sucymemebabaran:

like it’s not “whoops I’m PREGNANT AGAIN tee hee time for an abortion!!” 

nobody fuckin does that. nobody

it’s more along the lines of

do you want an abortion or do you want to die

do you want an abortion or do you want to watch your baby die after a week

do you want an abortion or do you want your life to fall apart around you because of a child you are either unable or unfit to support

do you want to give up a fetus or a living, breathing baby

peggylives:

cisphobicqueer:

sick1y:

IF ME CALLING YOU DUDE OR GURL CAUSES YOU TO HAVE DYSPHORIA YOU SHOULD tell me because you being comfortable is so much more important than some stupid slang 

or when if i call you “man” because i know i do that a lot. please tell me if it causes dysphoria or just makes you upset in general. because i will stop because i love you.

a PSA

stoatsandwich:

Oh, hey, just occurred to me: 

Do you have social anxiety and hate calling people on the phone? ME TOO. Does this stop you from seeing medical professionals when you probably should? ME TOO. 

Did you know you can book appointments online at zocdoc.com? You can even search for doctors/dentists in your area who take your insurance. Seriously, this dramatically improved my life. 

An Open Letter to YA Authors About Sex

died-and-went-to-nightvale:

thepagesage:

“Dear YA Authors,

Please stop making sex hurt.

That’s a weird request, I know, so let me clarify what I mean a little. You know the (heterosexual) sex scenes in YA books (the ones that don’t fade to black) where it’s the girl’s first time and it goes something like this:

I felt a sharp pain and he paused. “Are you okay?” he asked. I gritted my teeth and nodded. Eventually the pain turned into something better… later, after we were finished, I saw a red stain on his sheets and cringed.

I’m not exactly going to win the Printz here, but you get the idea.”

Read the rest on The Page Sage.

This about a million times over. The sex ed I got was from the playground and books, and I bought into these sorts of myths for a very long time. It’s simply not healthy. YA authors (although their editors and publishers may have a greater role in this) have a responsibility to keep their work at a ‘teen’ rating because adults are scared that adult themes will have an adverse effect; surely they also have a responsibility to write accurately about the more mature themes for the same reason.

An Open Letter to YA Authors About Sex

sexyboy1998:

The fact that a woman who appreciates herself and loves every inch of her body and her mind is perceived as arrogant and vain whereas a woman who struggles with self esteem issue is more or less the norm and seen as modest clearly shows how society is trying to belittle woman and trick them into thinking they somehow have to feel inadequate all the time