So as maybe like one or two of you have noticed over the past few months, I upright have not been on Tumblr at all. And I feel like I need to address why I haven’t been.

First off, it was my senior year and I really had to focus on finishing up strongly and spending as much time as possible with my friends before we go our separate ways. It also seemed as if I was going non stop with things to do from maybe mid-March to just today, from my school play, to other performances, exams, graduation parties, prom, actual graduation, and yesterday I got back from an amazing vacation. So it feels as if my first day of actual rest completely free from responsibilities.

Second, I just haven’t felt a connection with tumblr anymore. Since I joined, I’ve always know my blog would be different as I have way too many interests at one time, which is not like the typical blog on here that usually focuses on one thing. I thought for a long time that I could still grow, regardless, and that happened for a while. Then it got harder to reach goals I set for follower count. Then one day, I realized I didn’t care about followers. That wasn’t in a “oh I feel like I can happily blog without a lot of followers”, it was a starting point in my disjointment from Tumblr itself.
I also have found that it’s harder to relate to people on here, and that’s no ones problem but mine. That’s just a me thing that happens with time. I’ve also become more and more unfamiliar with tumbles formatting and found myself enjoying other formats more, like Twitter.

And last of all, I’m growing up. As I’ve already mentioned, I’ve graduated high school. In August, I’ll be in university living with my roommates, studying for my future career, meeting new people (perhaps my future husband?), trying so many new things, and over all, starting a new chapter in my life with new experiences that are appropriate for that time. And while some people are still in college and keep their blogs, I feel personally as if I’ve outgrown tumblr itself. That, to me, makes sense because I first discovered tumblr as a weird 14 year old who was trying to find her place in the world of highschool. And I feel as if this website was good for me in that chapter, but it won’t be a good fit for me in this next chapter, and that’s ok. I’m not saying that everyone should ditch their blogs when they move on in life, I’m saying I feel as if that was the right thing for me to do.

With all that said, this next part goes out to a few specific people who may or may not read this. They know who they are. Although Tumblr is no longer a good fit for me, that doesn’t mean we can no longer be friends, because our friendships surpass this website. Id tag you guys, but I haven’t been on here so long that I’ve honestly forgotten most of your usernames, but that’s nothing against you. I wish you all the best in life, and I hope we can talk soon off of Tumblr.

This paragraph is for the rest of my followers, mutuals especially. Thank you for finding my blog entertaining enough to follow, even if I posted some stuff you found annoying a lot. Thank you for keeping your fandoms a happy place, and just thank you for being you. Be nice to new people in your fandoms, because we were all that person at one point (although you probably knew that already).

And with that all types out, goodbye tumblr. It’s been fun, and I will look back on this chapter of my life with good memories.

- Kayla

different-cultures-and-justice:

cishetsnowflake:

whitegaysaintshit:

bloglikeanegyptian:

because i’m really tired of rhetoric regarding egypt on this website, and because i’m tired of repeating the same things over and over, here’s a post of things every person who posts something about egypt should be aware of before opening their big fat mouths:

• egyptians do not ascribe to western racial constructs. repeat this several times. egyptians aren’t white, or black, or white-passing, or brown until they’re forced to identify under these by westerners. like “poc” these terms are meaningless without something to compare it to. when you call people living in their own country “poc,” you sound like an idiot.

• before mouthing off about “ancient/real egyptians” and “modern coloniser egyptians,” this is what egyptians look like:
  
  

  

  
  
  but they also look like this:
  
  

  

  
  and this:

  

  
  
  none of these are considered “more egyptian” than the other, and if we don’t do it, frankly you shouldn’t.
  
  (i had to take some of these off a government propaganda video, i hope you’re happy. also watch it, it’s pretty catchy.)

• here is egypt on a map:

  

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  as you can see, egypt is located in northern africa. this makes egypt an african country. it is also usually included in the politically vague “middle east,” or more accurately the Middle East and North African (MENA) region. egypt is a culturally arab country. this makes it african and arab. egyptians identify as both without issue. it is not a big deal, nor is it up to you to tell us what to identify as.
  
  egypt has also had the same borders for around 5000 years, give or take, due to the nile being a major factor in where the concentration of populations are. therefore ancient egyptians were also north african, with close interactions with the kushite kingdom in the south, where Sudan is now. got it? ancient egypt, geographically = egypt + sudan. we know exactly where ancient egypt was located. they were nice enough to write everything down.

• egyptians were never enslaved by americans or taken to america. while the egyptian diaspora is large, most egyptian immigrants are recent first or second generation. this means that egyptians have no claim to african american history, and vice versa.
• nubian egyptians still exist. they are a minority in upper (southern) egypt that faces erasure, oppression and discrimination.

• before deciding that ancient and modern egyptians are two separate species, please remember that egyptians still use the same farming tools, agricultural calendar, and even words as ancient egyptians. we even celebrate the the longest running holiday in history. 

• before blaming “arabs” for “changing egypt’s ethnicity”* please remember that by the time Muslim conquests arrived in Egypt, Egypt had already been occupied by the Greeks and Roman Byzantines for several hundred years, not to mention intermixing with Hyksos, Assyrians and Kushites since  the Late Intermediate period. Egypt has always been diverse. despite that, even wikipedia will tell you that vast majority of egypt’s population is ethnically egyptian. and here’s another source. and another. shut up about this already.
  
  

  the Egyptians have been in place since back in the Pleistocene and have been largely unaffected by either invasions or migrations. As others have noted, Egyptians are Egyptians, and they were so in the past as well. (x)

• the purpose of this is not to deny that under US-centric classifications, most ancient egyptians would be considered black*, because they most certainly would and white-washing of ancient egypt is prevalent and harmful*, but to assert that modern egyptians are not a separate ethnicity from their ancestors and that separating “modern” and “ancient” egyptians is equally harmful, and denies egyptians a connection to their own heritage. 
  here are some posts i’ve made to clarify how race works in egypt*

• Arab is a cultural term, not an ethnic one. Identification as Arab is based on linguistic, political and cultural influences*, not ethnic ones. Egypt identifies as Arab today due to the arab nationalist movement in the 1950s, which was a response to British colonialism.*

• you cannot appropriate ancient egyptian “culture”. stop telling white people they can’t wear cleopatra outfits. this is what our tourism industry is based on.*
  
  
• appropriating our heritage, stealing our artefacts*, and claiming our history as your own does not fall under “cultural appropriation”* and it is really harmful and annoying. 

• for reference, this is what egyptian traditional dress looks like:
  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  
  

  

  
  
  (not super accurate because it differs in different parts of egypt, but you get the idea. surprise, it’s not cleopatra outfits after all!)
• here is a list of the absolute stupidest (and most popular) posts regarding egypt i’ve seen on my dash that you should absolutely 100% not reblog ever:
  
  

  

  
  
  

  

  
  
  and my personal favorite:
  
  

  

  
  
  (please do not reblog any of these they have caused more pain and grief to egyptians on this website than exodus ever will.)
• so to sum up: don’t tell egyptians what to identify as, don’t tell egyptians what they’re supposed to look like, don’t force egyptians into stupid western racial classifications and don’t talk about egypt unless you have basic knowledge of egypt.

* links with (*) on them lead to posts on my own blog that clarify each point or explain it further, not outside sources. i only have basic knowledge of most issues from an egyptian point of view, but that’s still more than 99% of the people on this website so you might as well listen to me instead of giving the fucking indo-aryan post 75k notes.

If you have ever reblogged anything about Egypt you better read this so help me

watch the video :^)

Aaaaaand I knew she was already married, so obvious

harryfrustrations:

protect this boy at all costs