A Rose By Another Name...

Hey, I'm a 20 year old female from the UK, I love Harry potter and doctor who. I also really enjoy reading, writing and making music. So.... Alons-y

[showerthoughtsofficial]

A lot of people that use “okay Google” or “Alexa” to look into getting tickets for The Incredibles 2 are going to see some pretty fantastic stew recipes.

[pussydeity-deactivated20151212]

[showerthoughtsofficial]

Securtiy at every airport is ridiculous, then you just get to Baggage Claim, and its like take whatever bag you want

[lolfactory]

[allisonmoon]

That face is priceless.

[blackhipsteraesthetic]

this is why black people don’t fuck around in the wilderness. deer be falling out of trees and shit.

[onlyblackgirl]

What kinda shit……

[sapphicnymph-deactivated2016020]

I love that there’s a warning for falling deer but nothing about “oh by the way there are LEOPARDS HERE maybe watch out for them too”

[beachdeath]

hell? empty. all the devils? here.

[beachdeath]

omg this wasn’t a “dick? out” joke this was a shakespeare quote don’t be crass

[a-frog-in-a-bog]

Hell: empty Devils: here Dick: out

[bidilfs]

it’s what shakespeare would’ve wanted

[brockianultracricket]

I am forcibly removed from the stage, pursued by a bear

[dinuguan]

[unclefather]

me comforting my mullet husband and assuring him that he is still masculine after he had to see another mans butt cheek

[phonographzerohash]

this is an image with a lot of power and while my instincts are telling me to lean into it I don’t feel like the life I’ve lived to this point has equipped me to do it safely

[coldhartbby-deactivated20150813]

[mostlycatsmostly]

[glorious-spoon]

the weirdest thing about a lot of the common criticisms of millennials i see is that they all seem to boil down to:

you are soft. you believe the world should be kind. you expect people to treat you fairly. you think your needs are important, that you deserve to be listened to, that you shouldn’t be hungry and frightened and in pain. 

and people are seriously SO OFFENDED by this. like, how dare you. how dare you believe the world might be a good place, how dare you believe you should be treated well just for existing. life is pain, princess, anyone who tells you different is selling something, now wipe that smile off your face, shut your mouth and go suffer like i did.

and it’s just like… i have a kid. if she grows up expecting better treatment than i experienced as a young woman, i’m doing my job. i know the world isn’t perfect, but random cruelty isn’t something we should just shrug our shoulders and accept, and it’s so fucking weird how angry people get at youngsters who refuse to do just that.

[theanimationcenter]

Source: The Art of Dreamworks Animation

[leander-ligo]

Fuck I just assumed those chickens liked to accessorize

[epicallyepicepicosity-deactivat]

[raccoonfootproductions]

This is the most wholesome political comic I’ve ever seen.

[yemme]

I approve this message. 

[sedlex]

[cantwearhats]

I love this show

[mcavoy]

[coolmakeupgoals-blog]

[thebibliosphere]

Oh my god, food extract is not the same as an essential oil.

Food extract is the flavoring of something cooked down into a carrier oil or alcohol that is safe for human ingestion.

Essential oil is the pure extract of the plant refined down and distilled for concentrated medicinal purposes to a significantly higher strength than simply adding ground up mint leaves to your water. The two are not comparable in any way.

Cinnamon extract and cinnamon essential oil are not the same thing.

One is about 100 times the strength of the other and can also cause acute organ failure. I’ll give you a hint, it’s not the food extract.

Sweet gods I’m not trying to be mean, I want you to be aware and safe and stop putting yourselves and others at risk. Please.

[thebibliosphere]

Like maybe my tone is hard to read, maybe it just comes off as really angry but it’s not, it’s fear and worry. I read posts and clutch my head in alarm going “no! No! That’s how people die!” And then I get exasperated because a bunch of people not formally qualified chime in with “um actually this is a lie” and it’s not, it’s really, really not.

I’m not some big pharma advocate. I’m a crunchy witch hippy just like you with salt rock lamps and rose quartz all over my house. I just happen to have spent the last 15 years of my life studying the actual science of holistic medicines and I’m trying to help you not get hurt (or worse) becuase you trusted a sales person with no idea what the ever loving hell they were talking about beyond a sales pitch designed to maximize profit. Gah.

[thewoonderkabinett]

I see this so often in the Mommy world. There was a lady not long ago in one of the mom groups who was really worried about her toddler. He’d had a persistent cough for weeks and the doctor couldn’t figure out why. Someone asked, well what have to tried to treat it with, so far? She said she was using a humidifier, honey, and eucalyptus EO in the shower every night.

Yeah.

In case you were wondering, eucalyptus can cause respiratory distress in young children.

[thebibliosphere]

Sadly I don’t wonder. I have a friend whose daughter died from a home made menthol oil chest rub. She wasn’t even ten yet, but her mom– a qualified aromatherapist– thought she’d be old enough to handle it. She went into respitory distress and died seizing in her mother’s arms on route to the hospital. It was one of the most harrowing stories I had to listen to during my holistic training. She stood up there, on this podium next to a bunch of ponzy scheme essential oil sellers who looked like they wanted the floor to swallow them, and said “I killed my child with good intentions”.

I’ll never forget the look on her face.

So to reiterate, children under the age of ten should not be directly exposed to things like eucalyptus oil, peppermint or wintergreen. If you are using such things in your house and your child starts to complain of headaches, lethargy and general “feel worse”, don’t just assume it’s the cold/flu. Those are all signs of menthol sensitivity and they only get worse with increased exposure. Ventilate the room, take them outside if you can until the air clears. Do not apply again.

Rapid onset wheezing may be a sign of allergic reaction or possible asthma attack triggered by the menthol too. If they tell you their chest is warm or fuzzy when you use it, that’s another sign it’s not going down well with them. Again, ventilate the area or remove anything you applied to them. Administer inhalers if necessary. Watch for any more labored breathing or if they suddenly go limp or you can’t wake them up. If they do call 911.

This can also apply to people with allergies and asthma who are otherwise healthy.

One of the safest, natural ways to alleviate congestion is with just pure good old fashioned warm steam. Keep the air moist, drink plenty of warm fluids. Menthol can help relieve the feeling of congestion, but there’s limited evidence to suggest it actually clears the airways. And for the love of god don’t inhale mustard or horseradish (I’ve seen that suggestion on posts too, though how you’d get those oils I don’t know). That’s literally what tear gas is made of.

[thebibliosphere]

I apologize sincerely for bringing this long post back into your lives, fam, but I’m getting inundated with questions about what can the possible harm be if you dab a little neat peppermint oil on your child’s skin to help them with a little head cold, and this is the most succinct way I can put it.

The harm you may do, is in fact death. I am not telling you these things to be a kill joy, I’m telling you so you won’t accidentally kill yours.

[airyairyquitecontrary-deactivat]

A lot of people have a strange belief about “natural” products like essential oils and herbal teas that they’re very powerful for healing but have no power whatever to cause harm, because they’re NATURAL. It’s not logical at all; lots of toxins and allergens are 100% natural and as the concentration point above shows, the poison’s in the dose. Even drinking too much pure water in a short time can kill you.

[pervocracy]

are you ready for my favorite fact?

If you leave a hamster wheel out in the forest, wild mice will come and run on it.

that is my favorite fact

[blueelectricangels]

Bobcats and lynx will sit in cardboard boxes abandoned in the middle of the forest.

I asked the lynx researcher who told me this why, and he said “Cats, man” and shrugged.

[arachncphcbia-deactivated202202]

If someone is wearing makeup in the pool, don’t deliberately splash them. If someone has done their hair nicely, don’t mess it up. If someone in a t-shirt has scars on their arms, don’t ask them about it. If someone doesn’t want to get in the water, don’t push them. If someone still wants to wear jeans, don’t laugh at them for it. If someone has sweat patches, don’t point them out. If someone’s chest is obviously prominent, don’t stare. If you can see someone’s underwear/ binder, don’t comment on it. If someone is blatantly covering something up, don’t try to reveal it.

Not everyone can feel totally comfortable with the fact it’s Summer, don’t make them feel worse.

[lovelydownfalls]

this is so important