I find a lot of younger folk need to learn that, while you may feel a certain way, that does not mean you are correct to feel that way, or correct because you feel that way.
Not all feelings are valid. Not all feelings are rational or based in reality. Some feelings are plain overreactions. Some feelings stem from a past unresolved experience that doesnāt really apply to the current situation. Sometimes we are overwhelmed and emotional and it colours our reactions to outside stimuli.
Yes, you should allow yourself to feel your emotions and work through them. You shouldnāt deny your feelings entirely and pretend they donāt exist. But at the same time, itās irresponsible to let those raw, unprocessed feelings determine your entire reality, without examining what lead you to feeling that way and what evidence support your feelings.
Itās also unhealthy to live in constant negative emotion without trying to self-soothe and find solutions. Validating your feelings, whether anger or sadness, does not mean letting yourself wallow or stew in it. It means accepting that youāre having a difficult feeling and then taking steps to resolve that feeling.
I hate the whole āeverything is valid uwuā folk-therapy model, it doesnāt encourage us to engage and challenge our thinking or feelings.
sexuality is not about what label you feel most comfortable with, sexuality is about what label describes you accurately. if you're a man who only likes men, but you're uncomfortable calling yourself gay, you are still gay, just with internalized homophobia (which is very normal)! if you're attracted to both sexes, but you feel drawn to the label "lesbian"... too bad. don't use it. you're bisexual. i don't know where the idea comes from that you can just pick whatever words make you happy and claim that's your sexuality, but you can't. words have meanings.
turning feminism from a radical social movement with the capacity to create real change into a fun quirky fandom that you can buy merch for at urban outfitters is one of the worst crimes of late stage capitalism/21st century western individualism. the current state of feminism is damning evidence that thereās no way to kill an activist movement more effectively than commodifying it.
pro tip: onlookers have no way of knowing if your lipstick shade is named āthe feministest feminist to ever feministā or āi am a dumb whore and belong in the kitchenā
The Following Resources Are a Comprehensive Guide on How to Safely and Effectively Self Manage Your Own Abortion
World Health Organization (WHO)
Publications and journal articles related to unsafe abortion including global and regional estimates of the incidence of unsafe abortion and
WHO provides global technical and policy guidance on the use of contraception to prevent unintended pregnancy; the provision of safe abortion; and the treatment of complications from unsafe abortion. WHO recommendations for safe abortion can be found (multiple formats and languages on their website linked above) in the following publications:
Clinical practice handbook for safe abortion (PDF)
Safe abortion: technical and policy guidance for health systems (PDF)
Health worker roles in providing safe abortion care and post-abortion contraception (2015) (PDF)
Medical management of abortion (2018) (PDF)
In addition, an interactive online database containing comprehensive information on the abortion laws, policies, health standards and guidelines for all countries is available at http://www.srhr.org/abortion-policies (Global Abortion Policies Database)
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Women Help Women
More about Self-managed Abortion; Safe and Supported (SASS); Getting Abortion pills In the U.S.; Global Resources and links to help around the world
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People may choose to self-manage an abortion with abortion pills because it is difficult to get to an abortion clinic or because they prefer to self induce their abortion on their own. āDIYā abortion with pills is safe and effective if the person has accurate information, support, and can ask questions. It is also important to understand the laws in each state. Abortionpillinfo.org offers a secure website with information about safe abortion with pills and a secure portal where women can get information about how to self-manage their abortion safely, minimizing legal risk, and with dignity.
International Womenās Health Coalition
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This guide is a helpful resource on how to induce a medical abortion safely at home, and legally from almost any country by using a product in an off label manner that contains the same active ingredient as the abortion pill.
Abortion With Self-Administered Misoprostol: A Guide For Women (PDF link)
13 year old lesbian gets kicked out of her schools lgbt organization for refusing to date a 17 year old trans girl who wouldn't stop asking her personal questions about her body
do you think gladys berejiklian has girl power. do you think gladys berejiklian effectively utilised girl power by easing restrictions in nsw when there were over 1000 new covid cases in one day alone
canāt believe thousands of you donāt believe women inherit trauma from our foremothers or face socioeconomic disadvantagesā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦..you all need to stop using āfeminismā as a catch-all for social justice if the horror women experience for being women is an afterthought at best or literally non-existent in your activist priorities
not sorry but i would rather every porn actress and prostitute that enjoys what they do have to get a new job than one single person be trafficked or raped again and i will never change my mind
how I sleep at night knowing my clothes and personal style have nothing to do with my sex and that no matter what I wear I'll always be female and proud of it
Japan's Misugu Okamoto could get a medal on her last attempt during the Women's Skateboarding Park Finals in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games but she fell, this was the instant reaction of the other countries skateboarders.
