starlight oasis

39F | Disabled autistic Jew | Intersex | Trans, I guess | CSA survivor

[surfer-osa]

Happy Trans Day of Visibility 🏳️‍⚧️

[koenji]

A Torah mantle embroidered with pomegranates by Catherine Tutter (American) for Congregation Eitz Chayim עץ חיים (“Tree of Life”), completed in 2011. The central Tree of Life features thirteen pomegranates, twelve for the tribes of Israel and one for Dinah, Jacob and Leah's only daughter. Its seeds formed from 613 French knots for the mitzvot. Ten mother-of-pearl buttons evoke the sephirot, while eighteen leaves symbolize chai חי (“life”). Roots are anchored with sets of seven buttons for the days of creation, paired with willow leaves from the Four Species of Sukkot. A domed top, inspired by Sephardic tradition, glitters with sun, moon, and stars, flowing into Miriam’s Well stitched with forty lines of metallic thread. A ceremonial garment where every stitch holds meaning, crafted over years with the involvement of the community.

[leonardcohenofficial]

(1852) Frederick Douglass, "What, To The Slave, Is The Fourth Of July" •

On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass was invited to address the citizens of his hometown, Rochester, New York. Whatever the expectations of h

yearly required reading

[parkayquarts]

"what if someone regrets transitioning" if you are 18 or over in free country usa you can walk into any tattoo parlor and ask for a tattoo that will be on your body forever and ever and ever and they will give it to you with the understanding that if you dont like the result or you regret it later that's your fucking problem and not theirs

[cloroxcasserole]

This is a progesterone ad

[daja-the-hypnokitten]

INSULIN SENSOR RECALL - Abbot Labs

Y'all. Abbott Labs has issued a "device correction" (basically a recall) on some of their Freestyle Libre devices - they specify the Libre 3 and Libre 3 Plus that I've seen. They have a site to check serial numbers, here.

If you use these, please check your device!

[gazeldhazel]

if Tumblr is just gonna post ads with naked women then I'm just gonna post my own naked woman cause who gives a fuck

[gazeldhazel]

[gazeldhazel]

IM GONNA SCREAM??? THE ACTUAL PORN AD POST DIDNT GET A CONTENT LABEL BUT MY CAT DOES??????????????????

[wonky-joints]

things that make life easier, whether explicitly a disability aid, like crutches and wheelchairs, or not, like dishwashers and dryers, should not be luxuries. people should be able to live life with ease without great expense and for many disabled people these items are not a case of being comfortable but of just being able to live at all.

[a-friend-of-mara]

Capitalism feeds of creating problems and making you pay for the solutions

[knithacker]

Knit Up a Bunch of These Radiant Woven Stars With a FREE Pattern From The Fabulous Frankie Brown! 👉 https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/woven-stars ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

[susiephone]

so frustrating to be a skeptic with a sense of whimsy because like. I want there to be cryptids. I want there to be magic. I want there to be evidence of something we don't fully understand and can't explain. but then 99% of the "proof" out there for that stuff is like. the most obvious scam you've ever seen in your life.

[nick--knack]

accidentally typed "trench kiss" instead of "french kiss". anyone wanna hold hands and kiss in a muddy hole full of rats as bullets and grenades and artillerary shells fly over our heads?

[notlikingbestgirl]

Out of Touch

[hustlerose]

Out of Touch Thursday

[arbyscurlyfries666-deactivated2]

OUT OF TOUCH THURSDAY

[snuv]

but im out of my head when you’re not around…

[morkitten]

[cringecorp]

they say you can't pour from an empty cup but i've been doing it my whole life and aside from all of these mysterious ailments it's working out great for me

[titimylove]

(instagram)

Shabbat Salmon!

[digitaldiscipline]

Great news! JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month.

https://www.jstor.org/action/showLogin

[sumerianlanguage]

This may be of interest to some of y'all!

[mossadspypigeon]

to my fellow jews on here who say the past 80 years were good for us…just know we still topped the hate crimes list in the usa for each of those years. and that israel still fought wars against antisemitic countries.

this also negates so many struggles we did have including segregation and redlining, being held hostage in ussr countries, being slandered by the un even in the 70s, the mena expulsions and having to flee oppressive governments, the iranian revolution that ended with us persecuted with travel restrictions. uganda BANNING JUDAISM.

there has never been a good time. but we survive and we endure.

just realize that our ancestors dealt with the same things we are struggling with right now. hashem has always been there with us to give us hope and help us continue. 💙

and on that note: do something for shabbat. turn off your phone. get out your candlesticks. say a bracha. talk to hashem. read tehillim. bring a little light into the darkness. it truly helps. every spark helps.

[ironinkpen]

an imperfect ally is better than a perfect bystander

[ironinkpen]

the old boomer who "doesn't get the gays" but still votes blue every election is still a better ally to you than every well-spoken, woke millennial who says all the right shit but didn't vote because they "didn't like either option"

the lady who voted for trump but has changed her mind since and is calling her senator every day is a better ally to you than anyone very politely apologizing for how awful things are and not doing anything to actually help

[sweaterkittensahoy]

Give me the granny who only started re-thinking her feelings when her beloved grandkid came out as trans over anyone who can spout queer theory but gatekeeps transmascs at every step.

I'll take the unlearning-trying-my-best messy allies over the my-ass-smells-like-roses-because-i've-read-marx-seventeen-times "perfect" community member any fucking day.

[missluthorwillseeyounow]

Listen. My stepmom is so religious that she researches local churches in every country she goes to for fun on vacation. In 2020, she didn’t like Trump but she voted for him because the Democrats (quote) “stand for divorce and abortion and same sex marriage.” She once told me that gays will burn in hell.

But when she found out that I (a woman) was dating a nonbinary person, the first thing she did was ask to meet them. I hadn’t even come out to her before then, I was so scared to do it, I had to get my brother to do it for me. When we visited, she took me aside and asked me how their pronouns worked because she didn’t want to offend them. She welcomed my partner into their home and did everything she could to make them feel welcome. She gave us so many gifts. There was even a note that thanked us both for visiting and a flower she had picked fresh from their garden. And trust me when I say, this was the last thing I expected. Before we got there, I was dreading the trip so much, I even shortened it by a few days.

I’m just saying, what people do proves more about them than what they say.