Rise Up, Oh Heart, For There is Another Battle to Win

spxceoddity:

the weirdest thing about the education system is that pretty much every teenager ever is so stressed out about schools that they pray for disasters or fake illness or try to kill themselves and yet nobody has ever thought to themselves “hey maybe our system is flawed” and instead all they ever think is “kids these days are so lazy and selfish” like what the fuck is up with that man

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prince-bergs:

downtroddendeity:

prince-bergs:

real talk why do so many fantasy universes think giant spiders are necessary

The sad part is there’s a decent chance a large proportion of them can be blamed on one spider.

The tarantula that bit JRR Tolkien as a child.

He swore he didn’t have a spider phobia and the experience had nothing to do with the man-eating giant spiders in The Hobbit, the even more giant and even more man-eating spider in Lord of the Rings, or the unholy eldritch spider from outside creation that plunged the world into darkness and made literal Satan scream like a little kid in the Silmarillion. Very few people believe him.

Given LotR’s influence in the fantasy genre, there is a high probability that tarantula is the progenitor of even more fictional spiders than Ungoliant was.

wow fuck that one tarantula

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jazz2midnight:

barefootdramaturg:

squirrelswithmakeup:

amuseoffyre:

Just had a thought for an action hero thing: 30-something woman hero is doing her ass-kicking thing. One day, her boss shows up at her door, and tells her she has to stand down, or there will be consequences. “Honey, it’s not that you’re too old. It’s just the public don’t like to see a woman of your age saving the day. It feels emasculating”.

So woman is stripped of her support team, fellow agents, and is pretty much put on the shelf. She tries to do heroing, but keeps getting cockblocked by younger women or superhero men she used to work alongside.

Just when she’s hitting rock bottom (and sitting in her house wearing pyjamas and eating ice cream), there’s a knock at the door. Judi Dench is standing there, and our heroine assumes it’s a charity collection.

“Oh no, dear,” Dench says, smiling. “We’ve come to recruit you.”

“Recruit me? For what?”

“To do what we do best: save the bloody world.”

And all at once she’s part of a covert ops team made of all the older women who have been retired and who currently are holding the reins of managing the world.

pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaase

I am here for this plan.

Oh, yes.

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Anonymous asked: People say that sex hurts the first time you do it... but does it always have to? I've never had sex so I'm just wondering if there is something you can do to make it less painful?

themidwifeisin:

NO NO NONONONONOOOOOONONSDKN;DFJNKGDFSVJKNFDVOJLKMDJBFDNDKKSLAMC,

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO

NO.

Sorry, but no.  SEX SHOULD NOT EVER BE PAINFUL.  SEX SHOULD NOT BE PAINFUL THE FIRST TIME, THE LAST TIME, OR ANY OTHER TIME.

I know that we have this ridiculous lie going around our culture that penis-in-vagina sex should hurt the DFAB partner the first time you have it, but NO.  It is such a horribly cruel lie.

1. The hymen (or vaginal corona) does not need to be “broken,” “torn,” “popped,” or “ripped.”  The hymen is a thin band of tissue (kind of like stretchy skin) that usually runs around the inside of the vaginal canal in a ring.  It should never tear or bleed.  It can stretch happily with sufficient lubrication and preparation.  Learn about the hymen here.  See more photos of vulvas with hymens here.
2. The vagina isn’t disposable.  You’re not born with it as tight as it will ever be, only to get stretched and loose with use throughout your lifetime.  That’s just not how it works, because the vaginal canal is a muscle.  It can squeeze tight or relax.  Definitely read more about this here.
3. Dryness can cause pain during sex.  If you are not excessively wet when you decide to have sex, either ask your partner to continue stimulating you first (sucking, licking, breathing on neck or ears, touching/sucking nipples, collarbones, stomachs, oral sex, fingering, rimming, etc) or use lube.  There is no such thing as too much lube, and there is no such thing as not needing lube.  You probably always need lube.  Trust me, it’ll make it so much more fun. Types of lube here.
4. Anxiety, nervousness, not being ready can all contribute to pain during sex.  If you’re not feeling it, listen to yourself and your body.  If you have pain at any time when you have sex, stop having sex.  Say to your partner, “Hey friend, can we slow it down for a sec?  That’s kind of uncomfortable.”  Or, “You know, I thought this was what I wanted, but it’s not satisfying me like when you go down on me.  Can we do that instead?”  Or, “I’m glad we tried this, but something’s not working right now.  Let’s try again some other time.”  Deciding to have sex.
5. Don’t forget that “sex” can mean a lot of different things, like touching or licking or touching yourself while someone else watches.  Sex, even between people who have 1 vagina and 1 penis can include vibrators and dildos and strap-ons.  Sex could mean giving each other mutual oral sex for the first year that you date, and after that it could be oral sex to orgasm for you, and then penis-in-vagina sex to orgasm for your partner.  Or vice versa.  There are so many components and possibilities, don’t think that once you move passed making out that you have to have a penis in your vagina. 

So remember friends: SEX SHOULD NEVER HURT, ESPECIALLY NOT THE FIRST TIME.  If it’s hurting, stop and try something else.

effervescentvibes:

paperlettuce:

Adolf Hitler rose to power by promising to fix Germany and return it back to the powerful land it once was before the First World War, blaming Jews, primarily, for the downfall of their nation.

Donald Trump is rising to power by promising to fix America (‘Make America Great Again’) and return it back to the powerful land it once was, blaming Latinx and Chinese people for the downfall of the nation.

Hm.

SIGNAL BOOST THE SHIT OUT OF THIS WHY DOESNT THIS HAVE WAY MORE NOTES

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royalheather:

Steve, Bucky, Natasha, Sam and Clint are discussing conspiracy theories and end up talking about the JFK assassination. Steve is adamant that it wasn’t an inside/CIA job. Natasha’s pretty sure the KGB had nothing to do with it. Clint is microanalyzing all the details like shot trajectory, line of fire, etc. Steve sees Bucky sitting off to the side Googling everything and wants to include him in the conversation, so he says, “Hey, Buck, who do you think shot President Kennedy?”

And Bucky just looks up and very quietly says, “I think I did.”

And the whole room goes silent.

SOMEONE FUCKING POINT ME AT THE FIC.

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