God, I can't tell you how much the "there's not enough enrichment in my enclosure" joke has helped my mental health. Because, for some reason I can't comprehend, pretending that I'm a zoo keeper caring for an animal (which is also me) just makes everything easier to comprehend. Like "Your head gets screwey when you're apartment is messy" just doesn't carry as much resonance as "The tiger becomes agitated when its enclosure is cluttered" because then I'll be like, no shit? The tiger? I've gotta keep things nice and clean for the tiger.
*makes another silly little poster*
I highly, highly, HIGHLY recommend the documentary Conscious Point if you hate golf courses. I'll reblog with a link.
Here's a blurb about the documentary:
"Beneath the mystique of The Hamptons, among the wealthiest zip codes in the U.S., lies the history of the area’s original inhabitants, the Shinnecock Indian Nation, who were edged off their land over the course of hundreds of years, relocated to an impoverished reservation, and condemned to watch their sacred burial grounds plowed to make way for mega-mansions and marquee attractions like the exclusive Shinnecock Hills Golf Club–five-time host of the U.S. Open and literally carved out of a sacred Shinnecock burial ground."
- They didn't want to sit through demeaning and bigoted religious services just for a place to sleep. (Church run food banks do this a lot too btw).
- They were late and the shelter wouldn't let them in and voided the rest of their allowed stay bc they didn't call and tell the shelter they couldn't make it in before closing.
- One of the other people at the shelter got violent/threatened violence and the shelter refused to do anything about it.
- One of the SHELTER EMPLOYEES/VOLUNTEERS got violent/threatened violence and the shelter refused to do anything about it.
- The shelter refuses to disclose if allergens are in the food they're providing saying, "This is all you're getting, be glad for this much and thank god!"
- Shelter refused to believe person is homeless saying, "You are FAR too clean and nicely dressed!"
I keep having to tear down extremely predatory/misleading Scien.tology flyers in my school's art building. This is the third fucking time I've ripped the fuckers up and I'm getting Real Fucking Tired of it.
If you see shit like this DO NOT call the number, do not do anything to interact with these fucking people. Take down the posters if you're able to. They do NOT want to help you. They are a literal fucking cult who openly despise psychology and any actual proven mental health science, and are actively trying to trick mentally/emotionally vulnerable people into joining.
The red flags here are "Hubbard," the name of their founder, and "dianetics," the crackpot theory they teach for "auditing" your sins from your past lives.
I’d like to add what @jaspertheshark said in the tags because I feel it’s important
They have their own store where you can continue to support them.
HARVEY GUILLÉN Met Gala 2023, Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty
this is, of course, where the tumblr revamp would always lead. Just in time for Pride month, the "Queerest Place on the Internet" is attempting to crack down on fags like us for self-identifying with slurs, rather than doing something beneficial like reducing the large ever present transphobe/terf population. Advertiser friendly is the name of the game and I'm sure in a few years this site will be identical to every other sterile neutered social media site available. Have fun while it lasts folks.
this comes right after they stole your joke too funnily enough (about.tumblr.com)
I think this is an incredibly important video to watch
[Video description
A stitched TikTok video by AlexHogy with the text, "stay for the end."
Original clip by kelly_cadigan, a light skinned person who says, "the only transition that's taking place really is your pronouns."
Response by AlexHogy, a light skinned person.
Hey Kelly. I've seen a lot of people calling you out right now. I just want to extend my hand and say that I get it. I felt the exact same way and I wanna talk about why I don't feel that way anymore. I can put and transitioned a decade ago and trans people weren't on the map. There wasn't all this great representation. There wasn't all this terrible legislation. We were just bopping around under the radar. Then more and more of us started coming out and transitioning, which you think I as a trans person would be stoked about but it actually pissed me off because a lot of these people weren't transitioning the way that I thought they should. When I came out my goal was to transition and then never talk about the past again. So when all these people came out, transitioned, and stayed out, I was like, "What are you doing?" Then I started to see people come out and not transition and I was like, fake, you, no, that's not real. And then I started seeing non binary people and I lost my damn mind. I could not wrap my head around how a person could not identify as either a man or a woman. Meanwhile, there is an entire sect of the population that feels the exact same way about me. What I realised was that there was something in me that was deeply hurting and it was triggered by seeing people authentically express themselves. I have never been bothered by people with tattoos. I don't have tattoos. I don't want them. I've also never been bothered by people who have tattoos and then get them removed cause it sounds like a whole bunch of none of my business. But when it came to trans and non binary people it felt like my business. In reality, I wasn't advocating for myself. I wasn't willing to speak up when I was uncomfortable. I wasn't willing to ask for more from society because deep down I didn't feel like I was worthy of it. I was settling for crumbs and getting mad at people who had the audacity to ask for more from life. But now, I don't accept crumbs. I do ask for more from life. I take up space now in a way that I never allowed myself to in the past even after I transitioned. And suddenly, this part of our community doesn't piss me off anymore. Their existence and demand for approval and acceptance, does not mean that there is less love for me. Them taking up space is actually evidence of how authentic I can be. And I'm just so grateful. If I can offer one piece of unsolicited advice, I had the privilege of unpacking all of this offline and I think that saved a lot of collateral damage to real people. So I encourage you to find a safe space where you can speak as freely as you need to to get at the root of whatever is going on, whatever is so upsetting about seeing non binary people. Without risking the harm of people who are just trying to exist. I wish you much love on your journey.
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hitchcock found it long before. more effective as well.
poll time because something my mother said pissed me off lmao
and in the tags tell me your gender and age?
Tempted to think of this merely as another stage of "What Fresh Hell Is This."
The glass cliff, on the other hand, refers to the phenomenon by which women are more likely to be appointed to senior executive positions during times of organizational crisis, making them less likely to succeed. These newly appointed executives may confront internal board resistance, operate with less time flexibility, and ultimately receive shorter tenure than their male counterparts. And, when a woman CEO is terminated from her position, she is more likely than not to be replaced by a male (the “savior effect”).
He's stepping down so people don't pay attention to Tesla recalling 1 mil. cars.
They’re WHAT???
Also the woman named is an alt-right Trump supporter so....
It’s the second large recall this year! 🤗 The first was 350k cars in the US in February. The year isn’t even half over.
Oddly specific. Got a deposit for 6,837 today
So... I technically drew this 3 years ago but forgot to post it. I think I was going to clean up the end and make a nice recap, but I ran out of steam and then just left it as a wip for years. I got reminded of it because I was talking to a friend about how to draw wheelchairs today.
This covers most of what I view as the most common errors when it comes to drawing characters who use manual wheelchairs. I hope it helps you a lot.
Image description is in alt text, but there is a back up image description under the cut in case that does not work for some reason
Respect religious dietary practices, medical dietary restrictions, and personal dietary lifestyles! 🥪🍎🥗
[image description: art of two people smiling at each other as they both speak about their dietary restrictions. They both have brown skin. The person on the left wears a green hijab with a green baseball cap. The person on the right has an undercut, gauges, and a septum piercing. The person on the left says they are gluten free, pork free, and peanut free. The person on the right says they are plant based and dairy free. End description.]
[bold text reads: “respect religious dietary practices, medics dietary restrictions, and personal dietary lifestyles”. End description.]
[emoji description: a sandwich, an apple, and a salad. End description.]
A friend of mine found these "motivating" stairs in a mall.
Right side says how much calories you burn, left side equating it to food. Diet culture is just everywhere. Really great, shoving the calorie bs right into one's face, especially for people with eating disorders or those who try to distance themselves from diet culture.
That's so fricking sad and horrible. Diet culture really is a cult at this point, and a cult that everyone in the world is expected to join.
