Steampunk Heart

diabolicalnerd:

theoppressedlittlefetus:

paranoidbastard:

i am pro-life because i believe in and support life and through life, love. because that’s what i believe life is: a visible and active loving of other people and the world around you. it’s difficult and i rarely achieve that on a day-to-day basis, but that’s my belief.

that is not to say that those who aren’t pro-life don’t support love or people. actually, i think it’s quite the opposite; from their perspective, a completely valid perspective that i can appreciate, they are directly supporting life and love through supporting women and their right to choose.

but this is about my perspective. and what i want to say is this:  if you call yourself pro-life then attack those who disagree with you, you are not pro-life at all. because your actions and your negative, destructive, mean comments are injuring that person’s life. we all know that words have an impact and whether that impact is a glancing blow or a deep, lasting bruise, it matters. so think before you respond or askbox or comment. and think about the fact that being pro-life or, really, just being a decent human being means you need to actively work to eradicate hate and hate speech from your thinking and thus from your doing.

Stop. the. presses.

Is this an actual classy and not stupidly offensive pro-life post?

Has hell frozen over?

(Other tumblr pro-lifers, take note. Actually, just everybody take note.)

Holy crap! It’s like we’ve spotted a goddamn unicorn. 

Reblogging because I fear that OP might suffer retaliation and I hope there are lots of positive reblogs in their support.

delisubthefemmecub:

amaevis: Fuck Cis Lesbians, Fuck Cis People, and Fuck this City

nakedinasnowsuit:

delisubthefemmecub:

TRIGGER WARNING: for transmisogyny, transphobia, cissexism.

fagglet:

catamite:

amaevis:

I’m visiting San Francisco and today was the Folsom Street Fair. Unfortunately, I was unable to go to the fair itself, but I figured there would be clubs hopping tonight.

I got dressed in my fetish outfit - vinyl minidress with pleather thigh high boots and patent leather opera-length gloves. I wanted to go out and experience the city. Big mistake.

I went to Stud first on the recommendation of a taxi driver who said that Stud would be full of lesbians It wasn’t. I left and went to the Lexington Club, the only full time lesbian bar in the city.

After I got there, I ordered and received my drink. A woman next to me checks me out and starts talking to me. We make some small talk, and all of a sudden, she says to me, “You were born a dude.” I say, “Yes.” Then she says, “Goodbye.”

I go back to my drink and mind my business. Then she turns to me and says, “It must suck to be you.” I say, “No, not really.” She gestures at her neck and says, “I can see your…” I say, “OK.” She says, “I’m desperate, but I wouldn’t do you.” It was loud in the bar, and I didn’t hear her clearly, so I ask, “What?” She clarifies, “I’m desperate; I would do any bio woman here, but I wouldn’t do you. How does that make you feel?” I say, “I wouldn’t do you either, so I guess we’re even.” She turns away.

I go back to my drink and mind my business again. After about a minute, she turns back and says, “At least with me, women know what they’re getting.” I say, “Women know what they’re getting with me too; I’m not trying to hide.” She looks me up and down and says, “Really?” I say, “Yeah.” She says, “Have you cut it off yet?” I say, “No.” She turns away in disgust and leaves.

Fuck the world, but especially cis lesbians and cis people.

On behalf of my city may I apologize, and say fuck the Lex which hosts all those Original Plumbing release parties and yet is so unwelcoming to trans women. Fuck your transmisogyny and your double standard, trans man chasing, trans woman hating women at the Lex. It is so, so typical.

ouch. can we stop pretending the bay area is queer utopia (homotopia?) now?

BAY AREA/WORLD GET YR SHIT TOGETHER OKAY? 

Wow, I guess it’s okay to take one person’s bad behavior as an excuse to say hateful things about entire groups! Cool. So I met this black guy once, and what a bastard! Fuck black people! 

Oh, it’s only okay if you fancy yourself a minority? Oh, I see how equality works. 

Are you for fucking REAL RIGHT NOW????

There is ABSOLUTELY no fucking comparison between when someone in a privileged group express hatred towards a group they are privileged over because of the acts of a single individual….. and when someone who is repeatedly, systemically, and violently oppressed and marginalized by a privileged class of people expresses hatred towards that group.

Pull your head out of your ass.  No one owes you a fucking apology because your ~feelings are hurt~ that someone responded to their experiences of systemic oppression with TOTALLY FIERCE and awesome rage. 

Also “fancy yourself a minority”?  REALLY?? 

• A) who the fuck said anything about minorities?  A minority of WHAT, and WHERE?
• B) I assume you’re using “minority” as a euphemism for “marginalized” or “oppressed” in which case
• C) FUCK YOU. 
• D) Who the hell wants to “fancy” themselves oppressed?  And how can you possibly look at the horrifying story that amaevis just shared with us and suggest that amaevis is just “fancying” themself oppressed?

So yeah.

FUCK CIS PEOPLE. FUCK CIS PEOPLE.

We owe you no apologies.

I still think ‘Fuck cissexism’ is more appropriate…

mallory-moon:

elige:

Psilocybin Mushrooms Confirmed As Anxiety Battling Drug

Terminally ill cancer patients struggling with anxiety may get some relief from a guided “trip” on the hallucinogenic drug psilocybin, a new study suggests.

The study included 12 patients who took a small dose of psilocybin — the active ingredient in “magic mushrooms” — while under the supervision of trained therapists. In a separate session, the participants took a placebo pill, which had little effect on their symptoms.

By contrast, one to three months after taking psilocybin the patients reported feeling less anxious and their overall mood had improved. By the six-month mark, the group’s average score on a common scale used to measure depression had declined by 30 percent, according to the study, which was published in the Archives of General Psychiatry.

Can psychedelic drugs treat depression?

In follow-up interviews with the researchers, some patients said their experience with psilocybin gave them a new perspective on their illness and brought them closer to family and friends. “We were pleased with the results,” says the lead researcher, Charles Grob, M.D., a professor of psychiatry at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, in Torrance, Calif.

Notably, the psilocybin did not aggravate the patients’ anxiety or provoke any other unwanted effects besides a slight increase in blood pressure and heart rate.

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omg i was just telling my brother about this today!! this is why i love shrooms.

But is there a come down that negates any of the lessened anxiety?

Being on Tumblr has made me think that perhaps I could like cats after all?

mmattlaughlinn:

I find it a little odd that Ian McKellen, the actor who has played Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings series for so long, is such an outspoken atheist. 

Tolkien disclaimed that his stories had direct religious significance, however, he was a devout man of faith and his beliefs of course leak through into his writing.

I don’t find Ian’s views odd in the sense that “well, that’s just stupid”, more in the way that I just find it curious.

I dunno. I’m just thinking out loud.   

Wait, wtf? So actors can only play characters written by people with the same beliefs as them? It’s not curious or odd, it’s the way acting works.

Duh…

yay!

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I’m really nervous about seeing this counsellor. Has anyone ever had cognitive behaviour therapy? How was it?

I can see that it will be beneficial but I’m not looking forward to dredging up a whole lot of feelings and dealing with them.

Thoughts?

I’m afraid my relationship is ending and I really don’t want it to…

Ug, just found a horribly transphobic episode of Ally McBeal. It’s always been a problematic show but this just went too far.

Unapologetic misgendering makes me seriously uncomfortable.

Accidentally got into a facebook debate about reverse racism and white privilege but what now appear to be a bunch of privilege-denying dudebros. One tried to tell me that

“Presuming all us whites experience privilege is touch dangerous.”

To which I said “If you’re white you have white privilege. It’s not a bad thing, just a thing to be aware of. I don’t want to get into it on someone else’s facebook page, but it’s searchable online if you want.”

But if he wants to keep going down this road I’m going to quickly run out of things to say because I’m in no way an expert on this. I think I used SJ terms to people without defining them first and have complicated things.

Suggestions?

I need to start following more bloggers from New Zealand. Or close to our time zone. Whenever I have the most time to mooch about here, it’s dead; whenever it’s most busy on here, I’m at work.

Suggestions?