Spatz

Hello! I'm twenty-some years old. I spent 2014 resting and learning. In 2015 I plan on following the direction my life has been going, and picking up the pace. Interests include plants & midwifery, along with pursuing a greater understanding of the spiritual. I am a cis white woman (she/her/hers), pan & poly (picky & have a primary). Call me out if/when I step out of line, & feel free to ask for TW tags. I do want to make this an LGBT+ safe blog. I've been through quite the journey from conservative Christian to whatever I'm at now, posts on this blog from year(s) ago may be problematic. For now I'm not planning on erasing them as they track my journey.

[justanuttyfangirl]

Me: Has too much anxiety to get a job. Makes money off of surveys online. Yes I am a useful member of society.

[iwasfound-blog1]

WAIT YOU MAKE MONEY DOING SURVEYS ONLINE TEACH ME YOUR WAYS SENPAI

[justanuttyfangirl]

Well I use this site, it is so simple to sign up you can even sign up using your Facebook. Its available for people in most countries, definitely USA, Canada, UK, Australia, NZ and a load of European ones! I normally watch Netflix or Youtube while doing them haha just click any of this text to have a look :D xx

[justbadpuns]

According to recent surveys, 51% of the people are in the majority that this site is great

[adamjk]

back to accepting responsibility for my actions I guess

[blumeblutet-blog]

I fucked up (minimally) and I learned a lesson to prevent it from happening again. I am not a failure for messing up. It could have been prevented if I had held myself back more from a situation, but I have found I have been holding myself back from a lot of interactions lately and simply avoiding involving myself in life isn’t the best way to prevent “bad” things from happening, as it is too limiting. A balance must be found, and I’m glad to have oscillated to this side of “avoiding interactions” or whatever, so I know its benefits and limitations. I’ve learned a more specific lesson, which will help me in the future, instead of letting my brain make a sweeping generalization that will hinder me. 

[starlitskvader]

AND THERE IT IS.

The 90s anime pretended it didn’t happen. Naysayers have been insisting it was a mistranslation since the manga translations first came out.

“Uranus wa otoko demoari onna demoaru”

Now - I am only at the very most basic level but I know this: otoko = man, onna = woman, demoaru = formal, ‘to also be’. I couldn’t quite catch Michiru’s next lines but she says ‘dochiramo’, ‘both’, twice while the subtitles translate it as Haruka having the traits and strengths of both.

HARUKA TENOU IS BIGENDER AND I’M GONNA GO AHEAD AND SAY INTERSEX TOO. THIS IS CANON STRAIGHT FROM THE SOURCE.

(”but,” I can hear the transphobes whine, “Michiru was probably speaking metaphorically and it’s canon that only women can be Sailor Senshi!” well 1. shut up and 2. being bigender doesn’t make Haruka less of a woman (OR less of a man) and I’m sure the Uranus Sailor Crystal knows better than you. c:)

[fh-horoscopes]

The Mercury Retrograde is always made out to be this horrific period of time of chaos but for me I see it as a period of cleansing and removing negativity from your life. You just have to work through the chaos to have a positive outcome.

[blumeblutet-blog]

All roads lead to our destiny if we walk them with integrity.

http://chaninicholas.com/2016/05/jupiter-stations-direct-horoscopes-for-the-week-of-may-9th/

[blumeblutet-blog]

“Only 28 of 34 states have a medical emergency exception (Guttmacher Institute, 2007). This leaves young women who reside in the other six states in a very dangerous situation. Should an emergency arise, a young woman’s health and safety may very well be compromised. Without a medical emergency exception, she is at the mercy of the law and the delays associated with parental involvement laws.” - Abortion Counseling : A Clinician's Guide to Psychology, Legislation, Politics, and Competency

In other words - a pregnant minor in need of an emergency induced abortion in those 6 states (not listed in book) could be denied appropriate and adequate medical care. They would be made to wait & go through court systems to get the care they need for the doctors to not lose their medical license for providing that care.

[straightwhiteboystexting]

[cutegirlonline-deactivated20181]

holy shit

[thatsthat24]

All I can picture is this dude saying this while awkwardly dancing into a room and then immediately dancing right back out.

[blumeblutet-blog]

someone zoobe this.

[thebootydiaries]

temple run

reblog if ur a tru 90′s kid

[best-of-turnblr]

temple run came out in 2011

[thebootydiaries]

don’t let the media fool u 

[tori-no-shonen-deactivated20230]

There were no tablets in the 90’s, at least none that could do more the write an essay.

[thebootydiaries]

then how do u explain my proof sweaty :)

[brriiibrriii-deactivated2019010]

Lol sweaty… *sweetie

[thebootydiaries]

no :) i don’t think u r understand :) i have 3 phd’s on english sweaty :)

[sinchiroca]

Are you mentally incompetent?

[thebootydiaries]

listen sweaty :) clearly ur too smart and superior for all of us so how about u stop talking ur mouth :) how many gf’s do u have :) 0 :) how many phd’s do u have :) 0 :) bye sweaty :)

[hardcore-unicorns666]

If you have a Ph.D. then why are you wasting your time on tumblr being a useless piece of shit?

[thebootydiaries]

listen illiterate :) i said 3 phd’s :) im a piece of shit with 3 phd’s :) ur a piece of shit with 0 phd’s :) i have 7 gf’s :) i listen to john lemon :) i saw weed 3 times :) i have 9 abs :) bye sweat-heart :) 

[darkrainbow820]

It is physically impossible to have 9 abs. 

[thebootydiaries]

u dont know my life story

[petr1kov]

rest in fucking pieces, mr. darcy

[buckyonthelam]

paintedtapestry THIS SCENE

[lionlass7]

#imagine being a woman reading this for the first time and throwing her bonnet on#racing as fast as she can down the street to pound on her friend’s door#WHAT PAGE ARE YOU ON DEAR HELEN#NEVERMIND I SHALL SIT WITH YOU UNTIL YOU REACH IT#IT IS MOST DIVERTING (via buckyonthelam)

[stephrc79]

Well, I didn’t see THAT coming.

[cherry-muffins-deactivated20181]

highschool and up…

[captioned-miscellaneous-videos]

1: “Are you drinking Pepsi for breakfast?”

2: “Yeah, what’d you have for breakfast?“

1: “Nothing.”

2: “I’m doing better than you.”

[fkaeros]

I work at a swim school and we occasionally have birthday parties. I over hear a conversation one of the kids had with their mom

Hears conversation between a mom and daughter who is like 6.

Mom: Looking at news article on phone about Sam Smith**

Girl: Mommy why is Sam Smith kissing a boy?

Mom: it’s because he’s gay honey.

Girl: Mommy what does gay mean?

Mom: Like girls like boys, it’s when boys like boys.

Girl: Oh….well why can’t girls like girls?

Mom: They can they’re called lesbians.

Girl: lessions?

Mom: No, Les-Bee-Ens.

Girl: Oh Okay,….can I be lesbian?

Mom: Sure, only if you feel that way, why?

Girl: Cuz there’s this girl name katey and she’s really really pretty like prettier then Elsa.

Mom: PRETTIER THAN ELSA?!?!

Girl: Yeah, I want her to be my girlfriend.

Mom: Okay, wait…what about that other kid you liked, that boy named Jimmy.

Girl: I don’t like Jimmy anymore, I only said that cause I thought I didn’t have anymore options but boys.

Mom: *starts dying laughing*

Me *starts dying laughing*

[4thtrimesterbodiesproject-deact]

So amazing!

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[popculturebrain]

Fun NPR jokes on this week’s ‘Simpsons’

[nprinterns]

NPR’s Bob Boilen was on the ‘Simpsons’ this week. Check it out. -Mabinty

[nprmusic]

I would listen to Gross Air. –Lars

[npr]

Yes to DJ Terry Fresh. -Emily

[nprfreshair]

We really want that poster over here at Fresh Air HQ. 

[thesoftghetto]

Full Story

[fuckyeahtattoos]

Pony Reinhardt - Tenderfoot Studio - Portland, OR

[smze]

Black History Month Discrimination At School

My name is Grace Duah and I’m a senior and SGA President at West Springfield High School in Virginia and I am a member of our newly founded Black Student Union(BSU). Every year our school with a predominantly white majority has a MANDATORY Black History Month Assembly. And this may sound good, but it is generally a cookie cutter version of the reality. Spreading an undertone of racism doesn’t exist and Black History started with slavery. Every year black students of our school have sat in silence during this performance and taken with an air of denial and pain the reality that is our situation and lack of voice in something that is supposed to be representative of us and our situation. This year BSU decided to take a stand, we respectively asked to take the assembly from leadership and plan an event that would be truly representative of black people as well as an honest look into our reality. We planned for five months, even managing to get a former employee marched alongside Dr. King in Selma to come talk about his experiences as a protestor during the civil rights movement. Finally we would have an assembly run by black people for black people that would not only help black students at our school but promote diverse representation for all minorities in our school. However this past Tuesday our sponsor was informed by another teacher that the school Administration had decided to make the assembly optional and there would be one performance instead of two. This seems small, however to begin with the assembly is in a week to make this decision would alter the event entirely and give us only a week to prepare despite us preparing this event for months. Along with that, this event has been required for years and years and suddenly when it is finally in the hands of black students it no longer is important. Also if the teacher had not informed our sponsor the admin had no intention of informing us of anything, because apparently we are valued so little in the school they didn’t even bother telling us despite it being our program. Finally when things are optional students will not come and everyone including administration knows this, their intention was to sabotage this from the foundation. Wanting to go about this in as dignified way as possible, we contacted the administration hoping to set up a meeting and discuss their reasoning and how we can go about changing it. However the meeting only proved to solidify our suspicions. The administration especially the principal was very short with us continuously cutting us off and calling us “hostile”. When we even tried to express our reasoning behind wanting this assembly so badly because of past racial injustices done against us, we were told it’s Virginia so we should be used to it. They even went as far a saying they wouldn’t want to force students to sit through an event they cared nothing about and had no educational value. In the end we got a “sorry"and a maybe a change would be done. So basically yeah you’re offended but this doesn’t matter anyways so we’ll just let this die. Beyond just the damage this whole situation has had on the assembly and it’s potential success, the mental and emotional damage has been far worse. A lot of black students at west springfield feel under valued and unappreciated. They feel looked down upon like people expect them to be nothing more than negative stereotypes and they have no voice to say anything against it. Some are even verbally abused to the point where their own self image is being damaged. You hear of the protests and incidents happening in the world regarding racism, but in our very own school kids are forced to deal with little acts of discrimination that make them feel less of a person and sometimes lash out. Many a times I personally have cried myself to sleep replaying words spewed to me in the halls. Despite being a predominantly white school, the N word is used often and in a derogatory manner to black students on a daily basis. At one point kids even tried to organize a "Gangsta out” where they would all dress up as “ghetto” gang members to a basketball game. This assembly was our chance to show black people how we wanted to be seen. Not as “gangstas” or “ratchet” or whatever negative stereotype used to keep us down, but rather as beautiful intelligent people who have gone through things yet have overcome. People who have a voice. Yes many people think black history month is seperatist or a waste of time and regard the assembly in the same way, but what those understand is: black history month is about equality and unity. It’s about showing off the side of American History not seen in textbooks. In the same way Black Lives Matter is about lifting black people to be valued and respected in the same way as the white majority, Black History Month as well as this event was designed to do the same. It’s hard when you walk through school and feel like an outsider due to the color of your skin and feel like a person. Its hard when you open history textbooks and the only black people you see are slaves or in pain to feel valued . Validating the black history month assembly doesnt merely validate one event but it validates an entire people who are made to believe they are not good enough with no voice otherwise. Its about educating the youth on issues that face our world today. Its not anti anyone, rather its pro equality. Showing you can be of a different race and still have the world at your finger tips, we were under the impression the school wanted that message heard, but we were proven wrong. Not only did they prove they regarded us as whiney thugs by calling us hostile for speaking our minds and our hearts; but going as far as saying this event is not educational, when not only does this event highlight an aspect of history but they force us to sit through 3-4 lame pep rallies a year. I know our school would love it, if we continued to be silent and let this injustice occur, but no enough is enough we are the next generation and we’re tired. Tired of working to find reasons to love ourselves in a sea of self-hate. Tired of working twice as hard to get half as much as the mediocre white kids next to us.Tired of being told we am smart for a black girl or guy. Or that we talk like a white person. No more. Personally I am a proud young black woman, with melanin skin that reflects the sun and no longer will I sit aside as injustice in being made. I am writing this post on behalf of every black student in my school, as well as every black student who has been made to feel like their feelings are less important. That their history is not valid. That they are not intelligent people destined for greatness. We plan on doing whatever it takes to get this decision repealed and discrimination and unfairness in our school exposed. West Springfield expected silence when they made this decision, but it is the age of the black revolution and they will learn it whether they like it or not: no JUSTICE no PEACE! We are black kids and we will not be silenced✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽