literally hate how lgbtq ppl are constantly asking "am i valid?" "is this a valid way to be?" every 5 seconds. girl idk what to tell you but if you live your life seeking validation from others your self-image will always exist at their mercy. you gotta get some self-respect and stop begging others to validate you

May I please have... one... grotesque... bug...?

HAPPY WET BEAST WEDNESDAY

I'm putting together a team.

Wet beast Wednesday!!

Wet Beast Wednesday

Remember, if you haven't felt the first edible in 5-10 minutes eat two or three more

“oppositional defiant disorder” is a bullshit diagnosis that only exists because psychiatry has never been willing to admit that:

1. children can be traumatized, especially by their parents and authority figures; and

2. irritability, anger, defiance, and resentment toward wrongdoers are common reactions to trauma, especially trauma that is caused by abuse

pathologizing a traumatized child for being defiant toward an authority figure who has fucking traumatized them is victim-blaming, plain and simple

I think something people don't understand or often misrepresent about psych wards in the US is that even if you sign yourself in voluntarily, you're often doing so because the alternative is being committed. They tell you you'll be able to leave whenever you want if you go in "voluntarily," but this is very often not true if, once you're admitted, they decide it's "too dangerous" or you're too unstable to let you leave. And then, you're essentially committed anyway. I see posts by people that make it seem like involuntary and voluntary stays are a sort of...binary thing at US hospitals/facilities and it's just not true. Or that voluntary stays are somehow safer or offer people more autonomy. If you go in, they have the final say about when you leave whether you're "voluntary" or not. They can ship you to a state hospital long-term against your will from a "voluntary" stay in a psych ward. I know firsthand. Just...look out for yourselves and your loved ones, folks.

Church of Whale Fall

the catfish

possibly the worst thing i've drawn

Do you love the colour of the sturgeon?

Which one?

My three girlfriends. And yes, they smoke weed.

WHAT DO WE WANT?

if you told vin diesel fast and the furious you were gay he'd be like "Some people like driving stick…some people like driving automatic…what matters is you cross the finish line.." and then he'd rev up a dodge challenger and drive through a building and kill 16 people

Elephant Trunk Snake aka Javan File Snake (Acrochordus javanicus), family Acrochordidae, Malaysia

photograph by Bryce Trevett

Neil!!!