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I am a Homo-Sapien (down with any pronouns) who loves basically anything crafty. I love quotes, particularly Dead Peoples. I try to typically spend as much time as possible indoors until about 3 times a year when I spend as much time as possible outdoors.

[mikeshanlon]

“If you’re trying to tell me it gets better-”

“God, no no no, it doesn’t. I’m trying to tell you, you are not alone here.”

[trufemale420]

The medical community on literally every female specific health issue ever: “very common condition” “no known cause” “no known cure” :))))))

[newtonssidedick]

What the fuck is tumblr? Like honestly what is this? Do you guys pull shit out of the inner most depths of your rectum and then just throw it on your keyboard and have it turn into a post???? This site is something else what the fuck is wrong with you people????!?!?

[trufemale420]

Endemetriosis

Vaginal Thrush

Menorrhagia

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Fibroids

Very common conditions, causes are unknown or only speculated, long term cures have not been found. Most can cause chronic pain or discomfort, all can seriously impact your quality of life.

[witwitch-deactivated20160508]

Men are so damn privileged they can’t even imagine female bodies have different healthcare needs than theirs and that our healthcare needs are important even if they can’t be affected by one of these conditions.

[hyggehaven-deactivated20200904]

Endometriosis causes excruciating pain and is a leading cause of infertility. Thrush is extremely uncomfortable, and expensive to treat repeatedly; over-the-counter preparations rarely completely eradicate it. Menorrhagia, which I have, makes you anæmic. PCOS causes hormonal symptoms that are socially difficult (facial hair, acne, hair loss, weight gain). Fibroids are so common, and are often treated with a hysterectomy.

Add in fibromylgia, which affects 8x as many women as men, as well as lupus (and almost any other autoimmune condition), systemic exertion intolerance disorder (SEID), iron deficiency anæmia (all of which affect more women than men), and you have well over 25% of childbearing-age women globally living with chronic pain and tiredness.

Chronic pain is overwhelmingly experienced by women, and women are less likely to be taken seriously or given treatment by medical professionals. I went through two years of diagnostics to finally find out I had occipital neuralgia; I felt doubted when I described my pain at every step of the way, but was lucky to have a partner who was persistent in helping me get treatment.

Basically, this is a huge problem, and also one of the reasons I have been considering medical school.

[feminerds]

Don’t forget that most pharmaceuticals go to market without ever having been tested on people with a uterus, lest someone get pregnant… seriously that is the whole rationale behind not testing >50% of the population. This has been legislated against in some countries, but still persists in the of majority drug development because of other regulations, and traditions and laziness. The use of a drug is of course monitored in the population after release, but the people “trying” it in this capacity get none of the insurance, close and regular medical examination or monetary benefit of essentially being in a late stage drug trial. Drugs that are pulled from market after release are sometimes done so on the basis that the dosage is just too high for females/afab people and this is, of course, after they’ve experienced the adverse affects. 

This is why if you get pregnant your doctor will take you off basically any and all medication you’re taking (including mental health medication, can’t imagine any implications/dire consequences there), not because they know it will have an adverse affect on the foetus but because they have no idea. How wonderfully kind of them to prioritise the health and life of an unborn foetus over that of a living person, let’s just hope they don’t become ill whilst pregnant. How charmingly logical it is that they wouldn’t even bother to test drugs in people with a uterus because it’s all too difficult and gosh, darn what an ethical conundrum we’ve been faced with, let’s just not! Which is so in the spirit of capital S, Science!  

Sources: Nature, Nature, Medscape, Biomedcentral.

[prokopetz]

Indeed, the issue is so severe that, in many cases, folks with uteruses are routinely told that their diseases and disorders are not, in fact, disorders at all, and are just a normal part of having a uterus.

Take menstrual cramps, for example. Everybody knows that cramps are a normal part of menstruation, and that virtually all people who menstruate experience them throughout their lives, right?

Except that’s not right at all.

Yes, it’s true that about two-thirds of individuals who menstruate begin to experience menstrual pain during adolescence, but it’s basically a side effect of puberty, and normally subsides by your late teens. Only about 20-40% of menstruating adults experience menstrual pain on a regular basis - and according to some estimates, as much as 80% of that figure is due to undiagnosed endometriosis or some other underlying medical condition.

Yeah, roll those numbers around in your head: if you’re an adult who experiences menstrual cramps, it’s overwhelmingly likely that your pain is a symptom of some potentially serious medical condition.

And yet we tell folks it’s just a normal thing that everybody has to deal with.

[dottewa-deactivated20200728]

Bonus round: Look up PCOS and gender identity.

Then look up PCOS and diabetes.

[thepageofhopes]

Ok, to show how incredibly important this post fucking is, I just looked up endometriosis and I match just about every sympton, and it would explain not just my incredibly painful periods but many other things as well. I had no idea this existed. Please, read this post and reblog this so others can learn.

[philosopher--queens]

I will reblog this every time because my cousin (a cis girl) went through seven years of pain without being taken seriously until SHE suggested it was endometriosis. And that’s not even unusual - that’s the average amount of time it takes between first symptoms and a diagnosis of endometriosis.

[khealywu]

Only 20-40% of menstruating adults experience cramps???? Fuuuuuck >:[

[thementalistscandidate]

Yup. I had to mention endometriosis, I had an ultrasound and it showed nothing (someone’s it can take surgery to find it) and my doctor said that until I wanted kids, it wasn’t worth looking into and I should just go on full time birth control pills. Unless I want kids I’m not allowed to know what the fuck is happening with my body.

[chronicillnessbyash]

^ the kicker? Some birth control can make endo worse because of the types of hormones that are used in them. Endometriosis is mentrual tissue outside of the uterus that sheds when the lining of the uterus sheds but since it has no where to go it just bleeds inside the body. The endometrial tissue shedding and building back up is what causes the chronic pain associated with the illness because we have connective tissue that holds our organs in place and it’s pretty delicate and when stuff attaches to it that shouldn’t, it tends to protest, heavily.

I know someone who took bc and now has endo tumors all over her body including in her arms and legs. But her drs wouldn’t change her bc when she said her symptoms got worse. But she couldn’t go off it cuz she has pcos and her periods literally would not stop without bc to regulate her hormones.

Bc controls menstration. Often encouraging the lining to build up (cuz that’s what actually stops the active bleeding by the way. It doesn’t just empty out the uterus. If the lining didn’t start building back up you’d just keep bleeding cuz those cells would try and stick and won’t and just break down and come out. I know this is a thing because this is how I got my pcos diagnosis. I almost bled to death because I lacked enough estrogen and my lining wasn’t sticking and just shed and shed and shed…)

And the type of bc that causes this endo reaction is not universal. It is literally different for everyone so you’d have to find out essentially like trial by fire.

[butterflyinthewell]

Autistic and intellectually disabled adults are not babies in adult bodies.

They are grown adults and deserve to be respected as such.

[la-laborista-republiko]

[jumpingjacktrash]

FUCKING THIS

now, lemme say a thing:

unlike a lot of angry folks, i have no real problem with people who have cultivated their assets over a few generations and have a million or two in property and investments. that’s something you can actually do with hard work, time, and enough luck that medical surprises or other misfortune doesn’t take it from you. i know actually quite a few families that could pool that much across three generations or a handful of siblings and cousins. that’s the kind of wealth that gave rise to the story of wealth being the result of hard work and intelligence – because if there are a couple doctors or lawyers in the family, or someone bought IBM stock in the 70′s, some attention and elbow grease can give you seven figure results.

which is NOT to say ‘everyone can do it, if you’re poor you’re just not trying’. there are a lot of factors that go into that, and a lucky start is the biggest one. in america, abled whites get that lucky start a lot more than everyone else, and yadda yadda you know the rest.

but the point is, people with like 1.5 million, or 4 million, can end up there by taking advantage of their luck and applying work to it over decades. if that’s what their priority is, of course. so i don’t look at someone with a lake house and an investment portfolio and instantly think EVIL BAD. i think: i don’t really agree with their priorities and we probably wouldn’t get along socially, but the instinct to grow your family’s prosperity is universal, and i’m not going to condemn them without evidence of wrongdoing.

ok, that said?

the ultra-rich?

the billionaires? the hundreds-of-billions-aires?

monstrous.

you cannot cultivate money like that. you cannot grow it as a family project. it starts with an absurd windfall, and then you grow it through crimes compounding upon crimes. crimes against humanity, if not crimes by the law. you acquire billions by making money your god, and flushing your soul down the toilet.

[wilwheaton]

“The rich would strip you for parts if they could.” So true.

[riddlesdiary]

[aaawhyme]

I don’t remember this scene of breaking bad

[clockworkrobotic]

the wildest thing happened to me the other day i found out a male coworker is into irish music so i told him that my dad is an irish musician and would he like to come to a session and he straight up irl said to me “name 5 irish songs your dad knows”

[clockworkrobotic]

he asked me if i play and i told him i played the fiddle when i was a teenager but havent played in years and he was like “oh cool. i play drums” as in a drum kit you know the famously folkish instrument the drum kit. bitch my name is molly o'reilly you really wanna challenge the legitimacy of my irish music involvement

[clockworkrobotic]

i can name 5 songs with my name in them

[straightboyfriend]

staff saying “female presenting nipples” & then clearing out the top surgery tag for trans men is so sus 🤪

[michaelmilkers]

*the price is right losing sound effect*

[aqueerkettleofish]

British Cops Want to Use AI to Spot Porn—But It Keeps Mistaking Desert Pics for Nudes

London’s Metropolitan Police believes that its artificial intelligence software will be up to the task of detecting images of child abuse in the next “two to three years.” But, in its current state, the system can’t tell the difference between a photo of a desert and a photo of a naked body.

This just seemed appropriate today.

[ericvilas]

oh please please PLEASE let Tumblr flag this post

[ericvilas]

FUCK YES WE DID IT FOLKS

[hungry-joe]

[itsvondell-deactivated20180104]

you can take one man’s trash to another man’s treasure but you can’t make it drink

Fun fact: the blending of idioms or cliches is called a malaphor.

My personal favorite is “We’ll burn that bridge when we get to it.”

[chromalogue]

I’m rather fond of “It’s not rocket surgery” and “not the sharpest egg in the attic,” but my all-time favourite is, “…until the cows freeze over.”

[bowtochris]

You’ve opened this can of worms, now lie in it,

[sinistropteryx]

Does the pope shit in the woods?

[brucesterling]

*Meanwhile, on Twitter

[lifeandloveofafangirl]

Bruce is an extremely patient father.

[jukeboxemcsa]

This in turn reminds me of one of the all-time classic Young Justice moments:

[ayellowbirds]

my favorite part of that bit remains that Secret, the ghost, is the one saying she’s spooked by Batman.

[clintscoffeepot]

“Depression turns you into a series of nouns, without the adjectives and without the verbs. You don’t remember where you misplaced your descriptions, your actions … You become: bed, shower, socks, coffee, keys, obligations.”— A Series of Nouns

[tyrannyoftheurgent]

Comic book Clint is everything to me

[nokiabae]

the tea of all tea is that the only generation that needs a name is ’baby boomers’ because of the spike in birth rate in that era. Millennials/gen x/gen z is just a marketing term (mostly) associated with the white middle-class

[nokiabae]

Millennials being narcissistic and stupid was literally made by a marketing consultant to sell books and give talks. She tried and failed at calling the next generation ‘iGen’ and she predicted millennials would be more religious lmao

[dom-plays-with-dolls]

Well...fuck.

When Tumblr was first created, I thought it was one of the most creative platforms social media had to offer. It was this huge, accepting, open outlet for expressing ideas and sharing content. Since 2012 or so, however, it’s been slowly killing itself with terrible ideas. The message we got today really is its death rattle.

I rag on this site, but it’s because it always had potential to be so much better. Instead, due to corporate meddling, ignorance, and sheer greed, it’s wiping itself out by refusing to allow blogs like mine or yours to even exist.

Without this blog (in one form or another), I never would’ve met my doll, this lovely beautiful hilarious person who went from being a simple submissive to a faithful and important partner in my life. Without this blog, I never would’ve come to terms with the fact that I had a feminine side of myself that I wanted to explore. Without this blog, I never would’ve found the creativity I put into every play session.

Without this blog, honestly, I never would’ve realized that erotic hypnosis was real. Or what was possible with it. Or that an entire community exists around it.

I’m not going to be as sunshine and rainbows about this as other people are: I truly hope that this is the beginning of the end for Tumblr. Let it crumble like Myspace and Livejournal.

But now I just want to know…where do we all go from here? I keep hearing all sorts of different platforms like Twitter, Pillowfort, Newgrounds, Fetlife, etc etc etc. I want to go where all the cool kids are going, so if anyone still knows or cares, hit me up and let me know. May my doll and I will follow over?

Either way, this “end of an era” bullshit is such a terrible idea for @staff . I have a SFW account, but I’ll go ahead and plan on getting rid of that, as well. Move all of that content over to another platform that doesn’t support censorship and isn’t against self-discovery.

[prideprejudce]

friends tv show writers: we are going to model ross geller as every girl’s dream guy. aka the most lovable male character in the show. joey is a womanizer and chandler fears commitment but ROSS is the intelligent (egotistical), romantic (possessive/jealous), and thoughtful (sexist/homophobic) Nice Guy™ of the bunch and i’m positive all the fans will just adore him!!!

the entire friends fandom:

[chrisprattawesomesource]

[legitimatelala]

Chaotic angel

[thebreakfastgenie]

Andy Dwyer is gifted ADHD fight me

[glumshoe]

“The prophecy did say ‘no man of woman born’… but you are not what I was expecting.” The old witch peered beadily over her spectacles. “I thought the hero would be a young lady, or someone delivered by C-section, or maybe the child of a transgender man. Not… whatever you’re supposed to be.” She gestured vaguely at Cam with a wizened and knobbly hand.

“I am an automaton, ma’am.”

The witch scoffed. “An Ottoman? The empire may be large, hero, but it is not that large. I’d know if there were metal men stomping around in some far-off corner of the world. Don’t lie to me, hero. I’ll smell it.”

Cam dipped its head. “I am a mechanical construction, assembled by a master craftsman. I can perform many actions like a living thing, if my springs are wound beforehand.”

“PAH!” The witch spat. “So humans send clocks to slay dragons now, is that right? Pathetic!”

“To be fair,” said Cam, “I am a very nice clock.”

The witch huffed, but her scowl cracked into a toothy grin. “Ahh, so you are. Polite, too, an’ that’s rare these days. Come in, hero, an’ I’ll see if I can’t find a boon to grant you.”

[glumshoe]

Cam stood up and dusted itself off. “I beg your pardon, sir, but I am on a quest and in a hurry. Could you tell me how to get out of this place? My compass was damaged by a troll, and I am very lost.”

“You chipped my fang!” The vampire‘s words were muffled as he held his hands over his mouth.

“I am very sorry, sir,” said Cam. “I would have warned you, but you jumped on me before I had the chance. Will you be alright?”

“No!” The vampire glowered. “I’ve been stalking you all night and now I’m starving! All I wanted was blood!”

“I haven’t got any of that,” Cam apologized. “I am only an automaton.”

“No blood?” The vampire’s shoulders slumped. “Well, what about oil…? Lubricant…? Any kind of vital fluid?”

“I’m afraid not. Can you actually drink lubricant?”

“I dunno. I’ve never tried,” said the vampire, shrugging. “Honestly, it all sounds good about now. I haven’t fed in weeks!”

Cam opened its chest to reveal the jungle of complex machinery inside. “I am made entirely clockwork,” it said. “I am sorry to inconvenience you.”

The vampire squinted suspiciously at Cam’s clicking gears and took a step back. “Any of your bits made of silver?” There was a note of anxiety in his voice.

“I don’t think so.” Cam looked down at itself. “I’m mostly brass, as far as I can tell, with steel reinforcements…”

“Just checking. Sorry if that was an invasive question, it’s just, you know, I’ve got an allergy to silver and all… I’ve got to be careful.” The vampire looked away sheepishly.

“Oh!” Cam shut its chest and opened a compartment on its thigh. “I always carry an EpiPen! You never know when someone will need it.”

The vampire’s jaw dropped. One of his fangs was missing the tip. “Those things are so expensive! I haven’t owned one since I was alive!”

“I don’t need it,” said Cam, and offered it to the vampire. “If your silver allergy is that dangerous, it should be yours. Go ahead - keep it.”

“Really?! But… I just tried to eat you…”

“Lots of people have.” The automaton shrugged. “I’ve gotten used to it.”

The vampire reached out a thin white hand and reverently accepted the cylinder of medicine. He looked at Cam with an odd expression. “Thank you…” His voice came out choked. “I… don’t know what to say… how can I repay you, automaton?”

“Payment is not necessary. I do not need to eat or drink or pay for room and board… but if it’s not too much trouble, could you show me how to get out of these woods?”

The vampire nodded gravely.