prove you suffer the most between you and another person, you'll likely find that there is no conversation, just an endless barrage of back-and-forth to prove which of you deserves to be listened to.

The reality is that you don't have to be in the most pain in order to be listened to. So often, we are inundated with this idea that the person suffering the most is the only one who ought to be listened to, and it sends the message of "holy shit, I guess I don't matter. I guess I deserve to suffer if others are going through worse," and that's just unreasonable and unfair. Who has it worse is entirely contextual and changing, and sometimes it is subjective - as in, something that is earth-breaking for you is an average tuesday evening for the guy next to you.

Kill the cop in your head that says your voice will only matter if you prove yourself. Listen to other marginalized people and know it isn't a competition to see who can prove themselves most worthy of tine and energy. Our resources can (and should) be multifaceted and able to help a variety of peoples.

“if ever you were in the vicinity of a loner, you might believe there is tranquillity in solitude, but if ever you were a loner, you know solitude is an escape from the pandemonium in a world that never could hear you screaming.”

— Ekta Somera

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The whole squad is here to cheer you up! \(≧▽≦)/ I drew this in honor of 1000 posts on Instagram, but I can’t believe I just hit over 2000 posts on Tumblr as well! 🥳🎊 Thank you all for being here- Tumblr was where everything started for Chibird, and I wouldn’t have been able to reach so many people if not for this platform. I know it’s had its ups and downs, but I can say for certain- the chronological timeline of Tumblr has always been a blessing for making sure my art wasn’t hidden behind broken algorithms. As always, sending you all positive thoughts (like all the other Chibird characters here)! 💛

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