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ICE made a decision to order all international students whose universities are online to leave the country or risk facing immigration consequences and getting deported which essentially means that students will have to decide between leaving the US or risk their health. many countries don’t even have their borders open and some people may not even have places to go so please sign this petition which requests that international students get the option to finish their degrees and remain in the USA

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reblog this and put the age you realised you were not straight in the tags

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I'd still be 5ft 5

God damn it

Funky concept - your height reversed is how tall you’d be as a cryptid/fantasy creature   ✌️

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What a day it has been.

So as some of you may know, I've been out in various stages to people. From friends having known for years (some since I've known them), my dad since I was 17 and my fiance from like 2 weeks after I met him. But for years I have been scared to tell my mum as I have always feared she would be unsupportive.

Last night, I bit the bullet. Almost exactly 5 years after I told my dad, I came out to my mum as bisexual.

And while she struggles to get her head around LGBT subjects in general (her family is hella homophobic), she fully supports me and has actively promised to try her best to understand for me.

This is major for her and the fact she supports me is a massive weight off my shoulders.

So as of last night, I'm officially out.

And it feels amazing

So as a nice reintroduction.

I'm Megan (some folk call me Chip as a nickname)

I'm bi

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don’t forget on pride month

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FILIPINOS URGENTLY NEED YOUR HELP: A CALL TO ACTION

art by the wonderful @franshookie-art (DO NOT REPOST this image without their specific permission. check out more of their art on twitter.)

hi, all.. i know that a lot of our focus is on the BlackLivesMatter movement atm (which is wonderful and should’ve happened a long time ago), and i hate to distract you from that, but there’s something horrible happening in my country, the Philippines (yes, the one being lead by the so-called Filipino version of Donald Trump), right now.

our national government has passed a bill that’ll essentially take away our constitutional rights to freedom of speech and fair trial. it’s called the Anti-Terrorism Bill, but we’ve dubbed it Terror Bill. here’s a summary of what it entails:

if you want to read the actual bill in its entirety, here’s a link to the official Senate of the Philippines website, where you can download a pdf copy. i’d like you to keep in mind the political climate in our country, though, and just how rampant corruption and police brutality are here.

it has already been passed by the Senate; all it needs is the House of Representatives’ approval, and it will be enforced. if you want to help stop this from happening, here are a few ways:

sign and share this petition. we’re so close to 300,000 signatures!!!

send e-mails to the Office of the President and the Senate. there’s an e-mail protest currently going on. i have qualms about copy-pasting the message, but ultimately, this method is a lot more effective than petitions:

these posters were made and posted by @tentenyukki on twitter.

educate yourself about the bill and how it will affect us when it’s approved. here are some news articles, editorials, and thought pieces to get you started:

🗞 gov’t endorsing/defending the bill: 1, 2, 3, 4

🗞 reactions to the bill’s passing: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

spread the word. on social media, our tags are #JunkTerrorBill and #JunkTerrorBillNow, but don’t stop there; tell your friends and family. please. people need to know this is happening.

your help could save the lives of millions of Filipinos, and we’d really, really appreciate it. i don’t usually ask for much, but when it comes to urgent issues like this, i can’t stay silent. unlike with BLM, i can speak my truth about this because i know personally what it’s like to be a Filipino citizen and to live in the Philippines. i hope it’s heard, and we keep an ounce of what little dignity we have as a “sovereign” country and rights as a “sovereign” people.

some of you might unfollow or get mad because this isn’t strictly studyblr content, but it’s not about aesthetic right now. i need your help. we need to hurry.

thank you for taking time to read! let’s uphold human rights together. #JunkTerrorBillNow!

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if you see this post you’re legally obligated to reply to it with your current favorite song

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Friendly reminder that bisexual, pansexual, asexual, and aromantic people do not experience “straight passing privilege”.

Identity erasure is not a privilege, it is oppression.

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a real goth store doesn’t separate clothes by male and female, everyone knows the goths have never given a fuck about which is which

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reblog if ur bi, ur not biphobic, or ur best friend is a beautiful valid bisexual

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The Aristocats (1970) dir. Wolfgang Reitherman

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“Rogue ShaWarma”

I just realized I never officially posted this?!?! I think I included it with my convention promo but never did a separate post! Well… (a year later)… Here you go! Team Tragedy and their after credit scene, they are all fine just enjoying some good food… 😂

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I tried this. Gave up 5 mins in because I realised if I did, I'd be out of alcohol completely within 20 minutes

this years drinking game is taking a shot every time they make a reference to the ”current situation”

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Europe- "Our song must have some sort of deep meaning"

Russia- "1, 2, 4..nah let's do it in Spanish instead"

Good evening, folks, and welcome to today’s Eurovision map, which, following my usual traditions, shows what I deem - with the help of some research - to be the main lyrical content theme of each year’s song. It was certainly one of the more heterodox years when it came to what people are singing about, but as always, these can be simplified into a few key categories. Sometimes, a song can fit into more than one category, in which case I’ve gone for the one that feels more principal to me.

The first and once foremost, although not this year, is songs about positive interpersonal relations. I remember when I first started doing this map and this category comprised over half the songs - but after 2019, when all of the top 3 sang about negative ones, perhaps it’s no surprise to see this category at an almost historic low. Given the cyclical nature of ESC, perhaps one of these songs could have won - I particularly fancy the chances of Iceland’s ode of parental love, though I could also see the Mamas’ profession to do anything for their love managing a high position, especially with the juries.

The biggest category this year is songs about negative interpersonal relations, and what I find extremely striking is how many of these are found in a contiguous area in eastern and south-eastern Europe, from Belarus’ tale of forced marriage and Ukraine’s song of frustrated love down to Croatia being left behind in the autumn colours in the aftermath of a love as destructive as a wild wind, or Bulgaria’s scars and wounds.

We also have a bumper amount of songs with a motivational message or songs about overcoming difficulties, something quite apt for this sad, demotivating year. They cross Europe - from Ireland’s song about being true and what you want to be to Azerbaijan’s about standing up for yourself - but I am interested to see three little clusters of such songs: two of the three main Germanophone nations, two of the three Baltics (Latvia’s message of perseverance and Lithuania’s of not letting age define you or defer your dreams) all the Caucasian countries (yes, even Armenia, who use diamonds as a metaphor for one’s self-worth, or Georgia, whose song is ultimately about knowing your value as an individual). Some of these motivational messages veer into the realm of the self-aggrandising… but given the situation of this year, I’ve given them the benefit of the doubt.

Every year also has a handful of songs with a political, philosophical or existential message, and 2020 is no exception. Switzerland’s song is a string of rhetorical questions about our existence, Spain is a song to the universe about not using our voice, San Marino’s is all about life being too short to not be yourself, no matter how eccentric; Poland’s is about today’s politics, climate change and empires building and destroying themselves; Slovenia’s is a pretty deep reflection on the duality of nature typified by water, a source of life that can also destroy life.

We then have a few smaller categories, though a few songs categorised elsewhere could have fallen into these too. One is saudade - typified this year by Italy and Finland. Both songs sing of loss - Italy’s, the silence left behind after a relationship fails; Finland’s, about how we appreciate things most only after they are gone - but can’t be put into negative interpersonal relations because both speak of a love left behind. Germany and Macedonia provide examples of songs about lusting for someone on first sight, whilst Russia’s madcap entry is so sui generis that I can only sum it up in a category of its own for Spanish numerals.

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a moment’s silence for all the missed eurovision memes that should have been born tonight