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Lint Roller? I Barely Know Her
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A gorgeous birthday gift from a very good friend of mine! My warlock has never looked better! I always love the way your shading comes out in your stitch crafts, and the attention to detail is fantastic.
Thanks, @greyishbobbi <3
Mothilim, 2023
Design and embroidery by me, Bobbi K.
This was super fun to do all the way through, I hope they bring joy.
I WOULD PAY TEN TIMES AS MUCH FOR CHOCOLATE IF IT MEANT REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF SLAVES IN THE WORLD? HOW IS THIS ANY KIND OF PROBLEM.
good news, you can! the company’s called Tony’s Chocolonely and their entire purpose is to make slave-free chocolate and reform the chocolate industry.
https://tonyschocolonely.com/us/en
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony%27s_Chocolonely
Whole Foods carries it. If you don’t want to support an Amazon-owned company, World Market carries it. You can also buy it directly from the company.
It’s the best chocolate I’ve ever had and it’s 100% slave free. Tony’s Chocolonely works really hard to push for transparency within the chocolate industry and actually has and is following an action plan to eliminate slavery within cocoa production. They’re good people who make good chocolate.
A list of slavery-free chocolate companies:
Aldi
Aloha Feels Chocolate
Alma Chocolate
Alter Eco Chocolate
Amano Chocolate
Askinoise Chocolate
The Beach Chocolate Factory
Belicious
Black Mountain Chocolate
Cacaoteca
Caribeans Chocolate
Castronovo Chocolate
Charm School Chocolates
Chocolate Cartel
Chocolat Celeste
Chocolate Tree
Chocolate Troubadour
Choconat
Coco Chocolate
Compartes Chocolates
Dandelion Chocolate
Dark Forest Chocolate
Denman Island Chocolate
Divine Chocolate Co.
Eating Evolved
Eat Your Hat
El Ceibo
The Endangered Species
Equal Exchange
Fairafric
Forever Cocoa
Fresco Chocolate
Fruition Chocolate
Gayleen’s Decadence
GEPA Chocolate
Giddy Yo Yo
Grenada Chocolate Company
Grocer’s Daughter Chocolate
Guittard
Habitual Chocolate
Hagensborg Chocolates
Health by Chocolate
Hilo Shark Chocolate
HNINA Gourmet
Honest Artisan Chocolate
Hooray Tuffles
Ithaca Fine Chocolates
L.A. Burdick Chocolates
La Iguana Chocolate
Lake Champlain Chocolates
La Siembra Cooperative
Lillie Belle Farms
Madecasse
Malagasy
Maverick Chocolate Company
Max Havelaar
Mayan Monkey
Mayordomo
Mia Chocolate
Montezuma’s Chocolates
Nayah Amazon Chocolates
Newman’s Own Organics
Purdy’s Chocolate
Omanahene Cocoa Bean Company
Ombar
OpuLux Fair Trade Chocolate
Original Hawaiian Chocolate
Parliament Chocolate
Montevérgine
Patric Chocolate
Plamil Organic Chocolate
Potomac Chocolate
Pure Lovin’ Chocolate
Rain Republic
Rapunzel Pure Organics
Ritual Chocolate
Samaritan Xocolata
Sappho Chocolates
Seed & Bean Chocolate
Shaman Chocolates
Sibú Chocolate
Solkiki Chocolate
Sweet Earth Chocolates
Sweet Impact Fudge
Sweet Riot
Sun Eaters Organics
Taza Chocolate
Terra Nostra Organic
Terroir Chocolate
TCHO
The Chocolate Wave
Theo Chocolate
The Original Chocolate Bar (Houston, TX)
Tobago Estate Chocolate
TONY’S CHOCOLONELY
Vivani Chocolate
Vosges
Wei of Chocolate
Xocolatl Chocolate
Zotter
Taza chocolate is really good
This is super important! Slave child labor is used in many many cocoa farms from big name companies like Nestle and Dove. Here is a good link discussing it: http://www.foodispower.org/slavery-chocolate/ .
And here is an easy score card to see who the worst offenders are/who to avoid most: https://www.greenamerica.org/end-child-labor-cocoa/chocolate-scorecard
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Toothy! Third mushie of the set for MushMay. Design and embroidery by me, Bobbi K!, 2023
Bursty! Mushroom designed and embroidered by me, Bobbi K. 2023 :)
Attn: People With Cervixes!
When was your last Pap smear?
Because I am tired of seeing young people (think 40 year olds!) die horribly of an almost completely preventable disease, and I haven't seen the obligatory Tumblr PSA about it, so I'm making my own.
1. CERVICAL CANCER IS REALLY BAD
Cancers that have a good prognosis are usually cancers that can be caught early--like skin cancer, which is easily seen, and therefore usually treated very early. Cervical cancer does not give you symptoms until you have very advanced disease, which means unless someone is regularly testing your cervix, you will likely not be diagnosed early. More than half of people diagnosed with cervical cancer present with advanced disease. 75% of them will be dead within 5 years. For comparison, when caught in the earliest stage, there is a 90% 5 year survival rate. Treatment for those diagnosed is chemo and radiation, and believe me, those are not fun. If you do happen to be in the lucky 25% of survivors, if your cancer comes back, you have an 85% chance of dying within a year. Also! We think of cancer as something that happens to old people, but the average age of diagnosis for cervical cancer is 50.
2. WHO GETS CERVICAL CANCER?
Cervical cancer used to be the most common cause of cancer-related death in women in America, but at this point it's basically a disease of People Without Pap Smears--developing countries, immigrants, low socioeconomic status, BIPOC, rural communities, LGBTQ, etc.
3. HOW DO PAP SMEARS SAVE YOUR LIFE?
A Pap smear is a screening test for two things: HPV, and your cervical cells. HPV is the most common sexually transmitted disease in the world. Literally half of the people in America have some strain of HPV on their body. Most HPV infections go away on their own (in people with healthy immune systems), but some strains are Very Bad, and some people are just Very Unlucky, and the HPV starts causing your cervical cells to turn cancerous. 91% of all cervical cancers are caused by HPV. So a Pap smear looks to see if your have HPV, and if so, is it one of the bad ones? And also, do you have any cancerous cells hanging about in your cervix? And! It takes 10-30 years for HPV to turn those cells into cancer, which means you have a really really long time to catch it before it becomes cancer and cut those pre-cancer cells out!
4. WHAT ABOUT THAT VACCINE?
The thing my dad said I shouldn't get because it might make me a slut. Yes! There is an HPV vaccine! You should get it! It protects you against the nine most common cancer-causing types of HPV. It's recommended starting at age 11, and you can get it up to age 45 now! (It used to be 26, but as of 2020, it's now extended.)You can get it from most primary care doctors, or from Planned Parenthood, CVS, Walgreens, etc. If you get the vaccine you still need Pap smears.
5. I HEARD YOU CAN ONLY GET THE VACCINE IF YOU'RE A VIRGIN
Fake news. While the vaccine does not treat old infections of HPV, it does prevent new ones, so while the benefits are theoretically decreased in those who have already been sexually active, it does not mean you will not benefit from having it!
6. WHO GETS PAP SMEARS?
Everyone with a cervix starting at age 21, until you lose your cervix or until you're 65. You should get them every 3-5 years (depending on your exact age and what test your doctor does).
7. BUT I GOT THE VACCINE
Nice! You still need Pap smears.
8. I HAD ONE AND IT WAS HORRIBLE/I'M SCARED OF THE EXAM
Talk to your doctor about this in advance! Good gynecologists (and other providers) will work with you to minimize discomfort as much as possible. They can use a small speculum and lots of gel, prescribe anti-anxiety medications to take in advance, and some people will even use numbing creams and/or laughing gas.
9. BUT I DON'T HAVE/CAN'T SEE A GYN
Most primary care physicians can do them! So do a lot of urgent care centers!
10. BUT I'M A LESBIAN
HPV can be transmitted through oral/genital contact, hand/genital, and even hand-to-hand-then-genital, so you still need Pap smears.
11. BUT I'M A VIRGIN/ASEXUAL
You still need Pap smears. HPV can be transmitted not just through penetrative sex, but also through oral/genital, hand/genital, and hand-to-hand-then-genital, and also 9% of cervical cancers are not caused by HPV.
12. BUT I'M A TRANSGENDER MAN
If your cervix was removed, then congrats! You do not need Pap smears. Otherwise, unfortunately, you are still at risk for cervical cancer and need to be screened.
13. BUT I'M A TRANSGENDER WOMAN
Neovaginas do not need Pap smears! Congrats! Consider getting the vaccine, though, to prevent spreading HPV to others.
14. BUT I'M A CIS-GENDERED MAN
Congrats! You do not need Pap smears! You should still consider the vaccine though, not only to prevent the spread of HPV to others, but also because HPV causes 50% of all penile cancers as well.
In summary: please please please go get your pap smear. Go get vaccinated. The spread of HPV can be prevented, and cervical cancer can be caught and treated before it even becomes cancer.
DON'T FEAR THE SMEAR
it's cervical cancer awareness month y'all
Also, pap smears need to start at age 21 OR when you start being sexually active, whichever comes first.
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Character reference sheet lottery! Every share will get a number which will then be used to randomly determine a winner <3
i'd love you if and only if you were a worm. bitch
forgot about my icon before making this post
Just an FYI for those in the US with insurance issues
Important information! Insurance coverage decisions are made by medically ignorant bean-counters. Until we can dismantle the whole shitty system, know how to scare them into submission.
This is like that procedure Mr. Incredible told that old lady
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These are suggested for serving to recovering alcoholics, but I think they’re just fun and cool anyway? I like a fancy beverage, it doesn’t have to have booze. That cucumber Collins sounds refreshing AF
omg this is PERFECT
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*sweats* No, of course I didn’t name an entire nation after the Carex genus of sedges, why would you ask that?
… I have a feeling that using the SCA Medieval names pages counts as ‘Lawful Good’ here
It is comm season, my friends
Headshot/bust (pic 3): 20 USD
Half-body (pic 6): 30 USD
Full-body: 40 USD
Detailed shadows (pic 1, pic 5): +8 USD
+1 character: + half price
+background: from 15 USD (pic 4) to 25 USD (pic 6)
Feel free to send me a direct message or leave a comment <3
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Treats??
London’s Metropolitan Police believes that its artificial intelligence software will be up to the task of detecting images of child abuse in the next “two to three years.” But, in its current state, the system can’t tell the difference between a photo of a desert and a photo of a naked body.
This just seemed appropriate today.
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FUCK YES WE DID IT FOLKS
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