A Collection of Amusements

Hello! My name is Kayla. College student, English major, feminist, tea drinker, cat lover. Ravenclaw. She/her (cis). Things I like: the Cosmere, Akatsuki no Yona, Fullmetal Alchemist, Studio Ghibli, Star Trek, Harry Potter, Princess Tutu, Jupiter Ascending, comics, books (especially SFF), clothing, and many, many other things. Let me know if you need anything tagged. Currently... Scarf codes are mostly from here, except for Starfleet, the source of which I have unfortunately lost. Cosplay blog Twitter 8tracks

[mama--medusa]

Charities that may need some love in the upcoming climate

Planned Parenthood: reproductive and sexual health, https://www.plannedparenthood.org/

Forge: supporting trans people and their families, https://forge-forward.org/

The Trevor Project: suicide and crisis prevention for LGBTQ+ youth, http://www.thetrevorproject.org/

Assata’s Daughters: empowering young Black women, based out of the Chicago area http://www.assatasdaughters.org/

Tell Mama: fighting anti-Muslim sentiment and hate (they’re UK based, still searching for a US-based alternative) http://www.tellmamauk.org

the American Civil Liberties Union: actually defending the constitution and ensuring a safe legal process, https://www.aclu.org/

Southern Poverty Law Center: actively documenting and fighting hate groups in the US, https://www.splcenter.org/

NARAL Pro-Choice America: defending abortion rights, http://prochoiceamerica.org/

Please share and add anything I may have missed.  I know not everyone is able to financially give right now, but a signal boost never hurts.

[mama--medusa]

Some more:

the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee: working to defend Arab-Americans in the US, http://www.adc.org

Immigrant Defense Project: offering legal assistance to American immigrants, http://www.immdefense.org/

[mama--medusa]

Lambda Legal: civil rights lawyers for LGBT+ individuals and those who are HIV+, http://www.lambdalegal.org/

[warlordsregiment]

Monstress #1

There’s more hunger in the world than love.

[queenofthewilis-blog]

PSA, if you’ve been wondering why I haven’t posted as much about the US election/politics recently, most of it has gone on my Twitter (along with a great deal of shitposting). If you’re interested in my thoughts on politics, etc. I suggest following me there!

[blueandbluer]

It’s looking like we’re going to lose the presidency, the senate, and the house all to the Republicans. And with the open seat on the Supreme Court, that’s going to be against us too.

We really have lost everything. We could lose same-sex marriage. We could lose the ACA. We definitely won’t be seeing police held accountable for targeting Black and other PoC citizens.

This is literally apocalyptic.

[ghost-in-the-ujb]

Roe V Wade, you guys. It’s going to be open season on Muslims, the press, African Americans, undocumented immigrants…

Paul Krugman put out an article saying we are a failed state. I’m kind of inclined to agree at this stage.

[winjennster]

But as long as our white christian conservative friends got what they want, that’s all that matters, right? Fuck America. We were never great and we’re about to get worse. I’m tired. I’m going to go to bed and have nightmares.

Dear Millennials,

I am so sorry. You, as a generation, deserve so much better. I’m so sorry.

[kogiopsis]

I’ve said this once before and I’ll say it again:  gear up for 2018.  While the presidency isn’t in play then, if we can flip the legislature or even just decrease the margin by which they hold the majority, that’ll do a lot of good.  The left has a history of not turning out for midterms; we need to fix that in two years.

[sashayed]

me in a dark forest hammering on the door of Nate Silver’s chicken-legged witch hut: WHERE ARE THE RESULTS

[sashayed]

Nate Silver, through a chink in the door: patience, traveler! even the East Coast polls are not yet closed. shall i whisper to thee of the congressional races

me, hurling stones at him: DAMN THY TRIVIAL CHATTER, TINY WARLOCK!!!!!!! COME OUT AND TELL ME WHO FUCKING WINS

[sashayed]

[things-that-are-great]

ACLU STATEMENT ON THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

NEW YORK — In response to Donald Trump’s election as president of the United States, Anthony D. Romero, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union, had the following statement:

“For nearly 100 years, the American Civil Liberties Union has been the nation’s premier defender of freedom and justice for all, no matter who is president. Our role is no different today.

“President-elect Trump, as you assume the nation’s highest office, we urge you to reconsider and change course on certain campaign promises you have made. These include your plan to amass a deportation force to remove 11 million undocumented immigrants; ban the entry of Muslims into our country and aggressively surveil them; punish women for accessing abortion; reauthorize waterboarding and other forms of torture; and change our nation’s libel laws and restrict freedom of expression.”

“These proposals are not simply un-American and wrong-headed, they are unlawful and unconstitutional. They violate the First, Fourth, Fifth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments. If you do not reverse course and instead endeavor to make these campaign promises a reality, you will have to contend with the full firepower of the ACLU at every step. Our staff of litigators and activists in every state, thousands of volunteers, and millions of card-carrying supporters are ready to fight against any encroachment on our cherished freedoms and rights.”

“One thing is certain: we will be eternally vigilant every single day of your presidency and when you leave the Oval Office, we will do the same with your successor.”

You can donate to the ACLU and/or join in their actions help them with the fight to defend the freedoms of those who need it most.  

All those posts talking about how we can fight– this is one good way to do it.

[shinelikethunder]

If you want a cause to contribute to in the aftermath of this wretched election, the ACLU is one of your best bets. They cover a wide variety of issues, and they get RESULTS. They are fighting in your corner, they punch way above their weight class, and there is nothing they love more than fucking authoritarians’ shit up. They’re also a long-beloved, nonpartisan, well-organized Civic Institution™ with a variety of ways to contribute. Dollars, volunteer hours, legal aid, participation in local letter-writing campaigns and petitions, signal boosting, swinging by their online store and picking up a pocket Constitution, etc. The ACLU is basically one-stop shopping for where the meaningful battles are and what you can do to help just about every group–and every civil right–Donald Trump is about to try and fuck over.

[glumshoe]

ACLU and the SPLC will need your support and donations in the coming years more than ever.

[ithelpstodream]

[fuckkkkkkkktumblah-deactivated2]

that first map tho… damn

[icedcoffeedad]

read the asterisk tho…

[outropeace]

positive things…

[onceland]

[reliablesuggestion]

You are not bad for going back into the closet or not wearing your hijab or presenting as your assigned gender in the coming weeks. You are still deserving respect and you are still worthy of love. Your physical safety comes first.

[chicaner]

Things you should consider doing before Trump becomes president

-Get any doctor’s appointment taken care of if you have Obamacare -Take advantage of any student loan forgiveness if you can -Get an IUD if you need birth control -Legally change your name if you’re trans -Get a passport -Save up your money

We have little under two months until the presidency changes over. Take advantage of your rights while you have them. Please feel free to add onto this post, these are the only things I can think of right now.

[kingrudegyalchina]

[rhv]

seduce me with ur history knowledge 

[simaraknows]

vikings made their woman handle the finances because they thought math is witchcraft

[pembrokefinch]

The idea that unicorns are only able tamed and captured by virgins originated as a medieval joke. The idea was that it took a mythical creature to catch a mythical creature.

There was once an English minstrel called Roland the Farter. He was awarded lands by the king on the condition that he turn up to the court every Christmas to perform his characteristic “whistle, leap and a fart”. His children could keep the lands after his death if they learnt and performed the same trick.

There is graffiti from the Norse invaders that reads (roughly) “ I slept with Ingiborg, the most beautiful woman in the world ”

[thenerdofsparta]

A close friend of Alexander the Great named Dioxippus, once told one of his generals, named Coragus, to stop being so up himself, Coragus took offence and challenged him to a duel in front of all of his troops unaware that Dioxippus was a champion of Pankration, Ancient Greek Wrestling. Coragus turned up with all of his weapons and armour, Dioxippus turned up naked with a club, lathered in Olive Oil. The match was over in about 5 mins and Coragus got his arse well and truly kicked.

When an army of Swedes went off to war with the Norwegians, they left all the women to manage everything, however, in the village of Smaland, right on the Southern Border, they were attacked by an opposing force of Danes. The women, led by a woman named Blenda, responded to this by inviting the invaders in, feeding them, making them comfy and basically having a massive party to get them REALLY drunk. When all the invaders all passed out, the women slaughtered them all with anything they could find, and when the men came back, the King was so impressed that he basically granted them a bunch of new rights that were previously unavailable to them. From that point on, all daughters had the right to inherit property, money and land equally with their brothers, and were allowed to wear military-style garments around town and at their weddings.  They were also given the prestigious right to wear the Royal Coat of Arms on their clothing – a tradition that has lasted to this day.

The term in Chess “Checkmate” is thought to have come from the Persian term “Shah Mat” which means “The King is dead”.

Captain Benjamin Hornigold, the mentor to Edward “Blackbeard” Teach, once captured a ship just so he could steal all of the crew’s hats, because his crew had gotten drunk the night before and thrown all of theirs overboard.

Napoléon Bonaparte, the Corsican soldier who eventually became the Emperor of France following the French Revolution and Maximilien de Robespierre’s “Reign of Terror”, was terrified of cats.

[gothartwin-deactivated20160530]

It is always different and also always amazing

[anexperimentallife]

Anthropologists now think that the primary reason human beings first settled down en masse and took up agriculture may have been to facilitate beer-making. So basically, civilization exists because a bunch of our ancestors wanted to get their drink on.

[queenofthewilis-blog]

Hey so like maybe

even if you are really concerned about your child

don’t read their mail or eavesdrop on their phone calls

ever

just a thought

[fangirljeanne]

[ardentdelirium]

this is a hypothesis, not a theory. but it might not be so far off…

[alina-aleksanders]

Lena Luthor in Supergirl 2x01

[the-bluespirit]

[hanecdote]

I spent about 15 hours stitching this feminist art meme 😂