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I Snuck My Barbie-Hating Mom into Barbie (and she LOVED it)
There’s no easy way to say this. The ’90s were a great time for conformists. And a bad time to be a little queer kid with sensory issues and curly hair that wouldn’t cooperate no matter what noxious chemicals the adults sprayed at your head, and occasionally in your eyes (by accident!). Imagine this kid in elementary school with a flock of cute blonde girls with long straight hair who had the…
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I Took My 82-Year-Old Dad to Barbenheimer
My dad and I used to go to the movies all the time—some of my favorite formative memories are going with him to see Beauty and the Beast, Jurassic Park, Saving Private Ryan , then spending the entire car ride home talking about the music, the best lines, the DINOSAURS—I was an obsessive child who was bad at sports and good at memorizing things, and my dad was more than happy to encourage that.…
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Austin Butler (the plant) Will Survive
I haven’t been around in a while, it doesn’t matter why. Here’s all the fun things I’ve done since I last I wrote a pen pal letter to myself: 1) I went to Disney World with my parents for our first post-pandemic trip. My dad loves Disney and has been desperate to get back since the pandemic began—and it’s the one place where my brain chemistry normalizes so I was down to clown. Walking into…
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Supporting Abortion Funds in the South
Since we last posted about Texas’ abortion ban (SB8), there have been a number of abortion restriction related bills passed. Just this week both Florida and Kentucky passing bills with the latter banning abortions after 15 weeks effective July 1, 2022. Now more than ever, it’s important to local abortion funds in states imposing restrictions on reproductive rights, particularly given that these bans often cause the most harm for those who are low income and/or POC.
If you have the means, we’ve put together a list of some funds for you to support:
Alabama
Yellowhammer Fund
Alabama Cohosh Collaborative
Florida
Broward Women’s Emergency Fund
Tampa Bay Abortion Fund
Florida Access Network
Women’s Emergency Network
Kentucky
Kentucky Health Justice Network
A Fund, Inc
Oklahoma
Roe Fund
Texas
Frontera Fund
Jane’s Due Process
Texas Equal Access Fund
Lilith Fund
West Fund
Multi-State
Indigenous Women Rising
ARC Southeast (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina & Tennessee)
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Are you angry/scared/worried about potentially losing Roe vs. Wade? Do you want to help?
A lot of people are REALLY WORRIED about the leaked Alito draft, and for good reason. If Roe vs. Wade is overturned, many states will enact trigger laws that revoke the right to safe abortion access. But that doesn’t mean that safe abortions won’t be possible. They’ll just be harder to access.
Fortunately, we aren’t powerless. There are things we can do to help preserve the right to abortion and, if Roe falls, help people get the abortions they need.
Here are some actionable things you can do to help!
Donate to your local abortion fund.
This is a financial commitment, obviously, but these funds are vital to helping people access abortions. There are different types of funds. Practical funds help with transportation, housing, and other practical needs. Clinical funds help with paying for the procedure. Both types of funds are necessary and helpful!
If you’re in a state with protected abortion access, see if there’s a practical fund in your state that you can donate to. These funds make it possible for people for other states to afford travel and lodging in your state. You might also want to consider donating to funds in states or regions that have trigger laws, like the Yellowhammer Abortion Fund, which helps people in Mississippi, Alabama, and the Deep South.
To find an abortion fund in your state, you can google “abortion fund + your state” or open up this google doc that’s a maintained list: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1T-aDTsZXnKhMcrDmtcD35aWs00gw5piocDhaFy5LKDY/preview?pru=AAABgKwRCFs*fZxkvUyYtHx7T4KXmRnOLA
There’s also https://abortionfunds.org/, but as of right now (2 May 2022, right after the SCOTUS leak happened), their website is down. Too much traffic!
Volunteer with a hotline.
As of writing this, a lot of abortion fund websites are completely overwhelmed. Lots of people are rightfully upset and looking for some way to help. Many of these funds have hotlines that you can help out directly from your own phone! Google “abortion fund + your state (or your region) + hotline” and see what comes up. These hotlines are going to be SWAMPED soon and many orgs are going to be onboarding volunteers very quickly to help deal with the onslaught.
Donate to grassroots causes.
I love Planned Parenthood as much as the next gal, but donating to them isn’t actually going to help as much right now as donating to an abortion fund. Smaller, grassroots networks are going to be more effective at allocating resources to the people who need it most. Independent clinics are also going to need substantial help. Independent clinics provide the majority of abortion care in the US, and many are the only clinics operating in hostile states. Check out https://keepourclinics.org/ if you’re interested in donating.
Make a list of resources.
There are a lot of people out there who aren’t going to have the time or energy or emotional bandwidth to deal with this dumpster fire. If you have the capacity to do so, then maintain a file somewhere with the following information:
- any abortion funds that serve your area with their contact info- email and phone and links
- any abortion hotlines in your area
- national care hotlines, ESPECIALLY RAINN because this is going to be really, really hard on survivors
-a list of crisis pregnancy centers in your area, clearly marked with their names, contact info, and primary links. Make sure that these are highlighted in a way that separates them from the actual abortion providers because these centers are highly predatory and manipulate people who are distressed and confused. If somebody has access to that list and know who’s operating in an area, it might help them avoid these places!
Have this file ready to go so that you can share it with people who are overwhelmed!
Help the safe havens.
Losing Roe feels inevitable at this point. It might not be, but the world is terrifying. However, some states are safe havens and will maintain abortion access, regardless of what SCOTUS eventually decides. Practical access funds in these states will need help because they will help people traveling from unsafe states to safe states. Refer to this map: https://reproductiverights.org/maps/what-if-roe-fell/
Look for funds in states that are blue or yellow. This means they have expanded access or protection if Roe falls. But be sure to hover over and look at the summary of the protection– for example, Florida has abortion protection, but they just passed a 15-week ban. That’s basically protection in name only!
If you’re not sure which practical fund you’d like to support, I highly suggest the Midwest Access Coalition. MAC is based in Chicago and helps people from all over the Midwest come to the city for reproductive healthcare. A lot of the Midwest is really hostile to abortion, so MAC can help a lot of people. But there are many, many others!
In the coming days and weeks, there will be more to do. There will be marches, protests, and other organized action. But right now, tonight, these are things you can look into doing.
anyway i said i would do this after the whole thing was said and done… when i was looking for advice i found like “paint your nails and listen to happy music” buzzfeed bullshit so
here is my short real life abortion and early pregnancy survival guide (pastebin)
other links:
How to Get A Safe Abortion, No Matter How Far Along You Are or How Much Money You Have
Check here to see if medicaid will cover your costs
Financial aid for abortions
prochoice.org has a list for each state of NAF funded clinics and free hotlines for information.
WomenOnWeb.org and WomenOnWaves.org will ship you an abortion pill if it is illegal to get an abortion in your country.
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Self-managed abortion (SMA) with pills is very medically safe and effective throughout early pregnancy, but there is a significant risk of criminalization in many U.S. states. While it is impossible to fully eliminate the risk of criminalization when having or planning to have an abortion at home, t
Leave no online footprint of searches or purchases. Digital Defense Fund’s abortion privacy guide is your go-to resource for this. Using private browsers, two-factor authentication, encrypted messaging, strong passwords, etc. is critical. Google searches have been presented as evidence in an SMA trial before. Do not leave a digital trail.
Use the medications properly to prevent interactions with healthcare providers. The pills are very effective, but they have to be used right. Carefully follow the instructions provided on the How to Use Abortion Pill website. Note that misoprostol tablets should always be taken by dissolving them under the tongue. Do NOT insert misoprostol vaginally if you are self-managing an abortion. While this is medically safe, it can leave incriminating pill remnants that can be detected in the vagina during a pelvic exam if you end up needing to seek medical care.
If it’s not an emergency but you need expert health advice, use a free calling service like Google Voice to call or text the Miscarriage + Abortion Hotline at 1-833-246-2632. Medical complications are very uncommon with abortion pills, but they’re not impossible. The M+A Hotline is safe to use and is staffed by trustworthy clinicians who volunteer their time to help those who choose SMA. Do not use your own phone number to call as this will create a record that is visible to your cell service provider.
Don’t disclose any information about SMA to emergency room staff if you do need to seek medical care. This is how most people who are arrested for SMA are reported. Healthcare providers are almost always who calls the police in cases of SMA criminalization. Contrary to popular belief, HIPAA does not protect your private health information from being shared with police if you are suspected of doing something that could be considered a crime. If you believe you need to seek urgent medical care, do not hesitate to go. Say “I think I’m having a miscarriage” and provide your symptoms. Do not mention any use of or purchase of abortion pills. There is no widely available test to detect misoprostol in your bloodstream. If you do not disclose it, there is no way for a medical provider to tell the difference between a medication abortion and a spontaneous miscarriage.
Do not talk to the cops. Period. Do. Not. Talk. To. The. Cops. If you are questioned by police you should state, “I am exercising my right to remain silent, and I wish to speak with an attorney.” Do not speak again or nod in response to a question. Contact the Repro Legal Helpline as soon as possible for expert legal advice: 1-844-868-2812. Do not agree to questioning or speak to any law enforcement official without a lawyer present.
more resources on point one from your favourite dork:
1. Techlore’s exhaustive “go incognito” privacy guide, 4 hours of content on a neat playlist
2. You cannot trust Windows. Sorry. Use linux. You can either install whonix on a back up pc boot up Tails (the linux distro that relegates your traffic to the tor network!) on a usb stick. I recommend using Ventoy for this because it is stupid easy
3. Librewolf is not only a privacy focused firefox fork that blocks trackers by default, but also it deletes your history when you close the window and it doesnt save ANYTHING you specifically tell it to save. Take some time to check all the cool features by yourself.
4. For a privacy focused search engine with better SEO than DuckDuckGo, i reccomend Brave.
5. The Hated One has a GREAT burner phone guide for protests or just for your daily life
A Project of Women Help Women In the U.S., abortion is legal in every state, but access is dwindling. With a hostile administration in Washi
This org is another one that sets up telemed/counseling to get people SMA pills. Unknown if they’ll still offer the service post-roe (at which point all the other resources in this post would be really useful) but it’s an international organization
A Little Nautical Know-How For Writers In Need
A tall ship tutorial for those who made logical career decisions in their late teens / early twenties in the hopes that it makes writing fanfiction about your favorite goobers a little easier.
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A Personal History of Bats and Batmen (from someone who loves bats more than men)
A Personal History of Bats and Batmen (from someone who loves bats more than men)
Much like Jesus, or Santa Claus, I have always been aware of Batman—one of those guys who seems very real but actually isn’t, and while figuring that out is a crucial part of the human experience, that doesn’t stop anyone from buying his merchandise. Although I wouldn’t label myself as a Batfan, the character has followed me around my entire life, hiding in the shadows and throwing things, being…
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Rainbow Omicron Christmas Cookies
Rainbow Omicron Christmas Cookies
I’ve been stress baking again. Well, I never really stopped, but between the holidays and, you know, the thing, I’ve revved up production. Check this shit out: Before the new variant properly kicked off, Stella and I went to see House of Gucci because that seemed like a good idea at the time. See pre-Y2K Italy and a series of increasingly elaborate wigs the way they were intended to be seen, on…
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Practical Effects, Part One
Practical Effects, Part One
My therapist told me to watch Dune, so I haven’t been around in a while. I honestly just realized it was December. I’ve never experienced a fugue state with such tantalizing production design, I’ll tell you that. Maybe I’ve just been watching too many movies where polygons smash other polygons and bored-looking actors fly weightless spaceships wearing interchangeable supersuits that will be added…
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My Lizard Brain vs. AN ACTUAL BEAR
My Lizard Brain vs. AN ACTUAL BEAR
I appear to be a pretty chill person despite the fact that my body and mind believe I am in danger all the fucking time. Like this, but not as cute. I have a broken Fitbit that tracks my heart rate (when it feels like it) and my heart rate skyrockets doing innocent things like checking my e-mail or making a phone call. But I can have a very thoughtful conversation with a giant honking spider or…
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The Operative Word is "Splat"
The Operative Word is “Splat”
I swear I am normally a very healthy person (aside from the anxiety. And the seizure), but I recently broke my very first bone. It hurts me to say this as a queer lady, but the Birkenstocks took me down. I was walking Lumi on this little boardwalk on our usual route and I tripped over a loose board, and my lithe ballerina body tumbled forward and landed entirely on my pinky finger. Or, as my…
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(Virtual) Dough! XI: Baguettes!
(Virtual) Dough! XI: Baguettes!
Now that we’ve all got the same song stuck in our heads . . . let’s bake baguettes! It’s both easier and harder than you’d think, and takes a long time, but we’re French now, so time is just a construct that soothes our feeble minds as we stumble around our existential prison until we fall into inevitable abyss of death. This virtual baguette class took place over two days and was cumulatively…
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Happy Coronaversary, STAY THE #$%@ AWAY
Today is the one year anniversary of my first quarantine post. “The pandemic is over!” says everyone. “We don’t need masks or basic hygiene anymore.” No, it fucking isn’t. At this very moment, there’s a picture of Ann Arbor’s bustling main street on CNN with the headline, “Michigan should be shut down.” But we won’t shut down, because actual adult babies will freak out, and when they freak…
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