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Orange juice and peaches

@orangejuiceandpeaches

I'm a bisexual, MCAS and dysautonomia spoonie who likes gardens, beaches, sarcasm, nerds and strong women. Open marriage. On the domme and oh-so-slightly sadist side of the spectrum. Older than thirty, younger than sixty. Side blog of kinkiness @sluttywhenhorny2. Please read my pinned post for the real life stuff.
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I'm a bisexual, MCAS and dysautonomia spoonie who likes gardens, beaches, sarcasm, nerds and strong women. Open marriage. On the domme and oh-so-slightly sadist side of the spectrum. Older than thirty, younger than sixty. Side blog of kinkiness @sluttywhenhorny2.

Mast Attack
Educating people about life with mast cell disorders
Mast Attack

For anyone who's never honestly experienced chronic illness or an LGBTQ point of view in America, this means I will vote left until the day I die. If someone wants to politicize, gatekeep, invalidate or minimize another's personal experience of life, I don't want that on my dash and actively curate. My daily, real life has enough, and I really don't want to be so enraged. I'm not a superhero. I can't use that level of of anger.

Actually, that's kind of my kryptonite - the prevalent, unthinking meanness of the political and medical/insurance culture towards things that are an inherent part of us will (and has) jack my immune system to anaphylactic territory. It's not okay, and it's never okay to treat people as things that can be squished into little boxes.

Please don't like or follow me from a right-wing blog. Call it common courtesy. Thanks.

#pinned post#mcas#dysautonomia#chronic illness#sarcasm and nerds
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gotta be careful saying shit like “god i hate my body” cause you know the self-esteem patrol is gonna be all like “no you’re so cute!” and it’s like no i KNOW i’m hot, the problem is i’m supposed to be a DRAGON

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Reblogged momolady
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s/o to this skeleton babe from 1936

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This is a really poignant illustration of the seductive nature of glorifying war but that is a LOOK and she is SERVING it

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I've seen Death depicted as a card dealer or other sort of gambler, a guy in a suit, a farmer, a robed apparition, and any other number of things, but this? This has to be the best Death I've seen yet. An old seductress saying "hey kid, don't you wanna die in a trench for a government that doesn't give a fuck about you, just like your dear old dad?" This goes hard as fuck.

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"I used to know your daddy." kicks like a mule.

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Reblogged brightlotusmoon
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Cory Booker's anti-Trump speech on the Senate floor has lasted 19 hours and counting
The New Jersey Democrat has been criticizing the Trump administration's policies on immigration, education, the economy and more since 7 p.m
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Today's action item:

Call Cory Booker's office and say thank you. If you're not one of his direct constituents, say so and indicate you're calling to show he has national support. Aides and pages are allowed to speak with him and other Senators may receive messages they can pass on via questions, meaning he will find out at some point in proceedings.

Also, you can watch direct from his website:

Live | U.S. Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey
The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey
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The NPR article is so so good, just FYI.

If Booker continues to speak a few minutes past the 24-hour mark, his speech will surpass the previous longest-spoken filibuster, set in 1957 by noted segregationist Strom Thurmond, who took the podium at the time to oppose the Civil Rights Act.
Booker is Black.

He beat the record by the way! So suck it Thurmond and Cruz!

The speech has covered a wide range of topics from health care and Social Security to immigration, the economy, public education, free speech and foreign policy. And it included portions of letters that Booker said he had received from affected constituents, as well as public comments from world leaders, in recent weeks.

And he's not doing bs tactics either.

Booker has not yet pulled out the phone book or children's literature to read from, as some of his predecessors have done on the Senate floor. He has stayed focused on the topic of Trump's agenda and how he says it is hurting everyday Americans — weaving together domestic and foreign policy concerns.

Unlike other politicians like Ted Cruz in 2013

Later that year, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, took to reading Dr. Seuss’s "Green Eggs and Ham," while holding the floor to oppose former president Obama’s health care law.
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At 25 hours and one minute, with basically no voice left, Cory Booker has ceded the floor.

The longest speech in the history of Congress is now one in defense of democracy, checks and balances, and protection for lower-class Americans.

We finally found one, guys, it's a Democrat with a fucking BACKBONE.

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I was so thrilled he made it past Thurmond's record. I watched him for awhile very late last night and listened on CSPAN most of the day today while I was working. I went out tonight, but kept checking in on him. I hope he has the best night of sleep of his life tonight.

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You think you're an introvert because you like being alone, but maybe it's not about solitude. Maybe it's about peace. Maybe it's the quiet you've fought so hard to protect. Maybe it's the safety of your own company, after being around too many people who made you feel like too much or not enough. You smile differently around people who bring you calm. You speak more. You laugh louder. You come alive in rooms where your soul doesn't shrink. You're not afraid of connection. You're just tired of surviving it. So don't confuse your boundaries with isolation. Don't confuse your quiet with disinterest. You're not closed off. You're just waiting for someone who feels like home, not a battlefield.

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