1321 days.

Callie Torres is my spirit animal. I aspire to be at least half the person she is. I do not ship MerDer, but that doesn't mean they don't deserve their happy ending. Name a show, 99% sure that I am watching it....

[slayer-barbie]

I want to live my life so that I’ll be able to read an in-depth biography about myself in later years and not puke.

Liza Weil as Paris Geller in Gilmore Girls (2000-2007)

[jamiescotts]

favorite charcoop kisses part 01/?? 

[greysbelova]

charlotte king icons!

like/reblog if saving/using

[jack-abbot]

@PSCENTRAL EVENT 25: SEASONS ↳ 📍 STARS HOLLOW, CONNECTICUT

Winter, spring, summer, or fall All you have to do is call And I'll be there You've got a friend

(insp)

[narcissistictaako-blog]

tfw you’re a millenial but you don’t like avocado

[destinyrush]

LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK

[intangible-rice]

When I was 17 my appendix ruptured because I thought I was just having period cramps and didn’t go to the hospital so don’t tell me PMS symptoms are no big deal

[lingering-spirit]

this actually happened to me during my math final and i didn’t think anything of it and when i was later admitted to the hospital my math prof was asking me ‘you didn’t have to take the final! why didn’t you tell me it hurt?!?!’ and i told him i’ve had cramps worse.

he gave me 100

[kadenonio]

This is actually an extremely common occurrence simply because in sex ed they don’t teach you how to tell the difference between menstrual cramps and other more serious pains. The way to tell the difference between cramps and appendicitis is that while menstrual cramps are generalized toward the middle of the stomach below the belly button, pain from a swollen or burst appendix will start in the middle of the stomach and relocate to only the lower right side, even lower than menstrual cramps, and is a very localized pain. It also comes on extremely suddenly and will worsen over time or when you make a sudden movement, like a cough or a sneeze.

Basically, if you’re feeling any sort of pain, even if it’s menstrual cramps, don’t hesitate to tell the school nurse or a parent, or if you’re out of school and home even make a doctor’s appointment. Chances are if your cramps are that bad there’s something they can do to improve that as well.

[vandigo-deactivated20180131]

I am boosting the shit out of that reply, because I am twenty-fucking-five years old and did not know how to tell the two pains apart

[teacupdream]

Adding another diagnostic tool! This is something we use in the ER called the rebound test. Basically, appendicitis and cramps react differently to certain things. If you’re still not sure if you have cramps or appendicitis, take two fingers and press them into your abdomen where the pain is (try repeating this on the lower right quadrant of the abdomen just to be sure.)

When you press in firmly, it will probably hurt. Here’s the test: LET GO. Does it get better or get worse? Appendicitis will immediately hurt worse when you let go. Cramps will not. Go to the ER if the rebound test makes it worse!

[rainbowrowell]

THE REBOUND TEST IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

My husband got sent home from the ER with a rupturing appendix. When he came back and was rushed into surgery, the surgeon was super angry – “Why didn’t anyone do the rebound test?!”

[deinde-prandium]

All great info, but there is another lesson to be learned here: if you’re in major pain, it’s probably important - so don’t let anyone tell you it’s not. There is a documented pattern of women who go to the ER with complaints of pain being dismissed as overreacting…when in reality women have an incredibly high tolerance for pain, to the point that some don’t even realize exactly how serious their condition is. These stories only serve to illustrate this point.

[allthyvexations]

Reblog to literally save a life.

[tvylxrrr]

Every time I see this..

[benn-bros-and-hockey-hoes]

^the women have a high pain tolerance thing…my orthopedic surgeon, the first day I met him laid me down and messed with my shoulder. At this point I had been told by doctors and another orthopedic surgeon I was overreacting and making my pain up…for months. There were days I missed class because I couldn’t get dressed. Anyways, he laid me down and messed with my shoulder. When he was done he helped me sit up, and went and sat down across the room from me. He looked me dead in the eye and said “I just dislocated your shoulder, put it back in, and you didn’t flinch. You needed surgery four months ago.” He was pissed. Seriously, don’t take major pains lightly, in the abdomen or otherwise.

[mu-neutrino-deactivated20200531]

Holy shit. Reblog to save a life.

[servicedoodle]

My friend has been told for months she was exaggerating her knee pain. That she’s too young to have knee problems. I told her keep switching doctors until you find one that takes you seriously. It’s been 6 months. She has severe damage inside her knee, made worse my month of walking on it. She was told she is not allowed to walk and needs surgery to try to repair it. All because she was ignored by all those doctors.

[blackberryshawty]

*me lying to men* oh wow that’s so interesting

[technicallity]

u know what would be really neat? if i knew how to correctly communicate and form bonds with other people

[secretink]

Writing fanfic as a non-US citizen like

[intrinsicklutz]

In case anyone actually wants to know the answer: it’s the plot of Cars. The difference is literally the plot of Cars.

Highways are usually two-to-four (at the widest) lane roads that meander the US landscape. Think Route 66, dinosaur statues, mom-and-pop diners, southern gothic. There are state-level and national-level highways. Some run for a 100 miles, some, like US HWY-17, run most of the East Coast:

That red line is US HWY 17. If you follow it, you will go through tiny towns. You may hit stoplights. I kid you not, you will see spinning cows on poles. Businesses exist along highways that you are encouraged to pull over and visit. They were designed to let you see America.

Yeah.

Now, interstates were made in the 50s and were made to get people from Point A to Point B. These suckers range from four lanes to eight lanes around big cities. They cut through everything. If you want to get to a business, you have to take an exit ramp and detour. They are great for getting places fast. You can still have weird experiences on them, but usually at night, when your eyes start playing tricks on you. Or there are deer.

I-95 is a massive corridor that runs from the Florida Keys to the Canadian Border. You can see the difference just looking at the maps.

As far as writing goes:

If you want quirky character development inside the car, you’re looking for an interstate. The majority of Americans take interstates to go on road trips.

If you want mysterious and/or supernatural hijinks, you’re looking for a highway. They are weird, weird places, and they’re surprisingly easy to wind up on if you leave the interstate.

(Even in America, no one’s really sure what a freeway is. Just ignore it.)

[thecheshirecass-deactivated2018]

Freeways exist in big cities where cars are more prominent than public transport, such as LA or Atlanta. You’ve year of liminal spaces? Freeways during rush hour are a physical manifestation of hell.

[aqunathlok-ataashi]

Awesome! Now what the hell is a turnpike?

[thecheshirecass-deactivated2018]

If you find out, let me know. Maybe ask someone from New Jersey.

[spanishskulduggery]

A turnpike is a highway with a toll. Turnpikes are special highways where you drive really fast and it’s usually linking big cities with each other and you keep going until you hit a toll booth.

They’re called “turnpikes” because in the olden days, there were pikes or barriers up and you had to pay the toll for them to be raised or turned to let you in.

[sixpenceee]

This gravestone from 1875 reads:

“Kate McCormick, Seduced and pregnant by her father’s friend, Unwed she died from abortion, her only choice, Abandoned in life and death by family, With but a single rose from her mother, Buried only through the kindness of an unknown benefactor, Died February 1875, age 21, Victim of an unforgiving society, Have mercy on us.”

[kiltsfan]

We are headed for this again in the US!😭😤

[paladinmaeve]

This is so sad. I’m so sorry Kate.

[candice-bear]

Over 100 years later and still we never learn. This is so sad and fucked up.

[tastefullyoffensive]

Iconic. (via millselle)

[ollieplimsolls]

open rp

Hey can I get seven large cokes and a bbq sauce

[taahko]

is pepsi ok

[ollieplimsolls]

‘i guess’ i said sulking, my amber hued orbs peering down because of gravity

[taahko]

‘ok.’ i hand you seven large cokes and a pepsi

[cinexphile-deactivated20190801]

Posters for Wonder Woman (2017)

[warmestnugget]

Woah. I can’t believe I never realized this, but none of these are the “sexy female superhero pose” poster. Upper left-hand is the closest, but doesn’t show off her ass or boobs.

Most female superheroes get stuck in this pose where they show off their butt and cleavage instead of just looking badass. Wonder woman’s still forms to her body without being too sexy. And in her posters, she isn’t forced to pose sexy. She gets to pose like a male superhero.

[karatam]

I also read somewhere about how unusual (compared to most recent superhero movies) it is that in most of the posters for Wonder Woman, she is the only person in it

(this is actually the first time I’ve seen posters where she’s not solo)

Superhero movie posters are often very busy, with much of the supporting cast featured, especially if its the first film in that franchise (see: Iron Man, Spider Man Homecoming, Captain America the First Avenger, Thor)

But here, almost every poster is Diana, front and centre, carrying the entire image by herself

[bmalsuj]

I’ll take it a step further… I find those wonder woman posters sexy, and i’ll bet a lot of people sexually interested in women do too… But she isn’t sexualized… sometimes we forget that these two aren’t the same thing…

[wonder-trev]

Not to mention they are some of the best movie posters we’ve seen in a long time

[dadgangs-blog]

if you ever feel unimportant just read this page on the blues clues wiki

[reverseharem-deactivated2020021]

is it time for frank cho and milo manara to die or what

[kiefbowl]

That’s basically a naked woman I’m YELLING

[houroftheantichristwolf]

What a pervert. What the FUCK does he not know how clothes work? What the hypothetical fuck is she wearing then if we can see all that?

[auntiewanda]

It’s like how bath towels in comics miraculously wrap completely around breasts. Or how even when injured and dead on the ground women in comics have to be twisted into “sexy” poses. Or how women in comics walk like they’re in high heels even barefoot. 

It’s the only way men know how to draw women, because to them female characters are only there to be sexy. They only think of “women” as exploitative costumes and camera angles, high heels and titillation. Sex objects to ogle, plot objects to further male heroes’ narratives and drama, not heroes to cheer for. 

[brithwyr-deactivated20170122]

I’m sorry, I was labouring under the impression that this was the crowd that thought women should wear what they want..?

[auntiewanda]

And that applies to fictional women who are depicted by men how? You can’t apply agency in the plot to something metatextual when it comes to fictional characters. 

[brithwyr-deactivated20170122]

Come on, let’s not pretend this is a male exclusive thing.

[auntiewanda]

We’re going to have this argument are we? Not to mention you’re deviating from the original point that attributing agency to fictional characters’ clothing is asinine. 

What you have here are images of power, and do you really believe these characters are designed with titillating heterosexual women and bisexual and homosexual men in mind? Because I don’t think you do.

This is why the Hawkeye Initiative exists. Take common female poses in comics, put a man in the role, and see how “empowering” and “strong” it actually looks: 

Also: 

[feminism-is-radical-deactivated]

He got the painting for fighting against ‘censorship.’ Note that they handed him a gross design of a female being objectified, because at the end of the day, that is all they really want, to be allowed to objectify women. They don’t care about censorship in general it is about their ability to sexualise and degrade women without consequence.

[dyketales-deactivated20180601]

You can see her butthole for chrissakes

[pmastamonkmonk]

I think the best imagery I’ve seen to explain the difference between what men think male objectification is vs what women actually want to see is the Hugh Jackman magazine covers.

Hugh Jackman on a men’s magazine. He’s shirtless and buff and angry. He’s imposing and aggressive. This is a male power fantasy, it’s what men want to be and aspire to - intense masculinity.

Hugh Jackman on a women’s magazine.  He looks like a dad. He looks like he’s going to bake me a quiche and sit and watch Game of Thrones with me. He looks like he gives really good hugs.

Men think women want big hulking naked men in loin cloths which is why they always quote He-Man as male objectification - without realizing that He Man is naked and buff in a loin cloth because MEN WANT HIM TO BE. More women would be happy to see him in a pink apron cutting vegetables and singing off-key to 70s rock.

Men want objects. Women want PEOPLE.

[aglassroseneverfades]

This is the first time I have EVER seen this false equivalence articulated so well. Thank you.

[kingjaffejoffer]