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based on this post

the future is plural.

in the future singlets will remember plurality exists.

in the future it wont be uncommon to speak of being plural. it wont be uncommon to have fronting indicators or give people a front tracking/sysmate list along with social media.

in the future people will be accepting of plurals whether or not they fit their idea of plurality. people will accept plurals whos sysmates are all similar. people will accept plurals whos sysmates are wildly different. people will accept large systems. people will accept small systems. and everything in between.

people will accept those with dissociative disorders as well. we will not be painted as serial killers anymore.

in the future there will be a beautiful array of plural characters and role models in the world for us to see.

the future is plural.

i hope so. i know so. even if i dont see it. even if we dont see it.

the future is plural!

I finally made the meme I've had in my head for over a year

collection of useful things tumblr has taught me:

even if you can't fall asleep, laying down with your eyes closed will still rest your body

you don't have to brush your teeth standing up

you don't have to do any chore standing up, from dishes to showering

you don't have to shower with the lights on

if you can't brush your teeth, flossing and a tongue scraper gets rid of plaque and bad breath

if you can't do that, mouthwash kills a lot of bacteria

eating "unhealthy" food is better than eating no food

you can make the same meal everyday for however long you still want it

some pills come in syrups or chewables if you can't swallow them

kids nutritional shakes can be a quick way to get fuel if you can't eat/don't have time

if walking hurts/exhausts you on a regular basis, canes and rollers are for you, no matter how young you are

we have free will—if doing something "out of the ordinary" makes life easier for you, do it

Modern diet culture and female beauty standards are horrendous, we had a horrible relationship with food. Don’t know if it was quite on the level of an eating disorder but in the very least it was close! We stopped eating regularly and felt really bad about when we did. It got to the point we ended up needing to have other headmates force us to not skip meals for our health.

We got pressured into a diet for a bit by our mother but we’ve started pushing back. We’ve been “cheating” on our diet, if you will. Our mental health is not stable enough to deprive ourselves of our little treats! We can have a bit of candy, it won’t kill us and will help us with our mental health.

What we really need is medical transition and our mother pressured us into a diet with some bs about how we won’t be able to transition medically unless we lose weight. That’s not true. You don’t need to be skinny to use HRT. I don’t even know why she said that, she doesn’t know shit about HRT, but it was cruel and effective and really damaged our self esteem.

We’ve realized we aren’t actually self conscious about our weight, it was just the societal expectations and shame put on us since we are expected to be a woman, combined with dysphoria of our body not being “right” but not being sure what’s wrong until recently. We just assumed the issue must be what society had told us all our life, that we don’t like how we look because we’re overweight, when that’s not the case at all.

We’ve realized we don’t really care about our weight because it’s not as important as we were led to believe! But sometimes we doubt, like if everyone is saying you can only be healthy when skinny what if we’re wrong? So it’s reassuring to see this. It’s really helpful to us to be reminded that diet culture is bullshit.

-Strix (she/they)

god i hate how normalized diet culture and shit like bmi and calories are. bmi is based on eugenics. calories are a measurement of how much energy something gives u and not at all of how much weight or fat ull gain. diets have been proven to be harmful and ultimately unhelpful in actually losing weight. fatness has been largely proven to not be inherently unhealthy and doesnt inherently cause health issues.

if anyone has more good links to add on then please do and if anyone knows more on this stuff than me then dont hesitate to correct me!