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I always reblog this cos I know ppl who have anxiety around stuff like that who find this helpful (anxiety’s not always rational, & even ppl superinformed about how magic works etc can get nasty intrusive surges of shit from seeing those posts from time to time!)
What the guy above said, and also this is adorable.
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This part stood out to me especially
This is really important, especially now during the holidays. You owe nothing to nobody if they make you uncomfortable.
Lately I’ve been getting most of my pep talks from Mister Rogers.
Great. Now I’m disappointing Mr. Rogers.
Mr. Rogers is not disappointed in you. He’s proud of you for listening and thinking about what he said, and he hopes it plants a seed where sometimes maybe you notice yourself making an unhealthy choice and recognize it, because that’s the first step towards growth towards your best and healthiest self, which is a journey and a process, not an ideal state of which you are falling short.
Mr. Rogers loves you for just your being you.
Capricorn is the first to see how everything is useful in order to create something. The hardship that comes with creating anything.
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Keanu Reeves in Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
Remembering Dr. George Tiller, the Man Whose Motto Was “Trust Women”
Ten years ago today, Dr. George Tiller — an abortion provider in Wichita, Kansas — was murdered by an anti-abortion zealot. We remember Dr. Tiller’s courageous work as both a doctor and an advocate who stood up to violence for decades in the name of women’s health.
“It is my fundamental philosophy that patients are emotionally, mentally, morally, spiritually and physically competent to struggle with complex health issues and come to decisions that are appropriate for them.” —Dr. George Tiller.
Growing Up in, and Returning to, Wichita
George Tiller grew up in Wichita seeing his father care for their community as a prominent family physician. George got interested in medicine while going with his dad to make house calls around town.
When George was in junior high school, he met Jeanne Elizabeth Guenther — who later became his wife. The pair got married in 1964, the year after George graduated from Kansas University with a degree in zoology.
George followed in his father’s footsteps and became a doctor himself, graduating from the University of Kansas School of Medicine in 1967. He joined the U.S. Navy and became a flight surgeon at a Marine Corps base in California.
Photo credit: MSNBC: ‘The Assassination of George Tiller hosted by Rachel Maddow,’ via Erauprcwa.
In the summer of 1970, George was planning to start a dermatology residency — but his parents, sister, and brother-in-law died in a plane crash. He returned to Wichita to temporarily take over his father’s family practice, as well as adopt his late sister’s baby and take care of his ailing grandmother.
His Father’s Legacy
Soon after taking over his father’s practice, patients came to Dr. Tiller with shocking news: Hhis father had been providing illegal yet safe abortions in his office for decades. At first, Dr. Tiller was appalled. But then he learned that his father started providing abortions after one of his patients died from an unsafe abortion elsewhere. The women of Wichita told Dr. Tiller that his father was a hero for providing safe abortions to desperate people who had nowhere else to turn — people who might have died without him.
“The women in my father’s practice for whom he did abortions educated me and taught me that abortion is about women’s hopes, dreams, potential, the rest of their lives. Abortion is a matter of survival for women.” —Dr. George Tiller
The women of Wichita still needed abortion care. Once the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the constitutional right to abortion in the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling, Dr. Tiller decided to follow in his father’s footsteps once again and become an abortion provider. Dr. Tiller soon came to specialize in abortion care, and he named his practice Women’s Health Care Services.
In addition to providing abortions, Dr. Tiller’s career in Wichita included serving as a physician for the Wichita Wings indoor soccer team; medical director for the county health department’s women’s alcohol treatment program; and president of the medical staff at Wesley Medical Center, where he was born.
Facing Violence
Unlike his father, who helped his patients in secret, Dr. Tiller became a well-known provider of legal abortions. Women from all over the country sought Dr. Tiller’s abortion services. For nearly 40 years, Dr. Tiller served as Wichita’s only abortion provider, always trusting women to know what was best for themselves and their families.
Over the years, Dr. Tiller and his clinic faced increasing threats and acts of violence. By the 2000s, Women’s Health Care Services was enduring daily protesters who sometimes numbered in the thousands and blockaded the doors. Relentless protesters used aggressive tactics with graphic messaging not only at Dr. Tiller’s clinic, but also at his home and at his church — harassing him; his wife, Jeanne; and their four children.
Dr. Tiller fought off countless lawsuits that stretched on for years at a time. And in 1993, he survived an assassination attempt that left him with bullet wounds in both arms. He returned to work the next day.
Credit: NARAL Pro-Choice America
A Religious Man Murdered in Church
Dr. Tiller was known to be deeply religious. He was a Bible study regular at Reformation Lutheran Church, one of Wichita’s biggest houses of worship. He struggled with alcohol abuse, and turned to the spiritual program of Alcoholics Anonymous. In his health center, supporting the spiritual needs of his patients was a high priority — he had a chaplain on staff and a “quiet room” where patients could sit after their abortions.
Meanwhile, the anti-abortion movement claimed another sort of religiosity that had one mission in Wichita: shut down Dr. George Tiller’s clinic by any means necessary.
On May 31, 2009, anti-abortion zealot Scott Roeder came to Reformation Lutheran, where Dr. Tiller was serving as an usher, greeting parishioners and handing out church bulletins. Roeder knew Dr. Tiller often wore a bulletproof vest, so Roeder shot Dr. Tiller in the head. Jeanne Tiller was a member of the choir and in the sanctuary when Dr. Tiller was shot.
In his trial, Roeder cited talking points from the anti-abortion movement to explain why he thought he was justified in committing murder. He was found guilty.
More on Dr. George Tiller’s Life and Death:
Obituary: Dr. Tiller Remembered as Committed and Caring (Wichita Eagle, 2009) An Abortion Battle, Fought to the Death (New York Times, 2009)
A True Hero
Dr. Tiller remained committed to providing care to women and their families in the face of ongoing terrororism. His courage against unbelievable odds will never be forgotten.
Ten years on, Dr. Tiller’s loss is still felt. His murder is a reminder that there is no place in our society for the frightening intimidation directed at reproductive health care providers and patients. Dr. Tiller’s compassion and faith in women to know what’s best for them continues to be an inspiration.
Standing Up to Anti-Abortion Violence Today
We share Dr. Tiller’s story in the face of a massive surge in threats and violence against abortion providers. Recent inflammatory messaging from politicians and a rash of abortion bans across the country have demonized abortion providers. In doing so, anti-abortion officials haven’t just politicized health care — they’ve weaponized it. Their incendiary words and harmful policies are emboldening extremists to intimidate abortion providers, disrupt services, and terrorize patients.
Picketing, trespassing, vandalizing and obstructing entry at health centers that provide abortion are escalating at alarming rates. In 2015, a man invoking anti-abortion rhetoric murdered three people at a Planned Parenthood health center in Colorado. In 2017, we saw the first attempted bombing of an abortion provider in many years. In 2018, a man crashed a truck into a Planned Parenthood health center in New Jersey.
As anti-abortion politicians continue to incite violence, threats to abortion providers are growing. But we will not back down. We will not give up. We will carry on Dr. Tiller’s work by continuing to fight for access to safe, legal abortion. And we will always trust women to make their own decisions — no matter what.
-Miriam at Planned Parenthood
“I love you. I love you, I love you, I love you, and I don’t give a damn what anyone has to say. Let them tell me that you will ruin me. Let them warn me about the blood pooling in the lines of your palm, the disaster lurking at the edges of your shadow, the sleepless nights and sunless days shifting in your eyes. Let them talk their voices hoarse. I won’t listen, you know. I love you. I love you, I love you, I love you, and even you cannot convince me otherwise. You can chase me away all you want, my love. Wave your steel-blade fingers in front of my eyes. Shout at me with your death rattle voice. Kiss me with your bloodthirsty lips. Rattle my bones with your earthquake heartbeat. Try all you want, my love, but you cannot save someone who doesn’t want to be saved and if loving you is damnation– and if losing you is salvation— then by God, I will leap into every circle of Hell with my eyes wide open and a grin on my lips. As the snowman loves the Summer As the shadow loves the Sun As the boy with wings loves the Sea–”
— we all love what destroys us ( j.p. )
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LAVERNE COX // MET GALA 2019
The 2019 Met Gala || Lucy Boynton
being a tony stan in 2019 and waking up every day to a universe that loves and respects tony stark and his legacy as the mcu’s lord and saviour…. incredible. so blessed. exactly what we deserve.
I’M A FUTURIST. it’s how my mind works.
