Jewish Trans Dyke

Ashkenazi Jew. Trans woman. Queer lesbian. Polyamorous. ADD, Tourette's Syndrome, Depression, Social Anxiety, Long COVID, maybe AvPD, probably autistic. Socialist. Millennial. Los Angeles.

[el-ffej]

[byjove]

One of the funniest things about Mormonism is that I’m sure Joseph Smith never believed any of the bullshit he said. There are some religions and cults where you have faith the original prophet actually thought they were talking to angels or believed the set of principles they laid out for their followers were for the greater good. Joseph Smith was a dumbass but like PT Barnum he realized a sucker was born every day and he was one step above the average 1830s sucker. He went from making people pay him to look at a rock in a top hat and ‘locate buried treasure’ to receiving lost bits of scripture, through the rock and top hat method. His wife caught him cheating and he said an angel visited him and told him men should be allowed multiple wives and not obeying that would send her to hell. I’m fairly convinced that dude was an atheist. He was on that hustler grindset. Brigham Young might have actually believed some of the shit he said but I don’t think Joseph Smith genuinely had faith in Mormonism or gave a fuck about humanity in the slightest.

[byjove]

I mean, success is a relative term. He was shot to death by an angry mob at the age of 38 while running for US president, after inciting a riot by ordering a printing press to be destroyed because the ex-Mormon newspaper was saying true things about him. He was arrested for starting the riot, freed, tried to declare martial law and call out his own personal militia before fleeing. It was only when he was apprehended and brought back to Carthage that the people of Illinois resorted to mob justice. Truly Trump-esque behavior but that guy has gotten away with it for 79 years.

[byjove]

Also, I think it’s so funny that his Wikipedia lists him as the first U.S. presidential candidate to be assassinated kind of implying he was assassinated for presidential politic reasons and not because he was a career criminal who had been terrorizing Illinois for 5 years straight.

[2pen2wildfire]

parents are allowed to straight-up torture their kids with zero consequences. they can withhold food and water, lock you out of shelter, confiscate your belongings, bar you from human contact, attack and harm you and exert complete control over your physical appearance. and this is just the norm. if you speak out against it you're seen as a delinquent or a predator. even otherwise progressive people get uncomfortable with the idea of dismantling the nuclear family unit because they still see it as the best way to keep kids safe when that simply couldn't be further from the truth. it's evil.

[heyftinally]

This is also part of why I'm so loud about homeschool reform, specifically in the USA.

In the US, there is no meaningful legal definition for educational/academic neglect in any of the 50 states or federally. What this means is that a child can be "homeschooled" and exclusively be taught how to cook and clean, reach the age of 18 being unable to read, write, or count, and this alone is not considered neglect. That 18yo, should they even have the knowledge that suing exists, has no legal grounds to sue their parents for denying them an education.

In over 40 US states, a convicted child abuser can homeschool their children. So someone who has done time for child abuse and somehow regains access to their child(ren) can decide upon returning home that they want to "homeschool" their kids. Those children are now locked in a home with their abuser where nobody can see them.

There are no welfare checks.

There are no routine assessments.

There aren't even databases — state or federal — keeping track of how many homeschooled kids there actually are.

Meaning a child can be locked in their home for their entire life with their convicted abuser, learn absolutely nothing, never go to the doctor, and so long as that child is fed, clothed, and the abuse isn't physical or sexual, that child has almost no chance of rescue and no legal ground to seek restitution if/when they escape.

The only way homeschooled children get rescued is if they're beaten, starved, or physically neglected and they're able to get the right person to see that. Otherwise? They have to wait until someone finds out they were murdered as a result of their parents "homeschooling".

And feral homeschool parents love to jump down my throat about this, and then get even more pissed when I tell them I'm a homeschool alumni.

Because I know it's not all homeschoolers. But even one is too many, and the lack of protections should scare everyone. If you're a good homeschool parent, nothing will change. If not, you deserve whatever comes your way as a result of adequate oversight.

Children deserve rights.

[etiennelux]

the ideal chai latte is one of the most amazing things on this earth. it’s a shame that most cafes think they have to serve either a cup of grit or milk that they whispered the names of spices to

[un-monstre]

Bloopers are movie aftercare and it’s fucked up that we got rid of them

[mariacallous]

[redstonedust]

gripping the shoulders of every youtuber ever. look up that unfamiliar word before you pronounce it. especially if it's not a word from your native language but honestly double check the ones that are native to you if you've only seen them in writing. you will thank yourself later.

[clementiens]

[joomju]

Reblog so she lives forever.

[terminusverge]

20 years. If this gets posted and we all survive for another 20…things might be alright.

[theghostofashton]

always a little funny to see white people on here run up against the realities of racism in real time, and only acknowledge them because they get in the way of the posts they want to make about characters. yes there are implications to that character saying that. and implications to that dynamic. that kink could be okay but it deserves a lot more actual consideration than you are giving it. you personally don't mean this in a racist way but you are a small minority. please familiarize yourself with the millions of people who do mean it in exactly the way you think couldn't be possible. yes, those people exist. it's so annoying how that pesky racism works and gets in the way of us headcanoning to our heart's content, isn't it? imagine if you had to actually deal with all of this in your real life. outside of shipping or fictional characters or any of it. too bad this only affects the posts you get to make on tumblr dot com

[queerautism]

Oh my god reading about the Jason Arday situation and it's genuinely sickening. A minor academic issue is being blown up to be used as a tool against Black people in academia.

[queerautism]

he killed himself and so many people are still being massive racists about it. I cannot tell you the vile things I've just seen on subreddits specifically for academics (I didn't have the strength to check the big threads in the more general subs bc they're gonna be even worse) where they're basically SHIT TALKING HIS SUICIDE. BASICALLY ACTING LIKE KILLING HIMSELF IS ALSO AN EVIL THING HE DID TO OTHER PEOPLE

We need to put him on a special statistic of cowards who couldn't face the rightful consequences of their horrible actions so they killed themselves instead, selfishly creating a whole big inconvenience for everyone. We need to separate him from the good suicide victims who do deserve our sadness. That's basically what they're saying.

SOMEONE LITERALLY COMPARED HIS SUICIDE TO SCHOOL SHOOTERS WHO THEN RELY ON 'SUICIDE BY COP' TO GET OUT OF GOING TO JAIL

These were people on r/PHD I genuinely couldn't believe it

[evilscientist3]

You know something about Humpty Dumpty I feel we don't question enough is the fact that they had all the king's horses trying to put him back together as well as the men. Is it that surprising that the horses couldn't put him back together? Horses are very much not known for their manual dexterity. They have hooves. How are they supposed to support a positive outcome in this situation

[cannibalcaprine2]

they turned the horses to glue

[crabussy]

wow I love to sit crosslegged without moving for several hours straight!

[crabussy]

okay time to straighten my legs man I'm so excited

[crabussy]

I f eel like a suit of armour that was attacked by a welder

[crabussy]

I am nineteen years old

[crabussy]

I am so sorry I just turned 20 I hope you can forgive me

[crabussy]

. yeah okay true I did do that

[vampantheon]

on the topic of disabled characters, though, i think a LOT of artists give characters mobility aids that their character wouldn't actually benefit from using.

i'm sort of having a mild brain fog moment rn so i can't fully articulate what i'm on about, but i think a lot of able-bodied artists view things like canes and crutches as interchangeable. and they often don't know enough about the wide range of mobility aids to make an informed decision about what their character might actually use based on their disability

i also think that aids like walkers and rollators are sort of viewed as "cringe" on some level, and many people view them to be "just for old people," so many artists will opt for giving a character who has full-body pain and fatigue a cane (which, in many cases, can potentially WORSEN full-body pain) instead. and a lot of people don't realize that most wheelchair users are able to walk, so they don't consider it an option for characters with chronic pain

[vampantheon]

idk it's kind of frustrating. i've genuinely never, ever seen a character that uses a rollator before. not once. i cannot name a single one. i know of multiple ocs who are described to have full-body pain, dizziness, and fatigue that are drawn as cane users and are never shown with wheelchairs or walkers, though

[vampantheon]

it's also sort of sad? i've been diagnosed since i was twelve years old, and i only heard of rollators LAST YEAR. and that was only because i saw one irl and immediately asked what it was. i wonder how many disabled people out there don't even know it's an option solely because they're completely underrepresented online and in media

[vampantheon]

if you're a creative with a disabled oc, PLEASEEE check out this link. it's a very nice and detailed guide for telling which mobility aids suit someone's needs best. it's incredibly important to make the right choice for your character! mobility aids tell you a LOT about someone's lived experience. picking the right one will communicate to your audience #1 what your character goes through #2 that you UNDERSTAND what your character goes through!

[jewishtransdyke]

As an example: I can walk just fine, but only for short distances. For anything longer, I need a wheelchair. Specifically a wheelchair, not a cane or crutches or a walker or a rollator.

I own a cane, but I only bought it because of a foot injury. It helped with the foot injury, but it does absolutely nothing for me now that the injury is healed. If anything, it actually makes walking more difficult.

And neither crutches, nor a walker, nor a rollator would help me any more than a cane does, because the main problem isn't the walking itself - the main problem is being in a standing posture.

If I stand for more than a few seconds at a time, I get lightheaded, I get tachycardic, I get heart palpitations, and I hyperventilate, and these symptoms get worse and worse the longer I'm standing.

I soon feel like I'm going to pass out, and I probably would pass out if I didn't sit down as soon as possible. It hasn't happened yet, but I suspect that's only because I learned my limits quickly and have been able to avoid situations where I wouldn't be able to sit down at a moment's notice.

And even though it hasn't made me lose consciousness (yet), exceeding my limits can still put me out of commission for the next few days, or even the next few weeks.

This all happens regardless of whether I'm walking or standing still, but walking accelerates the process. So I need to be sitting down - I need a wheelchair - to safely traverse any distance that would take longer than 30 seconds or so to walk.

I feel very self-conscious getting into or out of my wheelchair, because the general public thinks that wheelchairs are only necessary for people who can't walk at all. And that is very much not the case. But they assume it is, because they rarely see any counterexamples - for conditions like mine, media representation is practically nonexistent.

[donjuaninhell]

I swear, some of you people somehow manage to possess all of the three most unfortunate character traits someone can have: a) kinda stupid, b) obnoxiously contrarian, c) deeply annoying.

[tockthewatchdog]

stuff you say when you don’t give a fuck about women quite frankly

[cardassiangoodreads]

Hence the not-uncommon adage that the washing machine did even more for women's liberation than the birth control pill

[romanceyourdemons]

rip to the guy who posted his very expensive yixing teapot to r/tea, only for the comments to be not compliments on his taste as he expected, but instead GREAT GOOGLY MOOGLY and I SHOULD CALL HER. he then crossposted it to r/gongfutea, which is ordinarily more dignified and self-serious, but was it? was it?? of course not, because this is reddit, and this was the teapot

[jewishbarbies]

we need to bring back public hatred for paparazzi. I’m so tired of actors defending themselves against assholes with cameras and being smeared as egotistical divas. they’re glorified stalkers who get paid to harass people. end of. the things these freaks get away with would send normal people to prison but we’re supposed to think it’s okay just bc they’re paparazzi. they SHOULD get shut down for being openly misogynistic. they SHOULD get told off and reported for following someone to their private residence to doxx them. they SHOULD face charges for just about running people over in their pursuit of the next hot celeb. this is not normal. and, actually, these people DO deserve to get punched sometimes.

[saywhat-politics]

[onethirdofimpossible]

Okay, I was just going to reblog this without commentary, but I can't keep this to myself. I'm a PhD student in environmental science and this is my fucking highway.

The first published study about climate change (that I am aware of-- feel free to point out if there's an older one) is an 1896 paper by Svante Arrhenius. He pointed out the link between the greenhouse effect and changes in atmospheric CO2.

Plate tectonics, which the geoscience community now recognizes as near indisputable, was a fringe theory until about the 1960s.

Just in case anyone thought that climate change was a "recent fad" in research.