December 2010
How To Use Gender Neutral Pronouns →
jadedhippy:
It’s like gender neutral pronouns 101, useful stuff!
Way way back in the day I played in an online environment called LambdaMOO… player characters could pick a gender if they liked and the environment changed eir pronouns to match. Spivak was one of them so it feels natural to me, I’ve seen it lots already and it is still my go-to gender neutral pronoun choice….
Diva Cup, circa 1975
So I was chatting with my mom about my alternative menstruation adventures and said I used a cup. Rather than recoiling in horror, my mom was familiar with the concept…
Mom: Oh yeah, I remember, in health class in school they told us about those.
Me: Really!
Mom: Yep, menstrual cups have been around for a long time.
Me: Huh, I wonder why we didn’t learn about them? Wait, your health...
“Well, you know what it’s like at the start, when they’re all fiery-eyed, and...”
–
Coupling: The End of the Line (s02e9), BBC
I never imagined I would be one of those people who is like “goddamn it tumblr stop crapping out”
Running while fat: in which I ramble →
“So something’s been on my mind lately… Fat fitness is something that the FA community doesn’t really address. Everyone says movement is great, and lots of folks mention their gym habit in passing, but I’ve never seen another blog about a fat person documenting their personal fitness goals that don’t include intentional weight loss. (If you know of one,...
Confidential Swedish Police Report Details... →
(Trigger warning)
Details of the allegations against Assange, including a description of the crime from one of the victims.
“But there was nowhere to go when I was a child. No one to turn to. Not even...”
– Patrick Stewart For Amnesty International - Violence Against Women (via i-am-the-lighthouse)
“How can I get by on one house? I need five houses, ten houses! I need three jet...”
– bernie sanders, OWNING YOUR FUCKING FACES, REPUBLICANS
(via stfuteabaggers)
as if I could love him anymore.
(via feministslut)
Yes, yes, yes Bernie Sanders!
(via adnascentia)
fuckyealiz:
I’m gonna rewrite the song ‘Baby, It’s Cold Outside’ and make it so the person leaving actually gets to leave, and the other person is like, ‘Alright, it was nice having you over, I totally respect your boundaries and understand that no means no, and we can hang out tomorrow if you want!’
It won’t be a very long song.
I am so glad I’m not the only person who finds this song...
Blog: So re my earlier mall encounter today. I... →
bluebears:
So re my earlier mall encounter today. I think in a weird way I feel like a failure for staying in Michigan. Sometimes I run into people my parents age and they talk about their own kids (roughly my own age) and so many of them moved out of state, many to Chicago and I don’t know. I feel like…
Hey, you’re gainfully employed and you’re near your family. I wish I...
The Declining Demand for Men →
“Increased foreign trade has hammered the manufacturing sector. Automation and information technology have reduced demand for many midlevel service jobs filled by men. Jobs in education and health services are harder than other jobs to outsource or to “offshore,” because they currently involve at least some in-person, face-to-face interaction.
Why don’t men simply move into women’s jobs?...
Catholics stage anti-abortion protest outside... →
piddlebucket:
wut4:
Hey, folks that do abortion clinic escorting? How does one get involved? I want to do what I can to protect access.
edit: Google is wonderful, I found these folks: http://www.wacdtf.org/
really happy that this is available close to me. but fuck that fact that i learned about it was because of a goddamned protest.
I’ll let you know when I hear back from the...
Catholics stage anti-abortion protest outside... →
Hey, folks that do abortion clinic escorting? How does one get involved? I want to do what I can to protect access.
edit: Google is wonderful, I found these folks: http://www.wacdtf.org/
My parents have never been quite well-to-do but one year, when both of them had good steady work, they decided to ‘adopt’ a child from a poorer family for Christmas. They chose a boy who had been in my brother’s class, who lived a couple miles away in a tumbledown old farmhouse on a dirt road. My brother had mentioned how this boy to my parents before, how he had worn-out,...
“I think there’s a misconception that people who dress up all the time do it for...”
– V.V (via vintagevandalizm)
Sometimes it’s a performative thing, yannow? In the past two years I decided to do high femme when I went out, and I called it “fancy”… because I am very tall and very fat, people tend to desexualise women who are as big as me… hell I’ve done it to myself. But when you...
Lap-Band Life: Why Can't It Be About Both? →
piddlebucket:
fiercefatties:
lap-band-life:
I read a lot of back-and-forth on blogs about losing weight for health versus losing weight to look better. Each camp seems to think the other is the enemy.
Why can’t it be about both?
Why can’t I want to lose weight to save my life and to look better at the same time? Is it wrong to…
Nikki, I completely understand why you feel this way and I...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=td1PbsV6B80 →
i'll give you wut4: Doctor visit, part deux →
piddlebucket:
wut4:
So I had my follow-up visit with the doctor today (plus a lady-parts exam, whee). My bloodwork came out really well! Cholesterol is 158, other lipids good, serum glucose good, lots of iron, everything normal. So I am, in fact, healthy as a horse. The doc still wants me to lose 25 pounds this year,…
Did she even give a reason or was it her generic, blanket statement she...
“If I was between the ages of 13 and 16 and you were a dude at church camp with...”
– I love thetart. (via bluebears)
srsly. Everyone knew that the big youth gatherings were the place to hook up. Why I myself… okay, we only made out.
“1) Please use the term “government-run health insurance” or, when brevity...”
– Fox News’ Washington managing editor, Bill Sammon, issuing an e-mailed reminder to staffers at the height of the healthcare debate. “Public option,” which Sammon told staffers to avoid using without qualifiers, got more positive responses in the polls compared to the term “government option,” a...
Doctor visit, part deux
So I had my follow-up visit with the doctor today (plus a lady-parts exam, whee). My bloodwork came out really well! Cholesterol is 158, other lipids good, serum glucose good, lots of iron, everything normal. So I am, in fact, healthy as a horse. The doc still wants me to lose 25 pounds this year, though. It boggles my mind– every single major, direct health indicator I have is 100%...
Full Fat Milk: Yesterday, my friend, who is newly... →
mymilkspilt:
Yesterday, my friend, who is newly pregnant for the first time, said to me, I feel like having this baby is a feminist act.
I said, wait until you have a visible bump and someone refuses to serve you a fucking coffee, and wait until a doctor puts his hand inside of your clothes (or worse,…
“…one day I just said, “Hey, what if this is it? What if this is just what I look...”
– Margaret Cho (via heyfatchick)
Request.
What is an appropriate comeback to “Damn. You married?” Pretending not to hear it seems not to be enough.