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My name is Nao, I'm a female student who is based in Cali and Mass. Posts are about news, fandoms/cosplay/cons, personal junk, social issues, pretty or cute or funny stuff, or general fun and nerdy stuff.

[noirwhals]

Angel Haze from the edge of the stage. 💯💯💯 Said I swear to god I almost lost my mind..for real.

[refinery29]

Bernie Sanders Vows To Fight Islamophobia

“As an American Muslim student who aspires to change this world, I hope to be a human rights attorney. Hearing the rhetoric that’s going on in the media makes me sick,” the student said. Sanders invited her to the stage and embraced her.

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GIFS VIA.

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MAAANNNNNNN IF YOU GUYS DONT VOTE BERNIE!!!

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[rickert]

stop spreading around false info about the japan earthquake, japan is ok and the tsunami warning was lifted

[hierothegreat-deactivated201903]

Beirut: Two suicide bombings have killed 41+ people. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34805466

Japan: A tsunami warning has been issued for parts of Japan after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck off its south-western coast. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-34816292

Paris: Dozens dead, 3 explosions, and 60+ hostage situation. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34814203

[noirwhals]

I spent so long this past week going through literally every faculty member at my university's professional bios Lesson learned: most of my schools department websites are super annoying

[micdotcom]

This is why we need to Fight for $15. (via Upworthy)

[macleod]

Remember, raising the minimum wage won’t increase prices, will add an additional 85,000 jobs to the economy, and will help small business’.

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[micdotcom]

Some people seem to be confused about Bernie Sanders and the label “democratic socialist.” Luckily for them, Sanders is going to explain the term and its principles in a big way.

[salon]

Watch New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries unload on supporters of the Confederate flag

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YAAAAAS

[amazin59]

Get em!

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Thank you!!!!

[noirwhals]

Hooah I'm an explorer (entirely outfitted by my roommates) (the joke is I'll be sitting and barely moving most of the night)

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[dadbot]

Just in case

[sappire-charizard]

I’m actually going to reblog a thing just because this is really important.

As someone who has epilepsy and used to have several grand mal seizures a day, I’d also like to add that “offer help” can range anywhere from keeping the person calm to explaining to them where they are and what they were doing to even just telling them they should sit and rest for a while longer (lack or coordination is common, and it can be hard to walk straight or see clearly).

It’s okay for them to take up to a half hour to fully regain their bearings and sort out what they were doing prior to the seizure. Just answer any questions calmly and be there for support.

If they come around and you start to panic or shake them or ask them what the heck is wrong with them they are going to freak out and panic too.

I cannot stress it enough that this is bad.

If someone has a seizure and they come out of it, please. please stay calm. They are likely disoriented and confused, even if it’s only for a minute or two, and you don’t want them panicking on top of that because they can have another seizure as a result.

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IMPORTANT

[happylittleblogger]

IMPORTANT because last year a kid in my class had a seizure, none of us even knew he was at risk for them either so just cause you don’t think you know anyone doesn’t mean you don’t 

stay safe

[kyuofcosmic]

I have to stress how important it is to time a seizure. If it lasts more than a few minutes, call an ambulance.

DO NOT CALL THE POLICE. I’m dead fucking serious. I had a grand mal in public once and the POLICE were called and imagine coming out of the seizure, feeling like you got smacked in the head with a sack full of bricks, confused, dazed, in desperate need of some sugar to boost low blood pressure and some DIPSHIT has called the police and I was being threatened with being ‘drunk and disorderly’. It took a phone call to my doctors office to get them to back off. The police cannot properly deal with sick people. 

Offer help can be:

assuring person where they are/what time it is

getting them something to drink if they can; seizure burns so much energy and does cause a blood pressure drop

getting them safely to transport or a carer

getting them some dignity like a blanket/towel [loosing control of your bladder and bowels is fucking horrifying]

ensuring they have a way to get home. Someone who has just had a seizure should NEVER DRIVE straight after

calling emergency services if you notice any of these symptoms because they may have stroked out.

Why you shouldn’t put anything in someone’s mouth: they will choke. Yes, they may bite their tongue but I can assure you it’s less traumatic than cracking your jaw on someone’s greasy wallet or choking on a spoon.

DO NOT HOLD ANYONE DOWN. Example: someone pinned my right shoulder mid-seizure a few years back and how I have a permanently displaced and clicking shoulder. Let the person flail around, those muscles are out of control and restraining them does cause more damage to the patient and you.

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[noirwhals]

The biggest difference between what I'm going through now and when my back was bad is people don't take it seriously now. Some do. Most don't. Foot injuries are not back injuries. But having been through both, this is just as bad. My movement is still limited. I am always, always, always in searing pain. I am still consistently nauseous or dizzy from pain. But people are so used to me seeming ok and pushing through it that I am given less slack. Less adjustment in work. Cursory sympathy but not a lot of allowance for time or space to be in pain. Add in that the diagnosis is literally something I suggested years ago and was blown off about, this may be more mentally traumatic. It's been almost a decade since I was pain free. I am tired.

[firstpersonpbs]

Claudia Astorino, on Episode 18: Growing Up Intersex [x]

[everyoneisgay]

Happy Intersex Awareness Day!!

[thetrevorproject]

We love this video by @everyoneisgay‘s Kristin Russo featuring #Intersex activist Claudia Astorino  @intersexgrrrl. Read more from her here.

[outforhealth]

Pair this awesome video with 9 Ways Intersex Youth Want You to Support Them.

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[turtletotem]

I have long said that in order for any comedy to truly succeed as a story, there has to be meat beneath the jokes. There has to be that moment when it is not funny any more.

This. This is that moment.

[agooduniverse]

#honestly even though this is one of the best scripts there ever has been  #that is the greatest line  #it’s /groundbreaking/ in terms of how it frames vengeance quests; temptation beats; inigo as a comedic figure throughout the movie  #you know because this is a happy book (film) that inigo will get his revenge  #but will he get JUSTICE  #will he get ABSOLUTION  #will he get CATHARSIS  #those are the things we don’t know  #and that line sells it more than any of the previous scene (x)

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also:

[i-prefer-west-side]

I was okay until they added that interview. 😭