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[supercorpzine]

Hello! Have you considered swapping out one of the larger/national queer organisations, for a grassroots/local Black Trans organisation given the current situation?

Hello there!

That is a really excellent ask, and we're glad you brought it up. We have been discussing the logistics of swapping out a charity this late in the game to show our support to the Black community, and what we have decided is that while we will remain with the three charities originally selected, we are communicating with both the Transgender Law Center and The Trevor Project to send our donations to specific projects that benefit black lives.

So far we've received responses from The Transgender Law Center about allocating these funds for their specific causes which include both the Black Trans Circles and Black LGBTQ Migrant Project, and we are waiting to hear back from The Trevor Project about using our donations for their Black LGBTQ Youth Mental Health program.

We feel it was necessary to continue with the charities originally chosen since we aim to be as transparent as possible about where the donations go at the time supporters purchase their zines, but we also agree that supporting the black community is a high priority.

Thank you again for your ask, and we will update with responses from The Trevor Project as soon as they are received! ❤️

[heeeygracie]

SOMEBODY JUST GIVE BABY LENA A HUG PLEASE 😫

[pockicchi-backup]

happy 5 yrs to my fave girls !!!! 💙💖💙💖

[systemflaw]

Supergirl[Kara x Lena] basketball AU based off : this fic by lynnearlington where Lena is the owner of a basketball team and Kara is the star player. (extra)

[sango-blep]

A picture commissioned by @supercorp-fan-art for @sheflewmetothemoon.

[lisamar1exo]

i drew some more spookycorp this time in spooky sweaters because i  thought it would be good for my soul 🎃👻 

[cwsupergirlgifs]

[buffysummers]

“Buffy stares at him, his words hitting home. She looks exhausted, and terribly sad. She shuts her eyes. He lunges, shooting his arm out, the sword straight at her face. Without opening her eyes she slams her palms together over the blade, stopping it an inch from her face. She opens her eyes, meets his gaze, and realizes what she has is herself.”

[bestabsoluteduelist]

this is pure hijinks enjoy

[bestabsoluteduelist]

podfic - neon signs

what’s up internet, I’m back to my podfic shenanigans (also I discovered the term podfic after 5 years lololol)

If anyone has advice for podfic/audiobook hosting or sharing websites, please let me know! I’d like to keep making them and post them in places that are actually made for listening to books and not just Google Drive.

For now though, you can find the files here. This is an audio recording of neon signs by @contagiousiridescence. I’m up to partway through Chapter 3 now, and I intend to finish the whole fic by the end of the month. 

[unnecessary-database]

Lena can’t see Kara without seeing Supergirl anymore.

Kara’s leaning back in the chair when Lena enters for game night, and Lena sees a mental flash of red cape, red boots. She’s reclining with ease and power and grace and Lena can only see her hair down, her glasses off, powerful fingers curled into a fist ready to punch instead of cheer.

“You’re with me, right?” Kara asks, and Lena’s shoved back into the memory of Supergirl facing her down in the dark forest, Supergirl landing on her balcony the night after the gala, curious, Supergirl—

“Always,” she says back. The way Kara said she’d always protect her. Always be there for her. Always be on the same team.

Did the lying negate that? Did one line of code render the whole program null and void? Could one spot of faulty coding really infect the rest of a good program?

Kara gets up with a liquid grace Lena always put down to who she was. Now she knows it is precisely because of who she is. J’onn, next to her, knows. Nia and Brainy, at least one of them know. Alex, of course knows.

How many bugs were there to patch? How many would reveal more bugs? How many holes in the bottom of a boat could Lena plug before she realized it was doomed to sink? Before Supergirl’s facade of a civilian identity was scuttled at the bottom of the sea?

[unnecessary-database]

“So I did some research,” Kara said without preamble, plowing into her apartment with a purpose. Kara turned around, dropping her purse on Lena’s counter and her coat on the chair like she was here to stay.

Lena sighed. She had spilled every dark thought to Kara three nights ago, the sinking boat analogy coming out at the bottom of the whiskey bottle as she yelled and cried about every lie and every secret and Kara stood there and took it. She closed the door reluctantly as Kara twisted her lips, searching for the words. “Research,” Lena prompted, not particularly in the mood but knowing Kara wouldn’t leave til she was done.

“You said our friendship was a boat that had sunk,” Kara said flatly, and Lena bit down on her tongue before nodding. “Fine,” Kara said, with a finality that shocked Lena.

“You’re giving up?” Lena asked, scoffing, her heart’s final few shreds falling apart and fluttering away. She could feel herself shaking, feel herself about to break, because if there was one thing, one senseless thing she counted on, it was Kara fighting “just like that.” Lena swallowed. “Fine then, see if I car—“

“You know what other boat sunk?” Kara spoke over her, eyes fixed on Lena’s, determined and a little red. “The Merrimack.”

“The Merrimack,” Lena repeated, deadpan. “The ironclad in the Civil War, of that famous first ironclad battle? That Merrimack? The one that ended its battle in a stalemate?”

“That Merrimack,” Kara confirmed. “It started its life as a Union ship, did you know? It got captured and the Union sunk it to prevent it from being used by the Confederates.” Lena chewed her lip, waiting. “But the Confederacy raised it,” Kara continued, her voice softer. “It was one of the largest ships in the Union navy, and even when the Union set it on fire, the Confederacy saved the hull. They rebuilt the ship with a steam powered engine and iron armor. They changed the way naval battles were fought, because they didn’t give up.”

Lena huffed against the unexpected lump in her throat. “You’re comparing our friendship to a war vessel used to fight for slavery? Apt.”

Kara’s jaw clenched, slightly, but she rolled her eyes. “I wrote an editorial last year about the true purpose of secession in 1860, Lena, try again. I’m drawing a parallel. It’s a literary device writers use sometimes to get a point across.” Despite herself, Lena snorted. It was a tiny laugh, but Kara smiled wide at her success before biting it back contritely, fixing Lena with that halfway-to-puppy-dog eyes expression Lena was always a sucker for.

Damn her best friend sometimes. “It’s still a bad metaphor,” Lena said petulantly, her heart’s shredded pieces moving around hopefully, moving to get them glasses of water.

“Well, duh,” Kara said, following Lena to the counter, looking like she wasn’t going anywhere, not until Lena smiled again, and it was familiar and made Lena’s shredded heart whisper try, try, try. “Nothing’s gonna compare to you. To us. But I had to start somewhere.”

[lostovae]

Wisdom teeth are so weird cause my body is like, “hey I know you are done growing but would you like some…MORE TEETH???? And I’m like, “hell no, theres no room,” but then my body is still like *slamming fists on table* “more teeth! MORE TEETH! MORE TEETH! MORE TEETH! M O R E T E E T H”

[ladyzolstice]

[former dental student voice]

like many things, wisdom teeth are a byproduct of evolution! biology’s natural solution to a problem we have since solved with the advancement of medical technology!!

historically, people lost their second molars quite early due to dental decay! Before the invention of the toothbrush, we were unable to reach far enough back to clean those teeth - and even if we could reach them, the lack of any other oral hygiene was too much to fight off.

so we lost those teeth! They decayed and fell out in early adulthood. And of all the teeth at your disposal, molars are the most important! Without molars we are unable to grind and swallow most of the diet we evolved to ingest.

So the body decided the best thing to do was to give us a third set of molars - ones that came later in life, after we had surely already worn out the second set. This is why they don’t erupt with the rest of our adult dentition.

So now that we have the toothbrush and toothpaste and floss - and now that a significant portion of drinking water (at least in the United States) is fluoridated - dental decay is much, much less frequent, especially in young adults. 

So when those wisdom teeth are ready to come in, the average adult no longer has room for them.

( also, we’re starting to evolve past them! my dad only got his lower wisom teeth and my sister had only one!)

and that’s the story of the Seemingly Redundant and Unnecessary Wisdom Tooth, Who Was Really Only Trying to Help

[highfivethesky-archive]

[sadiepickles]

Be careful with marijuana, bipolar, paranoid, and psychotic folks. You may not realize until you’re already in it, but marijuana can trigger psychotic episodes, paranoid episodes and make bipolar mania worse. There has been a fair amount of research on this and google is free. 

For only anxious/depressed folks, do whatever helps you. Just be aware the marijuana doesn’t help everybody and the persistent “Marijuana is Cool” culture can hurt people. 

[ultimaid]

also! if you’re on lamictal, pleeease be careful around marijuana since it has triggered seizures in folks on lamictal in the past!!

[felicitousfeline]

Shit this is extremely helpful to know. I’ve been put on Lamotrigine (Lamictal) since my last encounter with marijuana. Stay safe!

[acidic-pixie]

marijuana has a vasodilation effect meaning it expands or “dilates” blood vessels, which in turn lowers blood pressure, which in turn speeds up heart rate. people with anxiety, including myself, can sometimes suffer actual worsening of anxiety with marijuana due to the brain misinterpreting the physical effect. this has happened to me multiple times. I’ve had a friend go to the ER because her anxiety got so much worse after smoking weed that she thought she was having a heart attack. even if you only suffer from anxiety, be aware of the possible side effects weed can have.

[cyanwrites]

As an ER doctor, I see patients with marijuana side effects fairly frequently. A lot of people don’t know that marijuana can trigger latent psychosis, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder; even if you don’t have any symptoms of these conditions you might get them from using marijuana, and it can happen the first time or the hundredth time. If you have a close relative with any of these disorders, you have a particularly high risk of triggering them in yourself.

I know marijuana is a very popular drug, and for some people the effect of using it is worth the risk - after all, everything has a risk; I see patients who’ve been in traffic accidents every day too, or fallen off horses or bicycles, and most of them go right back to driving/biking/riding… People do things that might be a little bit dangerous because they consider the benefits worth the risk. But it’s important to educate yourself about the risk so you can make an informed decision. :)

If you do use marijuana and see a doctor for some reason, even unrelated, please tell us! We aren’t allowed to tell anyone else (breaching patient confidentiality will have our medical license revoked), and marijuana can interact with medication (as mentioned about Lamictal above), so it’s very important that we know it when treating you. :)

[usermeggy]

[airstripyaks]

Hoo BOY I love the new suit.

“Hope, help, and compassion for all. THAT’S what I stand for.”

[lena-luthor]