abortion is here to stay yard signs
+ some crowdsourced comfort measures
I made cute yard signs for you to tell the world (or just your neighbors) that abortion is here to stay. The QR code links to my continuously updated trusted abortion resources page! Abortion isn’t going anywhere. We will always help each other access the care we need.
Grab yours here.
I asked y’all to tell me what you’re doing to find comfort this week. Here’s what you said:
Wrote out my wedding guest list (I’m not engaged)
Working on a painting for my best friend
Breathing deeply and slowly
Restarting fave books and movies
Going for a long run
Cake in bed
Treating myself to 2 lattes, a muffin, and 2 hours of reading in the sunshine at my favorite cafe
Thrifting and trader joe’s snack haul
Laying on the grass
Outside time
Made a meatloaf, it was delicious
Making holiday decorations: paper chains, orange garland, painting, & Outlander binge
I randomly keep saying out loud, I just want to go home and sleep for three days.
I went to Target and disassociated for hours walking the aisles looking at cutesy things
Dissociating and watching The West Wing while snuggling pets
Knitting
I went and got a manicure and pedicure
Calling the Kindergarten Pep Talk hotline
Taking care of my people by simply showing up, only thing I feel like I can do. Oh and holiday decorating
Buying so much cheese
Cuddling with my cat
Planning the thanksgiving pies and grocery list
Watching LOTR and baking cookies
Watching Christmas movies with hot chocolate
Looking up cute pictures of dogs and cats. Dreaming of adopting one.
Take out sushi and going for a run
Walks
Baking
Reminding myself of what is in my control: looking for a new apartment
A warm cup of tea at a local coffee shop
Looking at pics/vids of my kids
Organizing my baby girl’s nursery
Baby shower planning for spring
Dissociating to the Martha Stewart documentary
Christmas movies and looking at cookie recipes
Heating pad & books, wine & weed, sweet friends, & tv when all else fails
Building furniture
Taking time to care for myself with showers, lotion, and incense
Trying to figure out my next cross stitch project
Spent the morning playing games with my daughter instead of doing school
Made perler bead art with my kids and listened to music
Baby snuggles
Putting up my Christmas decor
Spending time with family
Napping w/ my dog
Comfort video games (Pokemon, baby!)
Brownies
Baking pumpkin pie and cookies
Curled up in my blankets, hibernating
Cleaning with an audiobook and tea
Bubble baths
Ice cream, called my best friend, and decorating for Christmas
Watching Clueless bc I really need to channel my inner Cher Horowitz rn
Yummy food
Playing with my 4 year old
Taking my babies to the zoo
My girlfriends
Snuggling my baby
Exercise
Processing garlic, making a declutter November list
Debating if I should foster another litter of kittens
Baking a cookie the size of my face
Cooking a good dinner for myself
Putting a lot of energy into vacation planning
Watching my favorite movie and eating my favorite snacks
Dark room and a mental health day off
BBQ chips
Cake
Punk music dance party
Binging the show Insecure
Going for a loooooooong drive
Embroidering Christmas decorations for my mom
Stopping at B&N to buy books
Supporting others, reminding myself of small joys
Online window shopping
Going hard on my kids’ Halloween candy
Friends, always
Had a fat pineapple margarita and cuddling my pup
Getting a tattoo with a close friend
Long walks outside, cozy weighted blankets, puppy snuggles, fireplace (MN is cold)
I feel like throwing a brick through some glass
I’ve found I can’t be sad while listening to Owl City
Taking a ballet class
Art journaling
Going through & making a donation pile of winter items
Bought some tea & a fuzzy sweater and made a list of places to donate $
Crocheting
An art class with my best friend
Painting
Thinking about the three things I love most about each of my loved ones
Studying
Watching baking shows
I’m singing! Using music to get through!
Talking it out with someone I love who has the same morals and values as me.
Animal crossing
Meal prepping/holiday baking planning. Thinking of unique containers for candle making.
Smoking a joint.
I made the best waffles in the history of waffles.
Dumplings, then remembering my gramps didn’t resist the goddamn Nazis for me to just give up.
Making yummy soup and watching the snow fall
Snuggle some plushies
Calling my mom
Focusing on the present moment and being with my dogs
Calls with my chosen family
Hugging my dogs and opening the windows
Listening to music from the early 2000s
Reading unimportant, smutty books
Candles, homemade cookies, and books
Hugging all my friends
Dunkin’s cookie butter donut
Comfort food, pumpkin muffins and beef stew
Planning the winter & spring garden. Where flowers bloom so does hope - Lady Bird Johnson
Coloring in my tattoo like a coloring book page
I’m just binging Gilmore Girls 24/7
Nachos, baby!!!
Planning to elope
Planning a trip to Portugal
Diving into a book
In N Out
Buying craft supplies
Organizing random corners of home
Learning how to roast and carve a chicken
Crocheting a sweater for a friend’s stuffed bunny
Moving all the furniture around in my apartment to feel some form of control again
Getting the tears out
Planning for my partner’s vasectomy so we can have some control in this scary world
Xmas presents, Doritos, sushi, the supportive people I’ve surrounded myself with, you (<3 <3)
Watching my favorite episode of a funny show over and over while baking cookies
A movie marathon
Little acts of kindness
Taking walks and soaking up the last sunny days of fall
Screaming
Reading Stephen King with coffee and a candle lit nearby
Helping others! Hard to feel bad when you do something good.
Target holiday dollar section
Organizing. The work continues.
Petting my cat and enjoying her goofiness.
Good takeout from my favorite places. Also making a faux fireplace w a recycled mantel!
Friends reruns and bakery treats instead of meals
Deciding how many sets of matching Christmas pjs my kids and I need (We’re at 2 so far)
Journaling my thoughts
Holding my newborn girl
Collaging and mass unfollowing from socials to protect my peace
Sleeping
Being thankful that I work for a repro organization and knowing we will always keep fighting
90s music
Researching and making a list of all the mutual aid groups in my area
I built some Lego while listening to a Jane Austen novel
Restorative yoga class and lots of other movement
Ped appts for updated vaccines and helping people get abortions. Also thrifting.
Knitting a sweater (my first)
Getting off! It’s like an act of defiance every time I cum.
I made two giant batches of soup today to distract myself and ensure I eat vegetables
Therapy and walking my pup
Reading Good and Mad by Rebecca Traister
Mine is planning everyone’s Christmas presents.
xoxo,
your favorite becca