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[juansendizon]

[pastelparrotlet]

Sometimes you have to just treat yourself like an overtired toddler.

“Okay, as soon as you finish this assignment you can take a little nap.”

“You just cleaned your room, good job!”

“Hmm..maybe eating a snack will stop you from wanting to cry.”

[cutlerydeficient]

Sometimes? I think you mean all of the time.

[andialmostdo]

“You are the universe, expressing itself as human for a little while.”

— Eckhart Tolle (via wordsnquotes)

[theargylegargoyle]

Reblog if you think it’s okay to platonically say “I Love You” to your friends

[sdequus2]

Thank you for being my friend

[vintageeveryday]

Adorable vintage posters promoting kindness to animals from the Great Depression.

[tastefullyoffensive]

[b0ggyb1tch]

I would die for Pepper

[onlyblackgirl]

Titan finds sneezing so funny 

This is literally the cutest video in existance 

[nicollekidman]

natalie portman radiates such a terrifying energy i can’t describe it….. it’s not exactly evil but it’s not warm either…. i feel like she could unhinge her jaw and drag me into the ocean like a kraken but she wouldn’t bc it’s undignified 

[dancinginthesetrees]

Wanna know why?

“Oscar-winning actress Natalie Portman told the crowd at Saturday’s Women’s March in downtown Los Angeles that she experienced what she calls “sexual terrorism” as a 13-year-old after the release of the film The Professional.

Portman described her pride and excitement in releasing the film, only to encounter sexually explicit messages both directed toward her and made about her.

”I excitedly opened my first fan mail to read a rape fantasy that a man had written me,” she recalled. “A countdown was started on my local radio show to my 18th birthday, euphemistically the date that I would be legal to sleep with. Movie reviewers talked about my budding breasts in reviews.”

The experience, she said, changed the way she expressed herself publicly, in order to limit the ways she could be objectified by others.

”I understood very quickly, even as a 13-year-old, that if I were to express myself sexually, I would feel unsafe,” she said. “And that men would feel entitled to discuss and objectify my body to my great discomfort. So I quickly adjusted my behavior. I rejected any role that even had a kissing scene and talked about that choice deliberately in interviews. I emphasized how bookish I was and how serious I was. And I cultivated an elegant way of dressing. I built a reputation for basically being prudish, conservative, nerdy, serious, in an attempt to feel that my body was safe and that my voice would be listened to.”

Video of the speech here: https://www.vox.com/2018/1/21/16917130/natalie-portman-womens-march

[dawwwwfactory]

Booping a horse

[the-perfect-aesthetic]

[yayfeminism]

[2002hondacivicwithac]

play this at my wedding or funeral I don’t care where but just plAY IT

[highsynberg]

I love this fucking horse so much 💗

[rootfauna-deactivated20180326]

Shit No One Told Me About My Period

I knew the basics before I got it, but I had no clue…

* The blood wouldn’t necessarily be red. When I first got my period, I spent a few min looking at my underwear wondering how I shit myself. I didn’t know the blood could look brown, or be thick.

* That tampons weren’t a good idea yet. I was 10 or 11 when I got my first period and physically smaller than an adult woman. My first attempt at inserting a tampon was very painful and unsuccessful. I wouldn’t use them until I was around 14 or so.

* That when you use pads the blood can get on your bottom and I’d have to occasionally clean off the toilet seat after using it.

* That getting your first period DOES NOT mean you’re fully developed and fully able to bear children. I could have technically gotten pregnant at that age, but I was still a child and pregnancy would have put my life in danger because I was still physically immature.

* That it wouldn’t be regular for another few years.

* That very painful cramping is NOT NORMAL once you reach your 20s and is cause for concern.

* That the blood and tissue you pass can look chunky or stringy and not like blood from a cut.

* That stress can halt your period for months BUT

* That doesn’t mean you can’t get pregnant

Feel free to add your own

[nonbinary-weirdo]

Relatable

[angelsaxis]

-passing blood clots is completely normal

-that your period may straight up skip a month when you first get it

-and then it’ll happen twice in the same month

-getting your period does NOT automatically make you a woman

[martee-bee-blog]

Painful cramping isn’t normal in your 20’s? That’s a little concerning, mine have been getting exponentially worse

[phinarei]

It is NOT normal. 

I can 100% guarantee you have endometriosis, PCOS, or another hormone problem. If your doctor says it’s normal, DEMAND a second opinion. 

Thinking that it’s normal is how people end up infertile or dead. It’s why so many women under 40 these days are having an almost impossible time either conceiving or preventing conception. Because no one teaches anyone that it’s the sign of trouble that can very seriously hurt you. 

Anyone who has severe cramps, heavy bleeding, or irregular periods after about 19 years old should seek medical advice. None of those are normal. 

If you have skin tags, a hard time losing weight, migraines related to your period, depression that is amplified when menstruating, severe mood swings, sleep disturbances that get worse with menstruation, or any other significant health problem that started with puberty and is worse when hormones are fluctuating you need to be checked. 

None of the things that people relate to women on their periods is actually an example of a healthy woman. It’s an example of people who need one form of treatment or another. 

[colt-kun]

Do NOT go to a general doctor. Find a women’s health center. Obgyn doctors. ASK SPECIFICALLY FOR A FEMALE DOCTOR. (Also helps with creating a demand for female doctors, win-win)

And if the doctor you do see tried to write you off as “nothing” or “its normal”? Politely insist for another doctor. People forget: you are paying them for a service. If you believe the doctor is not taking you or your problems seriously, ASK FOR ANOTHER DOCTOR. Specifically, “Do you have another doctor on staff who is more experienced with female health”. It is WELL within your right to change doctors as you see fit - you owe no loyalty to one specific doctor if they aren’t meeting your needs.

[master-yen-sid]

Reblogging for all my followers with vaginas. I have so many sisters and friends with vaginas and I didn’t know most of this. I turn 30 soon. You’d think I’d have pick up these bits of information over the years in conversation.

[luckystarchild]

Hey!! Hey everybody with periods!!! If you have a period you should read this, because it’s helpful, and people with periods really aren’t taught enough about their own bodies.

[daddys-chaton-noir]

even if u personally don’t get a period, someone u know/care abt prob does & u should pass this along

women’s health is health & we should all know these things, i feel

[super-powerful-queen-slayyna]

And it’s perfectly normal to not get painful cramps

[sdequus2]

This is my mom, Lisa. She works very hard as a high school English teacher but is also a tutor on top of this, so works long hours throughout the week. She is the kindest, most selfless and hard working person I know and goes to the ends of the earth for her kids, including myself. For the last 12+ years she’s been a supportive parent, even raising us as young kids without any child support payments. She’s always gone above and beyond to try to make other people’s lives better and is known around the community just for that. She is under a ton of stress between her work responsibilities and ongoing family struggles (namely with a family member struggling with addiction). Recently, she’s been struck with some very unfortunate events financially. In the last year and a bit, her beloved dog, Moses, got sick with pancreatitis and racked up a vet bill of around $800. Shortly there after, she was slammed with another large bill to fix her car when a bolt broke, causing the engine to fall down and break an axel. This was also a bill of around $1,000. As if that were not enough, Moses was attacked by a coyote and had another vet bill around $1,200 (and luckily survived the surgeries and is still with us!). Most recently, she had $500 of her hard earned money that she’d been saving for Christmas and for potentially (finally) treating herself to something stolen from her bedroom.

My mom is not the type to ask people for help. She tries to figure out things on her own but I know she is crumbling under having to deal with these financial demands along with the emotional stress she’s dealing with due to our family issues. I’m reaching out to my followers to see if anyone would be willing to consider shopping in my store to allow me some extra funds to give to her or donating to my PayPal (where they’ll be given straight to her). I’m doing what I can to help her out but am also paying student loans along with other expenses so haven’t been able to help her in the manner I’d like to.

I love my mom to death and I’m honestly super worried for her health. I want to do what I can to ease her stress and make this whole situation less hard on her. She does not have enough extra money to make up for the amount that was stolen for her and the person who took it is dealing with their own addiction issues so there’s not a chance she’s getting it back.

If you would share to spread the word or consider helping us out by checking out my shop or the paypal link, we would really appreciate it. My mom is the best person I know and she doesn’t deserve this. She’s been under so much stress for so long. She deserves so much better.

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