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All photos I upload are taken by me

[profeminist]

32 Years Old & A Mum, Shelly-Ann Broke Usain Bolt's Record & Is Now The World's Fastest Woman

Clocking 10.71 seconds after coming back from pregnancy break, her victory was historic in every sense of the word.

“Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is a 2-time Olympic and a 4-time World Championships winner at 100 meters event. She is also the only woman to win a World Championships title after becoming a mother. And, wait, the oldest at that.

“Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica, who was the first mom to win an Olympic or world 100m title in 24 years and the oldest woman (mother or not) to do it at age 32!”  - @Suvarna_haridas

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce’s eleven-year reign over the 100m: Year Event Gold Medal Time 2008 Olympics 10.78 2009 Worlds 10.73 2012 Olympics 10.70 2013 Worlds 10.71 2015 Worlds 10.76 2019 Worlds 10.71″

Read the full piece here

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god i hate it when people are like "bernie is a RADICAL COMMUNIST who wants to GUILLOTINE THE RICH" like... don't threaten me with a good time

[rainekeiko]

2kforever

[profeminist]

At Least 100 LGBTQ Candidates Win Elections as Rainbow Wave Continues

Candidates for mayoral office, state legislative seats, and even one spot on the court bench won elections Tuesday night. Pictured, from left: Eddie Sundquist, Eliz Markowitz, and Danica Roem.

“A rainbow wave on Tuesday night carried at least 100 openly LGBTQ candidates to victory in political races across the United States.

Eighty-three of the winners declared so far were endorsed by the LGBTQ Victory Fund, with victories in 73 local elections, five state legislative races, four mayoral elections, and one judicial race, making November 5, 2019 a historic occasion. Wins by other out candidates (not all out candidates meet Victory Fund’s standards for endorsement, which include viability) brought Tuesday’s total to 100 (out of 200 openly LGBTQ candidates who ran). Several other races are undecided or will go to runoffs, so the numbers may go higher.”

Read the full piece here

YES!!!YES!!!YES!!!YES!!!  

[profeminist]

Singular ‘They’ Pronoun Endorsed by American Psychological Association

The APA says that inclusive language requires the use of “they.”

“The American Psychological Association has endorsed the use of the singular “they.”’

Writing on the blog APA Style, Content Development Manager Chelsea Lee writes that the seventh edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association deems that it is “officially good practice in scholarly writing to use the singular ‘they.’” The blog post says old-fashioned sentence constructions like “a person should enjoy his or her vacation” aren’t inclusive in a 2019 context, noting that some people use pronouns like “they,” “zir,” “ze,” “xe,” “hir,” “per,” “ve,” “ey,” and “hen.”

The use of gendered pronouns is significant, the APA guidelines go on, because they provide a signal to other people about the gender of the person being described. Using “they” includes all people without forcing assumptions about anyone’s gender.

An endorsement from the APA is a big deal for the singular “they.” The APA is the largest scientific and professional organization of psychologists in the United States, with over 118,000 members. The Publican Manual is used by all writers, researchers, editors, students, and educators in a wide variety of disciplines, so this clarification has the potential to significantly expand the use of inclusive language.

The American Psychiatric Association has issues similar guidance, writing, “the pronouns they, them, and theirs are frequently used and even encouraged for use as a singular pronoun.”

The APA advises that “they” be used in two cases: “when referring to a generic person whose gender is unknown or irrelevant to the context” and “when referring to a specific, known person who uses ‘they’ as their pronoun.” “They” is also acceptable to use when describing hypothetical individuals, such as in the case of: “Each student submitted their art portfolio to the committee.”

Ultimately, the new guidelines say the important thing is to use the pronouns supplied by the person in question, whether it’s “they,” “he,” “she,” or something else.”

Read the full piece here

[quotemadness]

“If you don’t want to sink, you better figure out how to swim.”

— Jeannette Walls

[profeminist]

“Incorrect:  Identifies as [gender]

Correct:  Is [gender]

Incorrect: Prefers [pronouns]

Correct: Uses [pronouns]

When talking about trans/nb gender identity, be careful that you’re not 1) subtly implying that we aren’t really our genders, and 2) framing the respect of our genders as optional.”

-  @cassjosephs

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[one-time-i-dreamt]

[cliveguy]

i literally can’t stop thinking abt that richard siken quote where he falls to the floor crying but all he can focus on is the details of the wall in front of him

[cliveguy]

“Eventually something you love is going to be taken away. And then you will fall to the floor crying. And then, however much later, it is finally happening to you: you’re falling to the floor crying thinking, “I am falling to the floor crying,” but there’s an element of the ridiculous to it — you knew it would happen and, even worse, while you’re on the floor crying you look at the place where the wall meets the floor and you realise you didn’t paint it very well.”

[unchildhood]

ANIS MOJGANI x ALEXANDER HARDING

‘For Those Who Can Still Ride In An Airplane For The First Time’, spoken word, uploaded on Youtube on 20 Apr. 2009;

Visible Light series (2010), photography

[quotemadness]

“What if I travel so far away in my dreams that I can’t get back in time to wake up?”

— Ruth Ozeki

[itsfullofstars]

Antarctica by Christopher.Michel https://flic.kr/p/i9Kd8J

[quotemadness]

“Edit your life frequently and ruthlessly. It’s your masterpiece after all.”

— Nathan W. Morris

[sea-chief]

Art Commissions

Hi! My name is Ivy and I’m a mentally ill enby lesbian!

I’m currently in need of money to help pay my mom back for some injuries I sustained earlier this year, and I’m also lacking my own mode of transportation. On top of that, my girlfriend is in an even worse situation, (though I don’t feel I should tell specifics) and has no way to leave without help. I’m trying to save up money to get her out before summer, as well as to pay my mom back, and to help myself with some smaller financial problems (mostly that I’m struggling to eat lunch most days, due to not having anything at home, and being unable to buy food at school)

All in all it’s not a great situation, so I’m going to open up commissions to hopefully help me pay for things!! Please help me, y’all

Pricing

Lineart/Black and White (one character)

Head: $2.00 (+$2.00 every additional character afterwards)

Waist up: $5.00 (+$5.00 every additional character)

Full body: $8.00 (+$8.00 every additional character)

Flat Coloring

Head: $5.00 (+$5.00 every additional character)

Waist up: $8.00 (+$8.00 every additional character)

Full body: $10.00 (+$10.00 every additional character)

Semi detailed

Head: $8.00 (+$8.00 every additional character)

Waist up: $10.00 (+$10.00 every additional character)

Full body: $12.00 (+$12.00 every additional character)

Detailed

Head: $10.00 (+$10.00 every additional character)

Waist up: $12.00 (+$12.00 every additional character)

Full body: $15.00 (+$15.00 every additional character)

Second style

Other examples of my work

Backgrounds will range from 50 cents to $5.00 ranging on complexity. Most of the ones you see above are 50 cents

I will do: ship art, fanart, OCs, light n*dity, dogs, cats, birds, reptiles/dragons, cryptids/monsters, and other nonhumans

I will NOT do: ships including inc*st, p*dophilia, or abuse, K*lling St*lking, H*talia, AOT, mecha, or p*rnography (you’d be disappointed with the result for the last two)

DM me if interested! Payment will happen before you receive your product, to ensure I get payed (though I can be flexible about when you pay!)

Anyway please support me and my girlfriend!! If you can’t buy, at least reblog. And if you have an extra bit of money maybe buy me a ko-fi?

[quotemadness]

“Being together is the miracle, being together and caring. Sleeping together, feet touching, legs touching. Being asleep and together.”

— Charles Bukowski

[harpyhormones]

netflixs model of continually introducing new shows and then cancelling them because their business model is based on growing new subscriptions rather than maintaining current ones is like a prime example of why media under capitalism sucks