Did you know? The reason citation in APA use only initials and not full names is because some women ran an experiment. They submitted some articles they’d written to a journal and the articles were rejected. They changed nothing about the articles except the authors’ names, which they changed to male names, and resubmitted them. The articles were accepted.
the fellowship
It's so funny when TERFs do biological essentialism and take it to some insane extreme I never could have imagined on my own. You'll be scrolling an LGBT or feminist tag and suddenly see a post that says "Women prefer milk chocolate colored pretzels while men prefer dark chocolate covered pretzels due to Female Socialization," and some other TERF in the notes is replying "Men eat dark chocolate covered pretzels because they have angry, rage-filled souls. Women are incapable of eating dark chocolate covered pretzels, the flavor is too harsh and wicked for their gentle tongues." and not a single person in the thread realizes that this is fucking balderdash
In three movies over three years LOTR managed to do what the M C U couldn't in a decade with over 10 films: convince me any of those people actually liked eachother.
cannot watch the return of the king without thinking of that bad bootleg with the fucked up subtitles that said “this will be the end of Gender as we know it” instead of “this will be the end of Gondor as we know it”
so true gandalf
The Unicorn's Garden, my cross stitch take on the medieval tapestry "The Unicorn Rests in a Garden"
Is it about butchering black girls’ hair to keep white people comfortable? Is it about a woman visiting the same violence on her daughter as was done to her by her mother a generation prior? Is this girl just too… “different” to go into the world unaltered? Does she need to be toned down so she can succeed? Does she need to be defenseless before she is deemed safe by powerful people who would do her harm if given half a reason? Is one of those people holding those scissors?
[I.D. digital art of a young girl medusa sitting in a chair in a kitchen, crying as a woman cuts the heads off of medusa’s snakes. the woman’s head is out of frame, but her blonde hair is visible as she pulls three snakes taught, beginning to chop them with scissors as blood spurts. four snakes have been cut already, their remains lying dead on the floor as the rest of the snakes, all sporting pink bows around their necks, cower in fear. the majority of the illustration has been colored in black and deep saturated yellows and oranges, while medusa’s skin and hair are green. her pinafore has the same color palette as the background. her knees are also scuffed, bruised with orange and one of them bandaged. her cut strands of snake hair are not bandaged and continue to bleed. end I.D.]
There’s a sequel!
Image ID: A digital illustration of a young Medusa woman braiding her green snakes in front of a mirror and while her eyes are covered with a sleep mask. The mirror is centered in the drawing and surrounded by the orange-pink background. She is wearing a white sleep mask with “closed eyes” on it and a black top with white lacey ruffles at the collar and cuffs. Two snake heads are seen in the mirror while the rest are out of view. The front of the vanity holding the mirror is littered with various dolls and stuffed animals with their eyes crossed out, candy, an image of eyes in a round frame that are also crossed out, nail polish in pink and black, ribbons, and a friendship bracelet plus polaroids. The wall above the vanity is pink and near-white striped and covered in small polaroids or photos taped on the wall and various portraits in yellow frames. The yellow frames show the woman as a young girl holding her arms anxiously with her head cut off from view, covering her face, or simply have dark static backgrounds. There is a sharpie on the lower shelf of the vanity. End iD
From the artist, re: the second image.
With all the times you’ve been put down it may be hard to look at yourself, but I hope one day you can. You’re amazing.
Happy to do a little follow up to my most recent illustration. I got a lot of comments hoping that she was gonna be okay and she will be. Healing takes time.
she commit acts of intercourse on my erogeneous zones until i achieve sexual climax
No she doesnt. You made this up for notes.
Sir Crocodile
Dogs seen in public.
A very cozy Chihuahua
A phenomenon I’ve seen in fandom with a large central ship is that people will have their shipping goggles activated at such an intensity, they doggedly erase character traits that don’t contribute to pushing forward romance. The two individuals in the relationship are rendered utterly one-dimensional through the loss of any individual aspects of their story or personality that could be interpreted as an obstacle to shipping.
This makes fanon interpretations of the characters boring and uninteresting to read about because they have no character traits other than being in love with their romantic interest. I like shipping as much as the next guy, but I hate fandom-at-large’s tendency to only engage with a story through shipping, and especially to the extent that the characters are barely individuals, and do not exist outside of the central romantic relationship
not to sound old fashioned or whatever but getting rid of payphones is a mistake, and the only reason we should do it is if we're replacing them with free, public use phones. Having the ability to reach out to others in every place of public congress and transit is an important safety feature and the advent and adoption of smartphones does not negate their utility.
I know i've already lost this battle, so it's somewhat pointless to say, but smartphones die. chargers aren't always there. smartphones break. some people don't have them. Being able to call someone and ask for help, to get in touch with friends and family, without relying on something you yourself own, is a societal good.
Furthermore, expecting everybody to have a single piece of fragile technology on them at all times to the point that critical services are not available without them is truly mind-boggling to me. This goes for things like restaurant menus and transit maps as well. you should be able to navigate the world without a brick made by Apple or Samsung, and if you can't, then something is fundamentally broken. It's one thing for new technology to augment an existing real-world experience, it's another thing to usurp it entirely.
I HAVE 24HRS TO PAY MY OVERDUE RENT!!!
**URGENT: PLEASE READ/SIGNAL BOOST!!**
Friday, March 29th: Hello everyone, I’m Gemma, a bi, mentally ill, and disabled woman in desperate need of help, as I'm struggling so much to pay my overdue rent!!
I have desperately tried to avoid making another one of these posts. However, things are still extremely dire for me right now as I'm still struggling to pay off my overdue rent from last month, which according to a letter I received from my council on Saturday, is in arrears by £218.76 of which I need £140 to cover.
I've already contacted my council regarding my rent, and they've told me to pay what I can towards the outstanding balance, but I don't have any funds to do so. I know this is a huge ask, and I'm completely heartbroken to be asking for help again, but I desperately need some as I don't receive my welfare until the 29th, which will immediately be taken by my bills and debt, and will leave me with nothing to pay off this balance which is due on the same day!!!
If anyone could spare any amount to help me, it would save my life, and sharing helps just as much as donations.
Thank you for all your help!! ❤️
£15.19/£140!!!
you’re still gay and that’s final
i... am... not... depressed!!! my telekinesis halfheartedly shoves a couple things around the room
MORDRED MANOR!
By popular demand - MORDRED MANOR! SPOILERS AHOY There were 9 total backgrounds for this set! Any space with white in the windows is where you'd get a glimpse of the graveyard outside :) Starting off with the Graveyard, the Kitchen, and the Foyer
Next up we've got Lydia's room, Sandra Lynn and Jawbone's room, and the Staircase ♥
And finally Adaine, Fig, and Kristen's rooms!
Fun little thing here - I originally wanted to give Adaine a bunk bed, since Aelwyn lived there too. But when I learned she'd moved out I turned it into a desk and loft bed, and then the props department MADE the bed to match the art!