OCTANENUMBER

Everything is confusing right now.

I recently realized that I currently have everything in my life that I’ve always wanted.

Even after all this time I sometimes still look at Richard in disbelief that someone as amazing as he can be in love with me. I feel how he adores me. I see how he cares. How could I have ever thought that anything besides this was love at all.

stcrwar:

if you’re not sure what to do, want to contribute but you’re feeling unsure of how to stay socially and politically involved, refer to these sources to help you out. there’s no such thing as too young, too old, not politically savvy enough (clearly), too remote an area. stay woke, stay active, stay involved in any way possible. i would suggest creating a separate email account. commit to doing at least something. stay involved! don’t exclusively post to social media about the state of the u.s., you can actually strive to participate, strive to contribute to your community and to help those who are suffering.

immigration

• fighting racist immigration policies
• how to help refugees in the u.s.
• volunteer with the international rescue committee
  
• protect daca youth, support the bridge act
  
• stop deportations, join united we dream
  
• border angels
  
• young center for immigrant children’s rights

environment

• stand with standing rock
• support the environmental defense fund
  
• fight trump’s climate and fossil fuel agenda
• volunteer with greenpeace
• natural resources defense council
• next gen climate change
• sierra club
• take action with earth justice

movements and action

• we, the protesters
• participate in women’s march aftermath
• join an action group
• sign up to wall of us for weekly acts of resistance
  
• take action with left action
  
• boycott retailers
• join move on
• sign up to #fighttrump
  
• take action with democracy for america
• get involved with amnesty usa
• pledge to volunteer 306 hours during trump’s term
  
• volunteer, find events with our revolution

violence, discrimination, diversity

• campaign zero (police brutality)
• actions for gun reform
  
• law center to prevent gun violence
• women against gun violence
• join black lives matter movement
• anti defamation league
  
• council on american-islamic relations
• american jewish committee
• national council of jewish women
• native american rights fund
• national hispanic leadership agenda
• get involved with the naacp
• disability rights education and defense fund

stay woke

• 99 ways to fight trump
  
• use the countable app
• join the brigade network
• use i-citizen
• my civic workout
• constitution center
• ballotopedia
• legislation being debated in congress
• 8 political science webinars

human rights, women’s issues

• take action with aclu
• global human rights
• support the human rights campaign
  
• league of women voters
• naral pro choice america
  
• support planned parenthood
• volunteer or work for planned parenthood
  
• support an anti sexual violence organization
  
• national coalition against domestic violence
• volunteer with a women’s or domestic abuse shelter

lgbt+ involvement

• participate in a pride march
• the trevor project
• fight anti-trans discrimination
  
• gay and lesbian alliance against defamation
• join a local lgbt organization
• lambada legal
  
• volunteer with an lgbt youth shelter

government

• urge support of the national popular vote interstate compact
• join a local democratic organization or google ‘local democratic club’
  
• if you aren’t in the u.s. join democrats abroad
  
• impeach trump
  
• check for petitions to support
• march on tax day, demanding trump to release his tax returns
  
• be a nuisance to representatives
  
• contact elected officials, do it daily, weekly, monthly

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(Source: violiadavis)

I’m the luckiest girl in the world, despite being the sickest I’ve ever been and feeling the crappiest I’ve ever felt. My lovely boyfriend is in the kitchen taking shouted instructions (from me, in bed) on how to make the soup my mom always made me when I was a sick kid.

I have the flu for the first time in like 5 years. I wheezed and snorted and coughed like a beast all night long and my lovely boyfriend was nothing but comforting and supportive. Poor guy, has to sleep with me coughing up a riot every 10 minutes. I currently feel like the luckiest piece of death ever.