Wild Flower War Paint

[niceboyeds]

“dear reader,

if it feels like a trap, you’re already in one.”

[justascrollingghost]

I’m placing my bets now that Xaden will be fighting for his life not to channel at the end of this book and Violet will launch herself at him to stop him and he’ll scream in absolute agony thinking he’s going to hurt her whilst she’s just clinging to him absolutely fine and that’s how we’ll all find out the silver in her hair is because she’s already part venin…

[vaspider]

So… I got a notification from the State Department at like 8 PM Pacific that my passport was approved, and I was quietly thankful and stunned bc my legal gender in Oregon is listed as X, or undeclared, and that's what's on my passport. I'm pretty sure someone(s) worked late to get the X passports done today.

I was already really grateful to whoever in the Seattle Passport Office worked late to get these things processed on the last Friday before That Man gets back into office... and then I got a notification that my passport shipped at fucking midnight Pacific and whoever got that shit out the door so it couldn't be picked up on Monday and like, denied and shredded?

They're my fucking hero.

[vaspider]

So... I heard from a friend of 20+ years who works for the State Department who confirmed to me in so many words that they can assure me, without specifics, that "all of the suppositions you have made here are true."

So... yep. Passport folx at the State Department really did work incredibly long hours this week just... shoveling every passport out the door (and prioritizing the ones that might be A Problem come Monday) and yes, they did On Purpose make sure that all of them weren't just DONE but MAILED and out the door and in the hands of the USPS so that they can't be told to pull those passports back and deny/destroy them.

This also means they got the OK for the mountains of overtime from the Biden administration to get that done.

This is what I mean when I say that the Good Work is often not glamorous and that we have to prioritize things which actively and immediately better the lives of our siblings. The State Department worker who was still in the office last night at midnight Pacific time stuffing my passport into an Express Mail envelope and making sure that it was in the hands of USPS has done more liberatory work for the trans movement than 100 people endlessly auditing the language others use to describe their lives ever will.

These next years are gonna be real hard. Find something tangible to do for yourself and others, however small, and do it as hard as you can.

[fostertheory]

As President Biden said in his farewell letter to the Federal workforce, "As I prepare to conclude my term as President, I want to thank each of you for your dedication to our country. You could have chosen to do anything with your talents, but you chose public service. Every day you came to work, poured long hours into hard jobs, and spent time away from your loved ones. You gave your heart and soul to this Nation. I am forever grateful to you and your families for your sacrifices, and all you have done on the frontlines to help realize the promise of America for all Americans."

[blurglesmurfklaine]

huge fan of the phenomenon of people microdosing on 911 though tumblr and having the general attitude of “Oh, there tumblr goes again. Shipping Two Guys Who Are Standing Next To Each Other Syndrome. Got the gay goggles on.” and then they actually watch the show and are horrified to find that Buck and Eddie are just Like That

[weirdkidshere]

Me rn. These seven seasons have been a rollercoaster (pun intended)🎢

[chambersdiane]

god. s4 of 911 revealing two secrets being kept from buck, both meant to fuck him up but in opposite ways. the daniel one shedding light on how little he used to be valued, and eddie's will reveal highlighting just how loved he is now. "you think you're indestructible, but you're not" vs. "you act like you're expendable, but you're wrong." One concealing the depth of a lifetime of indifference and the other undying devotion. parallel of all time truly

[mid-knight-black]

Does it ever drive you crazy…

…just how fast the night changes 🥹

[skygenders]

Losing vine, twitter, and now possibly tiktok is soo…like damn can boomers lose Facebook to even the score a little

[emziess]

Buddie + I'd Follow Him to Hell and Back 9-1-1 ((Inspo))

[emziess]

Silly4Silly + Buddie 9-1-1, S2-S8

[buddiesblr]

you don't find it son, you make it

buck&eddie + 13 ways of saying “ i love you ” without saying it

[lesbianshepard]

i feel like nobody really talks enough about how supremely fucked up the twilight series ended. like there’s a love triangle that needs resolving and stephenie meyer was like “oh we’ll just pair the werewolf off with a newborn baby” and then tried to make it less creepy by going “they’re soul mates, but it doesn’t have to be romantic right away. he can wait until she’s old enough to decide if she wants to be like that.” like bitch….that’s fucking child grooming. during the publishing process did nobody go “hey steph this is actually really fucked up” ? why was everyone okay with that

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

It’s never not going to be surreal that this was genuinely a thing that happened in a massive book/film franchise like

A publisher signed off on this

[feministism]

[kiwianaroha]

She took up acting because the malnutrition she suffered under the nazis permanently damaged her health and prevented her from pursuing her dream to be a ballerina. During the war, she danced to raise money for the resistance - even though she was literally starving, she used what strength she had to make sure more nazis got shot. 

[neveria]

She and her mom also denounced their royal heritage because of the Nazis in their family

[antiracistfeministanarchy]

Also Audrey was a humanitarian until her death, though ill with cancer, she continued her work for UNICEF, travelling to Somalia, Kenya, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, France and the United States.

[abbeydoesthings]

These are things I literally never would have known about. I’m tired of women being painted as just being pretty.

[belleandwhistle]

I’M SO HAPPY TO SEE HER AT AN OLDER AGE I SWEAR!

[kittiesatemypronouns]

Here’s another nice one.

[witchaj]

For the longest time I assumed she had died really young because I never saw any pictures of her at an older age. She was an amazing woman.

[parkchanwoohoo]

The female gaze can be completely inscrutable for men but here’s a quick and not-entirely-sensible diagram I drew while pooping to try and make my preferences clear:

[parkchanwoohoo]

Sorry, let me make it more accurate:

[beth-or-whatever]

[parkchanwoohoo]

You understand COMPLETELY

[spiderine]

[jadedownthedrain]

[toastbutteregg]

disney: attractions to appeal to your nostalgia or flaunt our licensed properties

universal: attractions designed to immerse you in our movies

six flags: do you wanna just barely cheat death?? here’s a 100000 ft roller coaster that goes faster than light

[berenshand]

some highlights from my students’ romeo and juliet modern interpretation projects:

- someone made a username for friar laurence with 420 at the end - the same kid who put 69 in romeo’s username like i wouldn’t know what either of those things mean - the girl who added ‘clean’ at the end of all the songs on her juliet playlist like lmao girl i know spotify doesn’t have the clean version - the kid who said romeo and juliet killed each other - the weird dichotomy of kids who put love story on their playlist vs the kids who choose bad blood - the kid who wrote ‘get a room’ as tybalt’s comment on romeo’s couple pic - the kid who said ‘romeo is probably one of those douches who follows a ton of people so they follow him back and then he unfollows all of them’ - the one who legitimately used the word ‘alrighty’ do kids say this in their text messages???? i thought i was the one talking like an elderly person but okay - the one who made romeo’s username ‘montagoose’ - the only kid who acknowledged that posting about your secret relationship on instagram was a bad idea - the girl who wrote that romeo would unironically say ‘#blessed’. she’s right. - the one single solitary girl who wrote mercutio as gay as shakespeare did (she’s also the only one who used mercutio at all which is a tragedy but whatever) - the one who wrote romeo’s insta bio as ‘thus with a kiss i die… LOL RIP ME 😂💀’ - the one who made benvolio’s username benvoliYO

[mst3kkeith]

It’s funny how some people don’t realize like. When I was in elementary school every year we had “intruder” drills. They were always kinda spooky but I never thought anything of it when I was a kid. The teacher would turn the light off and lock the room doors and we’d all have to quietly hide under desks until the intercom announced it was over. Sometimes there’d be someone walking around and trying the doors to the classrooms to make sure they were locked. Never seemed strange to me as a kid, but talking with my canadian spouse they look mortified

[heronfem]

It’s wild how much of life in the US revolves around the unending threat of murder and violence. And by wild I mean a nightmare.

[1esbrarian]