[cleansingreflections-deactivate]

i just had to go get my blood taken again because the test results for the previous one were inconclusive and the woman taking my blood again told me that it was because the electrolysis machine exploded with my blood inside it. blood too strong

[cleansingreflections-deactivate]

lab technican: don't tell anyone though

me in my head: this is going to be a hit on tumblr

[typhlonectes]

[porcupine-girl]

I was showing my class that, contrary to popular belief, divorce rates aren’t at an all-time high but actually peaked in the 80s. When I asked them why they thought divorce rates went up so quickly in the 60s-70s, none of them could guess. One guy thought it might be because of all the “free love,” drugs, etc but I told him it wasn’t all hippies getting divorces. Not a single one of them had any idea just how hard it was for women to leave an abusive marriage before the late 1960s at the earliest.

[emmajanereading]

In the late 90s, having secured a permanent and full-time position as a teacher, I applied for a car loan. During the conversation with the credit union rep I was told that I was a risk because I might get married within the 5 year loan period (with the unspoken implication that if this hypothetical marriage were to occur it would immediately result in my becoming a housewife) and that, not entirely linked to the possibility of nuptials, I might also get pregnant (and again, be rendered incapable of paid work.)

I was dumbstruck.

My parents had to go guarantors for the loan. My freaking parents.

I was in my mid-20s. I had a well-paying, secure job. I was single with zero intent to marry, and even if it had been on the cards it sure as fuck wouldn’t have been to the sort of person who would immediately insist I quit my job and stay at home.

But apparently, the fact that I was a woman overshadowed all of that stuff. That single factor meant I was a risky prospect and had to get my parents to back me.

It was absolute bullshit.

[30-minute-memes]

Savage farmer

[whitepeopletwitter]

[bullydyke-deactivated20210902]

Not just allegation. A proven, known rape.

[waterwhip]

[kidkendoll-deactivated20240714]

I really loved this moment.

[jas720]

there are worse places he could have picked to fight a water bender but the list isn’t very long

[hymnsofheresy]

via Danny Cortez (@danny_c_cortez)

[wadey-wilson]

sometimes i remember that the iconic spider-man poster was born out of tom holland napping on set

[wadey-wilson]

[omni-flex]

Sokka is the first to notice Zuko's loss of vision on the left

He approached him once in classic Sokka fashion, loud and annoying and with complete lack of respect for personal space

Zuko tried not to flinch too obviously but Sokka noticed anyway, ofc

Since then he always comes from the right

When he has to be at his left, he announces himself even more loudly than usual

No one else noticed much difference, but Zuko does

He's been waiting for the other shoe to drop ever since Sokka found about about his eye

He's expecting threats or weakness being taken an advantage of or other such plans as would be expected by the strategist of the team

He has no idea what to do with polite accommodation and normalcy

This continues while they're still not quite trusting each other, still figuring stuff out

Sokka remains respectful and knows it makes Zuko nervous to have anyone he doesn't trust on his left

This little fact is what changes everything at the Boiling Rock

At the temple, there isn't constant threat to Zuko. Sokka then can afford to be careful of the guy's boundaries, and he's not necessarily the closest to him either

But at the prison suddenly they're surrounded by hostile people everywhere

Sokka sticks to Zuko's left whenever they're together

Zuko notices, and by now he's at least realised that normal people trying to be his friends wouldn't use a weakness against him

He stopped expecting Sokka to turn on him a while ago, but here he notices what the strategist of the group actually does with knowing his team's weaknesses

He protects them, maybe even subconsciously

Sokka knows Zuko needs the reassurance, and he's always there, at his left

When they fight together, they fit into a rhythm unthinkingly, and from then on Sokka is always at his left

Zuko doesn't quite know what it's like to feel safe, but when Sokka is next to him, guarding his greatest insecurity, he thinks maybe he's learning

Sokka sits at his left in meetings with war hungry generals

Sokka still announces himself when coming to him from the left

When they start dating, it gets worse (better)

Sokka always has a hand or arm on or around him, and he's always on the left

Zuko thinks maybe he'll forget what it felt like for his left side to not feel safe

Now it's entirely just Sokka's space

[theconcealedweapon]

[pettycentral]

[tadpole-art]

Katara in Inuit inspired clothing! I wanted to take inspiration from the references I looked at while still making it fit into the ATLA universe 💕

[benditlikekorra]

[hwainio]

So I watched all of avatar the last airbender again and felt like I needed to do a redraw of and old piece I did. That’s rough buddy...

I’ve also uploaded it to some stuff on my redbubble if you want to check it out! Here

[elalalune]

I binge watched unsolved yesterday.

[ruinedchildhood]

Cake: The Movie (2020) dir. David Lynch & David Cronenberg

[toastbutteregg]

[jurassicblake]

Imagine someone on 2019 reading this

[aevios]

[id= tweet by maggiescott231 “Ripping off your mask when you get back in the car is the new taking off your bra when you get home” /end id]

[luisonte]

[darkinternalthoughts]

Woah.

[elodieunderglass]

IS THIS ALLOWED

[neodymium-klefki]

If my reading is correct, the name of this piece is “The Capitalocene in the Age of Aquarius”, and if that doesn’t just capture its spirit perfectly I don’t know what other name could

[elodieunderglass]

MAYBE THAT’S ALLOWED