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krintou-squids

girl lets do shopping in akihabara

yyymmmrrr

slay queen

classycookiexo

Hopefully this tip can help anyone

navigatorwrongway

I suggest that we start using the term ‘creatives’ instead of ‘content creators’ for authors/artists/gifmakers/podficcers for a few reasons, and chief among them are these;

we can’t always be our most productive, but there’s a terrible trend of fandom folks feeling bad if they don’t have something new to post every few weeks

you’re still a creative person even if you aren’t creating something at a given time, for whatever reason

and something it’s taken me far too long to learn myself: making things is not the rent you pay to be part of a community

daughter-of-sapph0

it's really disappointing how people's critique of jkr starts and ends with her transphobia, and they completely ignore her blatant antisemitism, racism, homophobia, slavery apologism, sympathy for the wizard nazis, (the wizard nazi incel) snape's redemption, the villain of fantastic beasts trying to stop the holocaust, and the new game literally being a rehash of the blood libel myth.

fullyfunctionalminiaturebeehive

&her ableism, fatphobia, classism, and general naked imperialism (look at things like the "thunderbird" in fantastic beasts, or anything and everything she's ever said or done about Scotland, for example)

This ass-hat has actually lobbied against things like "letting disabled people survive" and "the colonised nation I live in taking steps toward independence."

Oh, and you already mentioned it, but - antisemitism, again. Cannot stress the antisemitism enough because, holy fuck she's so antisemitic!

ecl1psical

as a trans person this is is so important to look at and spread bc us trans people are not the only people affected, and we need to band together to spread awareness about the full extent of JKRs bigotry.

headspace-hotel

Yeah...it's really confusing how people focus exclusively on her being transphobic when she very much did recently write a book that openly and obviously makes fun of criticisms of ableism, where a person with fibromyalgia and several others of the most hard-to-diagnose painful chronic conditions (somewhat implied to be faking) murders a poor innocent writer who is being accused of ableism. 🤨

#rowling

filmnoirsbian

stop i NEED that pic of the boy who took his cat to prom and she has a lil dress and is looking up at him with 100% love and tenderness……..

filmnoirsbian

there she is!!!!!!!

love……..tenderness…….

valkerre

Dont let the game awards stream sweep the fact that twitch just announced that LGB allience and Austism speaks are gonna be on their charity roster this year under the rug

prof-grace-aspen

In case anyone doesn't know, the LGB alliance is recognized as a hate group. They are first and foremost transphobic, of course, but most of the members are cishet people, not even gay folks.

temperedknight

The LGB Alliance are a spoiler group meant to basically be the "gay friend" right wingers point to to prove they're not homophobic (while simultaneously serving to attack trans people and other queer groups).

Autism Speaks is one of those lovely "autism is a terrible awful disease that must be eradicated" groups. They don't help or listen to autistic people, they only other them and perpetuate their abuse. None of their board is autistic either, IIRC.

#twitch

only-tiktoks

yourheartinyourmouth

“And remember: you’re worth the time it takes to learn a new skill!”

oh my goodness I love her she’s so wholesome

renthony

#She has a book about to come out??#Prev tags say Mercury Stardust which might be her name?

Yeah! Her name is Mercury Stardust, and she's a maintenance technician who gives tips and talks about renters' rights. She also does burlesque shows! She's mostly active on TikTok I think, but she has some other socials and a main website.

Her book, titled "Safe and Sound: A Renter-Friendly Guide to Home Repair" comes out in August 2023.

The book blurb, taken from the publisher's website:

Dear Readers: As a transwoman, I’ve discovered (the hard way) that we live in a world with much to fear. But imagine fearing something as simple as asking for help. Imagine relying on others—landlords—to provide a basic human right, like housing, but knowing those same people believe you’re an abomination because of your sexuality or gender identity. Imagine a world where reaching out for help is more than just a mundane task—it’s a game of chance. Sadly, for too many renters, this isn’t just a one-time moment of fear. For single moms, college students in a foreign town, and many others, a knock on the door can feel just as terrifying, even when you need the help. All renters deserve to feel empowered enough to take matters into their own hands. The skills I’ll show you how to develop will allow you to help friends, teach family members, and even assist a panicking neighbor—further empowering more people to take on tasks on their own. We all have a home—whether it’s made up of brick walls or plaster—filled with memories and dreams. Knowledge should pass through any barriers put up around it because a little bit of knowledge can go a long way toward making someone feel more in control of their own life. Your soon-to-be favorite virtual repair technician, Mercury Stardust, the Trans Handy Ma’am

animentality

somecutething

paintcoveredpup-deactivated2020

red-king4

body-of-ouches

One thing that MASSIVELY pisses me off is how fainting is shown in media. It’s always the person sways a little, collapses in one movement, and then is unconscious for like… fucking ages??? They wake up hours later tucked under a blanket and it’s acted like that’s normal. It’s NOT. A person that’s fainted should be back with you pretty quickly, actually:

(From NHS website)

I had an experience in my last work place where I fainted, but because it looks so different to how it’s shown in film and TV my managers had no idea what had happened. Here’s a comparison of usual media vs my actual fainting that they were all confused by-

Films, TV shows, plays etc:

1) Person goes “oh goodness” or something similar whilst holding hand to chest

2) eyes roll back, gracefully falls to the floor

3) nearby people see the poor fainted person, pick them up, put them on a bed or sofa

4) person comes to hours or even days later with no idea what happened and everyone else is just like “oh good you’ve woken up 🙂”

My usual fainting experience:

1) Everything starts spinning. Incapable of making words as my sole focus is on trying to get myself to the ground ASAP

2) Stumble to floor/chair/ anything I can lean against

3) Quick violent slump as actual faint occurs. There is no dainty falling- the whole body has hit shut down. Usually smack my head on the floor if I haven’t managed to get myself somewhere soft

4) Aware of surroundings almost immediately, but takes a few seconds to fully come back round

5) Carefully sit back up and explain to everyone going “what the fuck happened” that I fainted, and no, I do not need smelling salts actually.

catmat

Exactly this. When I fainted, I tried to grasp the wall but ended up falling from full height onto my head and got a debilitating brain injury as a result. But I came to within seconds and sat up afterwards questioning what happened just like the experience above.

It's not at all like the movies and it can cause severe injuries too.

lifewithchronicpain

I've fainted twice and the first time I was a at a friend's house waiting by the front door for my friend to come down. Next thing I knew, I was on the floor, my legs inside the house, and my head and torso on the porch. I fainted through the door. All I remember is it suddenly felt like I was dreaming and instead of waking up in bed, it was in the doorway of my friend's house and my head hurt. The other time I was lucky enough to be sitting and so I was fine.

One huge tell that a faint is fake is the way people fall. When you're conscious you cannot help but protect yourself as you fall. As mentioned above, the way people crumble safely to the floor. It's a huge tell in those extreme religious faith healers that touch people and they "faint". You can see it's completely fake.

Meanwhile, as said, in a real faint you generally can't protect yourself unless your faint has a warning sign you're used too. Otherwise you fall like a domino, and in my case, push open a screen door.

alexseanchai

[image: a screenshot from the NHS webpage on fainting, transcribed below:]

If you see someone faint

If you're with someone who has fainted, try to keep calm.

If you can, lay them on their back and raise their legs.

Usually, the person who has fainted will wake up within 20 seconds.

Immediate action required: Call 999 if:

Someone faints and they:

cannot be woken up after 1 minute

have severely hurt themselves from a fall

are shaking or jerking because of a seizure or fit

Find out more about fainting (syncope), when you pass out for a short time.

Sometimes one is out long enough one doesn't wake up where one was when one fainted. But that is, possibly by definition, being out long enough to be worrisome.

Source: personal experience. On the one occasion, I was a dumbass who didn't have anything to drink that morning, and it wasn't that hot out, so the first I noticed I was dehydrated was when everything turned pretty pink and orange colors accompanied by sudden nausea. Dad had the map of the tourist attraction, so I asked him where the bathroom was, and that's why he was paying attention when I keeled over in the middle of the street. I woke up under the nearest shade tree and spent most of the rest of the day in the planetarium and then the gift shop, because my siblings were not dumbasses who didn't hydrate properly, and those were the only places in Mystic Seaport with air conditioning.

On the other occasion, I was the only person on that floor of the house at the time, so I woke up exactly when I fell with no idea how long I'd been out. So I hollered for my brother to drive me to urgent care, and I told the doctor my best guess for how long it lasted, "a few minutes", which was how long Mom had said I was unconscious at Mystic Seaport, and the doctor gave me a funny look and said that's pretty significant.

(Reading that screenshot, now I know why.)