just livin

[machetelanding]

[politicalsci]

[xicamatl-deactivated20201127]

I have to tell you about the Abuela on my street.

She is nearly 70 years old, with wonderfully brown gnarled, wrinkled hands and eyes that are creased from smiling. She hand-makes all of her own clothes and sews dolls for my little sister. Abuela is very lonely… her husband already passed and her kids live far away. She misses her grandkids. Abuela comes around our place for the company almost every other day.

So this morning, my little sister and I went to visit the Abuela to return the kindness of her vegetables with some homemade soup.

It’s a funny joke we have, that if you can make a perfect posole you are wife material. I was joking around with my friend beforehand to see if I was worthy of marriage, and my little sister thinks me failing is the best thing in life, so of course she wants to ask Abuela when we arrive.

We’re wearing masks and gloves and can’t give her the big hug like we want to, but Abuela is always happy to see us. We bring the pot of soup to her table. My little sis, the little shit that she is, immediately asks, “Abuela, is Reina ready to be a wife yet?”

And Abuela immediately shifts her entire mood. Her face literally becomes this:

Abuela’s look pierces through my heart.

“Who are you trying to impress? A man or a woman?” she asks, deadly serious. We have broached the topic of marriage. It is her domain now.

And I, Rei, gay as the fourth of July, cannot believe that either Abuela clocked me instantly or that she could possibly have a fascinating past of her own. 

I thought about lying, but my little sister was there and I don’t like to lie in front of her. So I was honest and said I was trying to impress a woman.

Without a response, Abuela carefully tries the posole. The room is silent.

“For a man, it’s good,” she says after a moment. “But, you’ll need to work harder to impress a woman.”

All I can do is politely nod. I have so many questions.

Now Abuela is tired. She wants to eat and relax in peace, so she waves us away. We make sure she’s settled, and then my sister and I go home.

I can’t believe my 70 year old Abuela said BI RIGHTS

[spookybuttons-deactivated202101]

this is the funniest fucking thing ever

not only did the grandma say bi rights but like

she had two separate scales of food judgement for men and women AT THE READY and there’s something inherently hilarious in “FOR MEN IT’S FINE, FOR WOMEN DO BETTER” 

[eco-socialism]

Ecosocialist praxis

[damnianweynee]

I support you poison Ivy

[avvocarlo]

rich people should get robbed at least once a week

[dinosaurguts-deactivated2023091]

why ?

[avvocarlo]

builds character

[kjab]

Trickle down economics

[heir-to-the-diamond-throne]

The original tweet is in response to a tweet about Ellen Maud who sought out medical help and was routinely told to just lose weight. She later died of cancer.

[pugnacious-pacifism]

This is something I cannot advocate for enough

[spookyyarn]

Got this from another Tumblr post. Keep safe. Get treatment.

[sistertaxon]

is there any temptation greater than being in the hardware store and seeing the place where they have all the little cards for the colours

[zagreus]

as someone who works in the paint department of a hardware store i just wanna say that you are absolutely allowed (and ENCOURAGED!) to grab as many cards off the rack as you want so long as you don’t take more than one or two of each colour (they are free for customers but the store only gets so many at a time so please don’t just walk off with our ENTIRE supply of SW 7587 Antique Red cards)

[madmanswords]

That’s too specific. Have people been stealing the SW 7587 Antique Red cards in droves lately?

[zagreus]

legally i am not allowed to comment

[recoil-operated-deactivated2021]

I’m too cheap to actually buy paint so I’ve been going to every hardware store in collecting all the SW 7587 antique red cards and gluing them to my walls

[zagreus]

YOU!!!!!! YOU ARE MY ENEMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ramthews-moved-deactivated20250]

[gdrawsthings]

[themintycupcake]

Playing this while having ADHD is like playing on hard mode. Can’t pay attention or keep track of shit for shit.

[bluntfullofmid]

[adventures-in-poor-planning]

a productive what now?

[adventures-in-poor-planning]

like I'm sorry but this is so funny it is causing me to lose my life. "we are all living through a global pandemic, nobody has any money, our democracies are horrifically morally bankrupt and our world is dying. here's how to break down spiritually in a palatable and socially-approved way!"

[adventures-in-poor-planning]

... I consider myself a pretty emotionally constipated person but jesus christ

[hjartasalt]

"Sorry, I'm afraid I can't have a meeting at 4 today because it conflicts with my crying session"

[toastbutteregg]

[kaijuno]

Womem

[hilarioushumorfromouterspace]

[nualie]

because you stole that word from french lol

Queue: consonnant sound

Queue: you can’t follow a q with a e, you need a u in between. in french u gotta

Queue: the eu sound is actually not like how you say q at all, it’s a french e sound but it’s longer (also distinguishes from the word que)

Queue: it’s a feminine word so it gets a e at the end

[gaphic]

u say that like its somehow better and not just a crushing indictment of french

[evilvarric666-archive]

Ok am I, stupid or do a fair portion of the lyrics to Kiss From A Rose just not make any sense at all

[evilvarric666-archive]

Why do your eyes get "larger" when it snows. What the fuck is a gray. Seal. Seal I am talking to you. Seal.

[evilvarric666-archive]

this is hilarious actually.

[deibuchan-oldblog-deactivated20]

[britishpike]

I’VE WAITED 8734 YEARS FOR THIS GIFSET

[moonkiip]

IT TOOK ME 11 YEARS TO REALIZE HE WAS SAYING “TABLE FOR HOW MANY”

[kate-waydrug]

WAIT WHAT

[spurdo-spaerde]

OMG ITS BEEN DISCOVERED

[yawpyawp]

I disturbed his nap

[starryskiedcats-deactivated2022]

the vet measured junta on sunday, and as we were leaving the assistant said “he wrote down the measurements for you” and passed me this

[starryskiedcats-deactivated2022]

delighted that this post has lived on in people’s hearts

[brndnslvra]

this is mad funny lmaooo

[gurl-blunt]

Not with that attitude you can’t

[prismatic-bell]

Listen, this might sound funny at first, but consider:

Without enough lube (natural or artificial), you WILL end up chafed. It hurts, it burns, and it can cause infection.

Even with enough lube, mucking about in your naughty bits too much–you know, the kind of thing you have to do for several hours a day if you’re a cam girl–can cause yeast infections and UTIs. UTIs can cause scarring that can cause intercourse (and masturbation) to become painful.

The kind of extreme, prolonged sexual intercourse that porn is known for can cause both rectal and vaginal prolapse, which is when your rectum or vagina literally falls out of your body due to being put under too much stress. Also, um. I’m just saying, doing the same motion with your wrists over and over without breaks, the way you’d have to do with a dildo, can cause carpal tunnel syndrome. There’s a similar condition called tennis elbow that can also occur. These women are going to suffer work-related injuries because of this. Some of those injuries will require surgery. And while sex-related prolapse is pretty rare, it does have a higher incidence among sex workers, and higher still among overworked sex workers.

So no, this cam girl is absolutely right. She cannot safely and effectively do her job for hours a day, every day, and the injury she suffers as a result could impair her ability to enjoy sex or, possibly, even kill her. What needs to be happening right now is that cam girls and other sex workers need to have unemployment and/or some kind of stimulus funds available to them, just like people in any other job, so they can work safely without worrying about going hungry.

DESTIGMATIZE SEX WORK. SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SEX WORKERS AND THE RIGHTS THEY SHOULD HAVE.

[momxnts-silxncx]

you can get vaginal prolapse???? Why did no one ever teach me anything about my body im

[prismatic-bell]

Yep. It’s one of the reasons the Quiverfull movement is so dangerous. Women are literally encouraged to give birth until their reproductive organs can’t take it anymore.

[dovesndecay]

This is where we remind our local sex workers that they should (in the US) join the IWW under Department 600: Human Services, Industrial Union #690. (That number is not a joke, for the record.)

It won’t guarantee any immediate changes of the way you’re treated, but you’ll have more support and more people to connect with to help improve things!

[youknowwhoiam3000]

I will reblog this just cause this is some serious info

[capricorn-0mnikorn]

Sex workers are workers.

ALL workers deserve fair wages, safe working conditions, and time for rest.

Period.