This Is Just An FYI But No Matter What Issues You're An Activist For Or A Supporter Of;

This is just an FYI but no matter what issues you're an activist for or a supporter of;

Its okay to need moments or days where you simply don't talk about it.

Its okay to say; "I need to step back for a little bit to recharge and focus on the positives."

Its okay to tell someone you can't be their ear right now because you need to rebalance yourself and focus on your own wellbeing. Its okay to tell people you just want to enjoy this moment or this day and not focus on terrible, awful things.

Moments of happiness and peace are just as important as activism and engagement.

You cannot expect people to curate their own online spaces if you're too lazy to give them what they need to do so.

Tag your content. Use content markers and warnings. Appropriately warn for things and use trigger warning and statements.

You cannot expect people to be able to avoid your content if you're not giving them the functions they physically need in order to be able to. Its like telling someone who's allergic to peanut butter to just 'not eat any' then refusing to tell them which things have peanut butter in them.

Listen. I fully understand why celebrities (typically musicians) have the world's plainest merch. I know its because it has to be mass produced and to maximise profits and to limit design expenses and production time.

I understand it.

I just refuse to accept it.

Like. Harry Styles will step onto a red carpet or stage in a one of a kind five-piece sequined, personalised, rainbow ensemble then sell me a plain black hoodie with 'TPWK' in tiny embroidery on the left collarbone. And that's it.

I refuse. I refute your shitty bland merch. I despise it. Give me fashion or give me death. I want the whole world to know I'm a Harrie just with a passing glance, not a squint and a magnifying glass.

If I'm already paying $75 for that low effort monstrosity I'd have no issue paying $100 for something that actually looks like merch, not a five minute craft you can do at home.

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(By full shift I mean think of the werewolves from Twilight as an example.)