Staying Sane in Insane Places

The personal blog of a somewhat neurotic writer

[frostedmagnolias]

Dress

c. 1926-1927

American

Kent State University Museum

[songbird-art]

By the way, you're someone.

"Someone should..." You are someone.

Someone should pick up that litter.

Someone should help that person out.

Someone should write this story.

You are someone. So start acting.

[slightlycrookedletters]

[happyheidi]

he has hat 🍃 x

[radcybergoth]

Breastfeeding is breastfeeding. I will not call it “chestfeeding.”

A female who has had a child is not a “birther.” She is a mother.

A vagina is a vagina. It is a complex and marvelous female organ. I will not call it a “front hole.”

Anyone who is pregnant is a woman. I will not call her a “pregnant person.”

I am a woman. We are women. You can try and take away the language we use to describe ourselves - but you can never take womanhood, no matter how hard you try. A fight against womanhood is a fight against biology itself, and that’s not a fight you will win.

[catholic-prepper-deactivated202]

The existence of cheese is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy

[thisbibliomaniac]

[prolifeproliberty]

You know what would be really cool?

If states having pro-life laws incentivized pharmaceutical companies to develop life-saving drugs that are safe for pregnancy, instead of our current assumption that the mother should “abort and try again later” if she has any health issues during her pregnancy…

[waterbabym]

“In our desperate rush to become intimate, we may tell too much too soon. Sharing vulnerability is one way we feel close to each other, but sharing indiscriminately or prematurely has the opposite effect. We create a healthy boundary around the self by exercising some control over what we conceal from—or reveal to—others. When it comes to sharing vulnerability, it’s wise to take time to test whether the other person is worthy of hearing our stories and to assess our own level of safety and comfort in sharing sensitive material. We want to trust that the other person isn’t going to deny and minimize our pain, or alternatively, overfocus on our problem in an unhelpful way. We don’t want to be put down, pitied, or gossiped about, nor do we want to have sensitive information used against us. Not everyone finds solace in revealing the personal. People have different coping styles, and some individuals are more private than others.”

— Harriet Lerner, The Dance of Connection

[autumnhobbit]

k so trads are actually insane

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new fave alert new fave alert

[autumnhobbit]

ok I'm in tears now, what an absolute unit of a woman

[violetvibrations]

@ annaliehowling

[plantanarchy]

ok ok... my chicken keeping plan is to get a coop and run together this fall so I can get chicks next spring. the trouble is just. Deciding what kind of coop I want

[plantanarchy]

Definitely going to prioritize ease of getting into the coop to clean/get eggs and also y'all don't have to warn me i know about chicken math lol

[behold-my-squees]

Calling @blatantescapism for tips on bear-proofing your chicken coop, lol. Fr tho I’ve watched a fox consider trying to get in and give up.

[plantanarchy]

Oh damn, bears?? The predators near me are just raccoons, foxes, and apparently possible least weasels. Plus, rat snakes. I am not looking forward to digging deep enough into the ground to skirt hardware cloth tbh my soil sucks

[planetariumandacid]

[thatwritererinoriordan]

[fungusamongusblog2]

[slightlycrookedletters]

a great time to remind everyone that the single biggest predictor of regret for vasectomies and tubal ligations is being under 30

[slightlycrookedletters]