yike

the Apotheosis is upon us

[resonance-of-libra]

This is the Lucky Ace. Reblog to recieve a wad of cash that is oddly specific to your current needs.

[jukaidream]

I reblogged this shit two days ago y’all… what kinda sorcery is this. Oddly specific too …. I’ll take it tho 🤯

[thisisasinkingship]

I think I did it wrong

[comic-girl2234-deactivated20240]

Uh I reblogged this like 3 days ago and I start my new job on Monday??? Like idk how you accidentally find a job but I did.

[caprifreak]

I need to get paid asap so pls ace help

[caprifreak]

I GOT PAID I GOT PAID!!!!!! MUCH MORE THAN I EXPECTED AAAAAAAAAAAA THANK YOU ACE

[musinvenusian]

I legit have a specific amount i want in my head rn it better come true 😭

[riyerose]

I ALSO HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY I WOULD LIKE TO ACQUIRE, PLEASE HELP

[autumn-new-moon]

This has worked before, so why not again?

[sushinfood]

you can have more notes just please give me money

[shock]

love being trusted with “you cant tell anyone this” conversations and nodding a lot and forgetting everything they told me like god intended and going down as a trustworthy individual while doing literally zero work of ill or good

[linguini17]

Amnesic neutral

[glumshoe]

Whether or not an individual has ethical or sympathetic motivations for wanting an abortion really has no bearing on whether or not bodily autonomy is a right.

Like... y’all can (and do) drive yourselves mad fussing over situations in which someone might seek an abortion for reasons that are bigoted or offensive. You will accomplish nothing from this, because at the end of the day, “is bodily autonomy a right?” is a yes or no question. It either is or it is not. People either deserve access to abortion or they do not. We can’t pick and choose.

What we can do is try to eliminate stigmas, strengthen support systems, and reduce the societal and medical divisions that cause people to not want to carry to term.

[wisteria-wings]

I hear your argument, but it’s missing pieces. Abortion is never as simple as bodily autonomy as the central focus. Based on that argument, one could also argue that the unborn fetus is also entitled to autonomy- in the basic form of their right to life. It’s very complicated and controversial for a reason. I think to truly advocate for a woman’s right to control her own body, one must embrace the full scope of the issue in all its complexity. Roe v Wade is important because it honors the woman and it clarifies at which point the fetus is entitled to the same rights. Even the point where a fetus turns into a life, is something that must be deeply contemplated. So much goes into this issue, but at the end of the day, imo the focus should be on prevention of unwanted pregnancies and education. To say morals and ethics have nothing to do with this is astoundingly false. Even the right to autonomy is an ethical dilemma after all! I do agree with the op’s final paragraph though.

[wildhumanhasappeared]

Look, for argument's sake, let's say "life begins at conception." That doesn't change the fact that no human has a right to any part of your body.

If a five year old child is dying and needs a pint of your blood to survive (and you are the only viable donor), no one can force you to give your blood. Even if the child will die without it. No one can force you. Donating would be a good deed on your part, but no one can force you to do it. Your bodily autonomy is absolute, even if someone else will die because you refused to "share" a part of yourself. Our society lives this truth through the fact that bi-monthly blood donations are not mandatory despite the fact that those donations would save lives.

And that's only a pint of blood. That amount of blood is something that your body will replace quickly, and the act of donating has very little risk to your health. Pregnancy is a continuous nine months of "sharing" your body. It is much more exhausting, physically damaging, and dangerous than donating blood.

So, even if a child would get to live because of it, no one can force you to use any part of your body in a way that you don't consent to. Bodily autonomy is absolute.

[wisteria-wings]

I see your point. It’s valid. However, you can’t compare these situations. The pregnant person, unless forced through rape or something along those standards, made a decision to engage in an act that they would knowingly lead to potential pregnancy. The fetus did not force the mother to be conceived. So, this opens up a slippery slope where - through the actions of the carrier, the fetus was conceived; and therefore, the fetus does have some right (think roe v wade for reference) to life.

I’ll give you a metaphor now. A smoker engages in an act that they know has potential detriments - they take on the risk of unwanted cancer when they engage in smoking. And should in the unfortunate event that they get cancer, they will be responsible for contracting it themselves, the cancer wasn’t forced upon them. - I know this metaphor isn’t perfect either, but I’m writing this on no sleep and this leads to my point. You can not negate the rights of the woman by only considering the fetus, and by that logic- you cannot negate the rights of the fetus (at the point where personhood is established) by only considering the carrier. I don’t have the answer to what point a fetus becomes a person, but I hope you can consider this more holistically!

@glumshoe this also addresses the points you made.

[glumshoe]

I’ve already addressed this more thoroughly here so if you want to discuss further with me, read that.

You are blending two different, logically incompatible arguments: 1.) that pregnancy is punishment that people earn for being irresponsible sluts and 2.) that a foetus is equal in personhood to its parent and has an inherent right to be born.

The first point is obviously a load of crap—you acknowledge that pregnancy can happen by means of rape and other circumstances that are beyond someone’s control. People also have sex without realizing that pregnancy is a possible consequence all the time—through naivety, through misconceptions, through accident and deception. If a woman has sex with a man who lies and swears he’s had a vasectomy, she is not knowingly taking on the risk of pregnancy.

Cancer is a terrible metaphor for pregnancy for so many reasons. Do you mean to imply that smokers do not deserve access to cancer treatment because they have “earned” the disease? I’m sure you know that non-smokers can be harmed by second-hand smoke, and that many people began smoking before the health hazards were widely known—my parents, for example.

Now, let’s say that some people earn the consequences of their irresponsible sctions: they had sex, knowing the risks, and are now burdened by unwanted pregnancy. We’ll call them the Deserving Sluts. We know that not everyone who gets pregnant is a Deserving Slut; some are Blameless Victims.

Let’s say that a Deserving Slut should not be allowed to abort. She should be required to carry to term and give birth whether she wants to or not; after all, she’s made her bed, now she must sleep in it. She consented to pregnancy and childbirth when she consented to PIV sex. No abortion for her!

So... what about the Blameless Victim? Maybe she was raped. Maybe she’s a child. Maybe the father is her own parent. Surely she is traumatized. Surely she has been through enough. Should she be spared from the trauma of childbirth and permitted to abort?

Many people would say yes, and understandably so; it is hard to look at a Blameless Victim and ask her to go through still more pain and indignity.

But murder is murder. If, by being conceived, a foetus has a right to life and autonomy that is equal to a living, breathing human, then it doesn’t matter if the parent is a Deserving Slut or a Blameless Victim. The “guilt” of the pregnant party is irrelevant. Allowing an 11 year old survivor of incest and rape to abort her foetus is the same amount of murder as it would be if she were a 25 year-old Deserving Slut. IF, and I repeat IF, you are opposed to abortion based on foetal rights, then the question of responsibility is irrelevant.

Finally, here is a point I have never seen anyone else make. People do not abort fully-developed, viable foetuses that could potentially be kept alive outside the body. If something terrible happens late in a pregnancy, any surgical intervention that happens will be a last-ditch medical emergency. The overwhelming majority of voluntary abortions occur during the first trimester, when the foetus is less recognizably human than the frozen hairless mice I just bought at Petsmart for Damocles the cornsnake (second trimester abortions are rare—almost always the result of earlier abortion access being unavailable). Does that lump already count as a living human and deserve equal autonomy and rights? Perhaps you, like many others, would say yes.

But a lot of fucked up shit happens in utero. The womb is a bizarre and perilous place. Many people conceive and miscarry without ever realizing it. Sometimes people have quintuplets.... and, occasionally, people absorb their twins.

If we accept the premise that life (and human rights) begins at conception, then someone with chimerism—two sets of DNA, from two fertilized eggs merging in utero—must be recognized as two individuals. Someone born with an extra pair of legs growing out of their sternum from their undeveloped parasitic twin must also be recognized as two people. After all, their merged twin never “died”—their cells are still alive, even if there is no consciousness or separate body. They simply didn’t develop further. Would it be murder—fratricide—to have the extra legs removed? Should the chimera have the right to vote twice? If life and human rights begin at fertilization, then the answer should be yes.

[maxthedeathwitch]

Making Fabric Poppets

I want to teach you all how I make my fabric poppets, and how you can make your own too. Here is my post detailing all of what I do to make my adorable plush fabric poppets.

I also sell them if making them yourself is too much fuss for any reason. Here are details.

——Supplies——

- Fabric of your choice- My fabric of choice is fleece. The fabric should be a color you can match with your intent, personality, etc.

- Person-shaped pattern to trace- You can use a gingerbread man cookie cutter to make your paper pattern, free hand, or if you like you can use mine which I will gladly sell you a copy of- message me for details.

- Needle and thread- You can use different thread colors for different intentions.

- Stuffing and any extras- herbs, objects, etc.

- A marker of a similar but darker color than the fabric

- Scissors

-Step 1-

Lay out your fabric. Lay down the poppet pattern on the fabric. I prefer to weight them down with rocks so they don’t shift. (You can of course choose rocks that match your intent.)

-Step 1.5-

I then trace the patter with a maker that is of a similar color to the fabric, but off enough that I can see it. Don’t worry about being super clean with your lines because they will be hidden in the inside seams.

-Step 2-

Next, to sew the pieces together. Place them together so that the side with the marker line faces out.

Then, grab your needle and thread. Thread your needle.

Be sure to have a piece of thread to work with that is about as long as your arm. This should be enough for the whole poppet, but make sure to have more on hand just in case.

-Step 3-

Start your sewing in the place where the opening will end later. I typically choose the “armpit” of the poppet because then the opening gives me great access to all of its insides for later.

I use a kind of slip stitch for sewing. Really any stitch will do, but I will show you mine. I put the needle all the way through both pieces of fabric to make a loop, and before tightening I stick the needle through the loop, then tighten. This makes a kind of knot that is durable and nice looking. Here’s a picture:

Aside- Why I hand sew- I find the process of hand sewing to be not only relaxing but also more magical. I can focus on my intentions while I sew, and with each stitch I’m fastening my energy into it. This is by no means the only way you can sew them together, but it is my personal preferred way.

 Continue sewing around to join the two pieces of fabric. **Remember to leave a 1.5in opening! Also leave your thread attached!** This is the only way to turn it inside out and hide the seams.

- Step 4-

Turn it inside-out. Reach inside and grab the top of the poppet’s head and pull it through the hole like shown. You may need to poke around a bit to make sure everything is fully turned right-side-out.

-Step 5- Once right-side-out, your poppet is ready for stuffing. Start with the appendages first, that way you can make sure they are well-fluffed. After that, if you want add in balls of stuffing in the places of major organs to make it more human. (A ball for a brain, a ball for a stomach, that kind of thing)

If you like, add in herbs or objects for your intent, or keys to link the poppet with the person that you’re targeting. Consider positions of the objects and herbs inside the poppet and the significance. I added rose petals in the head and heart of this one, and mint and rosemary in the stomach. That gives it some symbolism, and what witch doesn’t enjoy symbolism?

-Step 6- When it is stuffed to satisfaction, sew up the opening with the same stitch we sewed with before flipping it. This leaves a rough edge, and I actually like it that way. It makes it easier to cut open the stitching if you ever wanted to for any reason. I can’t be the only person that’s wanted to rip someone’s stuffing out (there’s a curse idea) so I hope you find it useful too.

Do a couple more stitches to assure your thread isn’t going anywhere and then cut it off.

Ta-da! A perfect poppet for all of your witchcraft needs.

Happy crafting! 

 - Max the Death Witch

[strawberry-crocodile]

Scalding hot take apparently: if a demographic says “I don’t feel safe in the cisgendered heterosexual society, I need space in the LGBT community” and you say “I’m sorry, you’re not oppressed enough, get out” you’re a fucking asshole.

[strawberry-crocodile]

What this post is about;

Ace/aro people getting called “cishet”

Bisexuals getting called “straight passing”

Straight trans people getting told they’re not oppressed

What this post is not about;

Pedophiles

[bumpingbees]

*slams reblog button so hard*

[stresstive]

Being pan is hard

I'd like to have a gf so I can be taller than my so and I can buy flowers for her and dip kiss her without falling over and live out my best Gomez/Morticia Addams life (cara mia/ mon cher)

BUT

I'd also like to have a bf so that I can get bear hugs and be the little spoon and have to stand on tiptoes to get a kiss and also call everything gay because gay

BUT

I'd ALSO like to have an nb datemate who I can have hours long discussions about gender with and write poetry about comparing them to dragons and the Galaxy and stuff

But like I also don't like being around people

so really I just feel kinda lonely but I also want to be alone and it is CONFUSING

[2004montecarlo-ss-deactivated20]

[theperksofbeingareader]

I know exactly what this is about and I hate it

[bitchycode]

[little-vvitch]

this is the 2016 apology post. reblog in 45 seconds and 2016 will apologize to you in the form of money.

[stephenraygarza]

not risking it.

[autumntipsy]

Not even scrolling past it

[thoteisha]

I deserve an apology smh

[mylittlesanity]

i was gonna scroll past once i saw 2016 but then i read it lol

[beenwandering]

help I’m having emotions about a cartoon antidepressant trying to be useful

[1-800-ass-butt-blog]

DID YOU GUYS SERIOUSLY GIF AN ABILIFY COMMERCIAL 

[kdaziz]

yes but look at it, it cares about her and just wants to help her be able to function. It’s like “I know you’re sad. here, I’ll help you.”

[mcgonagirl]

LIKE OKAY THOUGH can I explain why this is exceedingly brilliant??  Because when anti-depressants work right, that’s what they DO.  They don’t make you happy or emotionless or unhealthy in any way, they make you FUNCTIONAL.  They make it so that a depressed person who can barely get out of bed can start to support themselves again and more importantly, start to THINK for themselves again without the permeating presence of depression.

Depression is a cyclical disease, that tells you to think a certain way, and, because you’re depressed, you generally believe it, and then things get worse and worse.  The ONLY thing anti-depressants do is to STOP that cycle in its tracks!!  Which is something to be ecstatic about and celebrated, even if you don’t realize it at the time, because when you’re depressed, getting out of bed is climbing Mount Everest.  Antidepressants help stop that cycle so that one day soon, getting out of bed can JUST be getting out of bed.  They don’t even expedite the recovery process in most cases, they just make recovery POSSIBLE IN THE FIRST PLACE.  So this little guy is portrayed with a fuckton more accuracy than I ever expected from a commercial.

[metalheadswaltzing]

It’s back and adorable

[dontforgetyourmedstoday]

Don’t forget your meds today.

want twice daily reminders to take your medications? Follow @dontforgetyourmedstoday

[picsthatmakeyougohmm]

hmmm

[stresstive]

Leave him alone he’s getting his head in the game

[transaurus]

the tories fucking won. guess I'll die then

[transaurus]

I want everyone to know that I really mean that. I probably will die. or near enough. as will countless others.

I guess I'll die because the tories are trying to privatise the nhs. people like me can't afford healthcare.

I guess I'll die because tuition fees for uni are only going to go up and up and up. people like me will spend uni living on scraps and the rest of our lives in debt.

I guess I'll die because the tories don't have a brexit plan other than 'leave at any cost.' people like me will face racism on a much higher scale than we do now. my friends will be deported to countries at war.

I guess I'll die because Boris Johnson and his bloody government hate gay and trans people. there's no place for 'tank topped bum bags' like me in his society.

I guess I'll die because Boris Johnson and his bloody government hate people of colour. people like me... well we don't really stand a chance anymore, do we?

I want you to know that people will die. people will die at the hands of this government. so when we said vote like lives depend on it, we meant it and I hope you realise that now. thank you for letting us down yet again.

[therealrjlupin]

This ^

[satanhaus-deactivated20220217]

yo does anyone else feel CONSTANTLY guilty? like you’ve always done something wrong but you don’t know what it is?

[why-am-i-even-on-here]

Yes, and I’ve spoken to my therapist about it, who offered an explanation:

She says that people who from a young age were made to feel like they kept doing things wrong - people who’s parents had impossibly high standards for them, people who were bullied, people who have special needs, people who didn’t develop crushes on the “right” people, people who didn’t act like the “right” gender - basically ended up being made to feel guilty so much that guilt became their default response to everything. Guilt became the emotional response to anything which the person didn’t already have a set emotion for.

People for whom guilt is the default emotional response are also more likely to have low self-esteem, doubt their own experiences, and experience impostor syndrome. So, watch out for that too guys

[hellviper]

Well…this explains a lot

[kidrat]

have some fucking tips for androgynous presentation that mixes femme and masc styles and isn’t just ‘be afab and wear trousers from the men’s section’

recently I wore some of those trousers with the wide non form fitting legs   and added small heeled boots. 10/10 would recommend I felt very high fashion. looked masc but was making the femme click clack heel sound.

basic loungy outfits can be made 100% more queer by adding colour. srsly jeans with a nice tshirt is queer as fuck if the jeans are orange.

wearing the femmest outfit possible, long skirt, cute blouse, etc. becomes a power move when you do so without a single shred of makeup. bonus if your hair is short. bonus if it’s not a pixie. bonus if your shoes are stompy

find all your Statement Pieces. wear them together. voila.

we all know about suspenders. now put them where they don’t belong. attach them to skirts. attach them to your trousers but leave them hanging

literally just wear stuff you think looks rad because if you enjoy both masculine and feminine clothing styles it naturally follows the stuff you think looks rad together will end up being genderfuck

embrace alternative fashion/weird charity shop finds/vintage/stuff that breaks fashion rules even if its ‘technically’ femme/masc. part of fitting into gender roles is wearing mainstream and current femme/masc clothes because gender roles and their associated accepted dress are always shifting so anything that differs from that is automatically subversive.

billowy shirts. undo them as much as you’re comfortable with. somewhat obvious but the howl’s moving castle vibes are v strong. am I a femme arts student or a dashing masc pirate type? who knows. 

floral patterns feel a billion times more masc if the colours are bold. 

personally after I stopped wearing makeup I felt I lot more able to just be like huh. that’s my face. and feel kinda triumphant  in the ugly parts of it and just be unabashedly weird. and if that’s not genderfuck idk what is. same w not shaving my legs tbh. I enjoy just existing.

that said if you do like makeup, using just (just. no foundation or shit) eyeshadow or just lipstick? also a power move. 

If you go for the classic dapper style of androgynous presentation but want something closer to androgynous than just weird masc, try adding a soft girly jumper to your manly trousers and etc.

adding an emphasis to your natural waist to a masc outfit (with a belt or something) is a good way to feminise it and vice versa with emphasising a dropped waist in a femme outfit to bring attention away from your smaller natural one (again with a belt or maybe low waisted trousers)

long coats are very good I feel my most formless and inexplicable when my outer layer goes straight past my knees.

obviously all this is gonna be slightly biased to my agab/personal style/body type/etc. but yeah. there’s my tips and hopefully none of them are weirdly unachievable or equate androgyny with masculinity 

[sapphic-fem-support]

Love this. 💕

Some other androgynous styles I like:

• Not shaving underarms and wearing lacey tank tops

• Wearing makeup but contouring to appear more masculine

• Shaving the sides of your hair but growing the rest really long

• If afab, binding your chest when wearing a dress or other high-fem outfit

• Makeup for creative, not gender-related things. Put glitter and fake freckles and purple eyebrows and shit

• Super masc clothes with makeup, painted nails, and fem jewelry

• Huge cloaks. Can’t see my gender under my fucking cloak

[eryn-n-g]

These are so great

[trans-axolotl]

people need to stop leaving intersex people out of conversations about reproductive justice. 

intersex people are routinely sterilized at birth, and the choice of whether or not we want to have children is taken from us before we even can reach an age where we would be ready to make that choice. 

intersex people and their families are lied to about surgeries that have no medical benefit, because doctors are so worried about making sure that they uphold the binary system and create people who look “normal” instead of preserving our right to consent to what happens to our bodies. 

intersex people are often denied access to fertility treatment, or have many barriers to accessing infertility treatment because it is believed that we will not want to have children, or that we should not want to have children. 

yet, intersex issues are rarely, if ever, brought up in the context of reproductive rights, despite the fact that bodily autonomy and reproductive justice is a huge issue for the intersex community. 

if you’re fighting for reproductive justice, please consider fighting for our rights to choose as well.

[cripdeaf]

This includes putting a stop to people spouting bullshit that intersex people are all or mostly inherently sterile.

Our variants aren’t what make us sterile in most cases, it’s the fucking doctors.

[shittymoviedetails]

In all action movies starring Tom Cruise he does his own stunts knowing that if he dies it will be his only chance at getting out his contract with the Church of Scientology

[marvel-lous-things]

Bartender: thanks for stopping that bar fight, spiderman. Can I get you a drink? It’s on the house

Peter: thank you, but I can’t

Bartender: why not

Peter:

Bartender:

Peter, trying not to give his age away: I’m pregnant

[eldritchcannon]

Bartender, shook: oh, congratulations, boy or girl?

Peter, now in full-on panic mode: it’s an uh, spider

[moonbeamdagger]

I’m seeing stuff in the notes about “Miles would do this” and I just want to say: you’re absolutely right. All Spider-folks across all universes share one (1) singular brain cell and most of the time it’s Gwen’s.

[seananmcguire]

As the current author of Spider-Gwen, I can attest that Gwen has not seen the brain cell in years.

[marvel-lous-things]

[biglawbear]

You know what, looking back on it, my friends and I survived the Bush Presidency

We would have survived a McCain Presidency

We would have survived a Romney Presidency

I honestly worry that there are some people who would not survive a Trump Presidency

I don’t care how much you love Gary Johnson, or Jill Stein. On November 8, 2016, one of two things will be true: either Hillary Clinton will be elected President, or Donald Trump will be elected President.

Which one, HONESTLY, would be worse?

This isn’t the year to “vote your conscience.”

There’s a fucking dangerous man one election away from being President.

This is the year to vote to survive.

Any other year, this would be an exaggeration. We survived Bush, we could have survived McCain or Romney. This year, Trump’s danger is no exaggeration.

Don’t vote your conscience, vote to survive.

[heyitscdubs]

We will not, not, NOT SURVIVE Trump.

[notsafef0rtwerk]

The LGBT community will not survive.

The communities of middle eastern descent will not survive.

Women, especially women who want a right to choose, will not survive.

The black community will not survive.

The latino community will not survive.

The disabled community will not survive.

I guarantee that there are more groups.

We as a country will not survive a Trump-Pence Presidency

[goldstar-goldfish-deactivated20]

The poor will not survive

[rainxcanndy]

Please understand that Trump plans to not only do what the US did to Japanese Americans in WWII on a massive level with Mexicans and Muslims but also destroy the economy with it

[biglawbear]

Somehow this post is going around again and it’s appeared on my own dash and I still think Trump is going to kill us all. Y'all’s protest votes did nothing.

[biglawbear]

Hey look it’s my post from 2016

Now that it’s almost 2020, can you see that this wasn’t a fucking exaggeration

Do you understand now

This is going around again and now that we’re in the Democratic Primaries and y'all are already saying about how you’ll stay home if you’re favorite doesn’t win I’d just like to remind y'all that people are dying in the Trump administration

People are dying in concentration camps at the border

Trump rolled back Obamacare and now millions more people are without insurance

Trump is rolling back environmental regulations and climate change and pollution will kill us

States are banning abortion which will affect millions of poor women and women of color and SCOTUS night overturn Roe v Wade

Hate crimes against Jews and people of color and LGBT people are going up

There are Nazis in the White House and marching in the streets

And Trump has given tax cuts to billionaires and appointed judges that will take away your constitutional rights

Are you happy with your choice to vote third party? To stay home? Was it worth it? Was all of this worth it?

We’re facing the same choice again. We can’t have four more years of this.

Fight like hell for your candidate in the primaries. Then if and when they lose, get in line behind the winner.

We failed in 2016. The life and death stakes in 2020 are even higher.

Vote. For. Democrats.