The Woods Are Gray

Call me Shenn. I drift across time and space, collecting echoes of many scattering voices. 23, transman, lover of books, writer, poet, baker, keeper of butterflies, sharer of all things geeky. Intersectional feminist. I also make a good friend.

[baraphalloplastyclinic]

I actually do think we should discourage women from becoming housewives. Do not become financially dependent on a man. That's how a lot of women ended up dead over the years. A man gets violent suddenly and you have to choose between homelessness or potentially dying at his hand because you have an enormous gap in your resume and no degrees or certifications or anything that will help you pursue a career that will allow you to be financially independent. He owns your bank account. His name is probably the one on the car. Try and leave and he can report it stolen. Where will you go then?

Don't become a housewife.

[papasmoke]

The world energy shock is coming

The US and Israel's illegal attack on Iran will provoke a global economic catastrophe

Do you remember the days when the world already knew that there was a Covid-19 outbreak in Wuhan and that it was spreading rapidly, but you were not under lockdown yet? An in-between moment when it was clear a catastrophe was coming, but not what it meant. This stage of the US and Israel’s illegal attack on Iran is another such moment. The shock is here. The shockwaves are on their way. One fifth, one third, one third, two fifth, nearly one half – these are the respective shares of global exports of liquefied natural gas, crude oil, fertilisers, helium and sulphur normally passing through the Strait of Hormuz. Our research shows that these are essentials the world economy depends on. Fossil fuels are by far the most systemically significant inputs in (as yet) predominantly fossil fuel-powered capitalism. Food production depends on fertilisers. Helium and sulphur are necessary for microchips production, in turn needed for everything from lawn mowers to data centres sustaining the AI boom. The passage through the strait of these raw materials – key for making everything else – has been effectively suspended since the beginning of the war.

[tiramisooooh]

:)

[mitrakats]

rupture of our innocence, if you are guilty i am in

[problemnyatic]

"Punishment works!!!" We're drowning in three to four generations of people so pants-shittingly terrified of ever being wrong that half of everyone has constructed a worldview wherein they never even consider the possibility that they could be wrong and the other half behaves like one wrong move will make anything or anyone explode violently into a million irreperable pieces. I don't think it works guys

[problemnyatic]

I know this might be a bold take but maybe teaching everyone from a young age that ever making a mistake will be met with unimaginable pain and misery doesn't actually encourage learning or correct behavior. If anything it creates a sense of terror so powerful it completely suffocates curiosity and exploration, thus leading to people knowing absolutely nothing but whatever is brought directly to them, which is a big problem in a world where information is so tightly controlled that a very small number of very powerful people basically have complete power over what people see and hear on a day-to-day basis when not actively seeking new and rigorously verified information from diverse and trustworthy sources.

[problemnyatic]

if any of this sounds like you, start by looking up the definition of words you've heard and are pretty sure you know what they mean, but haven't actually double-checked for yourself. Just like, whenever it occurs to you. Great first step

[problemnyatic]

This post goes out to the "we need to bring back bullying" crowd. Just because you aren't hitting someone physically doesn't mean you aren't being punitive. Maybe it isn't actually healthy to believe it's necessary to harass and humiliate anyone who makes you upset or uncomfortable. That sounds like a you problem actually.

[problemnyatic]

Anyways, breaking the cycle of abuse starts with you and how you treat yourself. You have to give yourself grace and room for error or you'll never be able to cultivate a healthier mindset than your trauma left you with. It's not easy, but you have to trust yourself that whatever seems kinder than however you usually treat yourself is probably a good enough start.

[giltori]

That one character from popular kids manga Chainsaw Man.

[pekingopera]

thatbemeqq

video is mildly funny but this comment killed me

[c3rvida3]

POC who bind: I can confirm after having dyed about a dozen binders for friends of mine and probably literal hundreds of pairs of tights that pretty much any method that reliably dyes pale-nude dance/theatre tights to a deeper nude will also dye binders to a deeper nude. Just something to keep in mind if a company that doesn't make your shade is a more comfortable cut or fit, or is running a sale on a shade that doesn't work for you.

A lot of people find this Rit Dye chart helpful specifically since their dyes are typically accessible and affordable.

[bingbuang]

wait binders are supposed to be my skin color?

[c3rvida3]

They don't have to be if it doesn't bother you that they aren't! Some people find it a little bit less dysphoria-inducing if their undergarments are close to their skin tone. The biggest issue is obviously that pale skin tones are often offered as the universal and only nude to begin with. From, like, a practical standpoint, if you're wearing a white or light-colored shirt, a binder or bra that's close to your skin tone isn't going to have as much contrast against your skin as a lighter one, and won't show up as much under the garment. A lot of people think if you're wearing a white shirt for example, you should wear a white bra or binder underneath it, but you actually want whatever your version of nude is.

[kaban-bang]

[catgirl-kaiju]

i love the way they're talking about an actor and comedian, who does DnD live-plays and game shows on a small-time streaming service, is as if she currently has a bomb planted in the city's police headquarters and is dumping hrt in the city's water supply

[socialistexan]

[letsboldlygomotherfuckers]

I actually can't stop thinking about how the losing party last election dressed like vikings and tried to break into the white house and the losing party this election are sharing suicide prevention hotlines

[anthonyhurd]

Working on pieces for my three person show at Hey There Projects in Joshua Tree This December with Jaunt. Going to be a fun one!

[kaban-bang]

[catgirl-kaiju]

i love the way they're talking about an actor and comedian, who does DnD live-plays and game shows on a small-time streaming service, is as if she currently has a bomb planted in the city's police headquarters and is dumping hrt in the city's water supply

[socialistexan]

[weltenwellen]

Andrea Gibson, Lord of the Butterflies

[franzkafkagf]

targaryens might have popularized sibling-fucking but jaime and cersei perfected it! yet another andal win.

[coarsestdemand-deactivated20250]

Israeli Supreme Court rules that the military must begin drafting ultra-Orthodox men

Israel’s high court ruled unanimously that the military must begin drafting ultra-Orthodox men — a decision that could lead to the collapse

For years, Israel's Supreme Court has held that the religious exemption violated laws on equal protection. In its new ruling, the court said the state was carrying out “invalid selective enforcement, which represents a serious violation of the rule of law." The court also kept in place a freeze on subsidizes [sic] for religious seminaries, or yeshivas, whose young students declined to enlist, a measure it first imposed in March. Before Tuesday's ruling, the Israeli government had repeatedly extended the waiver, but it has been unable to pass a law that would make it permanent, or allow for a more limited draft of ultra-Orthodox men. During recent court arguments, the AP reported, government lawyers said forcing them to enlist would “tear Israeli society apart.”

lmao

[yuri-alexseygaybitch]

[valtsv]

it's such a bummer that losing control of your emotions only makes the entire situation worse in really embarrassing personal ways. losing control of my emotions should give me pyrokinesis.

[prokopetz]

Shout out to pre-2000s anime with completely unintentional trans rep because the writer genuinely thought that being bisexual and being genderfluid were the same thing.