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[disasterhimbo]

Help a disabled trans person get housed so they can have their 7-month-old baby back.

My friend Mickie (@frivolousfuckery)’s ex-boyfriend is making their life hell. A few days ago, he withheld custody of their child after an agreed-upon swap, and proceeded to file false allegations against them which resulted in the loss of their housing and job.

As of today, he also doesn’t have the baby, because in the process of trying to incriminate Mickie (getting the baby examined at a hospital for a second time), he accidentally incriminated himself — the baby was found to have broken ribs which the baby did not the first time they went to the hospital, and he had custody of the baby the whole time between the two hospital visits.

However, the state won’t give the baby back to Mickie because they are now homeless. So, we need to help them get back on their feet. The first step is that they need $160 by Tuesday, June 23 for a car. Once they have a car, they can look for a job and housing (and of course, they’ll need help affording food etc. until that time).

Car (June 23 deadline): $160/$160!

General living expenses: $0/$500

My posts about them keep getting hundreds of reblogs, but only a handful of donations. I know not everyone can afford to donate, but if you have a spare $5 or $10, please send it to them — small donations add up. Anything helps.

If you donate, venmo and cashapp are preferred bc they can access the money immediately without having to pay a withdrawal fee that way.

Venmo: @enbymickie

Cashapp: $enbymickie

PayPal: [email protected]

[disasterhimbo]

No donations in a couple days, and they have like $10. Can anyone help them afford some food?

[disasterhimbo]

Still nothing

[moonlitdatura]

— ♡ Kangal puppy in the snow - Kızılkuyu, Türkey

[folklorespring]

Amazing

[nataliesscatorccio]

YELLOWJACKETS

1.01 Pilot | 1.08 Flight of the Bumblebee | 1.10 Sic Transit Gloria Mundi

[melodramaticpolka]

i don’t think i ever posted this on here!! happy belated birthday bullets :3 my flash glass engraving :3333

does any1 want 2 see full process stuff.. like sketch 2 finish or is that too much. i will probably do it anyways.

[egonkula]

yall should watch his process for this one, still blows my mind. insanity

[slipping-into-madness]

[thaumbody]

Here's a source for the analysis, but it probably is not the source.

Labor share of income hits record low as corporate profits soar

Workers’ share of US economic output has fallen to its lowest level since the government began keeping records in 1947, according to data th

Some points of interest:

Corporate profits are soaring. After taxes, they now take 12.3 percent of national output, far above their postwar average of 7.3 percent.

Adjusted for inflation, hourly wages have risen 3 percent since the end of 2019, Ip noted. Corporate profits over the same period have risen 50 percent.

The Economic Policy Institute calculates that since 1979 the productivity of American workers has grown 90 percent while the pay of the typical worker has grown 33 percent. Had wages tracked output, the average worker would earn $16.40 more an hour today.

The profits are concentrated among the largest corporations. Earnings at the 500 biggest US firms rose 28 percent in the first quarter from a year earlier, the fastest pace since 2021, and their profit margins reached 14.8 percent. The seven technology giants known as the “Magnificent 7”—Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta and Tesla—grew their profits 63 percent.

In the United States, the richest 1 percent of households hold 31.7 percent of all wealth. The bottom half hold barely 2.5 percent.

[gerardwayspostnutclarity]

📸 Mathias Marchioni

[spiritunwilling]

At the dragon boat races they were giving out free ice cream and these two kids came up to me and showed me their ice cream and said it is very cold! And then one of them put their ice cream on my arm so I could see for myself. He was utilizing an advanced technique called. Backing up your claims with evidence. Which many of you could learn about

[tsunflowers]

I’m reading this book about the changing arctic and the author stayed with the Nunamiut people of inland alaska for a while and talked to this high school kid who was like “ugh I hate going to school in the spring I wish I was hunting caribou” and I thought that was charming. you often hear about people who are devoted to preserving their traditional culture and knowledge but it’s rare to hear about someone who’s invested in the old ways out of pure teenage selfishness. school is lame and hunting caribou is awesome

[polartss]

Suddenly I'm holding the world in my arms

[jadeandquartzes]

[id: art of orpheus and eurydice from hadestown. eurydice sits on the stage, crumpled back into orpheus and holding onto his arms. orpheus sits on his knees and holds her.]

[pangur-and-grim]

alright I'm almost finished Project Hail Mary, and I have to say, I don't get why people are shipping the guy with Markiplier when he's already in a perfectly healthy queer-platonic relationship with the alien spider made of rocks

[pangur-and-grim]

that's insane. we need to change this

[yugiohz]

DID MY YAOI STICKERS ARRIVE

[yugiohz]

it was my bachelor’s degree 😑

[cyprozombiegirl]

tumblr staff doesn’t want you to know this, but a great way to treat small amounts of granulation tissue to prevent it from becoming hypergranulation inside the canal of your neovagina is to make a hypersaline solution (more in tense version of regular saline) and soak a tampon in it, and then insert that tampon into your vaginal canal

[cyprozombiegirl]

now I’m sure if you are dealing with granulation tissue during early recovery from bottom surgery you’re probably thinking gosh fuck I’m a trans girl i’ve never had to put a tampon in in my life how do I do this…and I’d love to show you but

[cyprozombiegirl]

ITS THE POST THAT GOT ME BLURRED HIII

[pomegranatecellar]

love how much tumblr hates women lol

anyways, if you're a trans girl and have never used a tampon before, here's some tips

- you shouldn't be able to really feel it, if you do it isn't tilted correctly or it's not far enough in. in my experience the easiest way to put in a tampon is squatting and tilting slightly forward but experiment and see what feels best for you

- it's completely normal to take a few attempts to get in correctly , that's what the string is for (easy removal)

- if you lose the string you can just Go Up There and pull it out, it's just more messy

- even though you don't bleed, do not leave it in for long. i'm serious. you can still get toxic shock syndrome, it's not pretty and you will need serious medical intervention. change tampons at least every 8 hours

- probably common sense but ill add anyways, tampons expand when absorbing fluid! do not worry if it's a little struggle to get out that's normal (but if you're having a REALLY hard time that is not, probably size down your tampon)

hope any of this helps!

[magz]

From the replies:

What is granulation tissue?

[Cyprozombiegirl] Granulation tissue is a normal tissue that forms underneath where the skin will form, its bright red and shiny (and painful to the touch). Unfortunately when the injured/cut area is consistently wet often too much of this tissue forms and prevents skin from growing over it. When this happens it’s called hypergranulation and needs to be chemically burned away. If you’ve got some but not a lot though, not enough to technically be hypergranulation but on the way there, you can use hypersaline to treat it.

It can’t stop anything once you’ve fully got hypergranulation, but if it’s only granulation it seems to help a lot. I found out about this from a friend whose special interest is bottom surgery

To Make The HyperSaline Solution

[Cyprozombiegirl] mix 2 teaspoons of table salt with 1 cup of warm water (which you’ve boiled for at least 20min) in a clean container until the salt dissolves. soak tampon in it. Insert tampon (this can be tricky because it will rapidly expand, so I suggest getting one for light flow).

[Dilsdoes] hi! just a note: make sure the salt youre using is non iodized! generally for saline solutions used internally like this you want to avoid iodized salt. it tends to irritate mucous membranes

Further information on Tampons can be searched online or on the Tampon box.

ID: Censored image for "breaking Tumblr guidelines".

A diagram for how to apply a tampon in a (neo)vagina.

1. Tampon inside a tampon applicator, with tampon chord (a string used to pull the tampon out).

2. Hand with the tampon itself pointed towards the palm and body. Index finger over the Tampon applicator plunger.

3. Spreading vaginal opening with the other hand, and placing the tampon with tampon applicator towards the vaginal entrance. Legs spread apart.

4. Push tampon applicator plunger with index finger, with tampon inside, to push it further inside.

5. Take out tampon applicator. The tampon should be secured inside the vaginal canal, with tampon chord hanging outside of the vagina.

End ID.

[snapcracklepop-myjoints]

make sure you are doing this using a tampon with a plastic applicator. This is for a number of reasons: firstly, they are easier to use than other options, but secondly and more crucially, theyre actually compatible with the whole "putting in a tampon soaked in liquid" thing. If you use an applicatorless tampon like OB, it'll just fully expand and good fucking luck getting that in. If you use a tampon with a cardboard applicator, its harder to put in and also the cardboard will just get soggy.

you want something that looks like this:

Make sure to soak the tampon while it is in the applicator. do not remove it from the plastic casing (blue in this picture) or you will be unable to put it in.

I would also highly recommend avoiding tampax pearl tampons or anything similar. This means anything that advertises itself as having a thicker string or "leak protection". Firstly, if youre not bleeding or otherwise oversaturating the tampon with liquid you wont need it (yet again a reason to soak the tampon while its in the applicator). Secondly, that thicker string can be massively uncomfortable even for people used to wearing tampons (which can also be an issue if you dont yet know how to differentiate between "is this tampon not in properly?" and "the string on this brand fucking sucks eggs".) If youve never worn one, save yourself the trouble. A thin tampon string you shouldnt be able to feel is best.

If the tampon string breaks (which, if youre worried about this, dont be. It's extremely unlikely, I've had it happen once in my many years of wearing exclusively tampons) bear down like youre taking a shit and it should start to come out on its own. This can also help if youre having trouble taking it out or are just nervous. Like mentioned above, this can be even easier if youre in something of a squatting position, such as by putting a stool under your feet.

It's worth mentioning that tampons come in different sizes. From smallest to largest they go: light/junior/slim, regular, super, super plus, and ultra. Light/junior/slim and ultra can be hard to find. Your best bet is regular. The larger a tampon, the more likely you will struggle to remove it, not because it is physically large, but because it can absorb more liquid and will thus be dryer. Just go with a smaller one and you should be fine

[somethingmissingthiswaycomes]

Here's a non-Tumblr source on hypergranulation and its treatment in neovaginas in case anyone would like that. (I wanted to find something more before reblogging medical advice.) It doesn't bring up the preventive solution OP is talking about but it does give some context for it.

Take care of yourselves, especially after surgery. I love you.

[alquer]

I'm gonna add my 2 cent cause even though I'm cis this has happened to me and I can imagine it's even more uncomfortable to our trans sisters: If you're having a hard time removing the tampon because there's a lot of friction or it feels like it expanded too much don't hesitate to douse your finger in a bit of lube and lube the vaginal canal. This will help get the tampon out with less discomfort!

[fraught-with-peril]

So much of the hatred against gig economy drivers is just racism tbh but nobody wants to have that conversation

[at-the-end-of-all]

school uniform codes extending to what colours you’re allowed to dye your hair, and what piercings you can have and stuff is so crazy. you HAVE to go to school and you’re not even allowed to have pink hair or pierce your nose about it????

[at-the-end-of-all]

“oh it’s to prepare you for the workplace” okay. i don’t think any workplace should be dictating what you can and can’t do with your body either and i think it’s strange to decide to teach children that their body is not their own

[tlirsgender]

(Rolls up my sleeves to hurt you worse) Grace is not only obviously nonbinary but also Not An Egg during the events of the movey but actually Actively Closeted for various reasons. I think they realize they're Allowed to be like that at some point lightyears away from earth and absolutely not coming home & Eridians don't even have gender so there's still a certain level of, like, Not Unpacking All Of That Right Now. They don't know what a man is they're just meeting their first human in general. Whole idea of it just completely null. That's paradise

[tlirsgender]

Given the option to start over from scratch, why *tell them* you're, allegedly, a man? That you were supposed to be a man, but you're not? I don't think Grace could. You can lie (get back in the closet) or you can, yknow, kinda obfuscate (World's First Stealth Nonbinary Person). Telling the truth will happen eventually keeping secrets from Rocky is nigh impossible. But by god will she try

[deervsheadlights]

look even if you arent into grace/rocky you just HAVE to admit they explored each others bodies on the journey to erid. just to see whats up. the scientific boundary-crossing is already canon. and you wanna tell me those two intellectually curious guys trapped in a tin can for 3-4 years didnt at least get up to some weird shit for enrichment? dont make me laugh

[luna-isapuppyfag]

not to be a downer but they literally cannot touch without catastrophic harm to both of them

[deervsheadlights]

bold of you to assume they need to be physically touching each other to get weird with it