redadhdventures:

Shout out to my Arabic teacher that looked at us yesterday mid-lesson and said, “I’m worried. You all look exhausted and depressed.”

Of course we were all like, “Oh yeah we’re dead inside, you haven’t noticed?”

And he snapped shut the textbook, threw up his hands and said, “That’s not healthy! No more vocab! Time for dancing!”

And he taught us a dance from Iraq and we danced instead of doing vocab. We didn’t stop dancing until he saw all of us laughing and was satisfied that we were all feeling better. It was perhaps the coolest, most kind-hearted thing I’ve ever seen a college instructor do.

femliberation:

femliberation:

So many horrific stories of abuse start with “he was great until we got married” and that’s honestly so fucking upsetting because it’s relatively normal.

Like so many women are so, so careful before they commit to a man in any way because he could turn out to be a horrible abuser. They find one they think is different, one they think they can trust, and as soon as they’re legally bound to him he turns out to be exactly what they feared he would be.

That’s horrible.

And, I can say from personal experience, it is embarrassing to get divorced almost immediately after being married. No one cares about how long you were together beforehand or what happened, they just think “Oh it only lasted a year, she’s so irresponsible”. On top of it being exceedingly difficult to get help from the police or other legal assistance(especially if you live together, share funds, children, property, etc.), there’s a heavy stigma that comes with it, only isolating abuse victims further.

I’m trying to think of something to say other than “boycott marriage” because I know that’s not realistic, but at the very least, please support divorced women.

By “support divorced women” I mean:

– don’t make us justify why we got divorced and don’t feel entitled to the details of what happened.

– don’t contribute to the stigma around divorced women that says we’re irresponsible, or that something must be wrong with us.

– If a woman close to you is getting divorced, don’t guilt her into apologizing or going back to her husband. If she’s the one filing, don’t make her question why she wants the divorce.

kropotkindersurprise:

stubbornseedling:

kropotkindersurprise:

Keep your neighbourhood clean! Death to Fascism! 

But remember to wear heavy protective gloves and/or use a tool, because sometimes there are razors or other dangerous objects taped under the flyer to injure people who try to remove them.

But let’s not be alarmists about it either. People keep adding this warning about hidden razor blades to posts about removing nazi propaganda and I don’t want people to be scared away from actually doing something.

I have seen only two instances online of razor blades being taped to some piece of nazi propaganda, and in neither case did it hurt anyone, because a razor blade under a sticker would be pretty easy to see and feel before it would cut you. Just take a look at the sticker or poster you’re removing and use common sense. Use a key or something if you’re scared of razor blades. 

Let’s try not to discourage people from actually removing fascist propaganda by telling them to wear heavy gloves or whatever

to protect against something that practically never happens when ripping a taped piece of paper from a wall.

If you see fascist propaganda, just tear that shit off or cover it up!

gallusrostromegalus:

variablejabberwocky:

gallusrostromegalus:

rikodeine:

photogenic-falcon:

I came across this very odd pond in a forest

#it’s fucking fairies get away from it

put ur foot in there and you’ll never be seen again 

(If people were wondering, this is probably a vernal pond- a temporary body of water that typically forms after heavy rains.  They can form in the same place year after year but rarely last more than a month or two)

…says the fairy apologist   ¬_¬

I mean, A body of water with a part-time existence that in some places is the only source of fresh water for miles so it attracts every animal in the area, perfectly preserves whatever it swallows until it vanishes and leaves a pile of goo and is named after an equinox is still pretty fucking Fae.