#ourbody

[poppylatte]

I keep thinking about this, too. It was painful enough seeing my rapist live a full and happy life, never a moment behind bars, but at least I didn’t have a country choose him for President. My heart breaks for all the women he raped and/or molested. There are probably a lot more that have been silenced.

lili reinhart they could never make me hate you or even slightly dislike you 🤍

[oddjob22]

Our Body

[aita-blorbos]

AITA for not killing a princess?

We (all M, ???) are on a quest to kill a princess who's, according to this voice narrating our every action (let's call him N, for convenience's sake), apparently supposed to end the world. The thing is, she looks quite harmless and even beautiful, maybe, but N insists that we need to kill her, and even took control of ourbody to do so. We managed to stop him, but died in the process. Not that it matters, because we just ended back at the start again.

The reason I might be TA is that she's actually slightly scary and I'm starting to second guess myself. She gnawed off her arm to escape the chains binding her to the wall the first time and was perfectly fine with it, and the second time around, when we asked what she wanted to do, all she kept saying was 'I just want to make you happy!' like a broken record.

Also, she may or may not have ended the world after we died. I don't know for... Obvious reasons. I'm starting to think N was right and that we screwed up.

The others seem smitten with her, but I'm not so sure. AITA for not agreeing with them?

[wreckitremy]

The Political Platform of the Democratic Socialists of America:

Abolition of the Carceral State

Abolition of White Supremacy

A Powerful Labor Movement

Economic Justice

Gender and Sexuality Justice

Green New Deal

Health Justice

Housing for All

International Solidarity,

Anti-Imperialism, and Anti-Militarism

DSA' Political Platform on

Gender and Sexuality Justice

DSA is a socialist feminist organization. We organize people of all genders to fight against systems of oppression and exploitation, including patriarchy, capitalism, and white supremacy.

Liberal representation feminism is content with increasing the number of female faces in oppressive structures. A few women in positions of power, however, is not liberation. Liberation means all genders having freedom and control over their own lives and bodies through ending exploitation.

DSA fights to build a feminism for and by the working class and all oppressed people. Capitalism specifically impacts women workers through devaluing of feminized labor, sexual violence in the workplace, unpaid housework, and the expectation of emotional labor.

DSA fights for the democratization of domestic and care work, political and social liberation for all genders, full bodily autonomy for all, and the end of state recognition of the gender binary.

We stand in solidarity with grassroots feminist movements around the world in their fight against capitalist oppression and exploitation.

We organize for the liberation of queer people, understanding that liberation – having the power to define our life choices, and fulfill our greatest potential — depends on achieving economic justice for the multiracial working class, and all oppressed people.

We fight against violence against black transgender women, federal and state discrimination, and all political and social barriers to full control over ourbodies and sexualities. We seek equity so that queer people, subject to discrimination and violence, have the means to livea liberated, fulfilling life.

We strongly oppose “rainbow capitalism,” in which banks, police, andcorporations wrap themselves in Pride flags during June in order to make profit, all while exploiting queer workers.

We likewise reject “homonationalism,” the process of using superficial support of LGBTQ+ people, such as US military propaganda featuring gay couples, to provide cover for the brutalities of the American empire. Companies in the military-industrial complex may march in corporate Pride parades, but we recognize them for what they are: enemies of the global working class, and of the international queer liberation movement.

We seek nothing less than liberation.

OUR DEMANDS:

Reproductive Justice for All

Free contraception and birth control for all who want it, provided by the state

Free fertility treatment for all

Free abortion on demand

Repeal of the Hyde Amendment and all legal restrictions on abortion access

Reparations for all those impacted by reproductive and sexual violence committed by the state, such as those forced to undergo hysterectomies in ICE detension

An immediate end to forced sterilization of disabled people

Affordable representation of disabled people within family courts

Protection and expansion of the legal rights of disabled parents regarding guardianship

Paid parental leave for all people

Universal child care, elder care, and pre-kindergarten

Quality, age appropriate, and comprehensive sex-ed taught in schools

End Employment and Housing Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression

Enact federal and state anti-discrimination laws, including passage of ENDA and the Equality Act, as well as the addition of “sexual orientation, gender identity and expression” as a protected category in all human rights laws

Require “just cause” for evicting someone from housing or terminating employment

Enhance and strengthen equal pay guarantees, including by requiring the EEOC to resume collecting pay data from large employers, forbidding prior salary from being considered in setting pay rates, and increasing transparency and protections for workers discussing their own pay

Housing for all and a universal ban on housing discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity

End Anti-Queer Violence

The establishment of community-based response systems to transphobic and homophobic violence, especially violence targeting black trans women, that is entirely separated from the police and criminal law system

Put in place greater protections for survivors of sexual assault and abolition of the requirement that survivors file a police report to access funds

Allow transgender prisoners to be housed in facilities reflecting their gender identities

Guarantee Queer-Friendly and Gender Affirming Healthcare

Enact a single-payer Medicare for All system that provides free queer sexual health and gender affirming healthcare, including HIV care, PrEP, fertilty treatments, birth control, abortion care, mental health care, hormone replacement therapy, and gender-affirming surgeries

Allow trans minors to access gender affirming care without parental consent

Prioritize funding for health centers that provide transgender healthcare, especially in rural and conservative areas, on reservations, and in underserved urban areas

Guarantee that transition-related healthcare, including HRT and surgery, to all incarcerated people who request it

End gender restrictions in insurance coverage, such as the practice of only covering contraceptive costs for women, and demand healthcare tailored to our actual bodies rather than our ID cards

End gendered restrictions on medical care, including but not limited to services available to sexual assault survivors

End the Repression of Sex Workers and Fully Decriminalize Sex Work Nationwide

Repeal FOSTA/SESTA

Increase consideration of the intersection of disability and sex work and provision of specific resources for disabled sex workers

Dignity for domestic and care workers

Increased wages for domestic labor and care work, including through a $15 minimum wage indexed to inflation

Require domestic laborers and home health aides to be paid for all hours worked

The end of mandated 24-hour workdays

End the State Recognition of the Gender Binary and Enforcement of Heteronormativity

Remove all barriers and requirements to changing one’s ID gender marker and legal name

End all laws prohibiting cohabitation of unrelated people, which exist only to privilege the heterosexual nuclear family over nontraditional and chosen family

End conversion therapy and provide stronger supportive care for minors whose families abandon them

Grant all privileges afforded to married couples to all consenting partnerships

Eliminate the financial and healthcare barriers for disabled people to marry freely

This pamphlet contains an excerpt from the Political Platform of the Democratic Socialists of America, ratified at the organization’s 2021 National Convention. The platform is a living document, up for amendment by our highest deliberative body, the national convention, every other year. You can read the current version of the full platform at ntdsa.org/nationaldsaplatform

Read the latest version of DSA’s full platform at

ntdsa.org/nationaldsaplatform

[antis-hell]

The system (@/ourbody): Hey, today's a pretty big traumaversary, and a lot of programs are messing things up right now. Can you please give us a break?

The body:

[nursingscience]

Brain basics

1. Frontal Lobe

Located behind the forehead, the frontal lobes are the largest lobes of the brain. They are prone to injury because they sit just inside the front of the skull and near rough bony ridges.

These two lobes are involved in:

▪️planning & organizing

▪️problem solving & decision making

▪️memory & attention

▪️controlling behavior, emotions & impulses

The left frontal lobe plays a large role in speech and language.

🔹Problems After Injury

Injury to the frontal lobes may affect:

▪️emotions & impulses

▪️language

▪️memory

▪️social and sexual behavior

Brain basics

2. Parietal Lobe

Located behind the frontal lobes, the parietal lobes:

▪️ integrate sensory information from various parts of the body

▪️ contain the primary sensory cortex, which controls sensation (touch, hot or cold, pain)

▪️ tell us which way is up

▪️ help to keep us from bumping into things when we walk

🔹Problems After Injury

Damage to the parietal lobes may result in:

▪️ an inability to locate parts of your body

▪️ an inability to recognize parts of your body

Brain basics

3. Temporal Lobe

The temporal lobes are located on the sides of the brain under the parietal lobes and behind the frontal lobes at about the level of the ears. They are responsible for:

▪️recognizing and processing sound

▪️understanding and producing speech

▪️ various aspects of memory

🔹Problems After Injury

Damage to specific parts of the temporal lobe can result in:

▪️hearing loss

▪️language problems

▪️ sensory problems like the inability to recognize a familiar person's face

Brain basics

6. Brain Stem

Located at the base of the brain, the brainstem is composed of the midbrain, the pons, and the medulla. It regulates basic involuntary functions necessary for survival such as:

▪️ breathing

▪️ heart rate

▪️blood pressure

▪️ swallowing

It also plays a role in alertness and sensation.

🔹Problems After Injury

Injury to the brainstem can disrupt basic functions so that they are no longer regulated automatically. These functions can include:

▪️ heart rate

▪️ breathing

▪️swallowing

Brain basics

7. Hypothalamus

Located below the thalamus and above the brain stem, the hypothalamus:

▪️ helps us regulate body temperature

▪️helps us realize when we are hungry or thirsty

▪️plays a role in what mood we might be feeling

▪️releases and controls many hormones that we need to function

🔹Injury to the hypothalamus may affect:

▪️ sex drive

▪️ sleep

▪️ hunger

▪️ thirst

▪️ emotions

Brain basics

8. Pituitary Gland

Located at the base of the brain, the pituitary gland:

▪️ regulates and releases important hormones to ourbody

▪️ plays a big part of our overall well-being

🔹Injury to the pituitary gland may affect:

▪️growth in children

▪️ blood pressure

▪️ fatigue

▪️depression

▪️sex drive

▪️body temperature

▪️ pain

Brain basics

9. Amygdala

Located near the hippocampus in the frontal portion of the temporal lobes, the amygdala:

▪️ are invovled in the formation and storage of information related to emotional events

▪️facilitate long-term memory formation

▪️ convert and retain learning from pleasure responses

▪️ help us recognize when we are in danger or fearful of

🔹something Injury to the amygdala may affect:

▪️ memory formation

▪️ emotional sensitivity

▪️ learning and rentention

▪️ depression

▪️ anxiety

Brain basics

10. Hippocampus

The hippocampus is located in the medial temporal lobe. The cells in the hippocampus are hypersensitive to oxygen loss or lower blood flow in the case of a brain injury. The hippocampus:

▪️ is responsible for memory creation and retention

▪️ helps us create new memories

▪️ helps us orient ourselves in our surroundings

▪️ facilitates our ability to navigate and find our way around the world

🔹Injury to the hippocampus may affect:

▪️ new memory creation

▪️new memory retention

▪️ mood

▪️confusion

▪️ disorientation

[risingshine]

"Before or after we put ourbodies on ya?"

"Two?! I'm gonna get overheated!"

[apunalalocura]

M8

[oddjob22]

#ourbody #quotes #quotesoftheday #awareness #thoughtoftheday #awakening #makingspiritualprogress

[rhondawoody]

Knowledge is powerful. #neurology #wisdom #ourbody #nerves (at Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch7ypOKuqg3HpzRTMS0gFzHlqYJVlp1VS3lAg40/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[not-quite-a-murkrow]

were saef phones ,hard touse wth my hqnds

alksei idnt cme back an i dont hea ar h im

mayve sleepp ?

but neeed somone esle than aero hes nort taht fine he doesn t know whats hppening i need help to clm him hes protecting ourbody and i s refussin to let me move

we're in the eterna forest, behind the old chateau

we might need some help

don't think it's anything serious

might be bc i forgot to delete this post, might not

[guayilandia]

Exact moments of complex meaning. As a woman, an immigrant, these times are very intense, determinant for us. Together we can move forward. Let us make ourselves heard. #womanrights #ourbody #igstreet #mybodymychoice #womanphotographer #igstreetphotography #life_is_streets #dc_spc #wearestreet #fotocallejera #streetphotographers #streetphoto #womanstreetphotographers #streetphotographyinternational #spicollective #spicollectiveinternational #colorado #denver #streetphotographercommunity (at Denver, Colorado) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdpQwJSNUjN/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[nosseili3-blog]

Reflection 6, “African-American women and Abortion.”

Abortions are not just issues that women faced back in the old days, it is an issue that is still going on till today due to the individuals who hold the power to call abortion a “genocide.” The history of African-Americans with abortion shocks me because I didn’t know slaves used to use adolescent girls to have children. It upsets me how slaves treated them like objects that provide babies from one slave master to another. African-Americans were desperate for abortion and birth control due to how they used to get pregnant because they were basically forced to make love with the slave master and have his children. In other words, it is rape where slaves had no choice but to follow their master’s demands of having children, which is why they used to use abortion and birth control as a way of resisting slavery. As stated in the reading, “They wanted to have all these kids and even if they didn’t, they wouldn’t understand the principles of birth control due to them not being bright enough and lacking behavioral skills.” This shows how many individuals back then did not give the women the chance to speak up for themselves because their voices didn’t “matter”, they’re not “intelligent” enough to know how to be safe. The thought of how people view abortion itself upsets me but what makes me more upset is that they try to blame the victims like they blamed the slaves back then for not being “educated.” The video played in class showed multiple white women’s experiences who were more privileged than African-Americans because almost 80% of deaths caused by illegal abortions in New York in the 1960’s involved black and Puerto Rican women. (Loretta J. Ross) It also worries me how abortion may be like before since we have a president who considers abortion a “murder” and a judge who has not been punished for sexual assault. We live in a society where we have nobody but each other to protect our rights as women. What people fail to understand is that having an abortion is our choice and our body. The article mentions how African-Americans support abortion because it gives them a chance to free themselves from unwanted pregnancies. Individuals are so quick to call a woman a “murderer” instead of asking why? How? When? These three questions matter a lot because it shows we even got the abortion from the first place. If rape victims were forced to have the baby, rape suicide would most likely go up due to the trauma women have to deal with whenever looking at their baby and getting flashbacks from their traumatizing incident. Having an abortion gives us a chance to have a happier family in the future when we actually want the baby and feel ready. Women are human beings too and we shouldn’t be forced or controlled to have an infant when we don’t feel ready. Instead of just thinking of abortion as a murder, why don’t we start considering the poor women who cannot afford raising a baby? Women who were raped or molested? Girls who are too young to raise kids and don’t feel ready? Women should be more considered in society and have their choices of their own body respected, than being the “bad” guy or the “murderer.”

[pure-posture]

8月29日、もう8月が終わる。4時半起床、5時半から7時くらいまで散歩。今日も快晴。

先日、と整体の川崎さんとお電話でお話しした。最近の身体の不調を伝えると『歩く』というとてもシンプルなご提案をいただいた。

次の日から、朝の散歩を取り入れてみた。手には何も持たず、ただふらふらと足の向かうままに歩く。初日は、７時頃に家を出たのですぐに暑くなってきたけれど、１時間ほど歩いてみた。自宅が山の上に方で、そこから見える駅の反対側の山が気になったのでそちら側に向かってみる。ごく近所も少しルートを変えるだけで、新鮮な景色があり、知らなかったお店を見つけたりと面白い。頭でこっちかな？と思っても、足が違う方向を向いていたら、とりあえず足に従うことにした。日差しはまだ強いが、空は高くなって透明感があり、たまに吹く風が心地良い。坂道が多く、登ったり降ったりしていると、上り坂より下り坂の方が腸が刺激を受けるという発見。手が少し浮腫むがシャワーを浴びたら身体が軽くなった。その次の日は、自宅から徒歩４０分の場所に用事があったので、朝の散歩はおやすみ。

今日は、駅まで見送りに行って、そのまま駅の裏側の方を歩いてみる。ちょうど山の裏側から朝日が登ってきて、山の木々にを照らしている。朝の空気は清潔で、人も少なく、民家からも音がしない。大きな犬を散歩させている人が向かいから来て、途中で立ち止まって見ているものがあったので、後���ら自分もその場所を通った時に目をやると、立派な蜘蛛の巣がいくつもあった。そのどれもが、朝日を浴びていた。

いくつか頭の中をぐるぐるとしていたことが、歩いていると少し頭を離れ��り、また浮かんだりを繰り返しながら、前向きで建設的な答えに向かった気がする。帰ってからそれをノートに書き留めたら、とてもすっきりした。

[the-scrunchymamalife]

Training it up. Learning more. Expanding my business. Growing. It's been a crazy weekend and I'm not fully sure of the extent that it will have into my business... BUT rest assured.... my business is expanding. 🙌🏼😍 ☆ ☆ ☆ #momlife #parenting #training #learning #birthkeeper #doula #midwife #dilation #ourbody #birth #life #enhancing #knowledgeispower #expanding #empower #support https://www.instagram.com/p/CDxY8kzlqdI/?igshid=1eo1ozqw1vfrl