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Quick, someone give the number to Piss Morgan.
“How can you not be angry?”
“I am angry,” the werewolf said. “But unlike you, I don’t have the luxury of showing it without being called a monster. Without someone taking it as a sign of proof that I need to be put down like a rabid dog, that I’m just like what the stories tell you.”
“But everyone gets angry…that’s human.”
“Up until the point when you’re not human.”
such a wonderful metaphor for anyone Othered by society
Youtube recommended video: can my hair handle a month without shampoo?
Me, who hasn’t used shampoo for 6 years: well golly gee, I dunno
IKR
What irritates me about these things - and those journalists who write articles on it going ‘Can I not wash my hair for a month?’ - is that almost all of them miss the point and none of them transition it properly, so they end up with a dirty and horrendously matted fleece and conclude that it’s just not possible, and like
I am now three years without shampoo. My hair, which I always wanted to grow super long my whole life but could never get past bra strap length without it snapping off, is now to my tail bone and thick and glossy. I no longer get scalp issues like dandruff. It curls almost without frizz. It’s great.
But I did have to transition it??! I didn’t just stop washing it Jesus Christ
Would either of you mind explaining how? I’ve tried before and I’ve tried looking it up, but the most useful things I’ve ever been able to find are along the lines of “replace your shampoo with this super awesome super expensive non-shampoo-thing” or something
Couple of reblogs/replies have asked, so I hope Elanor doesn’t mind me replying on this version!
Firstly, the following applies only to hair types 1-3. If you have coily/kinky hair, get advice from someone who knows type 4 hair, which I do not know that the same methods would work for (I have 2b, though it looks a little straighter as it’s weighed down by the thickness/length)
Secondly, I’m afraid you will need to buy something. Specifically a boar bristle/synthetic equivalent hairbrush (these can range from Very Expensive for all natural recognised brand to a tenner nylon version from Boots. I just bought a new one for £20 which is boar bristle and bamboo with some longer, stiffer nylon bristles. I recommend getting one with both kinds of bristles if your hair is thick). If you have type 2-3 hair, you will also need a means of detangling. A wide-toothed comb is ideal, preferably wood to reduce static
Brush your hair morning and evening with the bristle brush. This cleans out grime and redistributes oils along the length of your hair, and gradually reduce how often you wash your hair, going from (idr how often people shampoo? biweekly?) to weekly to every other week, a couple of months at a time. Your hair needs to learn it doesn’t have to produce as much sebum as it has been doing. You may find you still need to condition. You can do this with normal conditioner, hair masks, or coconut oil. There will be a bit of a process finding out what works best for your hair. Use the detangler before brushing
Honestly at this point the only time I deliberately get my hair wet is when I dye it, and I think it’s looking pretty good, don’t you? (And I’ve stopped getting split ends)
(ignore the frizz, we’re at 80% humidity here. If you still want it to smell nice rather than just of hair you can add in some non-alcohol-based perfume. Hair perfume is great and lasts ages because it evaporates slower that when on your skin. I like to just put a touch on my ends every few days)
I shall add to this to provide an Alternative Method!
I use a method known as CGM (Curly Girl Method - it’s a deeply stupid name). The bare bones of it is that you cut out shampoo entirely, and stop using any conditioners that contain either silicones or drying substances (those can include certain alcohols, for example). Hilariously, this often means you actually use much cheaper conditioners, because the lack of fancy substances brings the price down. In the UK, Sainsbury’s own brand apple conditioner works, for example, and costs less than £1 a bottle. You can find lists of CGM friendly products wherever you live online, though.
Anyway, yeah, let’s say your normal routine would be to wash with shampoo, condition, and brush every day.
With CGM, you wash with a combination of Increased Elbow Grease and conditioner. It’s called cowashing. You put the conditioner exclusively on your roots, and then scrub with your fingertips for a bit. Basically, it’s mechanical cleaning instead of chemical - like scrubbing food off a plate, using a bit of washing up liquid to lubricate, rather than dunking the plate into a vat of acid to burn off the food. Your scrubbing removes the oil and dirt from your hair, and the conditioner both reduces damage by making it slippery and also collects all that dirt. Then you completely rinse it clear.
After that, depending on your hair type, you do a conditioning round. My husband has straight hair so doesn’t bother. I have curly hair, so at this point I switch to something more nourishing like Faith In Nature and whack that in.
Crucially, this is literally the only point I brush it. Soaking wet, full of conditioner. And I very gently detangle with a wide toothed comb, or even my fingers.
(Then I scrunch it to start the curls forming, rinse it all out while still scrunching, and then scrunch in a gel; but that’s not relevant to the question, it’s just how my routine goes.)
Anyway, the lack of sulphides and other harsh cleansers means your scalp stops panicking that it’s being dried out, and it ‘transitions’ to a state where it no longer over-produces sebum (this is also why it helps with dandruff for most people - no more cycle of harsh drying followed by clogged pores). For me, this transition phase lasted a week. It felt a bit greasy during this time, but after that week, it was fine. That’s fairly normal. Some people can rarely take up to six weeks, but most are like me. My husband had a delayed transition during his third week, but again, it lasted… I think maybe 10 days?
There was also a second, longer transition phase where the silicones that had coated my hair for years slowly fucked off, which meant the strands could slowly start taking in water again. Once that happened I got really good hair, here’s a pic from a year ago for reference:
It’s longer again now, as I say. ‘Tis a mane.
In any case, a friend of mine followed this method for a year, and then transitioned to using water only, no products. She now uses a bristle brush as described above. Nothing more.
That’s the bare basics! There is more to it, especially if you’re specifically doing it for curls, which are an art and a science. But that’s how you transition your hair to no shampoo.
oddly terrifying, but seems rather effective to me
I love when people casually invalidate online relationships. I always wonder how much of it comes down to ‘if ur not boning it’s not real’ and the absolutely wild misconception that if you know someone in real life it means you actually know them.
Because that’s what it seems like.
My doctor being like “do you still talk to that guy you know online?”
“The guy I consider my life partner? That guy? Yes he’s still currently putting up with my bullshit.”
And the idea that you never really know the person is also hot garbage considering I also am one half of the relationship which means why do people assume that they’re talking to the normal one and the other guy is the lying creep? Luckily for my partner I don’t shut up about things so I’m not that much of a mystery, tbh.
“He could be a serial killer just playing the long con. the long long long decade long con.’ First of all I know him well enough at least to know he’s too lazy to do that second of all if I was going to be murdered by anyone it would be an absolute honor to be serial killed by my Online Lover.
It’s also esp fun cos I always think about my art history professor being arrested for soliciting sex with a minor while on a school conference trip right before graduation. Pretty sure his wife wasn’t in on the know just because they shared a bed together.
Doesn’t matter if you can physically touch a person you don’t know them.
1. Truth or Scare
This was my jam, I watched it over and over for the light scares. But I still cannot see covered bridges the same way.
2. Skunk Fu
Cute show with the Chinese zodiac (I think?). I don’t really much about it to be honest but I think it was entertaining enough. I did ship Rabbit and Fox though.
3. Future is Wild
Like above, I don’t really remember much of the actual plot besides 3 modern kids riding around the future with a future girl to save the earth that looks really prehistoric now. I only remember the baboon episode to be honest. I don’t know why it was my favorite.
4. Grossology
This is actually a really good show to teach kids about your immune system, insects, biology, and other gross topics. Though of course, the thought of a fart monster is just queasy and makes for some terrifying villains.
5. Growing Up Creepie
She is the coolest goth kid, the theme song rocks, and like above, teaches a lot about insects. Plus it’s cartoonish nature makes it a little less creepy if you’re one of those, like me, who aren’t a fan of spiders.
Hon mention: Braceface, Tutenstein, Jane and the Dragon, Flight 39 down, Timeblazers
Under appreciated kids shows (specifically for goth/alternative/creepycore kiddos) with links:
All about a cute alt girl who was raised by bugs. Only 26 episodes, but it's cute and fun and each episode features a little critter moment where you learn a few thi gs about a real insect featured in the episode! (TW: Insects..lots of insects. And spiders!)
Super cute show about a girl (meant to be a raggedy doll, though she doesn't trigger our doll-phobia) and her monster friends; including a skeleton boy, a cyclops girl, a banshee and an adorable bat. 40 episodes and I can't really think of any triggers (please correct me if I'm wrong).
According to the news there is no controversy surrounding the Queen whatsoever and we're all inconsolable and the whole world is grieving.
Meanwhile on Twitter:
Context for people outside the UK: Prince Andrew is literally never trending for a good reason. Never.
And the crawler said they shouted "god save the king" 🙃
So... what? Are we only gonna have one King Charles who wasn't beheaded?
people getting pissed off over everyone dunking on the queen sound like this
what are you thoughts about the video of WHY CATRA MATTERS. i didnt see you talking about that video and i wanted to know what do you think about it , so many fans of catradora always use this video to explain catra when i point out the fact that catra didnt really face the consequences of what she done before .
Oh, that video (22:41 minutes long). The one people constantly spam recommend in my comments. The one they seem to think is a gotcha when it doesn't address any of the points we are making. That one.
A lot of the things it says aren't really wrong. Yes, Catra is a product of her abuse. Yes, her toxic behavior is born out of need to protect herself from further heartbreak. Yes, she needs care and support in order to change. None of this is new to me but it's not wrong either.
Her wrongdoings are dismissed as a hurt child lashing out when many of them were deliberate, cold-blooded acts of cruelty. The fact that she never had to truly face the consequences of her actions is neatly dodged with talks about how scorn and hatred won't solve anything, as though accountability cannot co-exist with compassion.
I'm not saying everyone should go out of their way to be mean to Catra as some form of retribution. I'm saying that the characters Catra hurt shouldn't have their trauma brushed aside all for the sake of making her redemption run smoother. Glimmer should be allowed to mourn her mother. Entrapta should be allowed to have nightmares about that time she was put on a murder island and sapped of her will to live. Scorpia should be allowed to feel betrayed. Adora should be allowed to acknowledge the absolute hell Catra put her through instead of forgetting about it to blush at her goddamn claws.
Even people who did horrible things deserve kindness, true. But — and that's the part everyone likes to ignore in this argument — said kindness shouldn't come from the same people they did horrible things TO. Of course, some victims can choose to forgive and even help their former abuser on a journey of recovery. Yet we mustn't forget that the victims in question are fictional characters, and therefore their “choices” are actually the writers' creative choices.
When a female character “chooses” to wear impractical sexualized clothing with the most shoddy excuse, it's actually the writers choosing to objectify her.
When every single person hurt by this character “chooses” to forgive them as soon as they do something good for once, it's actually the writers choosing to minimize the amount of work that has to put into their redemption.
The author is making statements like these:
“Catra is traumatized by a childhood characterized by intimidation, manipulation, and verbal and physical abuse”
…while supporting a relationship similarly characterized by intimidation, manipulation, and verbal and physical abuse, even hearting comments that claim anyone who doesn't support it is not an actual abuse victim.
Another example of them playing down the harm Catra caused to her “love interest”:
“and eventually, she returns the kindness Adora showed to her on the ship, asking her what she wants”
Conveniently forgetting to mention that she also pushed her to the ground 10 seconds before, followed by leaving her alone to die despite Adora's desperate pleas. Aka the exact OPPOSITE of what Adora did for her on the ship.
This is the result of Catra's kindness, apparently.
Sure, they're not lying. But they're leaving out chunks of important information that completely re-contextualize the conclusion they want their audience to reach.
Catra matters. What this fandom needs to learn is that she's not the only one who does.
(Funnily enough, OP also has a Why Adora Matters video (26:08), which I'd rather not waste my time on, but five bucks says they go into every minute detail of the abuse she suffered from Shadow Weaver while carefully glossing over the same abuse tactics Catra uses and citing Season 5 to prove she's actually good for Adora. You can watch for yourself and see if I'm right.)
Yes! Exactly this! I’ve seen so many people dismiss either the abuse Catra suffered or the abuse she caused. This is honestly the first take that says, “Yes, she was abused, but she always hurt people because of it, and that’s not okay.”
The biggest lgbt couple in 2020 was catradora and not to go too deep into it, just that, its bad:
But theres still hope and the owl house is that hope. It shows good representation while couples like lumity have struggles, its not toxic/abusive
I hope more kids watch owl house than she ra because it does a much better job at lgbt representation than she ra ever had
—Junko Enoshima, upon at arriving at Hot Topic with her two wives
if i have to be the one to fill up the liam tag on this site then so be it (ft. some more characters)
reminds me of when some old church in Sweden was cleaning out their storage and they forgot they had left like 80 medieval corpses in some ikea bags during renovations so somebody opened a closet door and it’s just
IKEA bags, perfect for clothes, recyclables, books, medieval skeletons and groceries.
One of these things just doesn't belong here!
