Professionally Dx'd by brain surgeon with being "Unfortunate"

Legit between the infighting between trans men and trans women and the shinigami eyes mods turning against intersex folks, I feel like Larry Kramer screaming that people are dying en masse from AIDS to shut up the bickering within ACT UP

DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND THEY ARE TAKING AWAY OUR RIGHTS AND SUBJECTING US TO HORRIBLE ABUSE AND DEATHS? Jesus Christ people

I'm gonna reblog this every time I see stupid discourse on my dash instead of blocking mutuals

Reminder that the genocide against Indigenous Americans is ongoing. The orange shitgibbon wants to not only start mass-denaturalization of immigrants, but also to take away US citizenship from Indigenous Americans, which would set the stage for further atrocities, considering the current regime's position on non-citizens is that they have zero rights--including no right to due process before being sent to torture/death/forced labor camps.

> sees complaints that a female character looks "too masculine" or "like an ugly lesbian"

> ask if we got an actual butch character or if shes just a normal looking woman that isnt wearing make up and a dress

> person is visibly confused, i start explaining the difference between actual butch presentation and dress and a woman simply dressing comfortably to avoid indecent exposure

> person laughs and says "she straight up looks like a guy, i can barely tell her apart from the actual men"

> google the character

> shes just a normal looking woman that isnt wearing make up and a dress

> sees complaints that a female character looks "too masculine" or "like an ugly lesbian"

> ask if we got an actual butch character or if shes just a black woman

> person is visibly confused, i start explaining the difference between actual butch presentation and dress and how black women are held to white standards of femininity and are often accused of looking like/being men because of white people applying these standards to them

> person laughs and says "she straight up looks like a guy, i can barely tell her apart from the actual men. why are you bringing race into this?"

> google the character

> shes just a black woman

Fucking wild to be teaching about Rosa Parks at the same time as a trans woman in Florida does an act of civil disobedience to use a women's restroom in the state capitol

As far as I know, she is the first woman arrested bc of this law. The law requires that the trans person be warned to leave the bathroom by a state official, and then if they stay they are guilty of trespassing after a warning.

So like, me, my gf, others just piss and nobody asks or tells, but this young woman sent a statement about the law to over 100 FL lawmakers so they would know she was coming, the cops were ready for her, she brought a reporter and went in anyway and spent the night in a men's jail. She is out on bail, and is hoping this will inspire change of the law. But if found guilty, and the law is upheld as constitutional, then she could spend up to 60 days in a mens county jail.

products are so bad now that i have to do approximately 8 hours of research before i buy anything

Seriously, if you're planning to spend a coupla hundred bucks on an appliance, or thousands for a car, spend $4 for a month of Consumer Reports (consumerreports.org).

They're a not-for-profit consumers union, dedicated to fair and honest reviews of everything people buy. Totally worth the membership.

And yeah, if money is tight you can join for a month then cancel the membership easily when you're done with your research.

Also check to see if your local public library has a subscription, either in print or digital format (might be listed as a database rather than a magazine - that's the case at my library in Canada).

Most libraries will provide access to CR, either in print or digital format. The digital archives are what you want when researching a specific product, since they cover different areas each issue.

it really does only take one basket of laundry you procrastinate putting away before your whole life turns to shit huh

Senator Cory Booker is holding the floor of the Senate and says he “will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis”.

He’s still going, BTW.

If he makes it to 7:19 PM, EST–so, three hours and a couple minutes–he breaks the record from when Strom Thurmond filibustered the Civil Rights Act of 1957.

Not that that actually does anything, but on the symbolic level it’s kinda neat.

Edit:

Also worth noting, other Democratic senators taking turns to ask questions–very lengthy questions–to give Senator Booker a chance to rest his voice. These include Sen. Chris Murphy, Sen. Andy Kim of New Jersey, Sen. Peter Welch of Vermont, Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth of Illinois, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, Sens. Tina Smith and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon, Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia, Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware, Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia, Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey of Massachusetts, Sens. Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks of Maryland, Sen. Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire and Sen. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico.

List via NPR, as of a couple of hours ago; they seem to be updating it periodically.

Love that they put “a sense of impending doom” as one of the symptoms of a heart attack, like girl, that’s just how it is to be alive these days, you’re gonna have to be more specific

This made me chuckle but after scrolling away I felt the need to come back to it.

Because as someone who has felt this I can not stress how different it actually is from anxiety. Which is saying a lot because I have a massive anxiety disorder.

I've only felt this twice in my life - once when I was going into kidney failure due to an infection and again when my body was going into shock due to dehydration and malnourishment due to GI issues - and I can not stress how much it saved my life. It's hard to even put it into words. It's not like a panic attack, or anxiety. It is a horrific gut turning feeling of absolute dread.

Especially if you have anxiety you'll know the difference honestly. It's so much worse. It's every cell in your body and your brain screaming that there's something horribly wrong in a way you've never felt. It's your brain screaming out that you are going to die in a way no panic attack has ever done before.

I can not stress how important it is to get yourself to the ER if you feel this way. Especially if your having other physical symptoms.

This is amazing and incredibly helpful, oh my god. Thank you.

Thanks billion-year-old survival engine within us that is more fundamental than the soul

to all the warriors who will feel pressured to shave their legs now that it’s warm enough to wear shorts… HOLD THE LINE!!!

as this post gets closer to hitting 1k i can hear the “i just hate the feeling of hair” people approaching in the distance & when they get here im turning off reblogs

So things have been a bit quiet on this for my part as things have been in flux, but most of my followers know I've been fundraising for Hayam, her diabetic teenage daughter Salma, and the rest of her family. The good news is that Hayam got her husband and children into Egypt before the attack on Gaza was renewed. There was a scary period where Salma went into acidosis and a coma, but she survived it. Right now, Hayam left her husband and kids in Egypt and traveled to Turkïye as she tries to find work, but it's been very difficult as a refugee. So she and her family still need as much help as possible.

Meanwhile, her father stayed behind in Gaza thinking there would be more aid coming in, but now with the genocide in full swing again everyone is worried about him.

All this is coming directly from Hayam via her messages to me, they haven't updated the GFM in a while. Will reblog in just a second with the verification number on the vetted Gaza fundraiser list, I'm having to do this all on my phone as I'm currently sans laptop and the tumblr app doesn't like it when I switch to other apps.

The fundraiser was vetted by nabulsi here

Right as I was making this post, Hayam messaged me to tell you all that she's teaching Arabic classes online for a small fee, if you're interested in learning then let me know and I'll put you in contact

So things have been a bit quiet on this for my part as things have been in flux, but most of my followers know I've been fundraising for Hayam, her diabetic teenage daughter Salma, and the rest of her family. The good news is that Hayam got her husband and children into Egypt before the attack on Gaza was renewed. There was a scary period where Salma went into acidosis and a coma, but she survived it. Right now, Hayam left her husband and kids in Egypt and traveled to Turkïye as she tries to find work, but it's been very difficult as a refugee. So she and her family still need as much help as possible.

Meanwhile, her father stayed behind in Gaza thinking there would be more aid coming in, but now with the genocide in full swing again everyone is worried about him.

All this is coming directly from Hayam via her messages to me, they haven't updated the GFM in a while. Will reblog in just a second with the verification number on the vetted Gaza fundraiser list, I'm having to do this all on my phone as I'm currently sans laptop and the tumblr app doesn't like it when I switch to other apps.

The fundraiser was vetted by nabulsi here

[Image Transcript: APRIL FOOLS’ DAY is canceled this year because no made up prank could match the Unbelievable shit show going on in the world right now.]

before you make that post about "the crisis facing men and boys" or "preventing redpill radicalization" stop and check in:

is your proposed solution

if so:

your "solution" to behavioral patterns emerging within patriarchy is more patriarchy.

instead:

try to imagine literally anything else.