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[caramichele]

[livesoundgirl]

Forever. 💖

[caramichele]

goals tbh

[likegoodomens]

to all my dude friends who refused to vote, wrote in “bernie sanders” or voted third party: thank you for the reminder that you’re not here to protect me, you don’t hear me, and you still don’t believe that my reality is as real as your reality, not even when I beg you and plead with you to hear me. thanks for being white men who don’t give a shit about anything other than what’s going on in their own heads, basically. signed, a person who didn’t trust you then and doesn’t trust you now

[retrotrash-deactivated20180109]

[bi-privilege]

i would just like to point out that the recent conversation surrounding the male birth control trials isn’t just “lol weak men can’t deal with side effects” it’s the fact that when they were testing hormonal birth control for women in the 50s & 60s, the side effects were much worse, and the women who participated in them, mostly in puerto rico, were not told about the side effects or that the drug was experimental

and THEN when women dropped out, they started using incarcerated women as their guinea pigs, and then despite the fact that some scientists who participated in the original trials were like “uh i don’t think this is actually good, it’s making a lot of these women sick,” the pharmaceutical industry & fda were like  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ and approved it for the general population anyways, without really warning women about the potential for all these negative side effects

and THEN researchers basically ceased to do any type of research on side effects like depression and decreased libido for 50 years, despite the fact that women were still complaining about them, and because there was no “hard evidence” of these side effects, a lot of doctors basically just assumed women were exaggerating or making it up. and that continued until the first major study of depression in women who take hormonal contraceptives was released just. this. year.

so yeah, the patriarchy. *waves flag*

[bi-privilege]

further reading:

the puerto rico pill trials

the racist & sexist history of keeping side effects of birth controls secret

“it’s not in your head” striking new study links birth control to depression

the side effects of male birth control stopping drug trials reveals a disturbing sexism

male birth control shot prevents pregnancy, researchers call for further study to reduce risk of depression, other side effects

oh, and fun fact: even after this new study was released, a lot of the scientific community is still being like “but can we PROVE these women aren’t just depressed because they’re LOVESICK?”

[firsthome]

[perspective20]

[vinesnow]

[enbyho]

Little Girl: I’ve got advice for you girls out there.

Little Girl: If you have a boyfriend

Little Girl: Dump him.

Little Girl: Waste of your time.

[beylenciaga]

happy 10 years of irreplaceable!!

[welcometotwinpeaks]

Kimmy Robertson is inside Showtime’s Twin Peaks merch booth right now! #FestivalOfDisruption http://ift.tt/2eeCVJH via http://ift.tt/OF8QRD

[caramichele]

Omfgggggg KIMMY!!!

[my-teen-quote]

[anarchyandacupofcoffee]

[micdotcom]

Watch: Samantha Bee gives Jimmy Fallon and NBC the treatment they deserve over Trump

[micdotcom]

Watch: Nyle DiMarco reminds voters what’s at stake on election day for people with disabilities

[Nyle DiMarco signing] You can keep this ad muted if you want and keep scrolling past it. But if you’re still listening to my voice, please know that there are a lot of people out there without one. Among the 50 million Americans living with a disability, many don’t have the ability to work, to travel, or to do countless other things you might take for granted. So this November, please consider voting for the only candidate with a plan to change that.

[profeminist]

U.S. READERS, REGISTER TO VOTE HERE

[lesstalkmoreillustration]

Phil Jones

[beyoncexknowles]

[nevver]

Darkness on the Edge of Town, Ignas Maldus