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ohitslen · 11 months
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Part 1 of this thing that doesn’t actually have a steady flow
But wouldn’t it be so funny that the guy you get along with just fine is the brother of the guy that you feel like wanting to shower after making eye contact? Because I think it is
Apologies for the weird colors I did my best with the lighting I have 🧎‍♀️
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biologist4ever · 2 months
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Hydra Vulgaris gets its name from the Lernaean Hydra, a monster from Greek mythology that guarded an entrance to the underworld.
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bonefall · 6 months
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even though I've never read the books, i love how you handle the women in this series.
The utter lack of interest in the internal lives of women characters in WC kills me. If you don't read the series it's hard to put it into words, but it really does not value women on the same level as their male counterparts
I think the best example I can use is Turtle Tail. All of her choices, from going to live with Bumble, choosing a "cruel man" as a mate, and even her grief when Bumble dies, all only happen as accessories to Gray Wing's arc.
Living with Bumble was because Gray Wing was obsessing over a woman who didn't love him, neglecting Turtle who does
Choosing Tom the Wifebeater was also because Gray Wing didn't appreciate her enough
She accepts that her friend's murder was just an unfortunate accident and her emotions carried her away in the moment, because Gray Wing needs to be right that his brother is a good boy
In this way, Turtle Tail's emotions and motivations aren't allowed to really be about her. They're about how her romantic interest influences her. And then she's crushed by a car for his man pain after they've explored every other way her life could make him sad.
This does not happen with men. Even characters like Stemleaf and Larksong, whose primary narrative purpose is dying for their wife's pain, have functions outside of that. Stemleaf gives his life opposing the tyranny of the impostor in a rebellion, and Larksong has input on The Kin, SkyClan, and even serves as a source of comfort and support to a son who he's never met in contrast to the unreasonable mother.
There's just so much more respect and reverence to the toms in this series. You have to be in the POV of a molly to get depth, and even then, they nearly always (exceptions being mothwing and mistystar) include a major conflict over romance and/or parenthood
(And they usually get punished for their choices a lot harder than male counterparts. Directly contrast Crookedstar and Sparkpelt, who both distance themselves from their children out of grief, but only one has to deal with the lasting consequences of being a "bad parent")
Anyway, enough wistful analysis. It is MY kitchen and I get to choose the conflicts. It is my personal mission to write lots and lots of women persuing a higher education in STEM. Sadism, Torture, Evisceration, and Murder <3
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pushing500 · 4 months
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I originally queued that "practice surgery" bill with the intent for Vasso to gain some medical experience, but I really like the idea of Bella becoming Doctor Darlington-Whit, so perhaps she will see more surgery in the near future.
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Yay Magic Man!!!!!! I love him so much I am going to get so sick of drawing his wings he is so cool and badass
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Magic Man, as my colonist with the highest melee ability (level 9), gets the honour of having a magic sword judge his every action until the end of time <3
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M.M. is the best colonist, sorry everyone. I don't make the rules.
Unfortunately, we only managed to snag one of the bionic thrumbos (his name is Poison). His lady friend wandered off the map before M.M. could reach her.
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gigglecoffin · 2 months
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I’ll return one day… one day in the future… soon
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lwh-writing · 8 months
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Okay, so my college classes started again today and I ended the day with the first lecture of my military history class. Now, I don't usually like military history because it very much is the Dude Bro type of history that I don't jive with. However, I am taking this class because:
Even if it is Dude Bro History, I love history in all forms and want to learn more about it
I'm an engineering student with too many fucking calculus, physics, and electronic classes and my mind needs to think about something other than STEM before it breaks
I fucking LOVE my professor. I had him last semester for a European history class and he was the best. He was very much against what he calls "asshole history." Aka, the type of history that focuses on one, usually white, Christian man who "shaped the course of history" until it shuffled onto the next one. He never mentioned Henry VII or Shakespeare except in passing, but he was the first person to teach me about Alessandra Strozzi, Baruch Spinoza, and Olaudah Equiano. So once I saw he was teaching another class this semester, I was like "Okay, but only because it's you, Awesome Professor."
Anyway, today was the first lecture of Military History taught by Awesome Professor. As should have probably been expected, the class makeup was 80% Dude Bros who need to cover their liberal studies credit. We get in, go over the syllabus, do an icebreaker, and Awesome Professor pulls up a PowerPoint slide with the Battle of Thermopylae and the Battle of Gettysburg side by side.
Awesome Professor: "Can anyone tell me the connection between these two battles?"
Some answers are offered. One Dude Bro goes on a soliloquy about war tactics and drools over the 500 Spartans. Awesome Professor corrects him and says that there were way more Greek factions there than Sparta. More answers are offered. A different Dude Bro does a different soliloquy about Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army. Awesome Professor shoots back about Meade having the superior defensive position. More answers come in. I offer that both the Greeks and the Union soldiers were vastly outnumbered. A few more answers.
Awesome Professor: "Those were all wonderful answers, but unfortunately, you're all wrong. The major connection between these two battles is.... they're the only battles we will ever discuss in this class."
This wonderful, wonderful man then goes on to say that we will NOT be getting into war tactics. We will NOT learn about weaponry. We will NOT be reading quotes from famous generals. We will instead be learning about the cultural impact of war, all sides of every conflict, how militaries and wars affect technology that isn't weapons (preserved foods, medical innovations, etc.), how to recognize war-time, pre-war, and post-war propaganda, and female and nonbinary individuals' experiences during war.
The hundreds of Dude Bros start gaping like fish and sputter about "How can you teach WAR if you don't talk about WAR?". I'm holding back cackles as they slowly realize that they will not be getting spoon-fed the classic Dude Broe history. I genuinely cannot wait to go to my next lecture and count how many people drop the class.
In conclusion: definitely give college history classes a try, even if they aren't your usual first pick. Especially if you know the professor is amazing and knows how to teach about the scope of history rather than shuffling from one asshole to the next.
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biologist4ever · 2 months
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Planarian is able to regenerate any missing organ, which has made planarians a popular model in research of regeneration and stem cell biology.
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carved-stone · 9 months
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Vaginismus.
ok so this blog is brand new so it probably won't reach a lot of people but I've been trying to treat my vaginismus for a while now. If you have a vagina and have the same condition, here are my observations. (I am not a specialist, I describe my personal experience)
For those who don't know, vaginismus is when your vaginal muscles contract, preventing (completely or partly) penetration. It is often described as a "mystery" and there are little studies on the matter, leaving people suffering from it helpless.
Theoretically, you CAN see a sexologist, and they'll help you treat your vaginismus. But if you're broke like me, that might not be an option. So what do you do then?
firstly, if you have a partner: be honest about it, talk about it together. vaginismus, in my experience, is caused by a fear of opening up (ba dum tss). if your partner makes you feel safe, extremely safe, and take good care of you, your muscles have more chance to loosen up. (My previous partner did that and it worked, that's even how I finally got to experience penetration, so i swear, it IS possible). If that doesn't work, it's ok. If that works, ask your partner to go slowly, with one finger, not deeply, and ideally by not moving it for a while so your vagina gets used to the sensation.
now, whether you are single or not, there's one thing you must do: practice on your own. You NEED to know your body, so you trust yourself enough to penetrate it. It makes it easier for when you have sex with your partner(s).
But how to practice? First: learn to contract your muscles on command. To do so, imagine you're pushing something out of your body. it's not very sexy, but imagine yourself trying very hard to poop or pushing a baby out. then imagine yourself contracting the same muscles - imagine you're trying very hard not to pee. if you can do that, then start training. contract and loosen the muscles repeatedly for a few minutes. on top of strengthening your muscles, it will teach you how to feel when you contract them against your will. And when you are able to identify the moment they contract, it's a lifechanger, because you can immediately loosen them the way you learned how to.
Then, don't be afraid to try out different positions. you may find out that if your vagina doesn't open up when you're on your back, it does when you are on your side.
learn how to tease yourself. get some lubricant. take your time. find out what works for you - touching yourself, playing with your nipples, etc. when you're wet, remember your practice. Yes, even when you're SUPER wet, your vagina doesn't open up, I know and it's strange. but then... you loosen up your vaginal muscles. then you try to penetrate your vagina with a finger. it may not work; your vagina might contract again as you approach your finger; it's fine. small steps. if you can already loosen up your muscles outside practice time, it's already a progress!
in my experience, i have to maintain the "im pushing something out" position to get a finger inside me. then you can stop forcing and see how your body reacts. start small, because you DONT WANT to hurt your vagina. even a phalanx is enough. btw, if it starts hurting, stop moving, and DONT GET your finger out immediately, it'll just hurt you and "traumatize" your vagina, which will contract even more next time. stop moving, loosen up your muscles, and get your finger out progressively and slowly.
when you have a finger (or a part of a finger) in, stop moving. stay like this for a while, as i said, so your vagina gets used to it. if that's already too much, you can stop there. if you're feeling fine... start exploring. feel the textures of your insides, appreciate them. it's not disgusting, it's you.
note: if everything is going fine, you will feel nothing except something sliding inside of you (and pleasure, if you don't stop). it may sound obvious to people who don't have vaginismus but during my first "successful" attempts at penetrative sex, all i could feel was discomfort or outwrigth pain in spite of being wet. when things just slide inside you, it means it worked. it's a strange feeling, but it's the ACTUAL feeling you should experience.
the rest of the exploring part (finding your G spot, using more fingers, etc) i leave to you - just don't rush. it may take you three weeks or three months to successfully push a phalanx in, and it's ok. you should note that progress is also not necessarily linear. in my case, i can now take a small dildo most of the time, but it took me a year... and sometimes my vagina just remain closed like a locked door. my default reaction is still to contract my vaginal muscles. but with patience, i made a lot of progress.
vaginismus is probably (partly) caused by fear and/or a lack of knowledge of your body and of sexuality, so your best ally is education and practice. look at your coochie when you masturbate if possible - it really helps. i cannot emphasize enough that you need to see and feel your body for what it is. if you don't, you're going in blind, and that's why your body instinctively contracts your vaginal muscles: so the dark unknown cannot enter. i swear i didn't really FEEL my vagina until i started practicing what i detailed in this post. when i realized i actually had muscles down there it suddenly widened my perceptions.
also, ideally, try all that out when your mental health is good. coincidentally i made progress like never before the second i got out of a terrible depressive episode. it was hard to learn how to perceive my body when my depression refused to perceive any part of me.
good luck! it's a real journey that will teach you who you are and what you're comfortable with and it's extremely rewarding!
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the-son-of-pluto · 1 year
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Race is the type of guy to create a detailed guide of how he’s going to cheat on a test. Like he goes through the course syllabus and specifically picks out the topic they’re currently learning about, then looks at the course textbook and memorizes all the important events, dates and vocabulary. He writes them down in his notebook, adds annotations, jots down the causes & effects of each event and looks over everything the night before. Then when Test Day comes, he’ll know all the answers and the teacher won’t be any the wiser!
then race recites his entire cheating plan to spot and spots like: Race that’s just Studying .
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thatgirlwithasquid · 10 months
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Disabled Billy and Steve Week - Family
It isn't until Max switches off her stereo that she's able to pinpoint what the noise is. At first she thinks it's probably nothing. Why should she pay attention to some bumps and grumbling? Her and Billy are two growing kids in a shitty little house; it wouldn't surprise her if the whole thing had just been banging on their shared wall for her to turn her music down.
It's not though, at least not this time.It isn't Billy taking advantage of the mostly empty house to get himself in shape to either intimidate or impress Steve (she honestly can't be sure which it is anymore), and he's not even pounding on the other side of the wall for Max to be quiet. It sounds like he's redecorating his room... violently.
Another thump and--despite a small, petty part of herself saying 'just leave him to it, he's been more of an asshole than usual lately'--Max gets up and pushes her bedroom door open. It's barely two steps to Billy's door (again, tiny house, rooms right net to each other's... it doesn't leave much room for privacy or personal space) and then Max is raising her hand to knock; the sound of it is mostly lost beneath a final, louder crash and then a muffled thud.
For a second she hesitates, and then she opens the door. The final crash, apparently, seems to have been caused by Billy's desk chair being kicked across the room in a fit of rage. Or at least that's what Max is assuming from the fact it's on it's side across the space from where it belongs. It's not like Billy's room's huge, but that's probably still not good for the chair.
Then, finally, she registers Billy. He's sat on the floor, back to the wall and hands over his ears. The guy's looking up at her from beneath brows set into a furious scowl, but the effect of that is lessoned by his posture and the shining potential for tears in his eyes.
"Um," she says, rather eloquently.
Billy is still glaring.
"What's up?" she finishes, feeling lame.
For a long minute she just remains subject to Billy's glare. And then he looks away from her, staring at the floor like he wants it to burst into flames.
'Fine,' she thinks, 'be that way. See if I care.'
She's almost about to leave and go back to enjoying herself in her own room, listening to decent music and not the crappy metal Billy blasts all the time and--
"I can hear the fucking bubbles," Billy grumbles, and Max thinks for a second that she misheard him but, no, he's now subjecting the can of coke on his bedside table to his Death Stare.
Ah.
She gets it now. Billy's back may be facing the wall but it's not actually touching it, and he's wearing that faded band tshirt he always does when he's uncomfortable, and he's got his hands over his ears. So, it's one of those days.
Without saying another word, because doing anything will annoy Billy when he's like this and an annoyed Billy is an insufferable Billy, Max walks into his room, grabs the can, and walk straight back out.
Pouring the drink down the kitchen sink feels like a waste, but it's definitely not going in Billy's room, and Max certainly isn't drinking it because who knows what germs her brother has. The guy's pretty gross sometimes.
Rather than head straight back to her room, she swings through the living room and-- yep! There they are. Bright red ear defenders.
Billy doesn't snatch them from her hands when she offers them out, but it's a near thing. She counts that as the thanks it is and considers leaving but... She's seen the way he can't leave his hair alone on some days. She doesn't pretend to know if it's a restless movement thing, a preening thing, or a 'my hair is touching my neck and I hate it' thing, but she's definitely noticed him moving it around a lot on some days. Not because she cares or anything. Because she doesn't. They just live together and, y'know, small house...
With a huff of a sigh, she takes the hair tie from her wrist and holds it out to him. There's a pause where the both of them are just staring at the thing, and then Billy takes it, slow and careful. When he ties his hair up with it Max feels good for being useful... and, okay, maybe she cares about him a little. They're not, like, actually siblings or anything but she lives with him so she has to care. At least, that's how she justifies sitting across from Billy.
The silence is so loud. She hopes the ear defenders are helpful, because she'd love to block out whatever this pause right now is.
"Fucking autism," Billy murmurs. Finally. It feels like a truce. Some sort of olive branch.
Max nods. "Do you want some space?"
Billy just frowns at the floor again. Max shakes her head to herself and stares at the floor as well. The silence is a little less stifling now, suddenly. And maybe Max doesn't get all this perfectly, and Billy is still a pain in the ass... but she thinks that maybe they're okay. Maybe, weirdly, they are family, even on messy bad days.
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anonymouspuzzler · 7 months
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how did you go through college/grad school with ADHD, don't know how to combat it well.
genuinely, I dropped out because I had no idea i had it, had other compounding shit going on, and subsequently lost the ability to take care of myself! when I decided to go back it was after learning I most likely had some form of adhd, and I bolstered my support systems in many forms (lived with family instead of alone, went to therapy regularly, generally was older and a little more assured of myself, etc). and even with all that it's still a huge struggle!!
a lot of it comes down to "acknowledge and accept that you're never going to be able to just Become Neurotypical, some days will be hard, be willing to experiment and figure out things that do help you and Use Those Things whether or not they're 'normal' or you think you 'should' be doing them". ie. I struggle a lot with graduate-level reading, and after a lot of experimentation figured out what works best for me is having a TTS read the text out loud at the same time I'm reading it! It took me a long time to realize that because for some reason I got stuck on "needing" to just do one or the other!
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andthebeanstalk · 1 year
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My first time watching Glass Onion it was obvious that Miles' speeches were bullshit, but I still searched for any hidden meaning there might be.
The second time is a different experience though because every time my brain starts to search for meaning, I feel like Benoit Blanc discovering that no, there is absolutely no hidden meaning.
It's bullshit it's all nothing nothing nothing! It is just how you end up talking when everyone reacts to your self-aggrandizing word vomit like it is actually wisdom.
Also, legit, when Miles gave his stupid bullshit speech about what the word 'disruptor' means to him, I shit you not I was like holy shit am I back in business school right now?!
Miles must have given speeches like that at 100 business school graduations, goddamn.
Like, the motherfuckers really do sound like this. We didn't have any billionaires come, but we had a lot of millionaire guest speakers in my classes, and they fucking talk like that.
They all think they're rugged capitalists, but they're just glass onions!
#original#glass onion#it's just. business school prepared me really well to succeed in the business world as a straight white neurotypical#able-bodied cis man with a large network of very wealthy friends and family#I really would have killed it if I wasn't a queer autistic cripple!#even the best teachers seemed incredibly unaware of the enormous privilege that they were assuming in their students when they taught#but they basically presupposed you had infinite energy and savings and a disturbingly large number of my classes were just#lectures about pushing as hard as you can no matter what#they used Starbucks as an example of an admirable case of somebody who persisted in going to 150 investor pitches before being approved#and like. how many people do you know who have enough savings to schedule plan and attend 150 investor pitches?#how many people do you know who could set up even 12 through their connections?#where are those savings coming from? where are those investor pitch meetings coming from? those aren't easy to get!!#but none of this was ever mentioned it was just awesome that the guy kept trying I guess.#I have a sneaking suspicion that if I were to have dug deeper into some of the examples we were given that a lot of those#real life businesses probably started with a big big loan from somebody's parents#I was listening to the show you're wrong about which is a really good podcast and Michael Hobbs was like#anytime you see an article glorifying someone's financial success especially at a young age you should control F for 'parents'#because chances are you will probably see the word 'parents' somewhere next to the words 'million dollar loan'#anyway college is a scam. the community aspect was incredibly cool but I don't see why we as a culture need to only be able to access that#kind of community when we are paying a scam Institution a shitload of money for Educations that aren't helpful for the majority of us#if College was free then people could actually study things that are useful or fun for them#I took most of my courses just to fill out my major too. the point wasn't to learn it was to graduate.#and then it turned out that if you're disabled in the way i am it doesn't matter if you have a college degree!#but I'm sure miles would say I just need to pull myself up by my bootstraps. and that's why I'm glad his life got exploded 😌#andi kept him around for his money - why else would he be there when no one even liked him??#he was the bankroll#one time I swear to god we just had the guy from American Psycho just a real ass Patrick Bateman#it was wild watching that movie later and being like ???? I know this guy!#outside of the actual murder scenes everything in that movie is not exaggerated in the slightest those bitches really are like that#like my parents are not 1% level rich so there'd be no giant loans but they are rich. it'd be stupid to act like i didn't benefit from that
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peaceloveandhistory · 5 months
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Fun fact: Samuel Colt before 1855, when he was manufacturing the "gun that won the West," started his career by selling hits of nitrous oxide to audiences looking for a cheap high. Colt was also referred to by critics as the "revolving patriot," due to his selling of guns to the North and the South in the arms build-up before the Civil War. One thing is for sure, Colt was an innovator but with an illusive, dark past.
Source: Thornton, Steve. “2 Wicked Sam Colt.” Wicked Hartford, The History Press, Charleston, SC, 2017, pp. 25.
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187days · 5 months
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Day Seventy-Seven
The student council's holiday spirit week ended with pajama day today, which I thought was totally brilliant since it meant I got to go to work in flannel PJ bottoms and a hoodie. I was so comfortable and warm!
I spent the morning spreading holiday cheer (and candy canes) throughout the building, and receiving cards and gifts from various students, which was super sweet. I also sent a holiday email to my department, had a good chat with Mrs. T, and did some planning for after vacation. So that was fun and also rather productive.
And then I did my teaching!
My Global Studies students finished up the projects they started yesterday, and all four sections were great. Attendance was high, students were engaged, there was learning happening- and we still had fun chatting about holiday plans and eating candy canes while they worked! My APGOV students and I went over their most recent tests- I explained anything they wanted me to- and then, as a preview for what's coming after break, I showed the Crash Course Government episode on political ideologies, and had everyone re-take Pew Research's political typology quiz. They'd done it on the first day of class, too, and some of their results had changed since then, which was fascinating to discuss.
All classes were about ten minutes shorter than usual, and we had no flex block, in order to make time for everyone to attend a holiday concert put on by our band, drumline, and chorus. It's the first time we've had a holiday concert since before Covid (there was one planned last year, but we ended up having a snow day), so it's great to have that back, and give students the chance to support each other's talents and passions.
All in all? It was a super positive day, and great way to head into the holiday season!
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