thatironstring:

salon:

The Satanic Temple, an unlikely and productive ally in the fight for reproductive justice, is following through on a promise to sue the state of Missouri for enforcing antiabortion legislation, which Satanists believe impedes their free exercise of religion. The temple claims that by refusing to grant one of its members, identified as Mary Doe, an exemption to its 72-hour abortion waiting period, the state placed an undue burden on the woman’s religious beliefs in violation of Missouri’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

The Satanic Temple is making good on its promise to challenge the state’s 72-hour waiting period under RFRA

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Name a fandom and I’ll tell you

qglas:

delcat:

The character I first fell in love with
The character I never expected to love as much as I do now
The character everyone else loves that I don’t
The character I love that everyone else hates
The character I used to love but don’t any longer
The character I would totally smooch
The character I’d want to be like
The character I’d slap
A pairing that I love
A pairing that I don’t

“I have a lot of fandoms actually,” he whispers hopelessly into the void

If I do not know the fandom I will go off what Tumblr has taught me.  For this reason alone I hope to get some random fandoms.

Please Allow A Spastic Quadriplegic have A Peaceful Death, Enough Relentless Suffering!

infinitum-tempus:

   Dear Final Exit, I became a member of Final Exit Network as of 10/22/2014. I did look into compassion and choices  but they wouldn’t work for me, because I cannot move to Washington or Vermont or Oregon. I also really looked into Death With Dignity, with the same results. I would have to relocate which would be impossible. My pain cannot be controlled by any other type of meds. The only reprieve that I’ll ever get is through a peaceful death, I’ve been a prisoner of this monster for 45 years, who has ruined everything in my life and I just want to be free of  this monster within. The monster is getting meaner. as everyday passes.  I don’t want the monster to keep on hurting me anymore, I had enough. I’m a sound minded person, with the ability to make a choice to end my own suffering, I never woke up one day and decided to end it. Took a lot of thought to make this tough decision. I would like to enter me into your program please! I’m completely housebound and that’s why I choose you, because the exit guide would come to my house (if necessary) to evaluate me to see if I qualify. Please help me! I have severe form of Cerebral Palsy, it seems be getting worse, I always had C.P all my life. The severe rigidity in my extremities is so painful that I’m in constant pain all the time, it severely interferes with life it takes away my dignity, independence, and personal freedom that other people take for granted. My diazepam doesn’t seem to work anymore and I cannot take any other medication, because it makes my spasticity worse, I go completely out of control rigidity wise. The doctor had recommended that I have an MRI done to see what’s causing all this rigidity,I went to get an MRI done but they couldn’t do it because I cannot hold still, which didn’t work. I’m going back to see my doctor in a few weeks to have her write out a statement, regarding my condition. I’ve seen several neurologist throughout my life and they couldn’t help me. They all told me to keep doing what you been doing" Physically I’m so drained from this constant pain. I made a choice to want to contact you to help, to end this intolerable pain. I had a full life but it’s time for me to leave this earth, so I can have everlasting peace. Can you imagine a blood pressure cuff getting so tight that it makes you scream in total agony, I scream on the inside and that’s how it feels most of the time. When does a person say “I had enough” Please I beg you to take a walk in my shoes, How would you like to be dependent on everyone for your basic needs? I’m hurting all the time. the doctor’s cannot do anything  to make my life any better. My quality of life is very poor, I absolutely cannot do anything for myself, can’t feed, dress, bathe, do my own teeth. The quality of my life is unacceptable.     
 
 
 
 
 

This person needs your help. Desperately. Come ooooon, more than 500 followers in here, YOU could HELP and make it EASIER for her.

Please Allow A Spastic Quadriplegic have A Peaceful Death, Enough Relentless Suffering!

honeynutscorpios:

rufflebutts:

shoutout to all the other ex-gifted & talented/honor student/straight a/senior editor/star student/99th percentile/once-creative burn-outs who have, since high school, realized they are truly miniscule fish in a giant, endless ocean, criticized themselves to the point of creative paralysis, and participated in so much self-sabotage they no longer see the point of doing anything at all because they’re just going to ruin it for themselves anyway

🙂

this one’s for you

This really hit me hard.

avengers fans: Wow, Ultron is really attractive. I… kind of want to see some NSFW art with him… but how would that even work? I mean, how would a robot –
transformers fans: THE ROBOT PORN SIGN HAS BEEN ILLUMINATED.
transformers fans: OUR HOUR HAS FINALLY COME.
transformers fans: HOLD ON FRIENDS WE WILL SAVE YOU.

On support

last-snowfall:

greatatuin:

There are a lot of posts going around about how, if you have mentally ill friends, you should always support them, you should always be there for them when they need you. This is a really good idea, in theory, but it sets up a very easily abused framework of “you can’t get away or withdraw from a mentally ill person because they’re sick, or you’re ableist and a bad person and a bad friend”.

This rhetoric can be twisted very easily by abusive people into it being a requirement to give them attention, like attention is something you owe them as a good person. And to some degree, attention is something that should be exchanged in a friendship! But…

It’s easy to get worn thin. It’s easy to give all of yourself away because you want to be a good person, because you want to be a good friend. It’s easy to forget that you have needs, too.

It’s okay to withdraw from mentally ill friends who are dragging you down with them. It’s okay to need some time alone. It’s okay to stop being friends with someone if they’re actively hurting your mental health.

On the flip side; it’s okay to ask for attention when you need it, but if you’re rejected on that front, you absolutely must respect the other person. It’s not okay to threaten harm or self-harm if someone leaves or says no or refuses to give you the support you want or need. We can’t let communities be ruled by abusive expectation, and we can’t forget abusive behavior just because the abusive person is mentally ill.

Ultimately, I’m really uncomfortable with this particular piece of rhetoric that goes around tumblr, because i think it can be twisted very easily into something really poisonous.

I say this as a mentally ill person, who has recently had to disconnect from a couple of friends who were really badly effecting my mental health by essentially quoting this idea when I tried to pull away. I don’t ever want to be that person for someone- if you need to get away from me, please do.

You don’t owe anyone your time or attention. You don’t owe anyone anything. If you freely give time and attention, that’s fine. It’s fine to ask for attention, too. It’s when it starts to become coercive that there is a problem.

I agree with this as a mentally ill person who was emotionally abused by people doing *exactly this.*

Please Allow A Spastic Quadriplegic have A Peaceful Death, Enough Relentless Suffering!

infinitum-tempus:

   Dear Final Exit, I became a member of Final Exit Network as of 10/22/2014. I did look into compassion and choices  but they wouldn’t work for me, because I cannot move to Washington or Vermont or Oregon. I also really looked into Death With Dignity, with the same results. I would have to relocate which would be impossible. My pain cannot be controlled by any other type of meds. The only reprieve that I’ll ever get is through a peaceful death, I’ve been a prisoner of this monster for 45 years, who has ruined everything in my life and I just want to be free of  this monster within. The monster is getting meaner. as everyday passes.  I don’t want the monster to keep on hurting me anymore, I had enough. I’m a sound minded person, with the ability to make a choice to end my own suffering, I never woke up one day and decided to end it. Took a lot of thought to make this tough decision. I would like to enter me into your program please! I’m completely housebound and that’s why I choose you, because the exit guide would come to my house (if necessary) to evaluate me to see if I qualify. Please help me! I have severe form of Cerebral Palsy, it seems be getting worse, I always had C.P all my life. The severe rigidity in my extremities is so painful that I’m in constant pain all the time, it severely interferes with life it takes away my dignity, independence, and personal freedom that other people take for granted. My diazepam doesn’t seem to work anymore and I cannot take any other medication, because it makes my spasticity worse, I go completely out of control rigidity wise. The doctor had recommended that I have an MRI done to see what’s causing all this rigidity,I went to get an MRI done but they couldn’t do it because I cannot hold still, which didn’t work. I’m going back to see my doctor in a few weeks to have her write out a statement, regarding my condition. I’ve seen several neurologist throughout my life and they couldn’t help me. They all told me to keep doing what you been doing" Physically I’m so drained from this constant pain. I made a choice to want to contact you to help, to end this intolerable pain. I had a full life but it’s time for me to leave this earth, so I can have everlasting peace. Can you imagine a blood pressure cuff getting so tight that it makes you scream in total agony, I scream on the inside and that’s how it feels most of the time. When does a person say “I had enough” Please I beg you to take a walk in my shoes, How would you like to be dependent on everyone for your basic needs? I’m hurting all the time. the doctor’s cannot do anything  to make my life any better. My quality of life is very poor, I absolutely cannot do anything for myself, can’t feed, dress, bathe, do my own teeth. The quality of my life is unacceptable.     
 
 
 
 
 

This person needs your help. Desperately.

Please Allow A Spastic Quadriplegic have A Peaceful Death, Enough Relentless Suffering!

erydumaenhir:

dauntlessardor:

thequeenofgoblins:

Dude, I would watch the fuck out of this.

Tug-o-war just got so much more intense

I know I have a person I follow who did rowing. verilidaine, was it you? This is… confusing as fuck and… wow. intense. 

Ha, yeah XD I did varsity crew in college.  This looks more like dragon boat style rowing than crew, but with what little I know about dragon boating, they all seem to have good form.  I did a day of dragon boating with my team during our spring training once, it’s hard!