A Professional Mess™

hella fly and hella bi

[liberalsarecool]

Avoid the trolls looking to divide the left wing.

[snowdayinthearchives]

Since I already brought up my university’s chaplain once today, I thought I’d share with you the best advice he ever gave me.

If someone is suffering and you want to help, instead of saying “let me know if there’s anything I can do,” offer a few options of things you know you can do.

“Can I do your dishes while you study for your exam?”

“Would it help if I came to the waiting room with you?”

“I can distract you if you like.”

When someone’s suffering, making them choose how to be helped can sometimes be an extra burden, especially if they don’t know how serious your offer is. By giving examples, they only need to say yes/no, and they know you wouldn’t offer anything too big for you to handle.

[theauspolchronicles]

(teachers literally did that)

[wahtdahel-blog]

Sucks that we need this advice, but great that it’s being shared. 

[spooniestrong]

I believe all of you. *love & spoons* 💙

[queer-birb-rights]

A PSA for pretty much everyone right now

Alright y’all, spring has sprung and it’s baby season! This is a PSA for anyone who finds themselves with a baby creature that has fallen out of its nest or is injured. I work with a licensed wildlife rehabber, and I see the results of improper care every day, and have to put down babies myself that were too weak and malnourished to survive because someone thought they could “save” them

DONT

TAKE 

CARE

OF 

THEM 

YOURSELF!!!!!!

Baby birds require extreme and scientific attention for them to live, and they will die if you don’t know how to take care of them properly, which, for the record, the average person cannot do. You need to take any baby bird you find to a licensed wildlife rehabilitator if you want them to survive. Baby mammals (squirrels, skunks, rabbits, etc) are even more difficult to care for and they risk deformation and abnormal development if they aren’t taken care of by someone who knows what they’re doing. 

DONT

KEEM

THEM 

AS 

PETS!!!!!!

Wild animals are not, should not, and will never be good pets! I don’t care if you know a guy who has pet squirrels or a pet raccoon, they are wild heckin animals that will not thrive in captivity! It is cruel to keep them behind bars when they are built to live in the wild. If you want a cute, niche, exotic pet, do some extensive research and buy yourself a snake or a sugar glider! 

YOU

ARE

NOT

PROPERLY

EQUIPPED!!!!!!

Taking care of wild animals requires an extensive amount of tools, equipment, and hard-to-procure instruments. I have like three drawers filled with special tools that I can’t do my job without, including special feeding syringes, surgical tools, attachments for syringes, special heating pads, and a lot more that the average person doesn’t have access to. 

LEARN 

THE 

DIFFERENCE!!!!

Not all baby animals need rescuing! If you find a baby bird that is fully feathered, walking around, and basically look like a tiny adult, leave them alone!!! Chances are their parent is close by and they’re learning to live on their own. Same goes for baby mammals. A good rule of thumb is that if you have to put any kind of effort into catching them or keeping them contained, they’re probably just fine and you should leave them alone. Not to mention the risk of the parent of a baby mammal possibly rejecting the baby if it comes into contact with humans.

A TIDBIT: IT IS ILLEGAL TO KEEP AND RAISE WILD ANIMALS IF YOU DONT HAVE A PERMIT AND LICENSE FOR IT. 

This law is in place because the average human is physically incapable of properly rehabilitating a wild animal, and the wild animal in question will have its life endangered by well meaning people who try to “save” them. 

TL;DR - You are not properly equipped to care for orphaned or injured wildlife, and you need to take any wild animal you find to a licensed wildlife rehabilitator if you care at all for that creature’s welfare. 

Thank you for coming to my ted talk. 

[africanaquarian]

me, learning about the greek pantheon in elementary: wow, I love athena, so brave and smart

me, after reading about the story of medusa: athena is a spiteful, dumb bitch who can’t direct her anger at the right people! wack ass hoe

[indicativeof-sideways-escalation]

Me, after learning than Medusas head was used as a sign of safety and female autonomy in women’s spaces because it was seen as a gift from Athena, to allow Medusa never to be harmed that way again: oh dope, Athenas on our side. Kill a man who dares to look upon you with possession in his heart.

Me, after learning that Athena holds herself to the ‘not like other girls’ standard and usuallys sides with whatever the nearest dick-toting diety says: what the fuck what a fake bitch

Me, after learning that most of the media depicting Greek Gods by the ancient Greeks that survives today was commissioned, designed, and made by men, and therefore does not depict female interpretation or telling of the myths, and is probably extremely biased towards a misogynistic portrayal of a strong woman: the canon Athena was in our hearts all along.

[buckmebuchanan]

Me, after hearing the myth about Athena cursing Arachne into the first spider because she beat the goddess in a weaving contest: What a bitch ? The Arrogance.

 Me, after hearing there are three versions of the myth, and the others have Arachne hang herself in shame so Athena brought her back to life as a spider and the third version having Zeus curse the loser to never touch a spindle wheel and when Arachne lost Athena took pity on her and transformed her so she could weave without breaking her oath: Goddess just wanted this fine artist to weave forever, doing what she loved. she ain’t that bitch

[smooththegoofyshark]

In conclusion: We stan

[jadedownthedrain]

I love Burnum Burnum ❤️💛🖤

[cumaeansibyl]

more about Burnum Burnum

text of the declaration:

The Burnum Burnum Declaration England, 26th January, 1988

I, Burnum Burnum, being a nobleman of ancient Australia do hereby take posession of England on behalf of the Aboriginal people. In claiming this colonial outpost, we wish no harm to you natives, but assure you that we are here to bring you good manners, refinement and an opportunity to make a Koompartoo - ‘a fresh start’. Henceforth, an Aboriginal face shall appear on your coins and stamps to signify our sovreignty over this domain. For the more advanced, bring the complex language of the Pitjantjajara; we will teach you how to have a spiritual relationship with the Earth and show you how to get bush tucker.

We do not intend to souvenir, pickle and preserve the heads of your 2000 of your people, nor to publicly display the skeletal remains of your Royal Highness, as was done to our Queen Truganninni for 80 years. Neither do we intend to poison your water holes, lace your flour with strychnine or introduce you to highly toxic drugs. Based on our 50,000 year heritage, we acknowledge the need to preserve the Caucasian race as of interest to antiquity, although we may be inclined to conduct experiments by measuring the size of your skulls for levels of intelligence. We pledge not to sterilise your women, nor to separate your children from their families. We give an absolute undertaking that you shall not be placed onto the mentality of government handouts for the next five generations but you will enjoy the full benefits of Aboriginal equality. At the end of two hundred years, we will make a treaty to validate occupation by peaceful means and not by conquest.

Finally, we solemnly promise not to make a quarry of England and export your valuable minerals back to the old country Australia, and we vow never to destroy three-quarters of your trees, but to encourage Earth Repair Action to unite people, communities, religions and nations in a common, productive, peaceful purpose.

Burnum Burnum.

[bob-belcher]

#they’re literally talking about keeping a middle-aged man from spilling sauce on himself how much extra can they be

[az-67-deactivated20211229]

sorry if this is too kinky but can you hold my hand and tell me i mean a lot to you

[miakosamuio-deactivated20140102]

[andysambergsbitch-deactivated20]

explaining autism

[therickymartin]

Holy fuck Arthur was on some next level shit

[subbygh0st]

Oh my god

[asiahmae]

One of the many reasons Arthur was the shit. 

[cottage-core-cunt]

To be more specific, this episode was focused on Aspergers snydrom when George (the moose seen in the GIFs above) was attempting to understand his new friend with it better and Alan (the boy narrating the GIFs) was explaining how his uncle explained it to him.

In summary, children in this show are trying to understand one another better so that they can help and communicate with each-other.

[sofire-almond]

i normally hate the alien analogies, but i like this one because it’s from the autistic person’s perspective and depicts the neurotypicals as the aliens, like yeah technically he’s the alien if he’s on someone else’s planet, but the phrasing “imagine you’ve crash-landed on an alien planet” explicitly frames the neurotypicals as the aliens and shows that neurotypicals seem just as weird to us as we seem to them

[ronansparrishs-deactivated20200]

carol showing up in avengers endgame

[themightychipmunk]

Thor: You’re an eleven, but continue

[silverynight]

This is exactly what happened in that last clip they released.

[just-shower-thoughts]

In 24 hours 500 million dollars was raised for the Notre Dame church but Flint Michigan hasn’t had drinkable water in 5 years

[valtsv]

oh to be a powerful lesbian sorceress living in the snowy evergreen forests of some slavic country, reviled by village elders as a wicked, seductive temptress for spiriting their wives and daughters away to come live with me in my log cabin where we pick berries and mushrooms and roast them with meat over campfires and sleep together on piles of bear and deerskin furs

[valtsv]

oh this post is anti TERF btw. my forest sanctuary is trans inclusive and you can die mad about it.

[eldritchbog]

Hey y'all I found the Baba Yaga

[valtsv]

the baba yaga supports trans rights pass it on

[gaysun-deactivated20230205]

Zuko’s scar is different than the typical villain’s scar bc it’s not an ambiguous sign of past violence but an explicit symbol of his father’s abuse - rather than making him seem tougher for no reason it shows that at his heart he’s just a traumatized child and not a villain at all. In this essay I will

[nasmora]

Give us the essay op

[thisloveisglowing]

[bob-belcher]

Eva Longoria is everything

[dabeatnik]

Yet she can’t even speak Spanish 😂😅😂😅😂

That’s pride alright lmfao

She don’t have to, but don’t talk all that shit if you don’t even learn your own culture #lame

[burgertv]

you were saying @dabeatnik???

[thecrackshiplollipop]

ummm

“When I was growing up, my parents spoke to each other in Spanish, but they didn’t speak to us in Spanish because they were told not to. In school we weren’t allowed to speak it.”

and also???

“… But America is the only country that promotes monolingualism. Here it’s English, English, English. Every other country makes their children learn a second language very early on. So as my political and social activism grew, I was like, ‘I really need to learn Spanish.’ So I did.“ 

idk how many people i’ve known growing up in texas whose parents speak fluent spanish but they don’t speak a lick solely because their parents were afraid or told not to teach their children. it’s unspeakably common and doesn’t in any way shape or form diminish someone’s claim to or pride in their heritage. 

fuck that guy. you go eva. 

[lady-threewhiteleopards]

lack of intergenerational language exchange is one of the leading causes of language death for endangered and indigenous languages because of this culture of shame attached to “lesser” coded languages so frankly if yr mocking people for not speaking their mother tongue without taking the colonial reasons for this into account, you’re an ignorant prick and you can go fuck yourself like

[alwaysbewoke]

^^^^^^^^ this is going to be reblogged for a few days.

[hydro-homies]

Point blank period

[socialworker-rebecca]

If it’s too hard to think positive, think neutral.

I’m no better or worse than anyone else.

I deserve the same things in life as anyone else.

I’m a human being.

Right now, I am feeling ________(fill in the blank).

I don’t know how I’ll feel in 5 minutes, or tomorrow.

I can’t predict the future.

Life is full of painful, pleasurable, and boring moments.

The world is full of good, evil, and gray areas.

[steadfast-deactivated20191017]

Now this! This I can get behind!