realizing I could technically say “yeah my mother wanted a girl so she dressed me like a little girl” to explain my childhood photos and it would technically be correct and win me much more sympathy than just saying I’m trans
“you’re right it IS weird to force children to live as a gender they know they are not”
this is literally what the Chevaliere d'Eon (1728-1810; trans spymaster and swordswoman) did
she claimed she was actually a cis woman raised as a boy/man because her father needed a male heir
got the king of France to publicly back up the story, too
GRADE SCHOOL SJWS stop using social justice language to explain shit to your conservative parents IT’S NOT GONNA GO THROUGH now all they have are some new words to make fun of. don’t tell your mom she’s being fatphobic tell her she’s being a dick
Surprisingly, this is not a Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy reference, but an actual fact. From Burnout: Solve Your Stress Cycle, by Emily and Amelia Nagoski
That’s the percentage of time your body and brain need you to spend resting. It’s about ten hours out of every twenty-four. It doesn’t have to be every day; it can average out over a week or a month or more. But yeah. That much.
“That’s ridiculous! I don’t have that kind of time!” you might protest - and we remind you that we predicted you might feel that way, back at the start of the chapter.
We’re not saying you [italic] should [end italic] take 42 percent of your time to rest; we’re saying if you don’t take the 42 percent , the 42 percent will take you. It will grab you by the face, shove you to the ground, put its foot on your chest, and declare [image ends here, mid-sentence]
We’re not saying you should take 42 percent of your time to rest; we’re saying if you don’t take the 42 percent, the 42 percent will take you. It will grab you by the face, shove you to the ground, put its foot on your chest, and declare itself the victor.
Eddie should probably be asleep by now, and though that’s true of Buck too, there’s not much Eddie will be able to say about the late-night phone call he’s about to answer as long as he’s still standing in the middle of his kitchen, a few excuses on the tip of his tongue just in case Buck asks him to provide one. He glances down at the shot of tequila he’s just poured – the cheapest available shit he can manage to swallow – and he takes a deep breath, the liquor remaining untouched for now.
“You’ve called me three other times today, texted me more often than I could count, and we had dinner with Chris like five hours ago,” Eddie says in lieu of a hello, his failed eye roll forgiven by the dim light he’s left on. “You can’t possibly have anything new to say now.”
Buck snorts. “Except that today isn’t today anymore. Today is tomorrow, so this is the first time we’ve spoken on this today, and we haven’t seen each other since last night. I’ve got plenty to say to you.”
It’s all true, Eddie supposes. The moment his phone had rattled against the kitchen counter, Eddie had known what time it was, Buck’s name across the screen a wholly unnecessary detail, and Eddie’s too tired to argue that one minute past midnight is not notably different from one minute before. Buck wouldn’t let him win that fight tonight anyway.
“Why are you still awake? We’re supposed to be at work early tomorrow for a cross-shift briefing.”
“Early today,” Buck corrects, his smile so damn loud just before he gets quiet. “And you know why.”
Eddie’s fingertip traces the rim of the shot glass, and he sighs. “I do.”
“You okay?”
“Why wouldn’t I be?”
“Because you’re staring down at a shot of terrible tequila and thinking too much about things you can’t change,” Buck says.
this is a confession to the star wars fandom because I have to get this off my chest. last summer just for fun I taught myself to read aurebesh and. you fanartists have Got to Continue putting the most Hilarious stuff into the background of your art because it is literally my favorite thing
here’s a couple of excellent things I’ve read since I started keeping a list just last month:
- “I hate drawing lightsabers”
- “Idk what to put here”
- “stupid fucking sign”
- “eat paste, it’s good”
- an entire news article on a phone screen which I actually found really impressive
- a few funny misspellings but the best one so far was ahsoka somehow becoming “asock”
- wanted poster of obi wan that read “wanted for fashion crimes”. the caption translated it as “wanted for high treason”. like blatantly lying to my face. love it.
I feel so bad every time I reblog my beloved mutuals art without crazy tags because the art is so so good I just never have proper energy to say anything
@taketheshot21 @lookoutrogue you are both so fucking valid and you are correct I was remiss to not give dandelion a hug as well everyone needs to be picked up
