[archiemcphee]

One of the universal rules of happiness is: always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than its operating manual

Terry Pratchett, Jingo (via archiemcphee)

[vswstigma-blog]

Reducing Voluntary Sex Work Stigma in Mental Health Professions

Hi there,

 I’m Anna Pederson, a Master’s student in The University of Memphis’ Clinical Mental Health Counseling program.  I’m working with Dr. Sara Bridges and a doctoral student, Madeline Stenersen, on a study aimed at reducing stigmatization of voluntary sex workers within mental health professions.  I’m writing to ask you would be willing to either post our flyer for this study on your group’s page or to send this flyer out to your email list or those who follow your page.

We’re interested in learning from individuals, who identify as voluntary sex workers, about their experiences with disclosing involvement in sex work to therapists, ideal ways a therapist could respond, and areas for education growth in mental health professions.  We recognize mental health care professions don’t always get it right when working with folks in this community.  We hope to use the expertise shared by volunteers to inform future education and training of mental health professionals with the hope that services provided for sex workers will be more accessible and therapists will be better able to meet the needs of this community.

[greenisthesweetestthing]

More info on the repost

[vswstigma-blog]

[greenisthesweetestthing]

A friend of mine is doing good work and needs some ANON voluntary workers. I can vouch if anyone wants to PM for details

[millennial-review-deactivated20]

[speciesbarocus]

[W]hat does the sentence “If you eat this fruit you will die” mean for Eve who is in a place where there is no death?

Hélène Cixous, Readings: The Poetics of Blanchot, Joyce, Kakfa, Kleist, Lispector, and Tsvetayeva. (via speciesbarocus)

[thecalminside]

Sorrow prepares you for joy. It violently sweeps everything out of your house, so that new joy can find space to enter. It shakes the yellow leaves from the bough of your heart, so that fresh, green leaves can grow in their place. It pulls up the rotten roots, so that new roots hidden beneath have room to grow. Whatever sorrow shakes from your heart, far better things will take their place.

Rumi (via thecalminside)

[onlytwitterpics]

[lvchd-deactivated20170404]

If I cut you off, I’m not waiting for you to come to your senses. It means I waited too long. It means I’m done. It means stay away from me. All that.

[eggfordessert]

Why Muffy got a stripper pole in her room?

[platinum-k-i-l-l-s]

She bout that coin

[fyp-science]

It is no good to try to stop knowledge from going forward. Ignorance is never better than knowledge.

Enrico Fermi (via wordsnquotes)

[greenisthesweetestthing]

woman: i miss you like the deserts miss the rain

man: oh that's so sweet, i--

woman: i've adapted to existence without you, buried everything we made together, and prolonged exposure to you would be disastrous.

[cams-archive]

[swagintherain]

true

[kerryrenaissance]

Libraries are free, mostly. Pretty much everything millennials are “killing” costs money.

[arctic-hands]

Plus, unlike half the stuff we’re killing, libraries actually have a practical use

[itsyaboybee]

we out here

[alittlemomentum]

Not to be *that* millennial, but as a librarian I’d just like to say that the greatest thing you can do to support your local library is to understand how they are funded and to support their funding with your vote. Libraries can do a lot all on their own but quite often they cannot legally “toot their own horn” so-to-speak when it comes to advocating for sustaining or increasing funding, getting levies or bond issues passed, etc.  Libraries need you to love them not just with your checkouts and attendance at programs.

[cheahandonions883]

We can do that too.

[prairie-witchling]

build libraries on dead golf courses.

[breelandwalker]

We Are Dewey’s Army X3

[fuckingrecipes]

Friendly reminder that many Libraries double function as free schools and other free resources, sometimes including otherwise inaccessible technology, like 3D printers.

The libraries in my city host ‘English as a Secondary Language’ classes, cooking classes, classes on how to use that 3D printer, local history classes, responsible naturalistic gardening classes, beekeeping classes, and all sorts of other fun topics. Plus the plethora of clubs that use the library conference rooms as their meeting place. 

All for free. 

Support and visit your local library. Ask about their services and classes. VOTE TO KEEP THEM FUNDED

[sagansense]

[greenisthesweetestthing]

Sometimes I really just hate myself for not hating men.

[onlytwitterpics]

[theliteraryjournals]

Falling in love was simple; one had only to yield. Digesting another person, however, and sustaining love, was bloody work, and not a soft job.

Hanif Kureishi, Intimacy and Midnight All Day: A Novel and Stories (via wordsnquotes)

[suzyycarmichaelll-deactivated20]

still one of the realest tweets ive ever seen.