to the sea

Maria. 27. Here for the Queer. 🏳️‍🌈 insta: @mashaandersen

[hecateisalesbian]

you know people joke about how “korrasami walked so catradora could run” and stuff and red and blue ships but you have to understand. Change wasn’t made in leaps and bounds. Yes Korrasami limped so Catradora could walk so Ruby and Sapphire could run so Lumity could sprint so Caitvi could fly. But that is LITERALLY what happened. We wouldn’t have openly wlw ships shown in cartoons like Caitvi if these creators hadn’t fought tooth and nail to get representation into their shows.

Caitvi was endgame from season 1 and everyone knew it but it took Dana Terrace getting her show canceled and Rebecca Sugar being told that she could not have Ruby and Sapphire be together and Nate Stevenson pushing the studio for Catradora since writing the pilot and Bryan Konietzko having the show be pulled from TV and ending up with a romantic handhold and scrapped kiss to get this far. Hell, this happened BEFORE gay marriage was even legalized in the US. The fact that we can joke about this topic is a testament to every single creator who pushed and fought for the representation we have today.

[spookys4pphic]

“You’re a nerd” I say as I look at you with heart eyes while you info dump to me

[what-even-is-thiss]

So many people who get periods are like “Ugh it sucks that having a menstrual cycle makes you almost die every month” like no that’s not normal you need to go to the doctor

[what-even-is-thiss]

If any of your symptoms go beyond “just like, super annoying ugh whatever” levels you should probably go see a doctor about that

[what-even-is-thiss]

You should not feel so depressed you want to die, you should not be getting mood swings so bad that you become violent, your cramps should not be so bad that you can’t get out of bed, your period should not last more than a week, you should not be losing so much blood that you feel dizzy. Go to the doctor.

[summer-fruits-and-cream]

[stripedroseandsketchpads]

Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD)

Endometriosis

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)

Uterine Fibroids

(Cleveland Clinic & Mayo Clinic are both pretty good about using gender-neutral language in their articles).

[bowditch]

two tips:

1. use the phrase, "this may be normal but that doesn't mean it's healthy."

2. couch stuff in terms of functionality not pain level:

"my pain is so bad i cannot make food for myself."

"my mood swings are so bad i cannot go into work."

"my bleeding is so bad i cannot take walks."

don't let them know just what is happening, let them know what ordinary or required daily activities are not happening.

[alexseanchai]

[image: tumblr tags: #and if that doctor just tries to tell you it's normal #go to a second doctor if you can #i had to go to three]

[robin-teddybear]

it's kinda comforting to me when my friends are a little annoying or longwinded or abrasive or tired and inarticulate, or they don't do the exact politest thing in every interaction, and stuff, because I know I'm sometimes annoying, or take up a more than my share of conversational space, or forget to ask them questions, etc etc, and... like, I'm always working to be nice to my friends and to get better and better at friend-ing, but it just makes me feel more human about it :}

anyway I love you friends plz know I'm not counting, in fact I feel great affection toward you even (especially) when conversations go less than Perfectly Ideal

[saulwexler]

I'm not proud to say it but this line from a 60 year old detective novel made me re-think some things about friendship

[caspercryptid]

The really unfortunate thing about mental health progress is that sometimes you realize you've made it in the form of "wow, I haven't felt this bad in a fucking while"

[caspercryptid]

On the one hand it's a bit of a pick me up in a dark place to know that this will pass because it has passed before on the other hand sometimes it isn't entirely a pleasant thought to go "wow, I used to feel like this all the time. That was pretty fucking bad. It's pretty bad right now too also."

[caspercryptid]

Someday your current baseline will be the sort of thing you consider A Really Bad Day. It does get better.

[fluffygif]

Biak Numfor, Papua, Indonesia

[2006barbie-deactivated20210102]

from ‘Bright Dead Things’ by Ada Limón

[ericmickelson]

[gifsboom]

Baby armadillo.

[cosmictuesdays]

Humans will pet anything.

[toffeecape]

How wonderful, then, to live on a planet full of creatures that like to be petted!

[badgengar]

“ How wonderful, then, to live on a planet full of creatures that like to be petted!”

It truly is.

[0tterpenguins]

Bumi comic to round off my Aang with kids series!! You can view the rest here: Tenzin Kya Lin Jinora

[acti-veg]

https://bookshop.org/

[caniscaballus]

They are making audio and digital books available now too!!

[bi-avatar]

y’all i found the full lok comic from free comic book day 2021 on tiktok, thanks to @kuviraskeys on there, for anyone who hasn’t read it yet and wants to, I’ll put the pictures under the cut

[nynph-desiree]

Plants 🌱

[mossflower-deactivated20241211]

[capn-james-t-spirk]

Luz admitting she wants to win Amity’s heart.

King unlocking secret powers.

Eda accidentally attacking her father.

Raeda being confirmed canon.

Raeda breakup five seconds later.

Eda getting a new form.

Lumity going canon.

Mysterious Figure responding to King’s video.

Hooty eating the letter.

[stability]

i wish i could pause life and lay in bed for 3 months and just catch my fucking breath

[triviallytrue]

rooting for them to make it out of there