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Reblog this to place a small flower in the hair of prev, and that you're very proud of them

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this is the funniest thing in the entire world

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i got my hair blown out today and my head is filled with thoughts of how the Women ™️ would react to their femme gf coming home with a blowout

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casting a spell of finish your wip rb to pass it on

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society and makeup companies to women at all times: you have to wear makeup, like you literally have to or else you look like a corpse, so wear it you fucking corpse. aren't you terrified of getting old? aren't you insecure about your little blemishes? we have the $80 solution.

someone online: you don't have to wear makeup

someone else in response, without fail, every single time: yeah but it's okay if you want to wear makeup :). I mean, it's a personal choice, which involves no coercion from the constant social pressures that dictate how women should present themselves, so go ahead! Don't let mean people bully you into thinking it's okay to have flaws in your skin.

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I hate it when my phone autocapitalizes jesus I do not respect the lord

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"this is how you can use ChatGPT to achieve all of your goals" "use this AI hack to glow up" "I asked ChatGPT for life advice and you guys will never believe what I learned"

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"Members of the Teamsters union went on strike at Amazon early Thursday in a labor action at seven facilities in four states coast to coast just ahead of the holiday gift-giving rush.

Amazon said that its operations will not be affected by any of the union’s actions. Although the Teamsters claim to represent 7,000 Amazon workers nationwide, that accounts for less than 1% of the company’s US workforce."

"Amazon shows no indication it is willing to reach a deal with the Teamsters or even recognizes that the union speaks for any of its workers, despite the union declaring that employees at numerous Amazon facilities have signed cards asking to join."

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northern hemisphere babes we made it to the longest night of the year. we made it. for the next 6 months, every day will give us a little more daylight than the last. let's go. take my hand. climb out of the darkness with me

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simon who meets you way past his supposed expiration date, decades after he's buried ghost for the last time. there are more wrinkles than scars on his body at this point, a deeper kind of pain settling into his aching joints.

price, more settled into his retirement (thanks to the wife he picked up shortly before his notice), tells him to go to the doctor -- like a normal person. a civilian. price did it at the behest of his wife, but simon...simon doesn't have anyone to hold him accountable. not since...well, not since johnny.

and he hates it. the doctor asks too many personal questions, touches him without warning, before shuffling his fingers over a keyboard and handing simon a written referral for six weeks of physical therapy.

if he hated the doctor, he absolutely loathed physical therapy. it was never a high priority when he was actually in the military -- give him an over-the-counter painkiller and some butterfly stitches, he'd be right as rain. he does simple stretches and easy exercises with a grimace, earning glowing faces and praise from his therapists. but it only makes him feel small, like a child learning to walk.

until he overhears you discussing your healing with your therapist. "maybe i never knew how to properly walk to begin with, isn't that funny? you do something so long, you forget how it works."

yeah, he's familiar with that sentiment.

so he awkwardly strikes up a conversation, chapped lips forming around words he's never thought to say -- in fact, always hated. why are you here, what do you do for work, do you like the rain, how do you take your tea.

you answer too easily, like you've been doing it all your life. a long, good life, if the smile lines and and spine tension are any indication. you're older, not as old as him, but old enough to know when someone needs a conversation just as much as you. even if it's odd, full of pregnant pauses and mumbled replies that you have to ask him to repeat.

you don't necessarily notice when the change happens, but it does. the weathered, lumbering retiree sitting in the waiting room every time you come in for an appointment, handing you the perfect tea from your favorite shop. you don't question how all of your appointments seem to coincide, it's just nice to have someone to laugh with while you're tightening your core. he doesn't reveal too much about himself, but his corny dad jokes add a bit of levity to your dull routine.

the first time you touch him, innocuously placing a hand on his shoulder as you adjust the heel of your running shoe, he knows he cannot reach that 6-week mark without feeling it again. more of it, really. his body doesn't ache like it used to, not with tightness or lack of use, but a strange heat that spreads and relieves his tension. it's unrecognizable, the way his old heart thunders in his chest, something he hasn't experienced in decades. a feeling so ancient he never thought to consider it again.

not since...well, not since johnny.

johnny, who he finds himself thinking of more than ever in the lead up to his final appointment. johnny, with his blue, clear eyes that always kept him honest. johnny, who could temper or exacerbate simon's rage with just a smile. johnny, who would have driven him to every single appointment and made sure he kept up with the exercises at home. johnny, who he loved with his whole heart.

which is why -- on his last day of appointments, between final measurements and discussions with his therapist -- when you simply say, "we should stay in touch after this. keep each other accountable, y'know?", he falls.

or rather, jumps. because that's what johnny would do.

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reblog to give a lesbian a cup of hot chocolate

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my love for irish people i think would piss off ghost that man is patriotic to a fault

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you like a mutuals posts twice in a day and instantly this app is like you want push notifications? you want to kiss? you want to get gay married? That’s what you want?

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Trans and intersex people in the UK need you to be loud and angry about the new "deception as to sex" guidance released which makes trans and intersex people legally guilty of rape if we don't disclose our gender identity and/or the sex we were assigned at birth to sexual partners.

This is particularly going to harm trans and intersex sex workers, who often have a higher number of sexual partners who we might keep our trans or intersex identity from for our safety.

"To summarize this guidance in the simplest terms, it treats a trans or intersex person not disclosing their gender identity and/or the sex they were assigned at birth as a form of deception which negates consent."

"This interpretation of part of the existing Sexual Offences Act (2003) places an unreasonable burden on trans and intersex people to inform our sexual partners of our medical history, while no such burden is placed on cis perisex people who are allowed to rely on assumption."

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Before the war, my husband, my mother, and I decided to go to Egypt for a vacation and to undergo in vitro fertilization. But soon, the war broke out, and we found ourselves stranded there without residency or income. We lived in a shelter for cancer patients, where we found some support from a community sharing our struggles. However, my husband’s father needed expensive monthly treatments. We began collecting donations from friends and acquaintances, trying to adapt to our new reality. Despite the challenges, we held on to hope that the war would end soon so we could return home and pursue our dream of starting a family.