The Moon (Sapphic)

Hex | 26+ | She/Her | Editor/Sensitivity Reader, TTRPG Writer, Maker of Assorted Things — mostly shitposts, sometimes art! Header by youngbigos, Icon by albatris.

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you will struggle to say the unsayable thing for five years straight. and then it will suddenly become easy on a Wednesday morning

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scroll the notes of this post for a truly beautiful slice of the human experience.

[art-res]

 🛑 Stop Working for Exposure (Mathematically)

I'm an artist and medical student, and I use art to help me pay some bills.

I built a free, helpful tool because to help prevent other talented creatives from undercharging, as I really see this a lot online.

It's a calculator with a built in reality check

Input your survival costs and expenses

True billable hours

Get the rate you actually need to charge to hit a 20% (or whatever you choose) profit margin.

It generates the rate, a template negotiation email + final invoice.

Plan to keep this tool free, ad-free, and open to everyone.

🔗 Check your math: fairpaycalc.artres.xyz

If the "Thriving Rate" calculation empowers you to double your quote on your next job, please consider hitting the "Buy me a coffee"button. It keeps the server running and the code flowing <3

AL is creating web apps, art resources, and illustrations

I am an artist and medical student and creator of Art-Res, a blog where I write and curate art resources. Hopefully you find art that bring

[art-res]

Patreon reboot live!

[peppermintschnapps]

[odysseys-blood]

we're gonna pretend its still may ok mermay is over never so here's Juno

+ another from a duo i didnt finish but i will be tweaking and reworking her at some point

(let me know if the ids are ok! i didnt want to put too much but now idk if i put enough)

[professionalbitch]

YOU DON'T NEED TO BE A SKINNY WHITE TWINK TO BE ATTRACTIVE AS A TRANS GUY. BE FAT. BE CHUBBY. HAVE SCARS AND STRETCH MARKS AND SPOTS AND CYSTS AND DRY SKIN AND DANDRUFF AND ECZEMA. HAVE MOHAWKS AND LOCS AND AFROS AND CURLS AND PIN-STRAIGHT HAIR. BE A POC. GET DARKER IN THE SUMMER. WEAR FEMININE CLOTHES, WEAR MASCULINE CLOTHES, WEAR A MIX OF EVERYTHING. GET SURGERIES, DON'T GET SURGERIES, GET HORMONES, DON'T GET HORMONES, MEDICALLY TRANSITION OR CHOOSE NOT TO OR CHOOSE TO ONLY DO CERTAIN PARTS OF IT BUT NOT OTHERS. USE WHATEVER PRONOUNS YOU WANT. HE, SHE, THEY, XEY, ZIR, OTHER NEOPRONOUNS, WHO CARES! BE WHOEVER THE FUCK YOU WANT TO BE, HOWEVER THE FUCK YOU WANT TO DO SO, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT TRANSITIONING IS SUPPOSED TO BE. DO NOT LET YOURSELF BE CONTAINED IN ANOTHER MOULD RIGHT AFTER YOU JUST BROKE OUT OF THE LAST ONE.

#And please STOP trying to contain your trans siblings

#we should never be enforcing imaginary rules on each other

#part of community is helping each other stand tall

#SO STAND TALL

[velvetcloak]

List of human artist channels you can support on yt for instrumental music

[yellow cherry jam]

[blue turtle]

[oneul]

[lofi axol]

[emma aiko]

[heroineimages]

Can most definitely vouch for Blue Turtle's quality.

[hellyeahscarleteen]

Protecting Yourself from Criminalization for Self-Managed Abortion — OARS

Self-managed abortion (SMA) with pills is very medically safe and effective throughout early pregnancy, but there is a significant risk of criminalization in many U.S. states. While it is impossible to fully eliminate the risk of criminalization when having or planning to have an abortion at home, t

[kickerofelves]

Leave no online footprint of searches or purchases. Digital Defense Fund’s abortion privacy guide is your go-to resource for this. Using private browsers, two-factor authentication, encrypted messaging, strong passwords, etc. is critical. Google searches have been presented as evidence in an SMA trial before. Do not leave a digital trail.

Use the medications properly to prevent interactions with healthcare providers. The pills are very effective, but they have to be used right. Carefully follow the instructions provided on the How to Use Abortion Pill website. Note that misoprostol tablets should always be taken by dissolving them under the tongue. Do NOT insert misoprostol vaginally if you are self-managing an abortion. While this is medically safe, it can leave incriminating pill remnants that can be detected in the vagina during a pelvic exam if you end up needing to seek medical care. 

If it’s not an emergency but you need expert health advice, use a free calling service like Google Voice to call or text the Miscarriage + Abortion Hotline at 1-833-246-2632. Medical complications are very uncommon with abortion pills, but they’re not impossible. The M+A Hotline is safe to use and is staffed by trustworthy clinicians who volunteer their time to help those who choose SMA. Do not use your own phone number to call as this will create a record that is visible to your cell service provider. 

Don’t disclose any information about SMA to emergency room staff if you do need to seek medical care. This is how most people who are arrested for SMA are reported. Healthcare providers are almost always who calls the police in cases of SMA criminalization. Contrary to popular belief, HIPAA does not protect your private health information from being shared with police if you are suspected of doing something that could be considered a crime. If you believe you need to seek urgent medical care, do not hesitate to go. Say “I think I’m having a miscarriage” and provide your symptoms. Do not mention any use of or purchase of abortion pills. There is no widely available test to detect misoprostol in your bloodstream. If you do not disclose it, there is no way for a medical provider to tell the difference between a medication abortion and a spontaneous miscarriage.

Do not talk to the cops. Period. Do. Not. Talk. To. The. Cops. If you are questioned by police you should state, “I am exercising my right to remain silent, and I wish to speak with an attorney.” Do not speak again or nod in response to a question. Contact the Repro Legal Helpline as soon as possible for expert legal advice: 1-844-868-2812. Do not agree to questioning or speak to any law enforcement official without a lawyer present.

[smaiart]

SURPRIIIISE!!! 🎉🎉🎉

Absolutely thrilled to be working with the lovely people at bytten once again on Cassette Beasts 2002!! 💙

Wishlist on Steam!

Cassette Beasts 2002 on Steam

Record, battle, and fuse with 250+ beasts as you adventure alongside diverse companions in this monster-collecting RPG. Set in London in 200

[tinyyellowflowers-blog]

Went to the grocery store with my kindergartener. We weighed some bananas: 2 pounds even. We weighed a watermelon: 4 pounds even. We weighed some mangos: a little over 1 pound. We weighed the watermelon AND the bananas: 6 pounds even.

“That’s funny” said the child “because 2+4=6 and two pounds and four pounds is six pounds. It’s like the same as math!”

“What happens if you add 6+1?”

“SEVEN”

“What if we put one pound of mangos on the scale?” <mangos added>

“IT’S THE SAME!!”

“OK, what’s 7-4?”

“Three?”

“What if we take the four pound watermelon off the scale?” <watermelon removed>

“Mama! Are you telling me math works In Real Life? Think of all the things you could measure!!”

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[punishedsaints]

[enbyzombies2]

[Image: Post by Repeated Failure with attached images. Transcript and description follow.]

The Rent Reducer 9000: A gun in a box disguising it as a little free library. A raspberry pi scrapes zillow for open houses nearby. During open house hours, it tells a starter pistol/cap gun to fire a few times.

Seen here at an art thing I brought it to.

[Images: Two photos of what genuinely looks like an actual little free library. On a table next to it are the components that make it the Rent Reducer 9000 instead, including what I'm guessing is a box that attaches to the back of the little free library where the starter pistol/cap gun is housed. End ID.]

[redstonedust]

if vampires existed in real life i think there would be shady companies advertising "organic blood" sourced from "willing donors" who are coincidentally all poor people being paid like $5 per blood donation. and like haughty vegan vampires who only drink a synthetic blood drink thats brewed in a way thats actively worse for the enviroment. and radical traditionalist vampires who go on tiktok and claim that true alpha chads have to drain and kill people and anyone who leaves their victims alive is a liberal cuck. enter the world of hypothetical insufferable vampire politics with me.

[goldengamer2500]

[rhinco]

i love you semicolon. no one look at my 80 word sentence

[thesaart]

I got inspired by the beautiful knight character design @macksarts made of Caine

[macksarts]

OMG these are beautiful!!! I'm so I love with with your silhouette and shape language! Zooble's armor looks so cool and I love the butterfly details holding Kinger's cape! AAAAAA Everyone Look!!!

[asieybarbie]

DESSCARAS ✨

[boringkate]

*points and laughs* You're never gonna be just a sex object like you wanna be! People care about you and they like hearing what you have to say! Your body isn't the only thing about you that has value! Loser!

[plus-size-aesthetics]

[catgirlmimikyu]

Why White People Are Bad At Interracial Friendships (And How To Do Better)

There's a reason why white adults have so few genuine friendships across racial lines.

Unlearning How White People Ask Personal Questions

When I met my fiance’s African-American stepfather, things did not start well. Stumbling for some way to start a conversation with a man who