Madness Monster

More than the surface

[draw-pepper]

I’m just… I’m sorry.

I made Moonmoon.

*hides in shame*

[dailypkmn]

[keeperofcatmint]

[pro-choice-and-pro-voice-deacti]

To start off Birth Control Appreciation Day, I decided to make an informative masterpost on contraceptives! I hope this helps anyone who may want more information on their birth control or someone trying to decide what kind of birth control is best for themselves! Happy (birth control) hunting! - Paige

DIFFERENT TYPES OF BIRTH CONTROL:

Birth Control Pills - [x] [x]

Mini Pill (Progesterone-only Pill) -  [x]

The Patch (Ortho Evra) - [x] [x]

The Shot (Depo-Provera) - [x] [x]

Birth Control Sponge - [x] [x]

Vaginal Ring (Nuva Ring) - [x] [x]

Spermicide - [x] [x]

Implant (Implanon and Nexplanon) - [x] [x]

IUDs (Mirena, Skyla, and ParaGard) - [x] [x]

Condoms (Male and Female) - [x]

Withdrawal (Pullout Method) - [x] [x]

Diaphragm - [x] [x]

Breastfeeding - [x]

Cervical Cap - [x] [x]

Sterilization (Male and Female) - [x]

Abstinence - [x] [x]

Fertility Awareness-Based Methods (FAMs) - [x] [x]

COMMON QUESTIONS ABOUT BIRTH CONTROL:

Do certain medications make my birth control less effective?

Can I delay or eliminate my period with my birth control?

Will my pregnancy tests come out with an accurate result while I’m on birth control?

Can I use several birth control pills at once in replace of an emergency contraceptive?

Does birth control cause weight gain?

What should I do if I miss a pill?

What should I do if the condom breaks or slips off inside of me?

If I’m on the ring or the patch and I forget to replace it on the right day, do I need to use backup?

I’ve heard that the birth control ring can pop out. What should I do if this happens?

Can birth control increase my risk of getting cancer?

Can you change your mind after having a tubal ligation or vasectomy?

Is it normal to spot or bleed in between periods while on birth control?

Does certain hormonal birth controls affect my blood pressure?

Can being overweight affect my birth control’s effectiveness?

Can certain birth controls lower my libido?

EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTIVES:

Types of EC: Plan B / Ella / ParaGard IUD - [x] [x]

What are emergency contraceptives?

How do they work?

How well does it work?

What are the side effects?

When should I take an emergency contraceptive?

Are emergency contraceptives less effective the heavier you are?

If I am under the age of 18 in the US, can I buy emergency contraceptives without my parent’s knowledge or consent?

If I take an emergency contraceptive today, am I covered if I have unprotected sex tomorrow?

Will taking emergency contraceptives too many times affect my fertility?

To find more questions and answers about emergency contraceptives, you can go here.

Información anticonceptivos de emergencia es disponible en Español, aquí.

OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE WITH ALLERGIES AND/OR CERTAIN PREFERENCES:

Condoms for people with latex allergies.

Condoms for vegans. [x] [x] [x]

Other vegan contraceptive options.

Different types of birth control without estrogen.

Contraceptives without any hormones.

Birth control methods that are useful to people with religious concerns. [x] [x]

OTHER BENEFITS OF TAKING BIRTH CONTROL:

Taking oral contraceptives can help lower the risk of endometrial and ovarian cancer.

Using birth control helps treat acne.

Birth control can help treat the pain caused by Endomitriosis.

Contraceptives offer relief to people with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS).

Anemia can be avoided/treated by using birth control.

Irregular periods can become more regulated by using birth control.

The pill can lead to fewer ectopic pregnancies.

MYTHS ABOUT BIRTH CONTROL (All the myths below are dispelled through the links given):

Emergency contraceptives and birth control pills cause abortions.

Free contraceptives and/or condoms makes people participate in risky sexual behavior.

The pill makes you gain a lot of weight.

Douching after sex prevents pregnancy.

You have to start your birth control on a Sunday.

Taking the pill for a long time can make you infertile.

Hormonal contraceptives protect you from contracting STIs.

You don’t need to be on birth control while breastfeeding.

I won’t get pregnant my first time having sex.

The Pill is effective immediately after you take it.

I won’t get pregnant if I shower or pee after sex.

My body needs a rest from birth control at least once a year.

Emergency contraceptives are affected by alcohol.

[charliebink]

[penis-hunger-games-deactivated2]

Exactly. 

[nothisisridiculous-deactivated2]

Imagine a wall full of circular holes, that circles can keep walking in and out of with no difficulty.

Now imagine that the triangles manage to get the resources together, after years of not being able to fit through the circle’s holes, to drill a single triangle space into the wall.

Now imagine that the circle — who previously supported the triangle’s efforts because they are well-rounded (har) and value equality —  comes along and sees the construction project. But instead of being happy, they get angry.

“Well, I won’t be able to fit through your hole!!!!” the circle cries.

“I helped you get the drill!!!!” the circle shrieks.

“Make it fit me too!!!!” the circle demands.

The triangles, barely holding it together enough to get a triangle hole together, stare at the circle in confusion. 

“You have all the holes you need,” the triangles explain. “This is for us. You don’t need to fit through our hole, too.”

“YOU’RE BEING UNEQUAL AND HURTING MY FEELINGS!” the circle wails. “I DON’T SUPPORT YOUR HOLE IF IT DOESN’T FIT ME TOO. GIVE ME MY DRILL BACK.” 

“It’s not your drill, it’s our drill. You helped us get it, because you said you cared.”

“I ONLY CARED WHEN I THOUGHT YOU’D MAKE A HOLE EVERYONE COULD FIT THROUGH. YOU’RE PERPETUATING INEQUALITY!!!”

“Why is it up to us, the small group that has never been able to fit through the wall at all, to make a hole everyone can use? Why isn’t it up to you, the people who have been able to cross back and forth at will for years? We just want to see the other side; why are you yelling at us?”

“I DIDN’T ASK TO BE BORN A CIRCLE, OMG. I’VE HAD TO WORK HARD ALL MY LIFE TOO. YOU’RE JUST BEING BIGOTED AGAINST ME BECAUSE OF SOMETHING I CAN’T CONTROL, JUST LIKE EVERYONE IS AGAINST YOU.”

“You are interfering with our project and asking us to comfort you while we’re trying to make progress. Please leave.”

“I’m going to tell everyone about this,” the circle warns. “Nobody will support you now.”

“Apparently nobody ever did,” the triangles sigh, getting back to work.

[setscarylazerstomaximumcaptain-]

It’s kind of sad

That we have to draw comics using colorful shapes

To explain systematic inequality to people

[darksatiristblogger-deactivated]

Reblogging again because yes good

[shesaware]

Why are shorts called shorts but pants arent called longs

[burgertwink-blog]

she wears short shorts I wear long longs

[hipster-trichster]

she’s cheer cheerer and i’m on the sit sits

[moltenthoughts]

dreaming 'bout the bright bright when you see you were wrong

and what you're looking for has been here the whole tock tick

[moltenthoughts]

This was actually really super interesting. Some highlights:

-"When you consume coconut meat, coconut milk or popcorn you are eating endosperm. In the case of popcorn, the endosperm has exploded due to the pressure build-up inside the grain."

-"Chauvinistic botanical ignorance has been perpetuated for centuries, including ridiculous ideas that the male contributes the seed... Have you thanked your mother lately for your mitochondria?"

I also learned on a different page that the tumbleweed was introduced to the American West from Russia, and is in the same family as spinach and beets.

[wickedclothes]

Planetary Plates

Make sure your next meal is out of this world. This plate set features eight plates, each resembling a planet in our solar system. Ten inches in diameter and dishwasher safe. Sold on ThinkGeek.

[moltenthoughts]

Cool! Then Mel Brooks must be designing the Spacebowls.

[moltenthoughts]

Hey, Texas State Representative Bryan Hughes said a neat thing.

"This is about giving people choices..."

Must have been discussing a Republican platform involving support for family planning resources and privacy, or how insurance companies should cover beneficial counseling and other mental health considerations that are often ignored, or breaking up Big Pharma which impedes medical research and access to diverse, affordable choices, right?

Oh wait, no... he's trying to sugarcoat destructive "gay reformative therapy" on Anderson Cooper's show.

Interesting selection of words, Rep. Hughes.  Meanwhile, how does the rest of the GOP platform reflect the importance of choice?

[ted]

Eerie, beautiful, captivating images of sea urchins mating and being born (that little triangle guy is a baby sea urchin).

These are a glimpse of how life begins in the deep ocean — and there’s a lot of life down there. The oceans provide about 190 times as much living space as every other space on Earth — soil, air and fresh water — put together. A vast array of amazing creatures live in the depths of this watery world. Squid, jellyfish, and plankton are just a few of our favorites (all shown as tiny babies in that last gif).

Learn more here »

[moltenthoughts]

The oceans just are space on earth - galaxies in our own backyard pond.

[youkaiyume]

My Sailor Ponies! In a complete post.

Available as prints at Fanime/Anime Expo! Also available online in my Storenvy

[wanheda-trikru]

Please reblog if you wouldn't act differently around a friend if they came out as bisexual, gay, lesbian, asexual, pansexual, polysexual, or admitted to being trans, agender, genderfluid, or bigender.

[knowyourmeme]

Somersault kisses take off in China.

[moltenthoughts]

By now, I've seen innumerable posts on Tumblr, and though I enjoyed them greatly, this was the first one to make me laugh out loud. 

[makkilemoresplices]

For the love of Casey, please splice Elekid or Electabuzz with Chikorita or Meganium. That plucky trainer needs her favorite yellow with black stripes palette on her trusty pokemon.

s/o to casey

[moltenthoughts]

Tiny perfection

[sentient-toast]

[bryontour]

This should be a book for kids.

[moltenthoughts]

So well done! This is among the kind of stuff I want to write.

[writeswrongs]

By now I hope at least some of you have heard of Javier Payne, a 14-year-old black boy from the Bronx who was attacked by the NYPD last weekend as he was walking home from a hookah shop in his neighborhood.

Cops said he was fighting with another boy, a 13-year-old neighbor in the area. 

So what do you do when two boys are fighting? 

Well, if you’re the NYPD, and the boys in question are black, you throw one of them through a window, puncturing his lung. As he lies there with blood filling his lungs, you handcuff him and refuse to call an ambulance. When you do call an ambulance, you enter the protocol for an adult drunk, instead of a dying child. When the ambulance comes, you refuse to let the paramedics uncuff him. Even as the paramedics explain that this boy is dying, you argue that he’s faking it and that he deserves to die there on the street for fighting with another boy.  When you finally do let the paramedics uncuff him and take him to the hospital, you fail to report that you threw him through a glass window despite dozens of eye-witnesses reporting the opposite.  When you are called upon by the community to account for your actions, you decide to do an “internal investigation” - therefore being accountable to no one outside your division. You encourage the deregulation of police conduct and refuse to let outsiders investigate how you train your officers.

And what do you do, if you’re a concerned citizen who is tired of seeing this? You write Bill de Blasio and you ask him to start an outside investigation into police brutality.  Or at least that’s what I did. And if you want to cosign what I wrote him, you can do that here. And if you want to signal boost that for Javier Payne, you can do that too. You can sign my petition letter here.

(Photo Credit to Enid Alvarez for the New York Daily News)

[dynastylnoire]

booooooooooooooooooooooooooooost

[moltenthoughts]

Secret Service cats keeping watch over the Studio Ghibli Museum