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49 Shades of Awkward

@melzy-pan / melzy-pan.tumblr.com

24. Gryffindor House. X-Men fan. Sailor Moon lover. Caryl. Also, puppies.
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I’d like to take a moment to reflect on one of this countries finest and purest moments.

Trump can spread descrimination and he can even overturn the legalization of equal marriage but he CANNOT wipe our victory from the slate or void all that we stand for.

History will remember. We will remember. Love will always trump hate. United we stand.

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GQ Magazine: When you look back on your long tenure on The Walking Dead, what makes you proudest?

Steven Yeun: Honestly, the privilege that I had to play an Asian-American character that didn’t have to apologize at all for being Asian, or even acknowledge that he was Asian. Obviously, you’re going to address it. It’s real. It’s a thing. I am Asian, and Glenn is Asian. But I was very honored to be able to play somebody that showed multiple sides, and showed depth, and showed a way to relate to everyone. It was quite an honor, in that regard. This didn’t exist when I was a kid. I didn’t get to see Glenn. I didn’t get to see a fully formed Asian-American person on my television, where you could say, “That dude just belongs here.” Kids, growing up now, can see this show and see a face that they recognize. And go, “Oh my god. That’s my face too.”

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what if there was a show where every character was gay and you had the token straight guy character who acted really stereotypical and was into cars beers and women and everyone was like OH STRAIGHT LARRY YOU’RE SO FUNNY AND STRAIGHT

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What I mean when I say “I can’t do that”- Anxiety Version:

  • I am unable to do that
  • I am too stressed out to do that
  • I cannot face the humiliation of attempting to do that
  • My body will physically not allow me to do that
  • I am on the verge of a panic attack
  • I cannot do that

What people hear:

  • I am unwilling to do that
  • I am just shy
  • I am overreacting
  • I am lazy
  • I need to get more experience in social situation to help my anxiety
  • I need a push
  • I don’t want to do that

Proper response to someone saying “I can’t do that” because of anxiety:

  • Can I do it for you?
  • Would you like my help doing it?
  • Would you like to go somewhere where you feel can do that?
  • Is there anything I can do to either alleviate your anxiety or help you do it?
  • What about it can you not do? (And then, sub-sequentially, would you like help with that part/is there anything I can do to help with that)

these responses are literally SO important when you have anxiety

Sometimes things are really scary and if someone has confided in you that they can’t do something because of their anxiety, you should treat it as best you can

anything that goes along the lines of “I would like to help in any way I can” and away from “You are being a baby” is pretty great.

i’ve never seen this response attached to my post before!!!! thank you so much, this is an excellent addition

My boyfriend was too anxious to check the status of his loans, when they would be due, and how to pay them back. All I had to do was help him find the phone numbers/sites he needed and narrow down/lay out what he needed to do to find the information and negotiate loan payment schedules. Since then, he’s gotten so much better at doing these payment and financial things. It’ls not babying to help someone with anxiety get started on these things. It may be what they need to understand and become familiar enough with a process to reduce their anxiety. 

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sdascension

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ All of this. Seriously, it is not babying, it is helping. Just get us started and help build us up.

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summerskin
mina, you’re such a busybody.
are you saying the goddess of love shouldn’t be concerned about love problems?!
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when u and ur friends go out to the woods in the night to scream

when u find out ur friends went in the woods to scream without u

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Carmilla Movie Bundle Giveaway!

Post updated: October 7, 09:40 MST (check back often for updates!)

As some of you know, @honestlynatalie​ and I coordinated a Carmilla Bundle Giveaway last year for Christmas. It was a lot of work, but it was so much fun - it really made us proud to be creampuffs - so we’re doing it again for the @carmillaseries movie!

So here are the deets:

To start, Natalie and I are giving away two ‘The Original Creampuff’ Bundle #3s each! And we have 5 contributors

THAT MEANS 12 WINNERS!

If you want to also get in on the giveaway, like we did in the last giveaway - where we ended up giving away 132 bundles thanks to the 69 incredible people who messaged us to give away one or two - just message me or Natalie! I’ll update this post the number of contributors and bundles as we get them!

Giveaway Rules:

  1. Reblog or like (or do both) this post. So up to two entries per person (1 like + 1 reblog)
  2. You don’t have to follow us. You can if you’d like, but it’s not required and will not have any impact on your chances of winning.
  3. You have to keep your ask box and messages open, so we can contact you. This was a big issue last time, and it took a lot of our time trying to figure out ways to contact people, so we’ll be stricter this time. If you don’t have any of these open, you’ll be disqualified. Winners will be asked for an email address we can gift the bundle to.
  4. We’ll be drawing the winners around October 29, 11:00 AM MST.

Deadline to Reblog: October 29, 2016 at 9:00 AM MST.

(That is 11 AM PST, and 5:00 PM in Oslo. Here’s a nifty MST time converter for your reference: http://www.worldtimebuddy.com/mst-to-pst-converter)

That’s it. Good luck everyone!

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