Quilts and Queers

sketchlynx: mister-sunny: people are boycotting the Kraft commercials for the “Zesty” salad...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:12:49 -0700

mister-sunny:

people are boycotting the Kraft commercials for the “Zesty” salad topping because it features a topless man in compromising situations.

people are boycotting it because it sexualizes a man.

people are boycotting a commercial that features one of the oldest marketing strategies because this time it’s a man being exploited.

the way they put the picnic blanket on him make it look like he has a massive boner.

youarefuckingmajestic: YOU’RE FUCKING MAJESTIC NO MATTER WHAT YOUR GENDER IDENTITY IS. EVEN IF YOU...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:05:52 -0700

youarefuckingmajestic:

YOU’RE FUCKING MAJESTIC NO MATTER WHAT YOUR GENDER IDENTITY IS. EVEN IF YOU DON’T HAVE ONE, OR IF IT CHANGES SOMETIMES, OR ALL THE TIME, OR IF YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT IT IS YET, OR IF YOU NEVER DO.

YOU ARE FUCKING MAJESTIC NO MATTER WHAT.

neverknewandneverwill: teamfreekickass: thislilcutie: smoothie...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:01:04 -0700

neverknewandneverwill:

teamfreekickass:

thislilcutie:

smoothierox:

the-dancing-batter:

darecrowavis:

aviculor:

taleasoldastimelords:

Men of Tumblr, I’m counting on you to make this one good.

I got stuck

Pansy

Challenge accepted

Please, nothing to it.

omg

HOW EMBARRASSING!

Yes it got better finally

Let’s try this….

I feel dumb

so far so good…

And done! you know I thought there would be some kind of white girl change but this is very uneventful… I fell funny..

What…. is that jewelry??? AND A HEADBAND???

HEELS???????

GUYS IT’S A TRAP

IT THE CUPCAKE GUY. THANK YOU CUPCAKE GUY

I Know People Are Just Trying To Be Nice

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:58:42 -0700

the-herbal-alchemist:

But don’t tell me it will “get better”.

It won’t get better.

Not. Ever.

That’s the whole “chronic illness” thing…

It never goes away.

To the Strangers

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:54:20 -0700

eye-ofthestorm:

quiltingqueer:

Blinks, startled. “What kind of dysfunctional family do you HAVE anyway?”

He shrugged. “Doesn’t matter now, does it? They’re all dead.”

“Oh. I’m sorry to hear that. I… guess that doesn’t really cover anything does it. Do you… Are you…” *sighs in frustration* “There aren’t questions that aren’t terribly stupid to ask. So I’ll try do you have anyone in your life that matters to you now? Because it seems like you need someone or something.”

sassymccoy: no but people with vaginas are so badass okay because there will inevitably come a...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:48:00 -0700

sassymccoy:

no but people with vaginas are so badass okay

because there will inevitably come a point in all of their lives where they wakes up in a pool of their own blood and their reaction will be dammit now i have to do laundry

that is some suave superhero shit and you won’t ever be able to convince me otherwise

I love the lack of cissexism in this, although I think it might be more accurate to say uteruses XD. the two tend to go together, but not always. I’m picking at nits now.

rosalarian: Nine years ago today I started drawing this little...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:47:43 -0700

rosalarian:

Nine years ago today I started drawing this little comic called YU+ME. It ended almost three years ago. People are still reading it. It’s not perfect, but if it ends up being the most important thing I’ve done with my life, I’ll be satisfied. If you haven’t read it yet, today is a good day to start.

OH MY GOD THIS ART IS GORGEOUS.

Yu+Me dream is such a good love story I made my MOM read it and she loved it.

When I first came out as a lesbian, it was one of the first things I found and it made me feel so much less alone to see Fiona struggling with a lot of the same things that I did.

So… I FREAKING LOVE THIS COMIC AND YOU SHOULD TOTALLY GO READ IT.

reminder that you are amazing and very loved

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:40:21 -0700

awww. Thank you :). I needed this today. You can have all of the hugs. And probably some slightly slobbery puppy cuddles, knowing Dara :P.

kaitthulhu: girl-in-a-wheelchair: lindseyelarson: IT’S...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:00:13 -0700

Look at that two inch taper, so sexy!

Oh yeah Natural fit handrims! Doesn't that back rest look comfy? That's 'cause it is!

Purple on purple aw yesss

Fold down push handles, there when you need them folded safely away from grabby ableoids when you don't

kaitthulhu:

girl-in-a-wheelchair:

lindseyelarson:

IT’S FINALLY HERE! The wait was worth it! I’d dare say I now have the comfiest chair in the whole house.

Quickie Q7 in midnight purple (so purple it’s almost black) with the purple anodized package.

Natural fit handrims

Schwalb Speed Run tires

Comfort Company Acta- Back and M2 seat cushion

Compact scissor breaks

Tubular footrest with snap on cover

Anti tippers (which I plan to train off of)

Suggestions for names?

Here’s some wheelchair porn for you all, because I love the idea of a new wheelchair as being something desirable and exciting. Mostly because it was for me! This here is a wonderfully comfy and light wheelchair, I know since I’ve got one very very like it :D

this chair looks like heaven

OH MY GOD I WANT ONE. (sorry thelma, you’re lovely and all but…)

thelma is my power scooter.

A funny thing I said

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:23:03 -0700

When I get left alone for too long my anxiety starts having kittens.

And then those kittens throw an anxiety party.

notwiththoseshoesonboi: studentagainstdebt: College Grads May...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:56:18 -0700

notwiththoseshoesonboi:

studentagainstdebt:

College Grads May Be Stuck in Low-Skill Jobs

The recession left millions of college-educated Americans working in coffee shops and retail stores. Now, new research suggests their job prospects may not improve much when the economy rebounds.

Underemployment—skilled workers doing jobs that don’t require their level of education—has been one of the hallmarks of the slow recovery. By some measures, nearly half of employed college graduates are in jobs that don’t traditionally require a college degree.

Economists have generally assumed the problem was temporary: As the economy improved, companies would need more highly educated employees. But in a paper released Monday by the National Bureau of Economic Research, a team of Canadian economists argues that the U.S. faces a longer-term problem.

And so

We come back to this again

They WONDER why we’re not buying cars

They WONDER why we’re not investing in the economy

They WONDER why we’re not starting families (AHAHHAHA some of us can’t even fucking get married and shit but that’s moot for this convo)

They WONDER why we’re not buying houses

THEN they expect us to fund their bullshit and keep THEM afloat when most of us can’t even stay alive

And when you add in the STRESS brought on from people lumping all these expectations onto you, what do you get? Oh…right, complete and total collapse along with a myriad of other issues because you’ve got a fucking magnifying glass hovering over you on what is essentially a perpetually sunny day in the middle of Death Valley California.

Now

For the oppressed groups

Add in job discrimination

Add in housing discrimination

Add in a metric fuckton of blockades meant to make sure you don’t succeed because you don’t fit someone’s idea of a perfect employee simply because of how you look/what you are

If shit isn’t going to get better than what.the.fuck. is the point of college/higher education?

Folks might as well just stop going

Fuck the colleges then

They’re already overpriced (and getting more expensive by the minute) and you don’t actually learn anything half the time

And on top of ALLLLLLL OF THIS

On top of this ice cream cake of death and torture

You’ve got a toxic culture that only treats you like a human being if you fit a certain ideal of who is human and normal

Fuck everything

Photo

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:44:56 -0700

everyone: it's just a book

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:37:35 -0700

everyone: it's just a book
you: YOU KNOW NOTHING

"The truth is those male feminists are often seen as being way more brave, and way more valuable than..."

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:35:37 -0700

“The truth is those male feminists are often seen as being way more brave, and way more valuable than female feminists. I’m kind of tired of that. Because the truth is that as a woman, being a feminist is much more difficult. You’re accused of being crazy. People might even stop being friends with you if you speak out too much. You’re told you should be an “equalist” instead. Because ‘liberation’ is a dirty word (like feminism); it has to about ‘equality’ rather, because
men feel threatened by the word ‘liberation’.”

- On Autonomy and the Role of Men in Feminism, and Women Only Spaces or Events

UNSW Tharunka, Special Wom*ns Issue

(via uowfreeschool)

I personally owe anyone who thinks that feminists should be equalists a giant punch in the face.

missgingerlee: Emergency cute puppy post all up on your...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:37:00 -0700

missgingerlee:

Emergency cute puppy post all up on your dash.

You’re welcome.

ISSA SHIH TZU

tw si jfc my wrists are screaming. one of my biggest triggers has always been lonliness so I...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:35:41 -0700

tw si

jfc my wrists are screaming. one of my biggest triggers has always been lonliness so I don’t know why I’m surprised.

transiences: I hate it when I feel a thing and I can’t put it into words other people...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:12:15 -0700

transiences:

I hate it when I feel a thing and I can’t put it into words other people understand.

When I’m up-ache and the color maroon with sky blue and lemon yellow speckles, the sound of a train whistle at three in the morning.

When I’m more fiery than plasma is and I’m blue-yellow-white-lightning and too alive to continue doing anything and nothing.

When I’m simple green and the warmth drinking hot drinks gives you, and I think that if I could touch a friend I might turn them into gold, because that’s what they are to me.

I don’t know how to make people understand. I know it perfectly, but they can’t seem to.

Does anyone else experience this?

Yes. All the time. It takes me a long time to put it into words. Usually I have to try with poetry first and then it sort of flows from there. Sometimes.

HO LY SHIT APPARENTLY PEOPLE WITH AUTISM ARE EASILY DISTRACTED. THIS...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:00:22 -0700

SHIT

APPARENTLY PEOPLE WITH AUTISM ARE EASILY DISTRACTED.

THIS EXPLAINS

FREAKING

MUCH.

I’m very excited, can you tell :P?

missgingerlee: rabbleprochoice: feministinthekitchen: rabblepr...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:17:49 -0700

missgingerlee:

rabbleprochoice:

feministinthekitchen:

rabbleprochoice:

think-progress:

So, this happened today.

As far as my research on this shows, only fetuses with penises do this and it’s not really masturbation, as there’s no evidence that the fetus even achieves an erection, let alone achieves orgasm. It’s more likely simply a tactile reflex, same with the face touching and thumb sucking that fetuses have been known to exhibit.

This congressman’s argument is actually that the sexual pleasure of fetuses who he considers male is more important than the bodily autonomy of pregnant individuals, who are often very female

This would be surprising… if it were the first time male pleasure was prioritized over women’s rights.

BINGO!

I am so done with these dudes. DONE.

Mike's happy fun time in Denver - ie Mike is throwing a rare (for him) pity party

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:04:00 -0700

Time it took me to miss rioting-feminist: 0 minutes. She left for home before I did.

Time it took me to miss sparklesparklelittletwink: Approximately 3 hours into the road trip (when Mom and I started to run out of things to talk about).

Time it took me to get homesick: A little before we got to Laramie.

Time it took for me to contemplate throwing all of my crap in boxes and leaving that very second, mom getting married or no: approximately 2 hours.

Fun discoveries!

Not ONE of the five other computers in the house actually plays Neverwinter. Considering that’s what I wanted to do with my summer and time here (other than quilt or pack) and that it’s one of if not the only healthy coping mechanism I have for anxiety, PROBLEM. Thankfully Mom took pity on me (I can’t imagine why, not like it’s not fun to see your twenty year old son stimming and crying in the corner) and hopefully the guy on eBay will pay me back soon and I don’t regret everything forever.

It’s triggering for Mom to call Dave my stepfather. I don’t like that, my father was a stepfather and what in hell do I need with another father the other was already a dud.

I already knew that I would be miserable because I know almost NO ONE here (and the people I do know are either hard to track down or abusive or both) but I didn’t realize how fast that was going to drive me crazy. And I mean like…. Crazy. As much fun as it IS to have the only social interaction I get all day be my mother, NO. And then NO AGAIN. And it’s not like I can go out and meet new people because that requires tons and tons of spoons and is also somewhat dangerous. The person who I trusted at Rainbow Alley is also leaving…. And the people there tend to be more teenagers than anything else. Not to mention that my mother a) has a completely different sleep/wake/function schedule and b) has a new boyfriend who she wants to spend lots of time with.

My mother gets up really early, hits the day running, and away she goes. She starts to lag a little around dinner and a lot after that.

Where as I tend to sleep late, need approximately four hours if I am being gentle with myself and giving myself time to wake up in order to even be VAGUELY functional, so that by the time I’m functioning it’s almost dinner time.

Not to mention that my mother doesn’t like to talk about sex, which is one of my favorite topics as many of you know. Not to mention she talks about Dave A LOT. Not to mention that we’ve started to run out of things to talk about because MOST OF WHAT I DID FOR THE PAST SIX MONTHS WE’VE EITHER ALREADY TALKED ABOUT (school) OR IT WAS HAVING SEX.

At least I got to play Neverwinter today, I would’ve lost my bloody mind otherwise. But really, I am this close to throwing all of my crap in the car and driving back to Washington.