[mɛɹɛdɪθ]

26, she/her, procrastinator, YouTube addict. Anthro student. Currently failing in my attempt to be an adult. I usually choose the internet over sleep. Basically I'm a mess. Watch me struggle to use this website; it might be entertaining. Background by wavegrower. Check out his gifs, they're amazing! :)

[gracelessmeredithgrace]

Sometimes archaeology is fun, and sometimes you fall while having a panic attack climbing up a hill to a site and get so many stinging nettles in your palm your entire hand swells up.

Really could go either way…

[ampervadasz]

[lgbt-tiktoks]

Caption: [ (multiple people talking at once) Someone says “Oh my god, love is love!” Two other people chime in, saying “Happy Pride Month!” and “Oh my god!”. All together they say “Happy Pride Month!”. When the billboard changes to show a chick-fil-a ad, they all start screaming.]

[ovenroastedtwerkey]

corporations on June 30th 11:59:59pm versus July 1st 12:00:00am

[pyrrhiccomedy]

those posts always go around that are like “if you’re on Tumblr and you’re over 25 blah blah blah” but honestly if you’re on Tumblr and you’re under 25, I don’t know how the fuck you found this place. like I came here when it was actually kind of cool and then just never left because all my stuff was here. what’s your excuse

[tlirsgender]

The stages of hunger while nd are

Hm I'm hungry

Forgets about it

Everything Is Bad. I'm gonna attack someone. Shut up. Die

Hm I'm hungry

[Eats something] oh shit I'm cured

Multiple times every day

[tlirsgender]

"How do you forget you're hungry" I'm just that powerful. My mind will omit anything including things I'm currently experiencing

[alleycatboy]

being smart has never stopped me from being a complete fucking idiot

[gracelessmeredithgrace]

Fuck the TSA for many reasons but specifically, right now, for the rule that electronic devices “larger than a cell phone” need to be removed from carryons during screening.

Which cell phone?! My phone? A flip phone?? An iPhone Pro Max???

Can I just get a goddamn measurement instead of a relative comparison please???

All I want to do is make sure anything I have to remove can be grabbed without holding up the line and looking like an asshole. Please. Please. It doesn’t need to be difficult 😭😭😭

[zippyzstuff]

[chaotic-queer-disaster]

people are absolutely EVIL about the boundaries of “picky eaters”. no, they do not have to try it. yes, they can know they don’t like it without having eaten it before. no, they probably have not suddenly grown a taste for the food they’ve said they hate. no, they probably are not going to like it in the Special Way This One Place Cooks It. yes, you are being a bad friend if you try to “trick” them into eating it anyway

[sepulchritude]

Things that actually help picky eaters try new things:

“Do you want to try this off of my plate?”

“It’s made of [ingredients], I think you’d like [x part]”

“If you want to see if you like [x food], this is pretty good representation of it”

“You won’t like this, it tastes like [description]. Do you want to try it for fun?”

“Do you remember trying/have you ever tried [x food]? This is like that, but [differences]”

“I think you’d like the taste of this, but the texture is iffy. It’s [description]”

Make sure there’s other food they can eat if they don’t like the new one

And most importantly, build trust with that person by listening to them, showing that you take their concerns into account, and being cool if the answer is no. No is always an option. This isn’t something you do once, it’s a pattern you have to stick to if you want to establish that you are a safe person when it comes to food stuff

Basically: offer the food, explain what’s in it and why you think it’s worth trying, and then be cool with the answer you get. No pressure, no trickery, just be straight up with people

[valtsv]

denying yourself enjoyment of things because you don't want to be 'cringe' is the most cringe thing you can do actually. like what are you, catholic?

[valtsv]

like, you're going to refuse to engage with anything that feeds your emotions with rich and delicious new sensations in case you fall to the temptation of unironically having fun? okay john harvey kellogg jr.

[nat-20s]

Having zero emotional object permanence is so funny your therapist asks how your week was and you’re just like “girl I have no idea”

[aletheyass]

they should invent a digestive system that works

[mysharona1987]

[gh0ulfag]

who’s ready to have an absolutely insane girl summer . a fucking batshit girl summer. an off putting and creepy girl summer.

[titkoks]

elevatedaccess.org

“for those who don’t know elevated access is a group of pilots that are volunteering their time, skill, aircraft, and resources to provide transportation for reproductive healthcare and gender confirming care.”

[memewhore]

[beggars-opera]

We live in a society in which everything is sexualized, and yet heterosexuality is somehow decoupled from the sex part of it.

Being straight is so ubiquitous, it’s somehow not thought of as a sexual thing most of the time. I think it has something to do with conflating sex and love, which is a whole other barrel of monkeys. But I think this explains so many homophobes and exclusionists’ views:

That simply being gay is seen as being openly sexual, even when the person in question is just kissing or holding hands with their partner, or even just mentioning their orientation

That an asexual person mentioning that they are asexual is “dragging people into their sex life”

Meanwhile, a straight person mentioning that they are straight, talking about their partner, and being openly affectionate in public with them is not seen as being unnecessarily sexual or corrupting the children because that’s just love

Related, that assigning children as heterosexual and joking about it is normal (onesies with “ladies man” and such on them)

[sab201030]

If I may add; the casual tone that cishets will discuss how they’re “trying to have children” etc. Which is literally just sex like that’s sex. You can talk about sexual reproduction and how often you attempt it but GOD forbid my girlfriend and I share a milkshake at the park