#so i flushed it down the toilet

[balkanradfem]

a nasty BUG just tried to TAKE MY LIFE (I found a tick on my leg)

[melon-moth]

instagram liked these so you all get to see them too

PROSHIP DNI

[byfulcrums]

Honkai Star Rail is officially the funniest game Hoyoverse has ever made

[babsaros]

hey. when cis society is oppressing a trans man, what he is experiencing is. In Fact. misogyny. i'm sorry i know none of us like to be reminded of our agab, and it hurts whenever people perceive you as the wrong gender. but a cis person hate-criming, assaulting, verbally abusing, etc, a trans man is not doing "transandrophobia" because they do not perceive him as a man.

they perceive him as a woman failing at her gender, as a woman who has been seduced and lied to and manipulated because women are so easily led astray, just like it says in the bible. they perceive him as a woman who has been mutilated. they perceive him as a dyke that needs to be fixed. if they are hate-criming him because they *do* perceive him as a man, because he passes well enough they aren't thinking he could be trans, then they're doing so out of homophobia, perceiving him as a gay man, a pervert, a sissy, a danger to children. OR, they are being transphobic but specifically because they think he might be transfeminine instead. when cis society oppresses a trans woman, they are able to do it on multiple levels at once. She's a woman failing at her gender, a dyke that needs to be fixed. Or she's an evil and grotesque crossdressing pervert, a rude caricature, a danger to polite society. she will never be doing enough to escape oppression entirely, no matter if she gets every surgery she can and wears makeup every day and passes perfectly, because she lives under a patriarchy, and she's a woman, so she lives in a panopticon, and HAVING to get surgery and wear make-up to be respected IS oppression, especially if the alternative is being hate-crimed.

trans women (and trans men who pass) are not experiencing "transandrophobia" when a 'queer women and nbs" event turns them away at the door for being too masculine. they are. IN FACT!! experiencing the byproducts of misogyny in a patriarchy!!! where the terfs and coward cis women running those events and occupying those spaces have been taught (sometimes through experience, sometimes by men, sometimes by women) throughout life that men = stronger and more dangerous than women ALWAYS. That they need to protect themselves at all times and always be vigilant. That men and women can't be friends without sexual tension (and so as queer women the mere existence of what they perceive as a "man" is a threat). That women need a separate sports league because they can't possibly compete with someone who has even a little bit "extra" (an unquantifiable amount actually because there isn't a standard range) testosterone. That women should cook and men should fix cars. i promise you, i promise i promise i promise. it's misogyny. like!!! you don't say cis gay men experiences "androphobia", bc that's not a thing!! you sound like fucking mens rights activists guys please! you don't say a black man experiences "misandrynoir"!! because living in a patriarchy fundamentally means men do not experience oppression based on their gender. its not happening. shut the fuck up. stop walking us back to 2014 can we please take a step forward and stop bitching about this. there are genuine issues in the world and i'm frankly sick of people who should be smarter than that needing to be gently hand-held through this fucking explanation for the millionth time and still stomping their feet.

[drunkonduty]

Its 4:45 am rn rewatching ew

Transgender real

[hereissomething]

had a rly bad time trying to get my meds today, and after a day long struggle between doctors and pharmacists it looks im going without. ngl, i feel awful. it'd be rly nice if anyone wanted to toss me $3 on kofi. ko-fi.com/phuzface

[ryp3004]

The aftermath of the fight

Wes knocked on the door to Mr. O’Brine’s room, shuffling on his feet nervously. He had never seen Ryanne like that before. He didn’t even think she could get upset. Of course, he’s kicking himself for it now. He can’t believe he’d been so stupid. He was so used to Ryanne going along with whatever he came up with that he didn’t even ask if she’d be okay with this.

The door unlocks with a soft click, and Wes makes sure the hallway is empty before slipping in.

Fuck, she was crying. 

“Hey, I’m sorry, Ryanne. I’m so sorry, babe.” He holds her, burying his face in her hair. She smells like cherries and vanilla. “I shouldn’t have said that stuff. I wasn’t thinking…”

She shakes her head, pulling away from him with a sniff and wipes her eyes.

“No… You wanted it to look real. You didn’t know I’d react like that. I didn’t know I’d react like that.” She sighs and sits on the desk across from him, Wes taking the hint to do the same. Her eyes are dim and vulnerable when she looks at him. God, she looks so sad.

“Wes, can I tell you a secret?”

“Of course, babe, anything.”

Ryanne fidgets with the hem of her dress for a moment, collecting her thoughts.

“I was… I was happy when my grandparents died.” 

Wes blinks.

“Or, not happy, I was relieved. Th-they weren’t very nice to me.” She explains quickly. “They used to dress me up in these tight clothes and parade me around like I was a dog. I had… I have to be perfect. I’m useless if I’m not. Everything is my fault. I was too lazy, I was too stupid, I was born wrong.” She takes a deep breath to stop her voice from shaking and Wes’s heart breaks.

“What about Rebecca? Or Thomas?” 

“Mom wasn’t home.” She laughs wetly, shrinking in on herself. “She was off at college. She had me so young, I almost ruined her life.” Wes grabs her hands. “And by the time she married Dad, she was always so proud of me when she came home. I love my parents, Wes, I couldn’t let them down.”

Wes kisses the back of her hand.

“You have the world on your shoulders, Ry.” He says softly. “I’m sorry I didn’t see it before. I should have. I care about you, way more than I thought I would when we started dating. And you’re right. I haven’t been there for you the way you have for me.”

Ryanne starts to shake her head, but Wes cuts off her protest. 

“Helping you help a classmate or the school is not the same.”

Ryanne flushes.

“I mean it, Ryanne. You are… you are so wonderful. So infallible. I just assumed that you were on a higher level than me and I didn’t even try to mend that gap.” He kisses her wrist, and her fingertips touch his cheek.

“You can’t take all of the blame, Wes.” She says shyly. “I’m not exactly an open book. Besides,” She cups his cheek. “I trust you, Wes, I just… I’m not… used to this. To depending on people.” 

Wes pressed his face into her hand, covering it with his.

“I feel like I'm wrong and I don’t know how to fix it.” Ryanne hiccups and Wes pulls her into a tight embrace.

“Shh, I’ve got you, sweetheart, I’m not leaving. I’m right here.” Wes kisses her hair, just reassuring her while she babbles half-coherent apologies. As if he cared about getting her makeup on his shirt. He’ll burn the damn thing for her if that’s what it takes.

Wes doesn't know how long they stay like that. He couldn’t care less. Mr. O’Brine is in the lab for the rest of the day. And even if he wasn’t, Wes can be very persuasive. Ryanne finally calms, though she hides her face from him, like Wes could ever find her anything but beautiful. He gently pulls her hands from her face, trying to convey as much love and trust as he can with his eyes alone.

“Do you want me to take you home? Mine or yours. Macbeth misses you.” Ryanne huffs a small laugh. 

“What about the plan? If we’re both gone, Ace will get suspicious.”  

“Fuck the plan. The plan was stupid in the first place. I should’ve thought of something else.” Ryanne shakes her head before kissing his forehead. “No, I’m okay now. Thank you, Wes. We already laid the groundwork, it’d be a waste to backtrack.”

Wes sighs. “You’re right. It definitely worked, by the way. Ace fell for it hook, line, and sinker. I almost decked him when he said you were overreacting.” Ryanne hums, playing with his hair absentmindedly. 

“Good."

"It’s April 4th, by the way.”

Wes smiles softly. “And your favorite movie? Song? Video game? Your mother's maiden name? The name of your childhood pet?”

Ryanne laughs brightly, the sound a balm on Wes’s weary soul.

[itshomobirb]

2 memories i feel like sharing, & some backstory context: so my ass has been spayed, and healthy people take 6-8 weeks to fully recover from getting spayed. i, chronically ill, took longer. as with any abdominal surgery, they told me "no lifting over 10lb u could tear ur stitches." and for reference, my cats are 12 lb wonders.

so im chilling in bed. ~4 weeks after surgery. and my mother starts SCREAMING my name. like "OH MY GOD BORB COME IN HERE NOW QUICK QUICK HURRY OH GOD." so i do, albeit slowly because, you know, still recovering from major surgery. she's freaking out about one of my cats, who looks entirely normal. oh but he ~suddenly stopped~ and ~twisted his body~ i don't know if he's going to be ok. one mother panic attack and one emergency vet visit later (with my mother's help bc i couldn't lift my cat due to lifting restrictions) : he had flea dirt on his hind legs. he was twisting around to lick around his arse. cool 👍 (ofc my mother, on the ride back from the vet, tried to tell me NOT to give the kids flea meds, she doesn't know what kind of ~health ramifications~ flea meds can have if *gasp* the kids don't actually have fleas)

around the same time period, i get woken up by my mother screaming "HELP HELP HELP!!" the first day it happens, she stops within ~15 seconds, and i hear my parents talking before i fall back asleep. find out later the mechanism for moving the window panels up & down in the bathroom broke, so the top panel had trapped her fingers a la guillotine style. my parents joke "well borb if you hear your mother screaming... her fingers are probably trapped 😂." can you guess what happens next. my father was gone the next day, and guess who got her fingers trapped AGAIN by the bathroom window. so i get woken up by her screaming, and i have to help dislodge the window around her bare naked ass. and sure, i have sympathy because i bet it was really painful. but like. are you fucking stupid. my father had to literally childproof the window by installing a screw so the guillotine panel would catch against the other panel so fingers wouldn't get trapped. just so my mother wouldn't get her fingers trapped again. we all knew that if it wasn't there, she would 1000% get her fingers trapped again. but *im* supposedly the incompetent fuck up that NEEDS to be told exactly what to do just in case i, idk, have an independent thought.

[dollya-robinprotector]

I honestly threw up from just playing (rushing) through Penacony story map.

Genshin and even Star rail are HELL for me, I have to take a break every freaking ten minute because apparently going from floor to wall to ceiling is torture to my nervous system. Gosh even with the minimum motion setting.... Feel like car sick. Now I remember why I don't actually "play" it often I just open it and auto through daily mission. Ough the funny rumbling in my stomach and my head spin awawawaa-

[multicolour-ink]

Gotta say, I think I already prefer Snoutlet over Starlow

Everyone finally got sick of her bs.

[aromanticmara]

reminder to check yourself and others for ticks if you’ve been outside in talk grasses or forests! lyme disease can become chronic and affects your nervous system, joints, and heart.

[jerek]

It's gonna be so weird when I have real life friends trying to explain that I used to only be able to say my life is dogshit once or twice a week without clogging the vent channel that we all used to say our life was shit because it was all unanimously shitty for all of us and it was considered rude to bring it up too often even though unanimously it was shitty in ways that we could not control and affected us daily

[isa-ah]

the fact that shopping apps no longer make the shoppers seek approval for things they replace is making me go insane.

[lightyaoigami]

i love that in fandom we get inspired by each other and work together but one thing that i wish we would do more is like. talk to people before writing something in their universe or based on what they wrote/drew/etc. i truly think collaboration is the best part of being a creator but i think that it would be really nice to like discuss these types of things BEFORE starting, you know?

ftr this is not about anything specific but i feel like it's really obvious when someone is basing something off an existing fanwork without credit and it makes me sad because missing those opportunities for collaboration and connection is just a net loss for all creative people.

[hyumjim]

Not bein funny m8 at this point I would be unstoppable if god didn’t nerf me by making me 5’2”

[gotta-bail-my-quails]

man i thought i moved out to escape my family but it turns out i've jumped from the pan into the fire because holy shit my guys what the fuck??