Someday I’ll feel like painting something personal again…but that day is not today. Also…this show brings nothing but pain. I can’t say I wasn’t warned.
Ugg, this is beautiful! And it gives me a LOT of feels! Like, Early Season feels. Just two brothers and the road. (I know, in reality it was never quite THAT simple, but nostalgia is a thing…)
OH MY HEAVENS ! I ! THIS ! OH !
I. Love this.
Love it.
Oh my god
yes.
This is it, I found it, the funniest post on this entire godsforsaken website
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It is 2025. Prostution is legal. Thousands of women who can’t pay their student loans or cant pay their medical expenses or maybe just can’t pay bills working at Walmart are now working in brothels, though they have some newspeak name.
Now, radical feminists on this site have a tendency to ask hard questions and this is mine: Are women allowed to refuse service to customers? And for what reasons?
How many fast food employees are allowed to refuse to make their ex a burger? How many manicurists can turn away their grouchy neighbors? We are in a tizzy about bakers not making wedding cakes for gay couples recently so if prostitution is supposed to be like any other job then when can you reasonably refuse service at other jobs?
Your ex comes in and wants to have sex with you and the manager says you’ll lose your job if you don’t. Your dad’s friend who has been giving you creepy looks since you were 13 is now here for you at 18. We can really go on and on because these places could start making you roleplay or be flogged for BDSM or a million other things.
And another swerf post on this website recently mentioned OSHA standards for bodily fluids. According to the “regular job” propaganda, we would have to have no skin to skin contact if we really wanted it to operate like any other job.
Answer me, you human trafficking enabling cowards.
I’m so, so terrified of this. I’m disabled, bedridden most days, due to a chronic illness called Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. It’s a connective tissue disorder that effects the collagen production in my body. Essentially, my joints dislocate whenever the fuck they please. Rolling over in bed without being careful will make my hip dislocate. Standing up makes my kneecaps dislocate, and my knees swell to the size of fucking cantaloupes and literally turn purple. My ribs dislocate and make it excruciatingly painful to breathe. I’m basically like the glass bones, paper skin guy from fucking Spongebob. On top of that, I have a slew of other disorders (POTS, TMJ, Mast Cell, along with severely painful periods, to name a few.) Yeah. It’s not fun. But Nick Foles’ wife also has POTS, so that’s kinda cool, actually.
Reason I’m saying all this is because I’m so. fucking. scared of this bullshit “sex work is work!” rhetoric. It’s so dangerous, especially for disabled women like me. What if the government cuts off my disability checks, or my father’s insurance cut me off because, if prostitution is legalized and ~*sex work is real work!*~ technically the government or my father’s job could claim it IS possible for me to get a job: prostitution. I would literally have to get raped just to be able to afford both the medication I need to function even somewhat normally, and the constant doctors and specialists I need to see.
This isn’t fucking ok. If you support this shit, you’re saying that women like me are merely a sacrifice that society will have to make-that our lives are just collateral damage so rapists can pay to get their dicks wet without fear of getting arrested and their wives and kids finding out what vile pieces of shit they are. And if you’re ok with that, well, stay the fuck away from me.
The pro prostitution crew say that we are abelist because disabled women disproportionally reprisent prostitutes, and can’t see it is the total opposite, these women are forced into prostitution because the goverment will not protect them or give them the equivelent of a living wage and thry are force to sleep with men to survive. Economic rape at its finest.
I’m every one in this
MAN 1 (in a high pitched, whiny voice) Look what you’ve done to my peonies!
WOMAN (angrily) They’re marigolds!
MAN 2 God! I think she’s right! They are marigolds!
MAN 1 I may not know my flowers, but I know a (yells in her direction) bitch when I see one!
It’s back!
I looked this up because I had to know what it’s from. It’s a film called The Gay Deceivers (1969), and it’s about two straight men who, seeking to avoid the draft, claim to be gay, but then have to keep up the pretense when the army places them under surveillance.
The man in the red cardigan in the clip was played by Michael Greer, who was openly gay himself - unusual for the time. He actually worked closely with the director and rewrote much of the film’s dialogue to reduce the homophobia and make it more realistic. As a result it’s quite progressive for its time, having a gay character, played by a gay man, living in a happy same-sex relationship, which is more than a lot of media offers us today.
Plus the clip is delightful.
I think he likes you. Fall is the season for romance for moose at Denali National Park in Alaska. In fields the color of flames, bull moose are hunks of burning love, battling other males and aggressively courting females. They can stand more than six feet tall at the shoulder and are crowned by massive antlers, making them especially formidable during rut. Once the season passes, so does their urge to mingle. Moose tend to be solitary creatures most of the year. Photo by Hongxun Gao (www.sharetheexperience.org).
PLEASE BE CAREFUL FOR ANYONE WHO USES “BLUEBUFFALO” FOR THEIR DOGS!!
And cats. Blue Buffalo killed @sidneystrange ‘s cat.
THIS THIS THIS!!
I’ve been telling everyone I know for YEARS not to buy Blue Buffalo.
This is the short story:
A few years ago I took my sick cat, Ankh, to the vet. The vet and vet tech asked what I fed her. I told them Blue Buffalo. They looked like I had just told them I fed her razor blades and cyanide. They diagnosed her with pancreatitis and said that nearly all of the cats they’d been seeing lately with pancreatitis were being fed Blue Buffalo. They gave her medicine and sent her home. Two days later she had a seizure and died right in my arms.
The day after she died Hannibal started displaying the same symptoms she had so I panicked hard and took him to the vet. Got the same meds and the same diagnosis. Luckily Hannibal survived.
I wish Ankh had survived. She was only ten and the best cat I’ve ever had. Literally the best and five years later I still cry when I think about her.
I don’t know the full story behind the tweets above, but a Google search shows there HAVE been several recalls regarding this brand, especially in 2016. I would absolutely avoid as it is not worth the risk.
Good god thank you so much for sharing this because I’ve lately been considering switching to this brand cus it’s supposed to be so much better than all the others but good god what the hell.
I worked in a vet for a little while and I shit you not, when a dog came in with constant diarrhea they were always eating Blue Buffalo. We changed the food and the dog got better every time. Blue Buffalo is garbage food and never feed it to your pets.
I’ve never heard of this brand but I love my dog with all of my heart and I’d be broken if I ever accidently fed her this and got her sick (people give me different dog food to try all the time). I’d hate for anyone else to lose their pet also.
um?? what the fuck? holy FUCK my boyfriend and I were just about to start feeding our cat blue buffalo omg
Wft really?? Im never going to buy that killer food!! Praying for your pets!
I’m so glad I know this, I’d be heartbroken if my dog died
not trans related, but i have like no followers and this needs a wide audience
- salmonella
- mold
- aluminum
- melamine
- toxic levels of vitamin d
- propylene glycol
please share this with any pet owners you know, this is extremely important
Reblogged August 2019
Never buy Blue Buffalo. They’ve been awful for years.
We had a string of about 10 cats with acute urethral blockages and usually jaundice every one of them was on Blue at my mom’s clinic in 2017 around the same time Blue had placed a paid salesperson in the local petsmart. Blue is also a MAJOR player in diets related to the surge in diet related dilated cardiomyopathy (Diet-Related DCM) with Taurine Deficiency due to their aggressive anti-grain marketing campaigns.
Blue is NEVER to be trusted.
anyways… reblog + tag what you smell like according to what does a hero smell like 🍃
They, um… Pretty well nailed it.
What’s wrong with me.
Lol I like to think that this is true.
Boooored so:
I think some people might not know, so I’m spreading this, but TikTok has banned LGBT content.
For that reason, I’m not going to be reblogging TikTok videos anymore, and I encourage you to do the same.
I know it’s hard. TikTok felt like getting Vine back, but they’re scummy homophobic poo-poos and I feel like we should take a stand against that.
^^
TikTok is owned by the Chinese government oligarchs. It’s designed specifically as a propaganda tool.
Friendly reminder that women are forbidden to read in some parts of the world right now. Friendly reminder that oppressive regimes are telling women what to wear, where to go, what they can and can’t do, right now. Friendly reminder there are plenty of men in government who view women only as incubators and nothing more right now. Friendly reminder that what happened to Ofglen at the end of episode 3 is happening to girls all over the world right now.
Friendly reminder that The Handmaid’s Tale is already real, in various forms, for many women. No red dress and white bonnet necessary.
Margaret Atwood only writes about things that have happened, are currently happening, or could feasibly happen in the near future. So yeah, the handmaid’s tale is not just a story.
She did that so men couldn’t say it was ridiculous and could never happen
Remember things like child marriage, lack of education, or fgm are still happening in the United fucking States in 2019. Just in case anyone wants to pretend it’s only people over there somewhere doing these things and haha dumb American feminists are so privileged
“The men struggle to distinguish porn scripts from real sexual assault situations. One observes, ”That feels like a sexual assault.” Another speculates that the situation before him is a #MeToo story. At the conclusion of the video, it is revealed that all of the scenarios were taken from pornography.”
Now we’re connecting some dots.
“What does it mean when pornography, the primary form of sexual education for young people, is indistinguishable from real life sexual abuse of women? What does it mean for women and girls? What does it mean for men and boys watching this content regularly, and from childhood? What is the impact on sexuality, intimate relationships and attitudes towards women when men and boys are socialised to find enjoyment in the abuse of women?”
Is this the new “People are Violent because of video games”? First of all there are plenty of women that enjoy dominant sex and should not be shamed for it. And second it is not that hard to distinguish porn from reality. Porn is like any other movie production and should not be viewed as real life. And lastly the general rule of thumb is if a woman gives you consent then you have a green light to do whatever she wants to her. If she says no and keeps protesting then you are a scumbag that should be locked up. So the porn is not to blame if your privileged ass thinks just because some paid actors in a movie are having hardcore sex then you need to force yourself on women wether they want it or not
Hi, I’d like to introduce you to a field of study known as Sociology. It’s basically the study of society. See, we understand that culture does in fact impact who we are as people, as much as we want to believe that we are in complete control of who we are, that is simply just not true.
Advertising companies wouldn’t spend make any money if advertising didn’t work. The human brain is like a sponge, constantly absorbing messages subconsciously. And an orgasm is a very powerful psychological conditioning tool. Porn use does in fact impact people.
Here, have some research:
Porn use:
Ex-porn star testimonies:
porn trends:
how pornographers feel about women:
cases of porn leading children to commit sexual assualt IN THE UK ALONE:
Child Pornography
Life and death of a porn star:
If you don’t feel like reading:
Just links:
And also, have some testimonials from previous porn stars:
Wow, you type fast!
As someone who just got out of the online industry(aka camming) the one that hit me hardest was Jenna Presley describing that she no longer was herself and she was her alter ego. I spent a better part of the last five years in that same place. I was constantly having to switch between my personas and eventually I just felt like no one. My true self took a backseat but I kept saying “that’s just work! that’s just how it is! im fine!” When NOTHING about my life was fine. That’s such a danger that almost no one talks about. What I’ve seen in the industry the last year+ is a major escalation of accessibility. Now you can join the porn industry from your bedroom! It’s easy! It’s fun! I’m seeing girls show up and explode into popularity at the age of 18 without leaving their house because they’d seen it for years before they should. Your favorite YouTuber is doing it! It’s cool! It’s talked about in Teen Vogue and CosmoGirl and on open public extremely accessible platforms and girls are just jumping right in before they’re even close to real adulthood.
But how many of us were miserable but just couldn’t stand the thought of someone telling us we were wrong?
reblog EVERY time
now THIS is a masterpost
massive trigger warning for this whole thread, but i encourage young folks, esp teen girls, who watch pornography, think kink shaming is the worst, think men choking/strangling women is sexy as fuck, think daddy kink is great, think the obsession with pia in porn and the hyperfocus on penile entry is just good sex, etc to read all of this
adding this from leztempsrouler from elsewhere in the comment threads (who is in the prostitution industry as a stripper)
“I personally see the effects of “good men” who watch porn at my job every day. Fathers who come in and say I look like their daughter and then ask me to fuck them. Men who think they want to try BDSM from watching porn and go ahead and yank me by my hair to the floor with no warning. Men who assume I’ll do whatever they want because porn shows women willing and able to do whatever twisted shit they want. Please get off your fucking high horse about how much “research” you’ve done and how you’ve always been respectful to women even though you watch porn. You can see the testimonies of HUNDREDS of porn stars who were raped daily on set and were forced to say it was consentual. Like honestly shut your mouth and listen to the women telling you FROM EXPERIENCE how disgusting porn is and what it does to women. And if you still want to watch porn after hearing all this and ignoring all of our suffering then yes you are personally evil and I hope you are offended.”
To compare porn to video games is so ridiculously stupid it’s not even funny. To act like video games have ZERO effect on people is ridiculous, but the effect is nothing compared to porn’s effect. Video games don’t have the reward system porn has (orgasm). Video games aren’t used as a teaching tool for reality. People aren’t literally abused and raped on film for consumption in video games.
I’m going to take the opportunity to drop in my own short academic paper on porn culture, its harms, and its normalization. (here) Hopefully some of the stats from other studies within can be good resources for everyone out there who’s porn critical
LIBFEM BULLSHIT. OMFG. I can’t even deal with this right now. Can someone else take this one?
Ana makes more money each year she gains experience in her career
Julia loses money each year because she is seen as an object that is “used up” by her job
Ana’s occupational hazards include repetitive motion injuries and construction accidents, and she is protected by OSHA and workers compensation laws if something happens
Julia’s occupational hazards include rape, pregnancy, beatings, rectal prolapse, murder, PTSD, and sexually transmitted diseases. OSHA does not care.
Ana isn’t offered extra money for failing to wear a hardhat in construction zones
Julia is offered extra money for having sex without a condom
If Ana turns down a client they will go to someone else that can also safely turn them down
If Julia turns down a client they may react violently, or they will go to someone who can’t turn down clients
Ana’s colleagues are like her- they are highly paid and well educated. they all have many options besides being architects. Most of them are men.
Julia’s colleagues are forced into their jobs and have few (if any) options. Almost all of them are women and children.
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Also read: Why Sex Work Isn’t Work
Also a reminder that “sex work” is not a neutral or objective term but a liberal one (tied in with economics) that specifically comes out of the 1970s United States pro-prostitution movement and is about an ideology that promotes the sex industries by using language to gloss over its harms:
Many in favor of the legalization of prostitution refer to it as “sex work” and employ concepts such as “consent,” “agency,” “sexual freedom,” “the right to work,” and even “human rights” in the course of making their defense.[1] Consider some of the common claims defenders of legalization advance: sex work is work just like any other form of work, only the social shame and stigma around sex prevent people from seeing it as such;[2] many (most) women[3] who sell sex chose to be there, so we should respect their choice and agency, after all they are in no different a position than someone who chooses a minimum wage job without better alternatives;[4] women choosing to sell sex is an example of sexual freedom and rejecting repressive norms that limit women’s sexuality,[5] so we should respect their sexually autonomous choices to sell sex for a living. - Why Sex Work Isn’t Work by Lori Watson
Also, many of the formerly prostituted do not support being called “sex workers” or them being prostituted being called “sex work.”
“In January 2014, 61 South Asian victims and survivors of prostitution as well as women’s groups representing communities marginalized by caste, class and ethnicity and antitrafficking organizations helping girls and women “trapped in bonded labour and other forms of servitude” wrote to Mlambo-Ngcuka to protest the new UN Women policy of avoiding the word prostitution.
“We do not want to be called ‘sex workers’ but prostituted women and children, as we can never accept our exploitation as ‘work,’ ” the letter signers wrote. “We think that the attempts in UN documents to call us ‘sex workers’ legitimizes violence against women, especially women of discriminated caste, poor men and women and women and men from minority groups, who are the majority of the prostituted.”
They are still awaiting an answer from UN Women, Gupta said.
Censoring comment about violence against girls and women is not new in the Commission on the Status of Women or in the UN more broadly. Nafis Sadik, the outspoken executive director of the United Nations Population Fund, or UNFPA, from 1987 to 2000, said in an interview in 2013 that there had been numerous attempts to silence her, often from pressure by governments.” — Prostitution: A Word That UN Women Does Not Want to Hear | March 31, 2015
Cherry Smiley’s AWAN address to the 55th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) at the UN in 2011.
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“Please be aware that the term ‘sex work’, which is found in your public policies and documents, came out of the US sex trade of the 1970’s. It was invented with the particular aim of normalising and sanitising prostitution for the public and for lawmakers in particular, and you have done a great service for those who profit from prostitution by your acceptance and adoption of it. Simultaneously you have also – inadvertently, we acknowledge – levelled a painful insult against us. We are, all of us, sex-trade survivors; the living witnesses of a dehumanising trade, and any acceptance of our abuse as ‘work’ further dehumanises us.“ — Open Letter from Survivors, Alliance of Women for the Abolition of Prostitution
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Charlie Howard was an openly gay male living in Bangor, Maine. Throughout his life, Charlie was often tormented for his sexual orientation, but despite that, he wasn’t afraid to wear makeup and jewelry. Once he was at a local market when a woman started shouting out homophobic slurs at him. As he was hurrying out, he stopped for just a second, turned around, and blew her a kiss. In another incident, someone had strangled his kitten and left it on his doorstep. On July 7th, 1984, Charlie would meet a fateful encounter. After leaving a party with his friend, Roy Ogden, a car packed with teenagers started following them. Three boys then got out of the car and began chasing Charlie while shouting homophobic slurs. Charlie eventually fell and struggled to breathe due to his asthma. Roy kept running further down the street and watched from a distance as they began kicking and beating on Charlie. The three youths then dragged Charlie to the bridge as he pleaded for his life, telling them he could not swim. They tossed him over the bridge and into the river anyway. Ray quickly ran for help and pulled the fire alarm. Sadly, by the time Charlie was found, he was already dead, having suffered from a severe asthma attack and drowned.
The boys afterward headed to a party where they boasted about what they’d done. The next day, however, one of them turned himself in after learning Charlie had died, and the other two were arrested. They didn’t serve any more than two years in a juvenile detention center. 25 years later, the media tracked down one of the boys, Jim Baines, who now regularly speaks out against discrimination against homosexuals to local students. Shawn Mabry, another one of the youths involved, expressed remorse, stating he thinks about Charlie everyday.
The life of this young man was only worth 2 years. That’s it.
the only criticism of millennials l accept
I don’t have a hard time believing this.
Blah, Blah, Blah..
The Wichita Daily Eagle, Kansas, December 30, 1899
The Saint Paul Globe, Minnesota, March 2, 1905
The Tribune, Seymour, Indiana, July 13, 1909
The Atlanta Constitution, Georgia, May 13, 1912
The Evening Journal, Wilmington, Delaware, June 11, 1913
Woodson County Advocate, Yates Center, Kansas, August 6, 1915
The Guntersville Democrat, Alabama, June 22, 1921
Daily News, New York, New York, February 13, 1925
The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, May 22, 1950
St. Mary and Franklin Banner-Tribune, Franklin, Louisiana, August 27, 1971
yesterdaysprint snapped
Shaming women for having dogs not babies is a tool of tha patriarchy to reinforce the chains of motherhood upon women
But the men have always been allowed to love their hunting dogs and dote on them instead of their children - particularily if their children are “just Girls”. But when women opt out of the potentially lethal and/or crippling task of carrying and birthing a child, then nurse them for the NeXT 18+ years….. THAT is frowned upon. Where is the criticism of men who prefer to live the bachelor life and hang With their buddies instead of becoming responsible husbands and fathers?
She’s helping construct!
A good ole construction doggo
