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@monicaoakwood / monicaoakwood.tumblr.com

Writer/Nonbinary (they/them) Check out my writing tag. (adventures in writing) for those on mobile. If you have any questions feel free to invade my ask box or check out my FAQ page.
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Trans people were always part of the conversation on abortion. Saying “people who can get pregnant” isn’t political correctness gone awry. It’s just being more accurate.

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The fact that thousands of Jewish families across the United States are being forced to decide whether to send their children to their first day of school or observe their religious practices is just more proof that antisemitism is culturally Ingrained and that westerners never cared about diversity or considering religious and ethnic minorities. Having one of the most important school days on one of the most important Jewish holidays (Rosh Hashanah) is so tone deaf, especially with the increasing amount of antisemitism and violence against America’s Jewish community this year.

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I’m sorry, so you can bargain with thunder, the moon, and death, but not the night, of all things.

Well yeah. Night happens every night, whether you want it to or not. It's regularity was seen more as a fundamental element of the universe rather than a phenomenon that could be influenced.

And Nyx wasn't just the goddess of night. She was the goddess of everything hidden, unknown, and taboo. Oftentimes when cult practices for existing gods formed they were referred to as "Baccus Nox" or "Venus Nox" as in "The esoteric or taboo form of this god."

Nyx was almost a representation of everything humans did not or could not understand about the world. Its hard to make a deal with the personification of incomprehensibility.

I'd sacrifice a galaxy cake

I think she would like a galaxy cake

i think it should be a galaxy cake but with surprise fillings inside

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idk if anyone needs to hear this today, but: if you are a trans dude, the fact that you are a man is a good thing and your existence as a trans man makes the world a better place. it is not a bad thing that you are a man and it’s especially not bad that you are a trans man. the fact that you exist as a man is a great thing and you are amazing. sleep well tonight

HELL ya. housekeeping is how the hospital stays clean enough to heal people. it’s endless, thankless, backbreaking, and disgusting. they deserve more pay, more benefits, and more appreciation.

In the N95, paper mask on top, full face shield, gown, gloves, shoe covers, in the COVID wards right along with medical staff. Watched them do it for ten months. Absolutely indispensable people.

for the record i have never hit post limit. like in my entire life. i've had this blog since 2013. i can't even fathom how someone hits post limit like what are you even fucking posting

The shoulder

the articulation of hubris

God really went nuts, just said “go wild, you funky little monkeys!” and gave us a spheroid joint that can move in all directions and do  e v e r y t h i n g !~, except stay in its fucking place when hit by a light breeze

A fucking mess:

“Looks complicated, how does it work?” It doesn’t

big fan of God, but this was a rookie mistake

God: hmm…I’m not sure about this one human joint, can you review it?

Pre-callout Satan: looks great fam 👌

Wow, I’ve just had my first articular injury and you guys will never guess in which joint it was!!

last year i was eating in a fancy, large restaurant when i began to hear a rumble and the distant sound of people chanting ‘potassium, potassium’ and suddenly hundreds of people dressed as bananas flood this restaurant chanting potassium over and over and we were trapped there for a very long time because the bananas would not leave and they were everywhere

i wasn’t joking

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there’s something about living life deliberately…wearing clothes that you actually want to and that you feel reflect you and your style not just because you’ve had them for years and don’t know what else you would throw on….listening to songs and creating playlists that excite you and represent your actual mood not just listening to songs that you’ve had downloaded for years that don’t make you feel anything special anymore…it’s VERY easy to stay with what you’re comfortable and it might take a bit of experimenting before you find what feels like a deliberate choice that reflects more of YOU but it’s absolutely worth the leap of faith you may have to convince yourself to make in order to stop feeling like a passenger in your own life

I've been spending far too much of my time trying to learn medieval illumination techniques

one of my first semi-successful attempts at fore edge painting! done on an old paperback of aesop's fables.

+ some glamour shots: