Some context: I have chronic fatigue and chronic pain as well and so I understand how hard just getting out of bed is. So every day we do is a victory!
Great job!
Chronic solidarity, lovely person!
FROM JULY 6TH TO AUGUST 6TH I WILL USE THIS TUMBLR TO PRESENT AN ONLINE ART PROJECT TITLED ‘TRANS WOMEN MATTER’. THIS IS A COMMUNITY ART PROJECT, WHERE TRANS MEN AND GENDER VARIANT PEOPLE ARE ENCOURAGED TO WRITE A ONE TO THREE PARAGRAPH STORY OR ESSAY ON WHY TRANS WOMEN MATTER TO THEM. IF POSSIBLE, PLEASE ALSO INCLUDE A PIECE OF VISUAL ART TO GO WITH YOUR WORDS. IF ALL YOU’D LIKE TO SUBMIT IS A STORY OR ESSAY DO NOT FEEL OBLIGATED TO ADD A VISUAL COMPONENT.
THIS PROJECT IS ABOUT SHOWING SUPPORT AND LOVE TO THE TRANS WOMEN THAT WE PERSONALLY KNOW OR ARE AWARE OF. THIS PROJECT IS ONE SMALL WAY TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BEING IN OUR COMMUNITIES, OUR FAMILY MEMBERS, OUR FRIENDS.
I AM A TRANSMALE ARTIST WHO BELIEVES TRANS WOMEN ARE STILL FIGHTING A FIERCE BATTLE TO BE SEEN AS LOVABLE, SMART, CREATIVE….REALLY, JUST HUMAN. I BELIEVE TRANS MEN, IN PARTICULAR, SHOULD SHOW THEIR SUPPORT TO THE TRANS WOMEN IN THEIR COMMUNITY. THIS IS BUT ONE WAY TO DO SO!
PLEASE SEND ALL SUBMISSIONS TO: TRANSWOMENMATTER@GMAIL.COM
With Love,
Reason #1,324,789 of why I love this show.
This was a casual side conversation between Bashir and Sisko about a fellow crew member, completely unrelated to the episode’s plot, and its just so sweet.
It’s nice to know that if you’re a pregnant father-to-be on DS9, your buddies Julian and Miles will build you a hatchling pond, buy you baby clothes, and throw you a shower eagerly attended by the station’s commanding officer (who was practically beaming with joy when he found out that you were expecting).
How wonderful.
Yes, omg! I love the casual warm-hearted worldbuilding on DS9, it makes me so so happy. Ensign Villix’pran does get mentioned again I think - possibly because Bashir and O’Brien are babysitting for his kids? (And getting their wings tangled, yes!)
Happy Autistic Pride day, people.
(<3 that picture, too!)
I wasn’t aware we had a pride day? but I like this image.
Six years ago, I had a deal with Lifetime Television to develop my bestselling novel, The Dirty Girls Social Club, as a TV series. It soon became clear that the relationship wasn’t going to work, when two executives insisted that my pilot outline “wasn’t Latin enough,” because it told of middle class, educated American women who happened to be Latina.
“This reads as if it were about me and my friends,” complained one executive in disgust.
I didn’t know how to respond, so I asked her what she’d prefer.
“Why don’t we make the girls debating whether or not to date men in prison? I know that’s what Latinas talk about, just like it’s what black women talk about.”
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Opinion: The problem with “Devious Maids” goes far beyond Hollywood
people always want to talk shit about us when we complain about fucked up representation…but these are the conversations happening in board rooms. like, jesus fucking christ. fuck this planet.
(via alienswithankhs)
we sure wouldn’t want women of color to be portrayed as normal people would we
(via crackerhell)
Mandatory reading!
(via feminist-space)
This is a really important piece. Definitely worth reading.
(via becauseiamawoman)
I kinda wanna fight someone. God forbid you find yourself relating to people of colour. Also, as an almost-30 black woman I can tell you I’ve NEVER talked about with ANYONE about dating someone in prison. I literally have never known anyone who has gone my entire life.
(via fuckyeahfeminists)
(via Resketch: a new kind of sketchbook by Shawn Smith — Kickstarter)
If we can raise another $1,200ish in the next 70 hours, we all get another notebook. :D They’re all made from paper that was otherwise going to waste, and they have all kinds of excellent paper in, like squared paper and label paper and stuff, also art prompt pages in case you get artists’ block.
In other news, if you are in/near Chicago and have some paper banging about that’s otherwise going to waste, you might be able to sell it to these awesome people.
Knock it off. Knock off counting how much money you have and start thinking about what you’re doing with it. What you’re doing with your money and time is a lot more important than how much money and time you have.
— Harvard Business School professor Michael Norton in four reasons we’re still obsessed with money and one loud call to quit it. (via fastcompany)
Haha. Note: “this applies to people who have enough money to maintain a decent standard of living and some savings”. But yes - what you do is very important.
Wonderful
Success!
Today I have had a remarkably productive day. I have done more than be in bed all the time! I have spent about 3 hours out of bed, which is brilliant for being in Swansea at the housing co-op, and I did the following:
- Took four rosemary cuttings and set up pots under two strawberry runners and one alpine strawberry runner.
- Unblocked the vacuum cleaner, and hoovered as much of my bedroom as I could reach.
- Taken photos for my Swansea Garden page on Folia - one of the garden, and three of the planty things I just mentioned.
I desperately need a shower and I have eaten only one cookie and about five sugar snap peapods all day, but I feel much better emotionally for going out into the garden and doing those little bits I have done. And Adam is going to bring me some veggie lasagne from the Chattery because he is a hero and deserves some kind of award from the Queen and also God.
I am now woozy when I stand up but it’s okay because Adam just got back with lasagne!!!
vh1:
Hit The Floor gets WET but stays HOT tonight at 9/8C on VH1.
Does anyone know if it’s possible to block ads? I don’t want to have to see this misogynist shit on my dash.
Agreed. I am asking this, and also signal boosting.
My intention is to block every Tumblr of ads I see.
I am not opposed to Tumblr advertising at me. Tumblr needs to make money and I like Tumblr and want it to stick around. But this post is pretty hideous, and advertising something by covering it in basically a wet t-shirt competition…
There are a lot of sexist and porn blogs on here, and this is probably suitable for those, but there’s no targeting going on when it ends up on my dash.
So, go here: http://www.tumblr.com/ignore
Type in “vh1” and click “report for harassment”.
