enough about taylor swift already. reblog and tag the smallest, least known artist you listen to

My Warforged Barbarian. He's one of my most favorite characters to play, he's basically a gentle giant. I haven't been able to come up with a name that fits him, so my story for him is that he was created by an Artificer to protect his daughter many years ago, but something happened to them, and he woke up however many years later with zero memories. I'm hoping that when I play him for a campaign, my party will be able to come up with a name for him

The Tyrant's Lament

Silk hand embroidery on linen

Based on work by @sketchmatters

Terrestrial Isopod jewelry by Idle Talons

@waspcup

THINGS I NEED TO FUCKING KNOW: Why every fuckin trans man or nb person I know who binds is like “oh binders are the worst, you can’t breathe in them, I know someone who broke a rib once”,

And meanwhile over in historical costuming, we are fucking eating, sleeping, swordfighting, riding horses, and feeling great like this:

(credit: Jenny La Flamme, The Tudor Tailor, Verdaera)

Like is there NO overlap between people who want to bind and people who care about accurate 16th century clothing reconstruction techniques?

(I, okay, maybe it is kind of a niche interest, but…. REALLY? Anyone who’s made a boned binder, PLS SPEAK TO ME)

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Omigods yes that’s what I used to make my trial binding corset for under a 1830′s gentleman’s costume! I adapted the Elizabethan Pattern Generator Corset to look more like the gentleman’s corset of the time as portrayed in satirical cartoons.

This was only the second pair of stays I made, but it already made me practically flat and was quite comfortable. I didn’t even full bone it and it looked like this:

(don’t judge me for the awful way the boning sticks out at the top, I am by no means a corsetry expert)

People who are actually good at stays will be able to make things like these with no trouble, because if something made from old sheets and recycled boning can do this, imagine what you can do with proper materials.

Just for fun, here’s me in my gentleman’s outfit:

It basically eliminates my boobs, but leaves the hips alone because at that time the hourglass silhouette was fashionable for men as well. I’m not exactly flat-chested, so I’d say for a first attempt this one is very succesful.

…okay, was anyone going to tell me that gentlemen’s corsets were A Thing or did I just have to learn that in a random reblog myself

they absolutely make corsets for men and they turn me a bit ravenous every time

(in the mid-late 19th century, at least, they were more often called “health belts” and marketed much like weight belts are today. in practice, though, the number of satirical cartoons depicting dandies lacing down suggests that they were publically perceived as vanity tools more than aids for heavy lifting. where the truth of their most common purpose lies is a mystery; I would guess somewhere in the middle)

@star-anise genuine answer to the question:

it is because everyone says binders hurt and compress and break your ribs. when you’re first seeing information about binding, it’s all about how binding is unsafe and will physically hurt. I don’t mean to lecture you, just to give a real answer to the question

and the answer is that by the time someone works up the courage to start binding, they have–at minimum–seen multiple sources of information claim that binding is unsafe and physically hurts, as absolute medical fact. most likely, they haven’t seen ANY information refuting this. at all.

so step one is deciding you need to bind badly enough that you will endure physical pain and potential medical complications

and then you buy a binder that’s most likely shit quality, made from materials meant to compress, barely one step above ace bandages. there are tons of these “binders” out there, sold for very cheap by scammy companies

and remember, you think is is Absolute Medical Fact that this is just how it is. so you’re probably not doing much searching for “better” materials or a “better” company because there is no better. you have absolutely NO conception whatsoever that it could be better

then, even if you do get a quality binder made with good materials, binder sizes are genuinely out of touch with actual reality. I weighed maybe 115 lbs and the binder that fit me comfortably was a size LARGE. I had never in my life been anything less than a small. I started by ordering a medium because I have just-barely-C cups and knew I would start putting on weight with the testosterone and–

I could barely get it on. it was SO tight. any other piece of clothing in the entire universe and I would have immediately recognized “oh hey this isn’t my size”

except binding is unsafe and physically hurts

so even with a quality binder from a good company, because I accidentally ordered a size too small, I still almost ended up binding in a way that was unsafe and physically hurts because that’s what I expected! it was working AS INTENDED!!

it was working as intended

for anyone still reading along, that is the POINT of a lot of information out there about binding. for the same reason conservatives tell you if you’re gay, you’ll die of AIDs, then point to the statistics of all the people who died of AIDs, and fight so so SO hard to make sure there’s no proper sex education to tell you about condoms or PrEP (taken to prevent getting HIV) or treatment afterwards or how your viral load can be suppressed or that it actually can be managed now and isn’t a quick death sentence

I ordered one size up (the large size), and that gave me a binder that fit like a tank top. It has a stiff cotton panel in the front that is just tight enough to press down on my chest, but mostly it just redistributes how the fat sits to make a more even, flat across shape. you can see in the first pictures how the front panel forms almost like a cone, that may not be completely FLAT (it still pushes out a little) but there aren’t any curves or noticeable “breast shape”

my binder doesn’t leave red marks or dig into my skin. the shoulder straps are wide and, again, distribute the weight more evenly than a lot of bra straps I’ve worn before, which did dig in and leave red marks. I think a lot of people also approach binding from a background of wearing ill-fitting bras, bc no one really teaches us about or helps us size those either, so we’re already used to “chest undergarment that hurts me”

the binder I have is safe to exercise and swim in while wearing, it pulls on and off over my head like a tank top, and I can take full and deep breaths while wearing it. I have never been short of breath or struggled to breath from wearing it

binding does not have to be unsafe and should NOT physically hurt. if it does: the materials are wrong (compression) or the size is simply too small

Let’s talk some more about sizing.

The standard advice re: measuring for a mass-produced binder is to measure your circumference just under your armpits, then just below your bust, and use the largest.

The problem is, that region of your ribcage is very sturdy, but the lower part of your ribcage is much more flexible and vulnerable.

It is very important for your long-term health to avoid compressing those lower ribs.

Poke yourself with your fingers to find the place where your sternum/breastbone ends. Measure two or three finger-widths down from there, to find the point where your ribs move the most while breathing. Take in a very deep, full breath, and hold it while you measure your circumference at this point.

Your binder or corset needs to accommodate this measurement.

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I’m sorry Pathfinder:Kingmaker, but I’ve seen a documentary in Netflix about this and I don’t think you are right

got a bunch of wafffle lovers, not surprised

Braided yeast buns, dipped in hot choccy.

I'm curious. Reblog this if you know how to cook

I don’t even care if it’s macaroni, ramen or those little bowls you stick in the microwave. Please, I need reassurance that most of the population on tumblr WOULDN’T STARVE TO DEATH if their parents couldn’t fix them food or they couldn’t go out to eat. 

The real reason magnets do that is because they are perverse sexual beasts

I legit thought the entire time that Tumblr had exaggerated how gay the temeraire series is but man that ending...... Naomi you really wrote that and expect us to read it as STRAIGHT????

Please, if you are able, donate blood.

As the recipient of several blood & plasma transfusions as a child, and the daughter of a mom who needed blood transfusions for the last few months of her life, I can't tell you how important this is to me.

Please be aware that the FDA guidelines that led the Red Cross to turn away a lot of queer people from donating blood have changed in the past year! Rules about sexual partners have become totally gender neutral! Please donate if you can!

HELLO FRIENDS LISTEN TO ME NOW

I have recieved a blood donation in my teens. I spent the first thirty years of my life with a wicked needle phobia. I was only recently eligible to donate through a Blood Canada rule change.

This February, I donated blood for the first time. I went along thinking there was a fifty-fifty chance I would freak out and not follow through.

Instead, it was so straightforward and painless that I felt actively daft for being so worried. A pint of blood took ten minutes to collect and I had zero side effects. If you're reading this, please do two things for me:

- go and check your eligibility at your local blood donation organization, even if you think you know your eligibility

- please consider booking an appointment if you're able to donate

Blood donation is, all things considered, a super straightforward and time-limited way to make a profound difference in the lives of other people near you. If you're dubious or want more information, drop me a DM or ask about my experience!

If you're eligible, consider doing a double red cell donation too. I'm Type O and used to donate all the time, but had to stop due to an unrelated bout of anemia (thanks uterine fibroids). I'm hoping to be able to start again soon!

My number one tip for donors is HYDRATE LIKE CRAZY. The better hydrated you are, the easier it is to find your veins. Second tip if you're nervous or have tricky veins, go to a donor center or hospital rather than a mobile blood drive. It's a more relaxed and slow-paced vibe.

Real talk though has anyone else just thrown away a whole Tupperware container bc you left food in there for way too long and now you’re afraid to open it?

All of you are so valid

FYI, that is generally speaking a safe protocol.

Couple of notes. Fungi and bacteria are the first lifeforms discovered to eat plastic. They both use a technique of creating biofilms on and in things to establish colonies; even bacterial and fungi that don’t eat plastic will burrow into it. Visual inspection is not generally good enough to preclude fungal “roots” in plastic. Though if the plastic has separated (forming like a bubble or a peeling away film) then microbials have almost certainly established “roots” in the material. The metabolism of microorganisms denatures plastic even if they don’t eat it; this produces toxic biproducts similar to burning plastic.

If something has grown in the tupperwear from it being left along in the wet and the dark with a growth medium for who knows how long then opening it is a bad idea. That will almost certainly aerosolize spores or bacteria that have had long enough time and sufficiently isolated conditions to evolve their own special adaptations.

“Cleaning” and reusing the tupperwear is ill-advised in that case as you’d need a lab to guarentee the plastic isn’t compromised and playing host to some nasty biofilm that is resilient against typical cleaning practices, and the plastic itself likely is coming apart in a way that will perpetuate toxicity–low grade at best– even if you did manage to santize the surfaces. Best case scenario, you’re eating microplastic and the tupperwear is shedding as it breaks down over years.

It ain’t worth it.

Reblogging because not only is this important…it’s also terrifying.

Whole lot of people thinking about what they put their food in…

What about pyrex with silicone top?

The top is probably best discarded, but the glass part can very effectively be sterilized by heating it in an oven (250F should do it, but higher if you want to be safe). It should be able to tolerate any temperature a conventional kitchen oven is capable of generating.

important note: american pyrex is a different material to what the rest of the world gets, and it is MUCH less resilient to heat shock, so if you’re doing this with american pyrex, uhhhhhhh. just pitch it. the likelihood of glass shrapnel isn’t worth it.

sorry that it’s grainy but yeah… be careful.

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