dragondrones:

sherlockismysuicidenote:

I can understand people who go vegan
I cannot understand people who go vegan and start spreading dangerous lies about how vaccinations work, about different chemicals used in food processing, about antibiotics or other things.
Seriously, just because you don’t have a clue about chemistry, don’t spread your bullshit.

I’m sorry but chemicals are bad for the human body

I’m sorry but our bodies are made up entirely of chemicals

Major World Issues You Should Know About

iceboundolive:

With my angry post hitting 10k notes already, I wanted to bring together a list of some of the events people have added. I guarantee things will be missed, and I apologize ahead of time. But without further ado:

Australia
-Their PM Tony Abbott is sexist, doesn’t believe in climate change, is against same sex marriage, and continually makes it harder for indigenous Australians in the country, among other things

Brazil
-The government is insanely corrupt and people have been protesting to no avail, and some protests against education cuts (’austerity measure’) are met with violence

Canada
-PM Stephan Harper has cheated in the last three elections, pulled Canada from the Kyoto protocol, doesn’t support same sex marriage, has passed racist and Orwellian bills, and has driven the economy to recession
-Forest fires in western Canada (and Alaska) have driven over 13000 from their homes, with approximately 45.4% of Canada on fire. (Here’s a map of active fires)

China
–The Chinese stock market is in the third week of crashing, having lost $3.25 million since June 12, and Beijing is unable to stop it

Chile
–June 19; Hit by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake just off the coast

Cuba
-People are starving under a modern dictatorship (source?)

Greece
–Unemployment is at 25.6%
-The fate of Greece as a member of the EU is still uncertain as they are rapidly running out of money, and opinion appears split as to whether they should remain with the euro or return to the drachma

Israel/Palestine (I apologize for being woefully uneducated on this at the moment)
–Huffington Post has list of things to consider surrounding the conflict
–This website has a timeline of the events leading up to the conflict
-Regardless of the history, people (civilians) are being killed

Mexico
–The Iguala Massacre: 43 missing students have been confirmed(?) murdered by drug cartels

Russia
–Sweden is being threatened to stay out of NATO, and it seems as though the Baltic nations may be annexed soon
-Putin’s party has released pro-heterosexuality propaganda

Ukraine
–Russia is heavily censoring the airwaves, and has cut electricity to the land that has been annexed

United Kingdom
-The governing Tories appear to be obsessed with pulling out of Europe as much as possible

United States
–Police killings are headed towards 1100 by the end of the year
-Alaska is dealing with the same forest fire Canada is, and smoke from the fires has begun affecting the air quality in the USA as well
-California is suffering a deadly drought, and Nestle refuses to stop bottling water from the state (British Columbia (Canada) is also facing the same problem due to Nestle)

Also here’s a (probably incomplete) list of countries currently in a recession: Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, and Taiwan.

TO THOSE MAKING NATIVE OCS

aphromanoo:

I see this a lot, no one has actual names, or any reference for names, that are legit Native American, varying among the tribes, for their characters.

Babynames.com and shit like that will give you names made up by white people.

However, I’ve got your solution.

Native-Languages is a good website to turn to for knowledge on a lot of native things, including native names. If you’re unsure about the names you’ve picked, they even have a list of made up names here!

Please don’t trust names like babynames.com for native names, they’re made up and often quite offensive to the cultures themselves.

Support Native Americans

serre-la-lumiere:

•support dark skinned natives
•support light skinned natives
•support white passing natives
•support natives whose first languages are their tribal languages
•support natives who cannot speak their tribal language
•support native children who have to teach themselves about their tribal culture
•support natives living on reservations
•support native kids who get asked if their parents live on a reservation
•support native kids who are taught to be embarrassed and ashamed of their heritage
•support métis people who might not know their heritage
•support métis people who aren’t native passing
•support native people who stick to traditional hair and dress styles
•support natives who practice their tribal religion
•support natives who follow mainstream fashion
•support natives who are told they’re “too Indian”
•support natives who are told they’re “not Indian enough”

•but above all, listen to what we have to say about our cultures, our histories, our future, our issues and our people.

nynjee:

winter-is-coming-for-hitler:

Why is everyone freaking out about Nicki/Taylor thing? all that happened was:

nicki: racism!

taylor: sexism?

nicki: no, racism.

then the media was just like:

media: NICKI MINAJ AND TAYLOR SWIFT BATTLE TO THE DEATH IN THE OCTAGON

Also what happened next

taylor: oh sorry

nicki: it’s okay, love you

media: WHO WILL WIN THIS NEVERENDING FIGHT

sabeamidala:

ask-gallows-callibrator:

msrmoony:

If you ever date an asexual person be sure to get the specifics of their asexuality because the level of comfort with physical contact is different for all of us.

YES
THIS IS SERIOUSLY IMPORTANT

Also—this needs to be an ongoing conversation. Sometimes things are ok for us and sometimes they’re not. Permission once is not permission forever.

infocards:

teenagevictorybong:

“protect heteroromantic aces” lmao from what? the sharknado?

from corrective rape? from mothers who are open and accepting of gay, bi, pan, etc people and still unknowingly tell their asexual children that people who don’t want sex are sick need help? from their closest friends at birthday parties starting conversations about how weird and fake asexuality is? from the fear of being alone forever because no one could want to be with someone like them? from going against sexual and relationship norms in a society that tells them they’re broken and wrong?? from people like you who delegitimize their struggles in the eyes of much of lgbt+ community, some of the only people who you’d think might understand

PETA

wereiplier:

dear-tumb1r:

testingforcake23:

dear-tumb1r:

you guys remember when PETA stole people pets off their porches and euthanized them?

you guys remember how it came out that PETA kills about 90% of the animals it takes in, including healthy and adoptable puppies and kittens, stating “

We could become a no-kill shelter immediately. It means we wouldn’t do as much work”?

you guys remember when PETA advocated killing all pit bulls for the crime of being pit bulls?

you guys remember when PETA handed out these comics to children when there were no adults looking?

you guys remember when they made a porn site and then filled it with videos of animal abuse, and (also in that link) claimed cats should be vegetarian?

you guys remember when PETA lied about sheep shearing, got caught, and defended the lie as true even after they admitted the sheep in their picture wasn’t even real?

you guys remember when they tried to excuse their horrifying ways by claiming that the person who exposed them was manipulating the facts by taking them and putting them in the wrong context?

Because I remember. I remember everything.

And I’m gonna make sure everyone else remembers too.

Why would they kill pit bulls they’re sweeties

Because PETA does not care about animals. they do not care that these dogs live and breathe and feel and want love like every other dog. they do not care about the history of human/dog bonding and co-evolution, they do not care that dogs and human beings have relied on each other for millennia, they do not care that its cruel and morally repugnant to put down an animal just because you can, they do not care about animals.

PETA cares about money and publicity, its a corporation run by a psychopath who is afraid of pitts as it states in the link: she was apparently bit by one, and now she hates them.

PETA doesn’t give a rats ass about animals. They just want to kill and make money off of idiots who fall of their spiel.

PETA is disgusting. Don’t support them.

chronicallysickchick:

sadgaywerewolf:

I don’t think a lot of people understand how frustrating memory and concentration problems are. It’s not cute or “ditzy” or whatever to forget what you were doing or thinking about moment after you were doing it. Being unable to complete a task or thought because you can’t remember or focus long enough to finish it is a terrible feeling.

The same goes for having word-finding issues. It is incredibly frustrating to know what you want to say but not be able to express it.

So I woke up this morning in a pool of my own blood.

princessjellyfishherewego:

allthebeautifulthings9828:

cancerously:

itscandidlycara:

Wait, let me back up.

Hi, my name is Cara and I’m a 21 year old woman. Every 28 days, give or take, I have a period. And it fucking sucks. Today, was one of those where I take from the 28 day cycle. I wasn’t due for another period for at least a week, but considering that my period is pretty much permanently irregular, I get to wake up a lot of mornings in a pool of my own blood. Hmm. Lovely.

I then proceed to dump my sheets, my underwear, and my pajamas in my laundry room in a tub filled with cold water, with the hopes that this time I haven’t ruined them permanently.

What next? Well, a shower of course! To wipe off the smell of rotting blood from my body! Squeaky clean and towel fresh I have about a two minute window before the volcano of blood begins to erupt again from my vagina.

What will it be today? A piece of chlorinated toilet paper cardboard with a string that I get to shove up my hole wherein the blood will sit and rot until the next time I can shove another piece of chlorinated cardboard up the same hole? Or, a plastic lined toilet paper diaper attached to my underwear that causes rug burn to my vaginal area when I walk? Well the later requires less coordination, and it is early, so I guess I’ll be sitting in a period diaper today. The best ever.

Of course, I could always just get birth control, and lessen this whole shit. But 1) I can’t afford it 2) I can’t ask my dad to pay for it because, guess what? Just like the men who run my government, my father correlates birth control with sexual promiscuity! Thus, sitting on my rotting blood, undergoing severe cramps that have on more than one occasion caused me to black out, it is! (Not that birth control is such a walk in the park either, our bodies have to learn to deal with the hormones and other chemicals and consequences that birth control entails.)

Then, I get to go to class, where I have to pretend that I am not a leaky faucet of blood and tissue. I get to sit in Calculus, and if heaven forbid, I need an additional pad, I have to be discrete about it, so as not to offend the men’s gentle sensibilities to the fact that I am the one dropping tissues and blood from my body through my vagina.

I once asked a male to take me to the pharmacy so that I could pick up (GASP) pads, or as we like to call it “feminine products” (again, so as not to offend the gentlemen’s overly sensitive natures) and had him equate me talking about my period to him talking about his erections.

ARE

YOU

FUCKING

KIDDING

ME

No.

This is nothing like your fucking erection’s. I don’t derive any enjoyment from this. I can’t mentally control any ounce of this entire process. I can’t masturbate my problem away. My period does not end in orgasm.

It stays. For at least five days in my case. Draining blood out of my body. Causing me severe cramps, making me irritable -not because I’m uncomfortable (which mind you, would be reason enough) – but because my hormones are all over the place, bloating me up to two sizes larger than I normally am, I have to actively fight not to smell like a fish market, and on top of that, you want me to be hush-hush about this? Because it’s icky for you?

And this is not an attack on that one man, this is an attack on ALL MEN who on top of sitting on their throne of gender privilege want me to stay quiet and be content about the fact that five days out of every month I get to undergo this happiest of joys.

And then, these very same men have the audacity to get annoyed because we don’t want to listen to their bullshit complaining about traffic? Or whatever other meaningless story they happen to tell us while our bodies are actively fighting against us? Then we get to be the butt of their tired-ass jokes? Sorry, I am most certainly not sorry.

I repeat NO. I say women come out of the period closet and say, “You know what, this happens to me. Every. Fucking. Month. And it’s terrible. LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MY MORNING.” Because the truth is, if I live in a country where Viagra is covered by medical insurance, but birth control isn’t, I can no longer keep denying that I live in a country that is actively waging a war on women. And if I live in a country that is actively waging war on my sex, the least I am going to do is break patriarchal social propriety to inform anyone and everyone of the shit biological process I was BLESSED enough to be born into.

Hello, my name is Cara, I’m a 21 year old woman, and today I’m on my period. Let me fucking tell you about it.

hello yes this is a good post

Im ganna reblog this twice because hell hell hell yeah!!!!!!!!!