#←that's fine tho i'm okay with that

[inkskinned]

so one of the things that's so horrifying about birth control is that you have to, like, navigate this incredibly personal choice about your body and yet also face the epitome of misogyny. like, someone in the comments will say it wasn't that bad for me, and you'll be utterly silenced. like, everyone treats birth control like something that's super dirty. like, you have no fucking information or control over this thing because certain powerful people find it icky.

first it was the oral contraceptives. you went on those young, mostly for reasons unrelated to birth control - even your dermatologist suggested them to control your acne. the list of side effects was longer than your arm, and you just stared at it, horrified.

it made you so mentally ill, but you just heard that this was adulthood. that, yes, there are of course side effects, what did you expect. one day you looked up yasmin makes me depressed because surely this was far too intense, and you discovered that over 12,000 lawsuits had been successfully filed against the brand. it remains commonly prescribed on the open market. you switched brands a few times before oral contraceptives stopped being in any way effective. your doctor just, like, shrugged and said you could try a different brand again.

and the thing is that you're a feminist. you know from your own experience that birth control can be lifesaving, and that even when used for birth control - it is necessary healthcare. you have seen it save so many people from such bad situations, yourself included. it is critical that any person has access to birth control, and you would never suggest that we just get rid of all of it.

you were a little skeeved out by the implant (heard too many bad stories about it) and figured - okay, iud. it was some of the worst pain you've ever fucking experienced, and you did it with a small number of tylenol in your system (3), like you were getting your bikini line waxed instead of something practically sewn into your body.

and what's wild is that because sometimes it isn't a painful insertion process, it is vanishingly rare to find a doctor that will actually numb the area. while your doctor was talking to you about which brand to choose, you were thinking about the other ways you've been injured in your life. you thought about how you had a suspicious mole frozen off - something so small and easy - and how they'd numbed a huge area. you thought about when you broke your wrist and didn't actually notice, because you'd thought it was a sprain.

your understanding of pain is that how the human body responds to injury doesn't always relate to the actual pain tolerance of the person - it's more about how lucky that person is physically. maybe they broke it in a perfect way. maybe they happened to get hurt in a place without a lot of nerve endings. some people can handle a broken femur but crumble under a sore tooth. there's no true way to predict how "much" something actually hurts.

in no other situation would it be appropriate for doctors to ignore pain. just because someone can break their wrist and not feel it doesn't mean no one should receive pain meds for a broken wrist. it just means that particular person was lucky about it. it should not define treatment.

in the comments of videos about IUDs, literally thousands of people report agony. blinding, nauseating, soul-crushing agony. they say things like i had 2 kids and this was the worst thing i ever experienced or i literally have a tattoo on my ribs and it felt like a tickle. this thing almost killed me or would rather run into traffic than ever feel that again.

so it's either true that every single person who reports severe pain is exaggerating. or it's true that it's far more likely you will experience pain, rather than "just a pinch." and yet - there's nothing fucking been done about it. it kind of feels like a shrug is layered on top of everything - since technically it's elective, isn't it kind of your fault for agreeing to select it? stop being fearmongering. stop being defensive.

you fucking needed yours. you are almost weirdly protective of it. yours was so important for your physical and mental health. it helped you off hormonal birth control and even started helping some of your symptoms. it still fucking hurt for no fucking reason.

once while recovering from surgery, they offered you like 15 days of vicodin. you only took 2 of them. you've been offered oxy for tonsillitis. you turned down opioids while recovering from your wisdom tooth extraction. everything else has the option. you fucking drove yourself home after it, shocked and quietly weeping, feeling like something very bad had just happened. the nurse that held your hand during the experience looked down at you, tears in her eyes, and said - i know. this is cruelty in action.

and it's fucked up because the conversation is never just "hey, so the way we are doing this is fucking barbaric and doctors should be required to offer serious pain meds" - it's usually something around the lines of "well, it didn't kill you, did it?"

you just found out that removing that little bitch will hurt just as bad. a little pinch like how oral contraceptives have "some" serious symptoms. like your life and pain are expendable or not really important. like maybe we are all hysterical about it?

hysteria comes from the latin word for uterus, which is great!

you stand here at a crossroads. like - this thing is so important. did they really have to make it so fucking dangerous. and why is it that if you make a complaint, you're told - i didn't even want you to have this in the first place. we're told be careful what you wish for. we're told that it's our fault for wanting something so illict; we could simply choose not to need medication. that maybe if we don't like the scraps, we should get ready to starve.

we have been saying for so long - "i'm not asking you to remove the option, i'm asking you to reconsider the risk." this entire time we hear: well, this is what you wanted, isn't it?

#where's the word woman in this u might wonder if u suck #good news i am nonbinary and have a uterus so that is something that can happen #im also gender fluid tho which means im immune to certain psychic damage bc if u call me a woman i'll be like <3 okay <3 #writeblr #the tightrope of ''ppl need access to this'' #and like also #''what the fuck is going on over there'' is like. so difficult as an activist #i was <3 punctured <3 during mine #and almost bled out on the table :) they didn't have anyone standing by bc it's ''just a little insertion'' #so i started crashing and i vaguely remember apologizing for the fuss as i heard my heart rate monitor start going <3 tachycardic <3 #she wasn't even a bad doctor tbh #ps btw the reason i even HAD a heart monitor is that i have a genuine heart condition and they knew GOING IN that there was a chance #i'd crash on the table #like my heart just likes to do fun little tricks and <3 stop working <3 (i do not want to discuss the specifics ty i am okay im ontop of it #and they were like 'oh u will be fine' and then she did do a puncture thru my uterus . pop! #and im sitting there dizzy and feeling my heartrate start to drop bc it feels almost. beautiful. like. the whole ground just #woosh! out from under you. and shit is like grey's anatomy. i'm looking up at her grey eyes #she's old she wears this nice shawl she's like got Cool Lesbian vibes and people are sprinting into the room #from other parts of the clinic unrelated to me. while the monitor is like a little aria singing #and shes like hey youre okay stay awake stay with me something went wrong we have to keep trying #and i remember thinking - i was trying to think of nice things. i have so many beautiful places that now overlap #with this terrible memory #i became dimly aware that there was too much on her wrists and hands. like #that was too many liters #and then when they had finished all this. i packed up and drove myself home #i have had (bad thing) happen to me. and the same feeling happened after #that numb almost lamblike bleating. you cry without noise. like. ur body is so shocked and ur mind so empty #you just stare at the road and everything everything is happening behind glass and static and you are standing so far away from it #while you hold ur hands at 10 and 2. and something in ur brain is SCREAMING at you - IT WAS BAD AND IT SHOULDNT HAVE HAPPENED #and ur just watching the alarms in your body going off and youre thinking. a little pinch! ha. i think i just lost something important.

[radiance1]

Danny and (a recently revived) Jason move into an apartment together, they live right next to each other too.

The thing with this, however, is that the both of them?

They goddamn hate each other.

If murder was not illegal, they would genuinely kill each other. But since it is, they settle for the next best thing, just beating each other up on sight.

At least, until the landlord told them to not fight on their property and if they were to do it out of sight, so they don't scare away any more potential clients.

They've already scared away more than 10.

#dc x dp #dp x dc #dpxdc #dp x dc crossover #dcxdp #dc x dp crossover #You know that one comment that thought I was genuinely hating even though I put (This is just for dramatic effect) near the top of the post #Yea I'm still thinking about that and maybe the slightest bit salty over it #Doubt they'd ever see this though since it was resolved pretty fine in my opinion :D #but if you do see this #You know who you are #Anyways #Danny and Jason fight like feral cats in my opinion #Even though Jason is a highly trained fighter #Okay maybe Danny fights like the feral cat and Jason fights like a more refined version of that #Still feral tho

[kosukenitoh]

sometimes you just gotta imagine your f/o holding you close to them, petting your head, hearing their voice speak to you softly as they remind you that everything is gonna be alright, that you're gonna be alright, no matter how much you feel like you aren't, no matter how much your mind tells you that you aren't. your f/o is here to remind you that you can and will get through it and you will be okay, especially with them by your side. and they will stay with you until you feel safe again, no matter how long that takes.

#sorry i had a HORRIBLE mental health night last night and was convinced i was dying #its nice to try to tell yourself youre gonna be okay in ur f/os voice idk #I'm fine with ppl reblogging tho <3 #self shipping community #self ship imagine #self shipping #f/o imagines #f/o community #f/o comfort #f/o

[gxlden-angels]

Bro I hate fundamentalists and culturally-fundie parents they'll say shit like "spare the rod spoil the child am I right haha yea my parents used to have to beat my ass with a switch almost everyday but I sure did learn my lesson" but like??? no you didn't??? you were hit multiple times for something you very obviously did not, in fact, learn

Like studies about how harmful even lightly spanking children is aside, you're literally contradicting yourself?? Some even admitted they got worse as they got older cause they wanted to see how far they could push their parents before they got punished

And studies not aside, you're gonna get child raising advice from the same book that tells you to stone your wife if her hymen doesn't break on your wedding night instead of the decades of research we have now?? Just say you're a bad parent and move on my guy. Skill issue

#bro I had a coworker go 'unpopular opinion I think some kids really do need beatings' and I'm like???? #unprompted???? what's going on there???? #well anyways I ended up going 'yea so I plan on specializing in play therapy with autistic children so I've been learning about talking #to children and the ways their parents and environment affects them' #and they're like hmmm but beating this kid with a stick after they broke something or I upset them to the point of yelling is good actually #had a boss say it taught him and his kids respect cause they were hard-headed #and I'm like?? that's fear not respect! they fear punishment! they do not act out of respect for you! #he's a conservative christian black man tho so he's like 'But Authority!' like bro I don't even respect you what are you on about #'You don't respect police and their authority?' Nope! I fear them! I do not respect cops and every cop/cop-adjacent person I personally know #has reinforced that for me #'We'll agree to disagree' Cool! Doesn't mean you're not wrong! I could believe trees aren't real but that is in fact incorrect #then he pulled out the bible verse and I was like ah okay I forgot you like 'here's how to treat slaves' book you're so right bestie #I'm totally wrong now and so sorry for doubting you and your 2000+ year old book I don't believe in <3 #They'd go 'well I turned out fine!' then say something that directly contradicts that #anyways I need christians to get their grubby little hands off the current state of Child Protection and Rights in the U.S. #So we can actually start working on helping kids without the force of christian hands suffocating them #cause homeschooling and child raising by evangelicals are so fucked up bro I'm tired of this shit #I'd only stay in my current state to help children get out of that cycle since I'm in the bible belt #ex christian #religious trauma #child abuse tw

[aeb-art]

what's going on with geo that might cause this reaction?

characters belong to @8um8le

#2023 #stellar city #sc mall toons #sc pyro #sc hydro #sc tele #i love these lil dudes #there was something for them to react to but i couldn't make it look right and gave up o7 this was silly tho so y'all can have it #hydro is snapping a picture on his phone idk if that's clear #i feel like i've stared at it too long bc i'm self conscious now like did i misinterpret all of them or is this fine? idk #it's more nerve wracking at the prospect of messing up somebody's OC vs messing up a character from a series... i need it to be right #okay okay okay i will admit it now that there's a block of text before it: #what they were looking at was geo awkwardly holding hands with an insert... listen i gotta get serotonin somehow #tbh i think it mostly looked bad bc i'm out of practice with digital yknow? i can try again at some point maybe idk #okay everybody have a great day and night bye bye mwah mwah

[lynne-monstr]

"Lord Atsumi, please don't say such ridiculous things."

#netflix onmyoji #onmyoji #abe no seimei #minamoto no hiromasa #my gifs #onmyojiedit #he's right tho they're not good friends they are boyfriends #okay fine they are both #this scene cracks up me every time #they didn't know they were dating except it's #they didn't know they were besties #thank u ep 4 for your service #i'm not thrilled with the coloring of these gifs but i don't feel like re-doing them so here we are #still figuring out the fandom tags but going forward will probably only use the netflix one for this adaptation

[smalltimidbean]

I spilt my juice today

#oc: bean #sona tag #this was technically a vent bc today was so overstimulating that I threw up but something about spontaneous combustion is so funny to me #so silly post instead #I did spill my juice tho and I cried about it but I'm okay now #I have also been staring at a blank canvas for about 6 hours and I just needed to draw... something #can you tell I am not having a very good time right now #but I'll be fine probably

[axyer]

GUYS GUYS GUYS GUYS I SURVIVED OUT OF PITY AND SPITE GUYS GUYS HEART CHONNY JASH???? CHONNY JASH CHONNY JASH CHONNY JASH CHONNY JASH CHONNY JASH CHONNY JASH CHONILY JWSH CHSJXJ

#chonny jash #chonnys charming chaos compendium #I'm not okay gamers #rough patch ohoho #it's fine tho because I'm Heart and Heart canonically survived #(note: I am not actually Heart) #(but I may as well be if you're catching my drift) #(wink wink ;) ;)) #did I tell you guys I could be better #tag edit update: I am Heart you guys I became Heart #and I did in-fact survive :)

[ajwalker7900]

girlie is goin' through it

the og screenshot lol i have zero context for this whatsoever

#me listening to worlds continuation tho that song breaks my HEART #ive never played dramatical murder this is basically the only screenshot from the game ive seen #this sketch was sat in my drafts for months and i finally decided to finish it today #i just thought it would be funny to draw tbh LMAO #damn if i'm not proud of it though #seriously i never do finished pieces ever but this turned out so damn good #shhh dont focus on the inaccurate anatomy okay its fine dont worry bout it #byotiful #i love uta so much #one piece #one piece uta #uta #dramatical murder #aoba seragaki #my art

[bugeyedfreaks]

Okay, so I am not a Funko Pop collector by any means, and I don't necessarily like them all that much, but I just found about these digital Funko Pop things (NFTs??? blechhhhhhh) that I... think you can redeem for actual physical limited edition Funko Pops in the future that correspond with whatever digital ones you collect... and apparently there's a Powerpuff Girls set you can't get the tokens for anymore that actually looks kind of cute (also, more importantly, it's OG PPG!).

I already have figurines of the girls playing in their little band, so I wouldn't need anything like that even though it is admittedly adorable.

BUT! LOOK AT THIS ONE THEY MADE AHH

IT'S BABY MOJO AHHH MY STOMACH HURTS SO BAD OMG I WANT HIMMMMM 😭😭😭

#mojo jojo #i don't wanna sound egotistical or greedy or anything bad at all but #and to be fair I am 99% joking when I say this BUT #DON'T I DESERVE HIM????? #[points at him and pines and cries and sobs and throws up] #i'm not kidding i want him so bad BUT IT'S LIKE $180 TO GET A TOKEN WHAT #of COURSE he's the most expensive one! UGH! #why is the world so cruel!??!?!! #good merch #oh well that's okay i'll just admire the image of this thing it's okay it's fine if i don't have him 🥺 #god bless whoever decided to make this tho you are a true hero #ppg #powerpuff girls

[essektheylyss]

I have finally hit 30k on my current book draft and this section is roughly outlined to my liking and I have worked out a number of later plot kinks in the process and truly, if I can get through this and the next section before the New Year, I might actually stand a chance of finishing this thing with some efficiency. And thank FUCK.

#really the trouble is gonna be when class starts up again. but that's for later megs to deal with. #however if I can miraculously get through three next THREE sections before the new year I'll be done like two weeks into January. #wouldn't THAT be a miracle #megs is writing #for real this time!!! #it's wild too cuz like... this feels like a first draft but technically it's a fourth #so it's possible I won't even need to do THAT much editing once it's done #we'll see but #the farther I go the more I'm like. okay okay okay. #while simultaneously being convinced I'm gonna fuck it up on the next scene but #also the more text that i know doesn't have to be tossed entirely the easier it is to also be like 'okay but rewriting one scene is fine' #ANYWAY i am once again overachieving on writing goals but i am also once again feeling like overachieving is REALISTIC #and what a miracle that is after this fucking year #uggggh i also gotta start learning python tho FUCK

[scribefindegil]

I didn’t watch Mob Psycho at first because I saw promo art with Dimple and thought he would be an awful, annoying sidekick. Now he’s my favorite character. (Paul Rudd “look at us��� meme plays)

Anon I am shaking your hand.

I was talking with a friend the other day about how when characters that you really don't expect to like become your favorites it can hit even harder, and I think a lot of Dimple Enjoyers have that experience.

Because yeah, he looks like he's gonna be an awful annoying sidekick! He looks like he's going to fall into the 'non-human companion' archetype that exists to provide uncomfortable comic relief and get treated more like a pet than a character and never really change.

And then you realize oh. No. The narrative *is* going to take him seriously as a character. And then you get to the broccoli arc and realize oh no! The narrative is going to take him SO seriously as a character and you are never going to be normal again!

#mp100 #my Personal Dimple Feelings Progression was like #pre-show: I am vaguely aware that there is a blob #pre-Black Vinegar: god why is he here :( what a creep #Big Cleanup: okay he's fine as a manipulative little bastard as long as they don't expect me to like him #7th Division: okay he is kind of funny #i guess he can stay #early S2: i accept him as part of the cast but i have no strong feelings #Mogami: OH. OKAY. i. may be experiencing some emotions. this is fine tho. i am normal about them. #he has convinced me that he cares about Mob and thus I care about him via the transitive property #this is a fine and manageable state of affairs! #Broccoli: I LOVE HIM I LOVE HIM I LOVE HIM I'M NOT NORMAL I WILL NEVER BE NORMAL I WILL BE CRYING ABOUT THIS FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE!!!! #Confession: wow i am even less normal somehow! #(with bonus ekurei 'huh. this better not awaken anything in me.')

[mattodore]

scrapped pose from theo's birthday edit

little koala 🐨

#river dipping #theodore doe #matthias evanoff #echthroi #a burning house to live in #ts4 #blender #...that's just my general tag for pics of their sims but this is them in blender so it feels weird to use that... oh well lmfao #i'm waiting for sim ripper to load one of the outfits i need for this pose i wanna make so. i'm just in blender spinning mattodore around #i could start working on the pose now and apply the armature later but i'll just wait #ignore theo's weird knees btw........... it's just blender the pose looked fine in game when i tested it originally #do NOT ignore matthias's pancake ass tho! for some reason these slacks just do that to his ass. it's sooo criminal!! he has a bubble butt!! #anyway... theo is like. openly sobbing but his face is literally buried in matthias's shoulder so you can't see his expression #he's so wounded here... i mean obviously since this was originally gonna be in the edit but........ :/ #yk that bit from the caption on the edit where theo gets flashbacks and describes the breeze and the looming darkness..... #and then to have matthias see it all... like that recognition of a part of theo's self that he doesn't even turn his own face toward... ugh #he needed that comfort yk... and he needed to be held. at every age. #UGHHHHH okay okay i'm letting myself get emotional here let's go back to thinking abt matthias's pancake ass in these pics haha funny #insert that screenshot of roman texting ''i am going to kill myself'' to gerri

[trans-xianxian]

AKHDMCUKSNDM Hours after essentially giving up on getting an education job I got an email back for a position I applied to literally yesterday?? which would be an after school teacher at a private school in the richy rich part of town which is actually so so funny to me but well. it's a job

#I was honestly like this private school isn't gonna get back to me but they replied less than 24 hours later LMAO #it's not exactly what I'd ideally be looking for but hey after school positions are pretty easy work #and more working w kids experience I can put on my resume #and allows enough free time to like. have energy and also volunteer somewhere that doing what I actually want to go into #so if they Do end up offering me a job it wouldn't be disappointing by any means #the idea of me working at a private school is sort of hilarious tho #I'll have to ask if body mods are okay 😭 #I'm sure it'll be fine because I live in a city where everyone has dyed hair and nose piercings #and it's not like a Franchise #but ya always gotta ask #ghost posts #text

[meganechan05]

Finally got the last of the materials so I managed to make a more screen-accurate costume

The ribbon ended up more pink (especially on camera) but it's okay. Also need to find a way to paint the snow splatter on the back...

#kingohger #king ohger #ohsama sentai kingohger #rita kaniska #rita kanisuka #moffun #custom nendoroid #nendoroid doll #I'm surprised my motor skills are okay with the details #my back isn't fine tho lol

[izloveshorses]

i stayed up late last night to finish playing rdr2 and i have been walking around Crying all morning and i imagine i will be crying for the rest of the day..... idk if they could've made an ending more upsetting and devastating than That

#rdr2 #ps4 #arthur morgan #y'all have to suffer through my gamer girl journey with me okay #but god #i feel like i lost a friend #my husband died in the war :( #don't even look at me i can't talk about it it's fine !!!!!! #i still need to play the epilogue tho #but i'm like so upset i miss arthur so much ashdlkjf idk if i can play if it's not him #something inside my chest has fundamentally changed