When we were children, my sister had private music lessons at her violin teacherās house. I only visited there once, but I still remember that afternoon. The teacher had an artificial pond in her yard, a large beautiful thing with lily pads and plant life. And in the pond, there were goldfish. I had never seen such enormous goldfish.Ā
I spent several minutes just staring at them (and trying to convince them to bite my fingers.) When my sisterās violin lesson ended, her teacher came out to the yard and explained that these goldfish were the same small creatures that were often unfortunately sold in plastic bags at state fairs. They were only about two inches long apiece, when she bought them and put them in the new, empty pond. In essence, they were like every goldfish I had seen before, but they had been given a much larger, much richer environment in which to flourish. As a result, they had grown into some of the most remarkable, vibrant creatures my twelve-year-old self had ever met with. All because of a pond.Ā
Funny what lessons children remember. My sister doesnāt play the violin anymore, but that was the first time I caught a glimpse of the overwhelming extent to which it matters, the way the world treats us.
...omg I've been trying to get this finished for LITERAL months; I haven't been able to get this idea out of my head since hearing that song in the Muppet Movie.
So consider this me making the gifset I WANTED to exist in the world when I don't actually know how to make gifs lol. I just know how to put myself through hell with massive art projects XDDD
I see a lot of Tumblr users who don't know their feminist history attributing the fact that women* are "allowed" to be masculine under the patriarchy as some sort of facet of the patriarchy universally accepting masculinity over femininity and that shit pisses me off so bad.
The reason why women* are "allowed" to be masculine when men* "aren't" allowed to be feminine under patriarchy is because DYKES and BUTCHES and other masculine women* SPENT DECADES FIGHTING FOR THEIR RIGHTS TO EXIST PUBLICLY.
The fact that women* can wear pants and suits etc. and are not constantly forced to be hyper feminine/in adherence with strict gendered dress codes without punishment (AND ONLY IN SOME COUNTRIES!) is a win on behalf of feminist political action NOT because of some baseline acceptance of masculinity in everybody by the patriarchy.
(*and people forcibly socially classed as women and men)
Like oh my lord some of you need to shut the fuck up and learn what it was like to be socially classed as a woman before the sexual revolution and what it continues to be like outside of the imperial core.
You are reaping the benefits of the activists who have come before you but because you do not know your history you are treating it like the boons of the oppressor classes and you are blind for it.
thereās a cultural obsession with labelling all female authors as unintelligent or otherwise only capable of accidentally stumbling into brief moments of genius in their works that we need to start pushing back against
Sweetest Sunday Hartbreak moment of the day: Bret looks so nervous to shake hands to Shawn but did it anyway.. and Shawn being Shawn knows how to make him smile! š¤š¤š¤
Hey guys I'm opening commissions to help me pay off my dog's emergency vet bill. She's doing well now, but has an appt at a new vet because her current one didn't want to see her. I'll put screenshots from my credit card statement from the vet below the cut.
I'm offering black and white portraits starting at $35 and color at $55 through ko-fi (a paypal invoice is also an option). There are add-ons for half body and additional characters if interested. I'll do ship art, NSFW (might need to pay through paypal invoice depending), blood, gore, nudity, OCs, media characters, real people, etc. I won't do anything hateful, harmful, illegal, and whatever i think is weird.
If you have any questions feel free to shoot me a message!
Commission available on Ko-fi.com
Commission available on Ko-fi.com
My dog is turning 15 in August and is a diabetic. One and a half years ago she went into DKA and I spent over $7000 on her vet care. She's on expensive food and vetsulin. The emergency vet was afraid of her going into DKA again because her sugar was in the 400s on the 3rd when we first brought her in and was still in the 400s when we brought her in on the 4th for a recheck (they waived the exam fee for 24hrs thankfully). Her current vet didn't want to see her the Monday after she was checked at the hospital so I'm bringing her to a new vet Tuesday 7/14.
Thankfully her blood work was clear and she started eating the next morning. She did have ketones in her urine which is the worrying part. She needs to get another glucose curve to check her vetsulin dose which is why we're going to a new vet.
The $235 is the exam fee. The $711 is the blood work, urinalysis, fluids, and cerenia (anti-nausea). I'm not even trying to make enough to pay it off but just some to help out.
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