November 2011
299 posts
kalimera-kalinixta asked: it just sucked. no candy! lol. & I didn't get to wear my costume :(
October 2011
92 posts
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anxiety disorders
capricarnal:
euclase:
things we are trying to do all the time:
be safe
things we can’t help but do all the time:
second-guess ourselves
behave impulsively and reactively
take everything personally
worry
worry
worry
have difficulty accepting compliments
have difficulty reciprocating friendly gestures
have difficulty finding the courage to respond
have difficulty not being suspicious...
“The average life span of a transgendered person is twenty-three years. The...”
– Guernica / Trans-Formative Change
Dean Spade is the first openly trans law professor. Meaghan Winter interviews him for Granta.
H/T The Rumpus
FUCKING READ THIS SHIT. NEXT TIME ANYONE THINKS IT’S OKAY TO RAG ON TRANS* PEOPLE (BECAUSE LOLOL THEIR EXISTENCE IS JUST SO FUNNY, ISN’T IT FUNNY THAT...
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toranseisstrong:
I have this overwhelming fear that something bad will happen. idk why or what it is that I’m fearing. When I first started talking every bad thing that happened to me afterward became a sign of see, you shouldn’t have told. But that was just about my brother. Now, with my father’s stuff, it’s like; if I even acknowledge that it’s real this Something Bad that is looming over me...
hernameishelen:
toranseisstrong:
vladdraculea replied to your post: trigger warning: self-victim blaming
*hugs* Oh, no no, sweetie, please don’t do this to yourself. What happened, happened, and just because some of the people around you are in denial and gaslighting you does NOT mean that you made up what you remember.
Trigger warning: victim-blaming, childhood sexual abuse
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Homeless Youth in Need
averystrangeplace:
thecuntmentality:
transcircle:
We’ve been contacted by an organization in Portland who is working with three trans* youth who need our help. They need one 2XL and two XL binders (sizes are from the Underworks chart). If you have a spare to donate, contact us at transcirclebinders@gmail.com.
We are getting questions about binder giveaways. The process of revamping the site...
TW: slurs and the reactions they cause, rape...
hidden-agender:
cydne-should-be-sleeping:
When you call me a bitch you remind me of the fact that my anger is never seen as justified.
When you call me a kike I’m reminded of the fact that my relatives were slaughtered, and Jews are still not seen as human by many. And you remind me of the boy in my history class who said teaching the holocaust is pointless
When you call me a slut you remind...
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Afy's Change- An Aid Effort for Persons Affected...
passtheepiphany:
Recent news has highlighted the spread of brutal and deadly attacks in the albinism affected population of Tanzania and its neighboring countries, where a growing black market advertises the commercial exchange of body parts of persons with albinism. These atrocities, fueled by a base of witchcraft proposing that the body parts of persons affected with albinism (PWA) can be a...
I get that gender identity and sexual orientation...
queerphysicist:
But I do feel like I exercise some control over my own identity. Like, my gender is fluid, but I can consciously play with it, mold it, etc. Does that make me a poser? I don’t know.
What clareer said. Also, I think people have different attitudes towards the idea of us being “gendered beings”. Most people — regardless of whether they are binarists or nonbinarists —...
I've just spent the last several minutes reading...
outlawroad:
Conclusion: I understand people are pissed off and why.
Yet I fail to see the point of these protests, beyond venting that anger. I fail to see a clear purpose.
Some articles have tried spinning the leaderless and demandless nature of the movement as a cool new way of protesting, but I think that’s just silly. Nothing about this movement is clear to me other than the anger sprung...
INTERESTING observation.
hernameishelen:
I’m more sensitive when I’m not functioning.
Like, I bought a new candle that was on the as is shelf at work for like 5 bucks, cuz normally they’re 40 each and it’ll last me til January, and it smells like pine. And I was really disappointed when I got it because the smell has been bothering me SO MUCH, giving me headaches and such.
But I’m good today, and it doesn’t bother...
I Take My Waffles With A Side Of Pain... And... →
hawkelf:
fibrowaffles:
So a few minutes ago I was sitting in my cube with a tissue to my nose because the woman in the cube next to me had way too much perfume on. But then I started to wonder if maybe I was the problem, not her. I’ve heard several times that people with fibro can have hypersensitive senses, but I’d…
Interesting. I’ve noticed that I get very anxious and agitated about loud...
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Three children are looking for their mother, too... →
karnythia:
blackandmissing:
It’s been two weeks since a 30-year-old South Side mother of three dropped out of sight.
Latasha Nevitt was last seen walking to a convenience store five blocks from her home in the 1300 block of West 107th Street, CBS 2’s Mike Parker reports.
On Oct. 10, the young dental technician student set out on foot and headed for a food mart and liquor store on 112th...
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“If other people do not understand our behavior—so what? Their request that we...”
– Erich Fromm
(via heartmindspirit)
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The More Americans That Go On Food Stamps The More... →
gravewisdom:
JP Morgan is the largest processor of food stamp benefits in the United States. JP Morgan has contracted to provide food stamp debit cards in 26 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. JP Morgan is paid for each case that it handles, so that means that the more Americans that go on food stamps, the more profits JP Morgan makes. Yes, you read that correctly. When the number of...
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“For instance,” said the boy again, “if Christmas trees were people and people...”
– Seriously go read this book (via isayrather)
It might have helped if you told people what book you were quoting from, given you’re telling them to go read it. :)
The book in question is The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster. It’s been 30 years since I last read this gem, and I loved...
Rules of a Whiteness-Free Discussion. →
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
Based on today’s events, I’ve concluded that the guidelines that have been set out in your basic social justice 101 are indeed set in whiteness and leave little to no room for non-whiteness based discussion. I’ve constructed a list that amends a lot of the principles to be a little bit more open. The truth that is really meant to be conveyed here is that good and bad are...
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Sexual supremacy
metapianycist:
(Notes: I am an asexual person who occasionally desires sexual activity. My reasons for desiring sexual activity have nothing to do with sexual or romantic attraction, as I experience neither of those things. Asexual people are all different: some of us like sex, some of us never ever want to have it, and some of us will have sex but with a sense of indifference. I focus...
Four things I need to get off of my chest.
theunfinishedwriter:
brandisaurusrex:
1.) If you don’t know enough about women’s and/or reproductive history to know the relevance (and horror) of the wire coat hanger in the abortion debate, please go educate yourself before even considering entering the discussion. I can’t even listen to your arguments if you don’t even know that basic information.
2.) “Gay” is not an insult. This...
