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hanging out with other ADHD people is such a balm. i can interrupt them midsentence and go “look at that nice duck!!” and they’ll immediately turn around and go “oh my god that is a GOOD duck” instead of just snapping at me to pay attention

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Chaotic academia is

1.) Intense obsessions that last maybe two weeks but consume your soul

2.) Spacing out in class but loving to learn

3.) Swearing and slang while discussing deep academic topics

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-Keldabe-

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A follow up to this post I made a few years back

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since the old version of this post was flagged for 'adult content'...

reblog this post if your account is a trans safe space or owned by a trans person!

along with that, reblog if your account is a trans non-binary spectrum safe space or owned by someone on the trans enby spectrum!

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everything orange is evil

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Transgender writer, historian, and prolific author Jan Morris passed away last night, on Trans Day of Remembrance, at age 94. She’s absolute legend. Her 1974 autobiography, Conundrum, was one of the first first-person narratives of transitioning. Her life was beyond incredible and deserves more recognition beyond her transition. Here are a few highlights:

- In the span of 46 years, she authored at least 45(!) books. These included Booker Prize-shortlisted novels, 8 memoirs, 6 history books, and over 20 travel volumes!

- In 1953, age 26, she assisted in the first expedition that summited Mount Everest. She invented secret code to communicate with the climbers, who didn’t want their messages to be intercepted. Morris waited at base camp and was the first reporter to hear the news Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary reached the summit.

- She fought against Fascists in World War II as part of the 9th Queen’s Royal Lancers cavalry regiment. She later reported on the famous trial of Adolf Eichmann next to Hannah Arendt.

- She was nominated for and won dozens of awards. She held honorary doctorates from the University of Wales and the University of Glamorgan. She also received a CBE from Queen Elizabeth II in 1999, making her one of the first openly transgender people to receive the honor. In 2005, she won the Golden PEN Award, the highest award given to British writers by the PEN writer’s association.

- Her work and writing are survived by her wife, Elizabeth Tuckniss, and four children. She married Elizabeth in 1949, 71 years ago. She had to travel to Morocco in 1972 to get surgery because doctors in the UK refused to treat her unless she divorced Elizabeth. While they eventually divorced later, they were legally reunited when they entered a civil union in 2008.

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Oh how I yearn for a simpler time, when a young man would simply give his paramour an intricately crafted wooden spoon to show his affection and ability to provide for their future family, especially if they ever ran out of spoons

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unrestrained summer fun

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little photo dump of all the Juicy Joshler Moments™ we got today from all the loc password files

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Kawagoe Hikawa Shrine, Tokyo Japan 

by Tadahisa Hagiwara

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Okay, can I just talk about this comic series for a second? This has got to be the most hilarious comic series I have ever seen. This is AJ & Magnus, a Calvin and Hobbes inspired comic series about an adopted kid, his talking dog, and his 2 gay parents. The humor is really good, very quick and to the point. This series is beautiful, please, give them your love!

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