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We will always be willing to create fanart (best at fanfic, can do drawing or most anything requested) in exchange for proof of blood donation, or food bank donation. Probably most other charity work too, whatever's in your ability.

Also, Ko-Fi here

cipheramnesia

Actually the real reason I transitioned was because my parents joked so many times about returning me to the child store I decided to void the warranty.

cipheramnesia

Actually the real reason I transitioned was my dad complained about women in golf so much I knew it was a sure fire way to make him stop trying to teach me golf.

cipheramnesia

Actually the real reason I transitioned was because I'm really supportive of my wife but I wanted to make shopping for their tampons feel less awkward.

cipheramnesia

Actually the real reason I transitioned was to prove to a point about the ending of the Scottish play to my 8th grade English teacher.

cipheramnesia

Actually the real reason I transitioned was because slutty shorts for men went out of style and I couldn't give them up.

greatmountainfloofsquatch

Have you considered doing standup comedy?

cipheramnesia

I prefer to sit.

fanfic-obsessed

Well then have you considered sit down comedy?

cipheramnesia

For sure, every time I stand up for open mic night, they says to me "sit back down."

#lol

hihuddy

Artist: Tim Brierley

Posting this for my soul cat Kenzie (she passed a few years ago but I still think of her every single day) and for everyone else who has lost someone they love. ❤️

#white background #art reblog #illustration #comic #tw family death #grief

immaplatypus

“so this week my town made the news for—” nope

“there’s a restaurant two miles from my house called—” nope

“today I learned [celeb] went to my high school—” nope nope nope nope nope

these are all real posts I’ve seen on the internet that allowed me to identify a user’s hometown instantly. if it’s a small town, that’s doubly dangerous, because a bad actor could trace you just by a unique first name or selfie you once posted. in an age where doxxing and stalking are some of the worst I’ve ever seen it, you HAVE to think twice about what you’re posting online.

i once saw a 13-year old post an image they noted as being “a few miles from their house.” it had a theater in the shot with a unique enough name to be local. one google maps search, now everyone knew not only what city they lived in, but the possible neighborhoods in that radius too. and they had a HUGE following…who all knew this was a 13-year-old child.

so yeah. not to sound like a 90s internet safety PSA…but I’m gonna be that PSA for a minute.

if you’re posting an image, there is NO need to say that you live there. you could just be traveling. “saw this in Montana” is better than “saw this by my house!”

before you post about a venue, especially a restaurant or small store, check and see if it’s local—CRUCIALLY if it has only one or two locations. people might travel to arenas or convention centers, but they’re far less likely to be traveling to Bartleby’s Fish and Chips. if it’s an anecdote and you still live nearby, you can honestly just leave the name out entirely.

if you’re sharing a news story, it can just be a story you found and wanted to share. you don’t have to clarify “it happened in my town,” because even if you don’t mention your town name, an easily-googled news article will.

if you’re seeing a concert or meeting a celebrity on a tour that’s stopped locally, wait until they’ve hit a few more venues before you post about it, or at the very least wait until you get home. this is honestly a smart move for any event you attend: unless you’re marketing yourself, there’s no need to advertise your location in real time.

check your selfie backgrounds for anything identifying. this includes city names on venues, school names, street signs, and house numbers.

this stuff is flexible if you no longer live in your hometown, or if your city is particularly big, but there’s STILL no reason to tie yourself to your school, your workplace, or your street. you can call it paranoid, but as someone who’s seen my friends get literal death threats over fictional characters before, the last thing I want is someone willing to act on those threats finding out where they live.

anyway. PSA over. does a kickflip or whatever

cannibalthoughts

Please also be aware that your posts also provide information about anyone you're with.

I once had a friend post a photo while visiting me with both a unique local business and a set of street signs in the background, while they knew I was being stalked by someone who knew and potentially followed their account. I wasn't in that photo, but other posts from that weekend made it obvious they were staying with me. They hadn't yet been in a position where they regretted having that information publicly available, so it didn't occur to them to avoid sharing it.

Even if you don't (yet) care about your own right to privacy, you're often not the only person you're doxxing

totalspiffage

what this fandom needs

more f/f

totalspiffage

What fandom, you ask? All of them. There’s not enough in any fandom.

dankmemeuniversity

#white background #LOL

pancakeke

I don't know if any of you had the same experience as me, but I tried therapy when I was a teenager living in an abusive household and thought it was a waste of time. Ultimately my biggest problems (dad) were beyond my control and no amount of coping would make them better. Now that I'm an adult with actual control over my life and don't live with my dad anymore therapy is MUCH more helpful.

If any of you had bad experiences with therapy when you were younger it may be worth it to try again now.

pancakeke

THE SAME GOES FOR MEDICATION!! I tried meds as a teenager and they were powerless to help much due to my living situation being horrible. I thought that meant medication didn't work for me. Now that I'm out of that situation and trying agajn I can really see a difference.

chloebangbang

because some folks were curious, here's what my phone's keyboard looks like and how I type on it.

chloebangbang

I wasn't expecting this to go anywhere but the keyboard is 8vim! it's not perfect, it notably can't do emojis and obviously typing is gonna be slower than proficient two thumb typing, but for my clumsy self this is largely competing with swipe typing, and I'll always take the speed hit to not deal with autosuggest

chloebangbang

this post is awesome because it gets everyone in the world thinking they're the funniest people on the planet into my notifications to be gigantic assholes about the thing I use as an accessibility tool. and yet I can't lock it. because its spreading awareness about an accessibility tool and has already gotten several people to give it a shot and install it. so in unrelated news I think I'm going to start killing people

octonerd

Isat artists HOW do ya'll draw loop's head? genuinely asking because I've been struggling.

justdarklr

ok so it’s late and I can’t be bothered to make a tutorial drawing but. What I do when drawing traditional is basically:

draw a circle. I often do guidelines to give the head a little curve as if there’s actually a face under the star sparkly glowy stuff . You can also do the face before the spikes if it helps.

Then I start drawing spikes a small distance away from the circle to give the face a little space and if I’m feeling fun I might give the spikes a little curve for ✨style✨

Usually I start with a big spike to the top right or left depending on which way they’re facing, then two small spikes on top, a medium spike to the opposite of the big one, some more mediums down the head and some small ones at the bottom . Then mediums leading back up to the big spike. Give them variations in size of course or else it’ll look a little samey but. Other than that just kind of fuck around and find out? Oh and don’t forget their sparkles

this is old art so I might draw them a little differently nowadays but I haven’t in. While so. This is the best you get

#white background #(well not white but i think light enough for the tag to be important)#in stars and time #isat loop #for future reference

twunkish-cleric

As a librarian I know that a lot of people get scared or embarrassed about telling us that they damaged a book, but I need everyone to know that it actually has a really important reason, particularly for water damage, like if you got the book wet. Tears and such are relatively mild problems depending on the rarity of the book, but wet paper molds very easily, so if you get a book wet and we don't know, it can mold and that mold can spread to other books and potentially become a health and safety hazard.

So when librarians tell you to report any damage, please don't be too scared to! We're not going to yell at you, there are actual reasons why we need to know!!

Can the people trying to stop ballet from being practiced PLEASE actually EDUCATE THEMSELVES about ballet???

Ballet, like all forms of exercise, isn't harmful at all when it is taught SAFELY

The problems with ballet are with unsafe and/or predatory teachers that don't know how to safely teach ballet, and with obsessive and bigoted professional ballet culture.

Ballet is an amazing form of art that is NOT INHERENTLY BAD!!!! It needs to be done safely!! Go for the people who make it less safe!! Going all "ballet is bad" does A LOT MORE HARM THAN GOOD!!!

Ballet is something that has done so much good for us. We got lucky to have a parent who did their research to find us ballet classes that would teach in a safe and healthy way. And now, we are significantly less disabled than we would be if we didn't do ballet. Focus on making that less uncommon and ballet safer overall. Otherwise, you're just pushing out the people who genuinely benefit from and love ballet.

And speaking of healthy and safe ballet practices, IF I SEE ONE MORE PRETEEN PUT IN POINTE SHOES I AM GOING TO FUCKING LOSE IT!!!!