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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.
stuff you say when you don’t give a fuck about women quite frankly
i think if you have a crush on someone that isnt into you the same way you should be able to throw up horrible black goo for about 10 minutes to make the crush go away
Stone faced and barely moving in the club.
To be honest yeah
people needdddd to wear headphones in public because while on an otherwise very lovely walk in the park today i saw a guy sitting under a tree watching a porn parody of the star wars prequels
if nothing else trying to tune out the sounds of anakin and padme going to town as i contemplate the babbling brook gave me a brief but vivid window into what it’s like to be obi wan kenobi
It's funny because there was a historical period where photographic evidence was generally considered reliable and that period is over.
This picture from 1917 convinced Arthur Conan Doyle that fairies existed.
because they clearly are? use your damn eyeballs
getting teary eyed thinking about gerda gottlieb's paintings of her wife after she transitioned
thing is, for a lot of these paintings it wasn’t “after” lily elbe’s transition. there was no after to it. the one op posted was painted in 1928. this was 2 years before lily legally changed her name and began undergoing revolutionary gender affirming procedures. unfortunately she died due to complications of an experimental uterine transplant in 1931.
up until that point, during the day lily continued to dress in masculine clothing and even attended galleries showing gottlieb’s paintings of her. which was kind of iconic. she got to stand in a room full of people who were marveling her beauty, not knowing she was right next to them. it must have been such a cute little secret for them as a couple.
here’s gerda and lilly together
not to mention that for most people there is no real “after” to a transition. especially for these trans historical figures who had to balance identity and safety at all times.
i think having a wife paint these portraits must have felt really amazing for lily. to be able to see herself through the eyes of someone who loved her. i’m very much seconding op on the getting teary eyed.
here are some of my favorite gottleib lily paintings
I think that like. Look. I don't really want to get into an arugment about the ethics of violent action. But I will say that from a stance of pure messaging, going up against black bloc protestors gives law enforcement a chance to look cool and tough and macho. But trying to fight a bunch of guys in inflatable frog suits doing the cha-cha slide makes them look like fucking morons. Especially when they have to go on TV and act like the guys in frog suits are a national security threat. They look like little babies that are scared of sports mascots, and the longer they do it the more support they lose.
He was in the capitol on January 6th but he's scared of something Seattleites take their children to see every summer solstice.
this is such a good tweet
Different people respond better to different types of therapy, and most therapist will do multiple types of therapy with their patients.
CBT - Most common type of therapy because it works well for all mental health problems.
ACT - Especially helpful for treating anxiety disorders, depressive disorders, OCD, psychosis and substance abuse.
DBT - Specifically created for BPD. This type of therapy works really well for personality disorders, PTSD, eating disorders, substance abuse and impulsive control disorders.
Interpersonal therapy - Created to treat major depressive disorder but is now also used for other depressive and mood disorders.
There are lots of other types of therapy too (:
Gonna add my two cents as a research psychologist:
CBT does NOT work well if the individual has a history of being emotionally manipulated or gaslit, nor does it work well when the individual is working through traumas that have been used against them or disbelieved. CBT can feel like gaslighting, toxic positivity, denial of the seriousness of a situation, or emotional manipulation if not done very carefully. As such, it might be best to avoid it and find something else if you have a history of problems with the aforementioned experiences.
ACT also works REALLY WELL for individuals coping with sudden and "devastating" changes! It's often adapted for use by disability specific clinics to help newly diagnosed patients learn to cope with the limitations on their environments. People with disabilities (PWDs) tend to feel pressured to not express their disability related distress around non-PWDs and, as such, tend to see those feelings as shameful. There's a lot of "I should be more grateful" or "it's not as bad as it could be" feelings around disability as a result of this pressure and ACT is great for undoing them!
DBT is generally amazing for stress disorders and preventing stress disorder symptomatology in at risk populations. It teaches you stress tolerance skills and how best to avoid or diminish conflicts, allowing you to avoid the sorts of environmental triggers that commonly worsen stress disorder symptoms.
Interpersonal therapy is also great for neurodivergent folks, victims of childhood emotional abuse, and children of parents with untreated/unmanaged psychiatric disorders. Essentially, if you grew up with difficulty interacting effectively with and relating to others, interpersonal therapy can help you understand why and change those interactions in the future. Healthier relationships and social interactions are a great way to break the cycle of abuse for those of us raised by parents who were emotionally abusive and/or had untreated mental illnesses.
Since no one has mentioned it on this post, I'd like to add that most therapists these days practice a sort of integrative therapy. They'll take what they find most effective from each type of therapy for each individual problem, and piece together something a little more tailor made for their patients. This is part of why seeing an actual therapist is so important. Not every aspect of the aforementioned therapies will be relevant to every problem. Some aspects may even be harmful to handling some problems. The therapist is trained to pick out these things and adjust accordingly, unlike the average self help book or online resource. But knowing the types of therapies available and what you want to get from therapy is an immense part of finding a therapist that will suit your needs, so please research things carefully and think over what you need before selecting one!
Go to therapy, y'all!
Reminder that you can and should shop around for a therapist. Treat your first session as a job interview, where you are the one hiring. Ask questions about what therapy techniques they use, what techniques are likely to work for your specific issues, and if they have experience treating patients with your diagnoses. Above all, don't settle for a therapist who doesn't feel like a good fit. Many therapists don't charge for the first session specifically so patients can treat it as a practice/interview session.
There are different types of therapy & therapists, so please look around until you find what works for you.
[ID: a series of tweets from Dr. Jeff Cohen (@DrJeffCohen). The tweets read:
[fairy emoji] Fun Fact: Before I went to therapy, I didn’t know that there are different types of therapy. Today, I want to share 5 different approaches to therapy. These aren’t exhaustive definitions, but I hope these help people start their own research on different options for care.
[brain emoji] Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT): You identify thoughts and behaviors that you want to change, and the therapist helps you create a plan (using coping skills and other tools) to change those thoughts and behaviors. CBT often emphasizes practical solutions for problems.
[checkmark emoji] Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) is about accepting our thoughts and feelings, without trying to change them. This type of therapy focuses on helping people do what matters to them in life. Put another way, ACT helps us get out of our head and into our life.
[balanced scales emoji] Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) incorporates a dialectical worldview which means two opposite ideas can be true at the same time. DBT balances the acceptance of ourselves where we are, while ALSO changing what we want to change to build the life we want to be living.
[face emoji] Interpersonal Therapy draws connections between your mood and relationships to underlying interpersonal issues. These issues could be adjustment difficulties in social or professional roles, complicated grief, and problems relating to others.
[couch emoji] Psychoanalysis: Developed by Freud, this approach focuses on “changing problematic behaviors, feelings, and thoughts by discovering their unconscious meanings and motivations” (APA). In pop culture, this is the “couch therapy,” where a patient is lying on a couch and talking.
/End ID]
i gotta remember this
psst... two and a half weeks, y'all.
The discussion around Ariel TheLittleMermaid baffles me bc if my dad literally destroyed a bunch of stuff I collected in front of me in a terrifyingly violent display of anger and I had a witch offer me an out if I could score the boy I thought was hot, my name would be on that dotted line before you can say "poor unfortunate soul". What do you mean she's stupid, her dad ravaged her Special Interest Cave like a toddler throwing a temper tantrum, I would also run the fuck away
sometimes I instinctively like people without knowing why, until I start talking to them and they reveal that all they watch on youtube are long deconstructions of public transit systems, and that by the way their shirt is an abstract design representing their favourite subway line, and then it's like ohhhh........autism ant pheromones at it again. like finds like.
That's the truth
While the Onion buying InfoWars is indeed extremely funny, very few of the posts I've seen commenting on the sale have mentioned that the families of the Sandy Hook victims apparently agreed to voluntarily reduce their lawsuit payout as part of a deal to ensure that the Onion would acquire InfoWars wholesale, rather than having the company broken up and auctioned off piecemeal, as the latter course could potentially have allowed some of those pieces to end up back in the hands of Alex Jones' cronies.
Like, yes, it is in fact very funny that InfoWars is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Clickhole, but the real props go out to the Sandy Hook families who saw the opportunity and willingly gave up the additional millions of dollars that could have been realised by stripping InfoWars for parts in order to make that happen.
Hey.
The Onion just bought ALL of info wars. Like, ALL of it. The company, including the trademark and all trademarks under it, the rights to their supplements, all of their broadcast equipment. Everything.
Alex Jones was auctioning it off as a means of paying off his $1.5B debt to the victim families of the Sandy Hook shootings, who won two separate lawsuits against him.
And the families actually chose to forego a portion of the money they'd be receiving to increase the value of the Onion's bid.
For one, this is incredibly funny. Like, what a fucking hilarious development.
But on a sociological level, I consider this a HUGE win for propaganda.
source.
Propaganda is not inherently evil, it's an entirely neutral acting force in the modern world of information dissemination. "Propaganda" just references mass produced media meant to influence or persuade people towards thinking something, nothing more and nothing less.
This tool, like any tool, can be used towards evil means. Info Wars was, unilaterally, white supremacist and xenophobic propaganda for profit. It is understandable that you'd think that this was a win AGAINST propaganda.
But propaganda for good can be made. I've posted this before, but I am a propagandist. That is not a tongue in cheek joke, an exaggeration, or a haughty, up-my-own-ass self assessment from someone who's a little too academically snooty for her own good. I have a large audience which spreads my messages, thus my influence is not insignificant, and my words carry weight. Same can be said for any social media personality you follow. They're called "influencers" because they sway large populations of people.
The reason I consider this a win for Propaganda is because Info Wars and its legacy have been a sizeable cloud polluting the zeitgeist, and with its seizure by what I would consider a GOOD propagandist company (The Onion) there will be a not-insignificant shift in the flow of the current that is online discourse.
And yes, the Onion DOES make propaganda, full stop. Every headline you see from them like "we taught his monkey about the median voter" (note, this is actually from The HARD Times, but same idea. that's also propaganda) or "'No Way to Prevent This,' Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens", that is propaganda with a political message. Presented coyly, but left on the table nonetheless.
Hence, I consider this a win for propaganda.
Aging is hot. Gray hairs are hot. Smile lines are hot. Get with it.
Baldness is also hot. Literally get with it.
Everyone reblogging this post to add that people don't exist to be hot and bodies can be neutral: you're right. Make your own post about it. This post is about signs of age being hot. I am an adult attracted to other adults. People don't exist to be hot but if you have these traits you are hot, perhaps against your will. Sorry. Happy milf monday.
