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useless lesbian/gremlin enby. two small goblins.

[herbwicc]

Lavender Syrup!

I know there are a ton of recipes out there, but this one's mine. I put in a lot more lavender personally.

- 2 cups sugar

- 1 1/2 cup water (here's an opportunity to use moon water for extra energy. Full moon water can boost the lavender correspondences for psychic awareness and love, while water charged in phases leading up to the new moon can boost lavender's ability to banish/protect from depression and anxiety)

- 4 tablespoons lavender- Peace/anti-anxiety, happiness, love, sleep, psychic awareness/ability, creativity, protection from ill treatment.

- purple food coloring (optional)

Instructions:

Warm the water and sugar, mixing till it dissolves, then add the lavender and mix well. When the water is boiling, lower it to simmer, cover, and let it simmer for about 10-15 minutes. If you leave it for longer, it will become bitter. Then strain into a bottle, and THEN add the food coloring if you want. This syrup is not meant to be very thick, so that it mixes easily with cold drinks just as well as warm. If you want it to be thicker, add more sugar.

[starwarsolo]

100 Years of Beauty

       ↳ Diné

[bumbumtugboat]

blue hour in rural New Brunswick

[1st-1]

[1st-1]

Nasa spots mysterious heart-shaped craters on the surface of Mars. “From Mars with love"

[jessaudreylynn-blog]

[inthenameofsephiroth]

[user87262893]

The type of the mother I’m trying to be. Not just encourage bodily autonomy, but reward displays of it, even when it might make someone else in the room uncomfortable.

[swedepea]

I’ve made so many people uncomfortable in supporting my daughter’s personal space. People will try to hug her, she’ll sometimes say “No, thank you” and the adult will look at me to make her do it, but I just say “It’s ok honey, you don’t have to hug anyone you don’t want to.” It makes people irrationally huffy, making me feel even more justified in supporting my daughter’s choices. Creeps.

[misharoux]

I legit had to mom-voice some random woman with a “she said no!” when she tried to force a hug on Madison. (who was not very good at verbalizing to people she didn’t know/trust at the time)

She replied, “I just want a hug, it won’t hurt her.”

Me: She. Said. No.  

There aren’t many things more important than letting my daughter know that I have her back when it comes to something like this. 

[ineeduhnap]

I work with five year olds and I had a very long talk with them about permission and that your body belongs to yourself and no one else. “Even if you want to hug your friend, you need to stop and ask if it’s okay and if they don’t want you to touch them, you should respect that choice and not do it.” they were like “cool” and then every time after that they had no problem asking their friends “can I give you a hug?” Or “can I hold your hand?” Very politely. If their friend said no, they shrugged and went on with their life. They even started asking me if they could hug me or if it was okay to hold my hand when they were sad. And I always ask when they need comfort “do you need or want a hug?” If they say no, I ask “okay, let me know what we can do as a class to help you feel better. Quiet time? Do you want a stuffed animal? Sit on the couch? Do you need some time alone?” They verbalize what they need and they become aware of their own autonomy and their ability and power to say “no.” Just because someone is an adult does NOT give them the right to hug a child who has said “no” or “no thanks.” Teach then that they own their own body, and no one else is in charge of it. Teach them the power of NO.

[lazy-polyglot]

^^^^^this is so important

[sabrerattler]

[4kultron]

I MEAN

WHERE

THE FUCK

SHOULD I...

REALLY EVEN START!!!????

[wakandamama]

We gonna fuckin die, someone call Will Smith

[thenixkat]

they really confidant in their programming

[fishyandclintbarton]

This is how it starts, ya'll.know that right?!

[antirepurp]

“fiction is a place suitable for exploring dark topics” and “immoral acts shouldn’t be glorified and normalized in fiction” are statements that can and should coexist

[candelawarren]

we give ourselves the brain damage we think we deserve 

[katal0gue]

The way that we learn about Helen Keller in school is an absolute outrage. We read “The Miracle Worker”- the miracle worker referring to her teacher; she’s not even the title character in her own story. The narrative about disabled people that we are comfortable with follows this format- “overcoming” disability. Disabled people as children. Helen Keller as an adult, though? She was a radical socialist, a fierce disability advocate, and a suffragette. There’s no reason she should not be considered a feminist icon, btw, and the fact that she isn’t is pure ableism- while other white feminists of that time were blatent racists, she was speaking out against Woodrew Wilson because of his vehement racism. She supported woman’s suffrage and birth control. She was an anti-war speaker. She was an initial donor to the NAACP. She spoke out about the causes of blindness- often disease caused by poverty and poor working conditions. She was so brave and outspoken that the FBI had a file on her because of all the trouble she caused.

Yet when we talk about her, it’s either the boring, inspiration porn story of her as a child and her heroic teacher, or as the punchline of ableist, misogynistic jokes. It’s not just offensive, it’s downright disgusting.

[roachpatrol]

the reason the story stops once hellen keller learns to talk is no one wanted to listen to what she had to say

how’s that for a fucking punchline

[cookinguptales]

Another part of the story that is often conveniently omitted is that Anne Sullivan, the “miracle worker” in question, was also a visually impaired woman (and abolitionist) who faced her own struggles finding accessible education. That was why she was able to teach Helen Keller and connect her with resources that would allow her to flourish in academia. When Helen Keller was railing against poverty-induced diseases that caused blindness, she was talking about things like trachoma which was what had caused her friend’s vision loss.

The fact that Sullivan is often portrayed as able-bodied in retellings of their story is indicative of the narrative that is most comfortable for an ableist society: that accessibility and equality are gifts bestowed upon the disabled by able-bodied heroes. Disabled children are never taught that they have the power to lift each other up, and that’s a crying shame.

[theguilteaparty]

When you finally find the energy to do stuff

[nastymanprincess]

Reblog and the universe will grant you the spoons you need to do that thing you’ve been meaning to do

[bluef00t]

“you talk like a smart/pretentious person” actually I just forget simple words constantly and am forced to rummage through my brain for the nearest synonym, which is usually twice as long and needlessly specific

[peachdoxie]

#see also: the exact feeling im trying to convey with my sentences doesnt get across the same way without that specific word

[millennial-review-deactivated20]

[the-quasar-hero]

I’m the real estate agent that sells obviously haunted houses to nice white families that want to get away from it all.

[lamborghinea-pig]

I would like to give you my business. I’m tryin to die penniless and leave nothing but a found footage film to my kids in the will

[the-quasar-hero]

Then oh boy, do I have the forest cottage for you! Far from anyone that could help you, it has a gorgeous view of a lake where dozens of people have gone missing. There’s a rumor of a killer that raises from the water, but this place has an excellent porch

[lamborghinea-pig]

Is there a small, dark washing room in the basement corner that’s at least ten degrees colder than the rest of the house? That’s a must.

[the-quasar-hero]

Yes. And there’s a latch window that always seems to swing open in the middle of the night.

[lamborghinea-pig]

Wonderful! I especially love how cell receptionist patchy at best, making any attempted outgoing call to the police as dramatic as possible.

[the-quasar-hero]

I think you’ll also love how it’ll immediately become pitch black as soon as the clock strikes 5:00 pm no matter the time of year. There’s also no stars for some reason.

[lamborghinea-pig]

Did the previous owner leave any religious iconography that could slowly appear to distort and corrupt over time, or will I need to furnish that myself?

[the-quasar-hero]

Let’s just say I definitely didn’t put these area rugs here myself to cover a few ornate symbols drawn in blood 😇

[lamborghinea-pig]

You’ve got a sale!

[weaponizedhorse]

This post deserves so many more notes. I could not breathe the other day trying to read this out loud to my mom it was so fucking funny

[sweetschizo-deactivated20190808]

I see y'all claiming to support mentally ill people while making fun of the homeless drunk who talks to himself.

I see y'all claiming to support mentally ill people while avoiding and making fun of the weird kid in your class who has too blank a stare, who speaks oddly or not at all, who comes to school with greasy hair in yesterday’s clothes.

I see y'all claiming to support mentally ill people while looking down on and making fun of unemployed and less educated people and adults who still live with their parents as if these people are personally at fault for not being able to fit into a system that wasn’t built with them in mind.

I see y'all claiming to support mentally ill people while going “he must be insane” when hearing about killings in the media, not thinking about how the faulty association between mental illness and violence aggravates police brutality and other violence towards especially visibly mentally ill people of color.

I see y'all. And I don’t like what I see.

[crayyola-deactivated20220827]

People calling Billie Eilish's music/aesthetic "edgy emo shit >:((" is so funny. every so often we invent grunge again and every single time its universally frowned upon. man the fuck up. become a punk

[crayyola-deactivated20220827]

"wow i hate teenage girls with fishnets and ripped jeans and alternative haircuts" like you sound like my dutch conservative catholic grandparents cant you shut up

[toadsrbutch]

I think something that doesn’t get talked about enough is the way that being gay can put you in more dangerous situations with relationships. so many times gay people are just happy that someone is interested in them that there isn’t as much consideration of if that person is good for them, because hey, at least they’re gay too and that worries me a lot :/

[toadsrbutch]

just because you CAN date someone doesn't mean you SHOULD

[toadsrbutch]

so this post has blown up a little bit in the past few days and I decided to look through the tags. I cannot say just how heartbreaking it is to see countless people go “huh I needed this a year ago” or similar sentiments.

I’m so sorry and you all deserve better, I hope this will genuinely help some of you from getting into a bad situation.