Cherry Blossom

|hey I'm emily 🌸🌸🌸| | mexican | | and just a lot of random stuff that i like |

[glow-cloud--doodles]

http://chng.it/2TrMRPgFjS

Sign the Petition

STOP ICE FROM POISONING IMMIGRANTS!

Help stop the gassing of Immigrants!!

[milf-adjacent]

We need to do more than sign a petition. Don't shut up about this.

[guiltyidealist]

Hey, followers?

Don't scroll past this.

[dandymeowth]

There are people in the notes saying this isn’t a gassing and it’s “just” a disinfectan0 being sprayed on surfaces to avoid covid, and people are “just” having allergic reactions to it

https://dandymeowth.tumblr.com/post/619934243092561920/your-url-is-problematic-odddior-i-know

That post explains better what this chemical is and what is going on.

“The guards are spraying this disinfectant in retaliation for the report [that revealed the deplorable health conditions in detention centers]. To be clear - HDQ is an industrial-strength disinfectant, which according to the manufacturer is “harmful if inhaled” and “causes severe skin burns and serious eye damage.” The guards are spraying it on everything every 15-30 minutes, according to sources, and immigrants in the center have already experienced severe symptoms including blisters, rashes, bleeding, fainting, breathing difficulties, headaches, stomach pain, and nausea. “

It’s not just allergic reactions. That’s a severe misunderstanding of what disinfectants do and a refusal to acknowledge how serious this is and WHY people are freaking out.

No, they’re not literally being gassed in the grandiose (gore-iose?) way you’d think of - being shoved into an iron chamber like animals that then is filled with gas that melts their skin... But they are still being forced to into small areas with harmful fumes and surfaces covered in chemicals that are made to eat living matter.

If you had to be in a room for days and weeks with bleach or peroxide all over everything, you don’t need to be allergic to start having severe reactions. Cleaning chemicals say to use protective gear and ventilate the area for a REASON.

[tenthdynasty]

[maladi0401]

This is really not okay. It wasn’t okay before, and now it’s worse than it was.

[curiousobsession101]

I work as a university custodian. This is the chemical we’re using to sanitize surfaces we’ve cleaned due to coronavirus. We’re not supposed to spray it directly on any surfaces. We spray it onto a cloth and then wipe surfaces with it. It’s supposed to dry before people come into contact with those surfaces. Once it dries on water fountains it’s rinsed off (I don’t know if it actually does anything to rinse it off when it’s already dried but that’s the procedure - we have to let it dry to make sure it’s had enough time to kill virus particles). That’s in university buildings with extra ventilation that are sanitized twice a day. This is horrifying.

[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

[itistimetodisappear]

And your boss is a racist for thinking it's ok to pay immigrants less. If there were proper equality laws you wouldn't have to compete with immigrants because they wouldnt be cheaper to hire than you.

[lesbiansandgayssupporttheminers]

Conservative MP Steve Double BANNED from cafes in his Cornwall constituency over free school meals vote - Cornwall Live

Tory MP banned from local cafes over free school meals vote

Two venues in Cornwall have banned their local Conservative MP after he voted against the motion to extend free school meals over half-term

I am very much here for MPs seeing real consequences to their actions.

[splend-42]

https://www.itv.com/news/2020-10-23/rishi-sunak-barred-for-life-from-pub-in-his-constituency-over-vote-against-free-school-meals

I’m liking this trend.

[pyaasa]

A shop window in Lancashire

[nycs]

and yet the world is silent…

Reblog to spread this. This isn’t something to keep silent on.

[ratherinterestingmilkshake]

I would never want somethin like that to happen! Hell, i condemn it. But … I try to at least keep myself informed a little bit. Are there any good sources for this?

Here (The Atlantic)

Here (Washington Post)

Here (The Guardian)

Here (Independent)

[willetwork-deactivated20240228]

Hey thank you so much for the sources!

[jehovahhthickness]

The world is silent because most of us didn’t know!

[potatobrains]

Mulan was filmed mostly where these internment camps are located. They are also performing forced sterilization with chemicals. Uighur women are forced to marry Han men. Sexual assault in these internment camps is not unlike what’s happening in ICE/CBP custody. Here’s a list of 83 companies that sourced forced labor from Uighur Muslim people:

83 Companies Linked to Uighur Forced Labor - Save Uighur

New Report on Uighur Forced Labor  The latest report titled “Uyghurs For Sale”, from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, reveals a va

[madeofwhitebone]

[parskis]

i swear to god, men raising their voice is the most terrifying thing in the whole world. they dont understand, like its an immediate panic response, game over

[cl4yton-deactivated20180207]

I actually had no idea women found this so scary

[periwinklepromise]

my downstairs neighbors fight on a regular basis, and every time he starts yelling i’m a little afraid he’s going to kill her. i have no reason to think this except that he is a man and he is angry

[thewonderfulthingaboutfish]

My math teacher has a loud voice and a temper and he scares the living shit out of me almost everyday. He’s made me and other kids cry more than once and he and his teacher buddies make a joke out of terrifying students.

[diamondsamura1-deactivated20220]

this was women in general? i knew my gf didn’t like it but I was unaware if this affected most women

[survivor-surviving]

Yes, it does

[pandora-ness]

As a woman, I had no idea it effected other women like this. I was too afraid to even talk about it. I thought I was weak. Thanks for bringing attention to this.

[kaldraws8280]

My dad thinks it’s funny that I used to cry when he raised his voice. I freak out whenever some one does. Once my director did, and I started crying I couldn’t stop. I’m glad to see I’m not alone…

[suicunesrider]

This is so important– seeing how common this is– and I also want you all to know that this is not normal. It isn’t something instinctively ingrained into women, to be afraid of men. There is no natural state of men being a threat that women constantly have to be afraid of. This is cultural. So many women and girls here have a mutual understanding of this feeling, and I think it really shows an unsettling truth about our society, particularly about how men are raised to act and how so many women have this defensive reaction gradually develop. It’s so important that these people have their voices heard, because it teaches us about problems that we just can’t deny the existence of any longer.

[shidoninoure]

I’m glad I’m not the only one

[anexperimentallife]

My fellow men, pay attention. I didn’t realize how scary this could be until one of my exes explained it to me, and it’s heartbreaking.

Also, when we move too much during an argument, or lean forward, it’s scary, and I never knew. I was even a little insulted at first, because surely she didn’t think I would hurt her. But see, that doesn’t matter. It wasn’t a sign that she mistrusted me specifically; it’s a conditioned response. (Although if you keep doing it once you realize it scares her, she SHOULDN’T trust you.)

Not every woman has been physically harmed by a man she trusted, but every woman KNOWS a woman who has.

I used to be horrible about this, because I didn’t realize how intimidating it was. I didn’t understand why the woman I was with clammed up or tried to tell me what she thought I wanted to hear, and I only got angrier, and acted even more like an asshole. It was wrong. It was abusive. It didn’t matter if I INTENDED it that way; it was still emotionally abusive. And it was inexcusable.

I get that when passions are high, and when you’re frustrated, it’s a natural tendency to let your voice get louder, to shout and gesture and lean forward. But you can train yourself to do better. You can train yourself to keep more of an even tone, to refrain from large and fast gestures, to not lean into her personal space. I did. I’m not perfect at it yet, but goddamn it, I WILL be.

Don’t tell me it’s too hard, that you just can’t do it, or that you “shouldn’t have to.” I’m 53 years old and just now getting the hang of it, and if this old dog can learn something new, so can you.

[elfwreck]

Note to guys: It really, REALLY doesn’t matter if you’re thinking, “but I would never…”

History is littered with the bodies of women who believed a man “would never.” This includes women killed by men who honestly, deeply, truly believed they “would never”… right up until she said that one thing or moved in just that way and he just got so mad, just that once, and pushed her or punched her or slashed her or shot her… just once, y’know, to shut her up, or because she was flinching and didn’t she know that HE’S NOT LIKE THAT and I’LL TEACH HER TO BE AFRAID OF ME…

We are trained, from infancy, that Men With Loud Voices are a source of pain from which we cannot escape, and attempts to escape may result in more pain. And as soon as we’re old enough to comprehend a world broader than our immediate circle, a world that extends into the past and will run into the future, we realize that there is no way, no way at all, to tell which men “would never” and which men “would never… except if.”

We live or die on that “if.” And any man who doesn’t like facing that hyper-vigilance can work on fixing OTHER MEN, not women’s fear.

The reaction shouldn’t be “not all men are like that;” it should be “no woman should have to live in fear.”

It’s telling that so many people will hear a story of long-term abuse and say, “why did she stay with him?” and not “why did he treat her like that?”

[plaggnoir]

This made me cry.

[galactic-gangstar-gibbon-deacti]

Don’t skip over this.

[thatclownana]

Every single time. And it doesn’t matter if the yelling is even directed at me, like a pervious person said, if I hear men yelling in adjacent apartments, at each other, at the TV, I’m immediately terrified. I hate it and I feel like I’m over reacting, but my dad punched my sister in the face when she was a teenager, he brutalized my mom for 5 years, and he’s a soft spoken dude, he only ever raised his voice in anger.

[dirtymindedbookworm-deactivated]

If you yell at me, there is a decent chance I’ll just burst into tears. The likelihood goes up if you are male. I hate that reaction, and I have ZERO control over it - courtesy of a shitty childhood.

[oneadored]

I hate how much I relate to this thread. It is true. Due to my past it is a learned behavior. When I exhausted or just relaxed, even a fast movement from someone I trust can make me raise my hands in defense. It’s not intentional. It is in fact irrational. But, so deep rooted that I cannot stop it.

[i-am-dubs]

This is REALLY heavy. Like, really really heavy. @thecomicbookj doesn’t get why I “jump in” when he raises his voice at the dog or our daughter. Even when he’s being completely reasonable and giving a disciplinary conversation, if his voice raises volume at all, I immediately go in the defense and feel I’ve got to “protect” them. And don’t even get me started in when he (or other men) raises his voice in my direction.

I really 100% thought I was just anxious and fragile and it was all in my own head. Come to find our all y’all are having this same experience. Jesus.

[babydollbelongstodaddy-deactiva]

Yep. Sometimes Super Daddy raises his voice when he gets worked up about something (excited, annoyed/pissed off at someone who isn’t me) and it makes me tense up and go silent. Sometimes I start crying.

[daddyandhislittleprincess11102]

Well damn. This hits pretty hard. I am a big man with a loud voice. I did not know this affected my girls like this. Especially since I have had anger issues when I was younger. I took anger management classes for over 5 years. I have never touched any of my girls in anger but I guess I can be a pretty scary guy when I am angry.

I have some more work to do to be a better man. I will start now.

@parskis Thank you so much for sharing this! I am going to be a better man as a direct result of you sharing this. Isn’t that how to change the world? One man at a time. You should be proud of this one. I hope you are in a good place in your life!

[sincardinality]

For @instructor144‘s raised voices anon, hat tip to @daddyandhislittleprincess11102 for helping track it down.

[delightfulsubg-deactivated20210]

I will always reblog this.

“… we realize that there is no way, no way at all, to tell which men “would never” and which men “would never… except if.” -@elfwreck

[instructor144]

Always a reblog. 

[yeah-asbestos]

ALWAYS REBLOGGING. I get so afraid whenever my dad raises his voice, and he’s honestly a very soft guy, he has never laid a hand on any of us or anything, but it just scares me.

[catboy-catan-deactivated2022050]

It doesn’t have to be directed at me and I get affected by everyone who basically yells but men yelling is just-

It’s so much more worse

I have an anxiety attack almost everytime, shaking so badly to the point that no matter what I do, I can’t stop and just-

Start crying. From how scared I get from the loudness and just-

You get it.

Everyone explained it very well here.

Reblog this and share thus around to bring awareness to others.

[slashercatz]

damn I thought I was the only one who gets nervous about this. My dad almost never yells, he is super chill, almost in a bad way. but the few times he did yell it was really loud and absolutely terrifying. My step father likes to yell all the time which always makes me jump and then he laughs at me for being scared

[gothiccatrina]

I’m so glad that I am not the only one that gets scared every time someone yells. Especially my dad. He says he would never hit a woman but I still get scared every single time he yells. He was in the army so he knows how to really yell and project his voice. It scares me so much when he or any man yells. I instantly start having panic attacks and crying. I’m glad the men in this post learned and are teaching themselves. This is were it starts. With listening.

[tians-heart]

My dad yells and it terrifies me. Every.single.time. And he used to sometimes hit me and my sister to discipline us when we were kids so any sudden movement he does just makes me flinch and I do my best not to cry but it’s hard when you’re that terrified. I had an art teacher in second grade who brought this stick type made of thermocol which would make a terrifyingly loud bang. And he used to scream and hit the table with it. Repeatedly. And the first time he did it. All the girls, screamed and jumped under their tables while the boys just jumped a little. WE WERE 7 YEARS OLD. You wanna know what he did? He laughed. HE LAUGHED BECAUSE HE TERRIFIED A BUNCH OF LITTLE KIDS. and the rest of the boys teased us for the rest of the day. The teacher did that for the rest of the year, once hitting it so hard, it broke. And everytime he did, at least one little girl started crying.

[woobertdoo]

[harriyanna-deactivated20221223]

we learned about sundown towns today!!! proof that racism never went away and that people are just more quiet about it. 

[science]

[somethinglikeanarchive]

Halloween Tumblr at the stroke of midnight on October 1st

[acheemient]

It’s that time of year again!!

[someoneidontknow]

Jorge Gonzalez, suffered a broken neck, and a compressed spine at the hands of 3 sheriff deputies in Texas. He couldn’t even hold his head up for this mugshot…so they had to hold it up for him. They actually thought the mugshot was more important than a hospital visit.

After a deputy tripped him he hit his face hard and went unconscious. They tased him couple of times “to wake him up”.

He was left paralyzed neck down, went through a series of surgeries, and was in ICU on the ventilator for over a month after the arrest.

According to the hospital he went over 26 hours in Hidalgo County jail without necessary medical attention that could have saved his life.

[boywizard-moved]

Here is a petition to fire the officers who killed Jorge Gonzalez

[thetearsofunfathomablesadness]

Here is his family’s gofundme for medical bills, rent, legal fees, and other such financial needs

[glittercontusion]

Rangers investigating arrest by sheriff’s office - The Monitor

The Texas Rangers are investigating an incident involving the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office after the family of a man who died last month

“Deputies advised Gonzalez he was being placed under arrest for violating the emergency management plan, according to the complaint. He was also informed he was going to be charged with public intoxication.”

These cops beat a man to death because he was outside.

There are inconsistencies in the report and they fail to provide details about how he allegedly resisted arrest. Nevermind that nothing in this report - not a shelter-in-place violation, not drinking, not resisting arrest - justify multiple people ganging up on one person, breaking his neck, and failing to obtain medical care.

This man died because police are the institutionalization of prejudice and brutality, and this country requires you have papers to be treated like a human and insurance to live.

They didn’t even take him to the hospital in an ambulance.

[lorencio420]

Please sign the petition to get the 3 cops fired.

And if you can, donate to the Gonzales family!!

Both are SOO CLOSE to reaching their goals!!

[1los]

[10knotes]

omfg that is just too adorable

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

This kitteh having a little halloween adventure is one of my favourite posts of all time :)

[wonderhawk]

Every fall like clockwork this photo set pops up and we all must reblog it

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

You know it’s getting close to Halloween when you see it appear :D

This will always be one of my favorite comics ever. It gives me warm fuzzies~

[waffl3jones101-blog]

my heart….

[skibump724]

Oh little baby kitty ❤️

[hamletthedane]

“There are other forces at work in this world besides the will of evil.”

[left-reminders]

[whitepeopletwitter]

[birble-bobble]

Yeah so the Big Think is literally owned by big oil. They’re making shit up so people feel too exhausted to fight for any change. Ignore this kind of environmental nihilism, all it does it help the rich avoid change.

[midnight-spectrum-again]

The fuck

[astridfromthenorth-deactivated2]

[shiny-pokeganda]

I woke up and decided to check Pokemon go. This was the only thing that popped up and I thought “what if it was shiny?” And sure enough, it was!

[mysharona1987]

[moonwatcher13]

If your in school and reading this, refuse to go to school. Or if they force you, do a sort down strike. Refuse to go to classes. Get your friends to do the same. WEAR A FUCKING MASK.

They are killing you, your friends, their families, your teachers and thousands of random people who you will end up infecting. They are sending you back knowing that you will get sick and die or get other people killed. Dont let them. Your life isnt worth it.

[ithelpstodream]

[glitterz]

Omg rly ??

[ithelpstodream]

yes! really!

translifeline.org

US: [phone]

CANADA: [phone]

Pacific time: 8am to 2am

Mountain time: 9am to 3am

Central time: 10am to 4am

Eastern time: 11am to 5am

Alaska time: 7am to 1am

Hawaii time: 6am to 12am

[aaliyahbreaux]

Okay so I just got off the phone with them. I talked to a trans girl named Aurora & she was super helpful! She gave me a few doctors to talk to & encouraged me to seek therapy instead of just rushing to get my pills. She literally found a trans friendly therapist in my town & I would definitely recommend giving them a call!

[nothappy-nonbinary-forpositivity]

GUYS COME SEE THIS!!!!!! I didn’t know about this, come look!!!!!!

[suriandtaal]

it literally would not be right to ever not reblog this

[podcastgalore]

For any trans followers I have. Stay safe and know you are loved