#here look

[kandidandi]

You are so handsome 💐💐💐💐🥣🥣🍜🍜🍜🍲🍲🍲soup 4 u

omg u flatterer lolol thank you for the soup!!

[1hellofacookie]

I just had the greatest, cutest, sweetest, coolest, softest conversations with my best friend and I feel so full of love right now, it feels like my heart's gonna spill

[meowthiroth]

bored now. here's some old art of my fursona

[smashorpassgilf]

For those curious:

Our lowest 3 smash are

2.4 for the Elon Musk poll

2.7 for the charles III

4.6 dor Ellen Degeneres

Our highest 3 smash are

95.5 for the second Sigourney Weaver poll

93 for the Appalachian Moutains

92 for the type 30 rotary phone

[ugartecoco]

the transition im crying

[hellishqueer]

we ask that the defense not say "me when i lie" while the witness testifies

[kiryuing]

[watery-melon-baller]

@that-tall-queer-bassist

⏳Time Is Always Ticking⏳

[rejoiceinsilverlight]

i think mabel somehow finds a picture of stan and ford's prom outfits and goes ham recreating the suits for her and dipper's prom

[beeqisch]

izutsumi but its this thing my cat does (licking my food)

[kandidandi]

MAN IM SORRY THERES TOO MANY ANONS TO RESPOND TO HAHAHSFDGHD

[golswia]

supple-MENTAL am I right-

I love how fast Jon spiraled between seasons

[zytes]

this manatee looks like it’s in a skyrim loading screen

[pkaykim]

Valentines gift for my girlfriend

Please don’t repost on other platforms!

[emjaydoubleyou]

this post is fearmongering. the results of this study are concerning and should definitely be a matter of public discussion, but this is certainly not the conclusion the researchers came to.

the point of the study was to assess the risks of exposure to toxic metals- something one of the co-authors notes are “ubiquitous” fwiw- via menstrual products. Their research confirmed that these metals are indeed present in tampons, but no further conclusions are drawn. it is possible the metal entered into the cotton from the soil, which is a well-known phenomenon; cotton is so good at lifting heavy metals that it has actually been suggested as a part of the solution for revitalizing polluted ground.

the authors conclude with an acknowledgement that the study should be repeated- their sample size was 60 tampons- and a suggestion that further testing ought to be done to indicate whether or not these metals can even leech out of the tampon in the first place, let alone whether or not such leeching could occur at levels deleterious to human health.

there is, in fact, a body of research- too small, for sure, but much larger than this single study- indicating that long-term proper tampon use has no observable negative impact on health. i am grateful and thrilled that more research is being done and i hope that this study is the first of many on this line of questioning, but i am really frustrated at this post and the response it got.

obviously, if this study alters your approach to menstrual health, more power to you. consumers should be informed-risk-takers, and menstrual health is double-obviously a very personal choice. but it definitely wasn't the researchers concluding that you ought to “avoid using tampons at all cost," only this tumblr user did. the lead author of the paper, in fact, specifically says that she hopes people do NOT panic about the results.

(the notes of the post were disappointing. people affirming that they knew they were right to be suspicious of tampons all along, or even recommending alternatives that actually have very little to no research regarding the safety of long-term use, etc. it’s a different conversation, but categorical distrust of tampons is old-school misogyny. you certainly shouldn't wear them if you don’t want to, but there is nothing inherently scary or wrong about them, and people who prefer them are not being reckless or crass.)

((if you're really worried about exposure to heavy metals, you may want to turn a critical eye to fast fashion, as an aside))