honey this thread?????????????? some real ass shit idc idc idc. vaginas just have a smell, period. AND BITCH AFTER A WORKOUT? OR JUST A REAL ACTIVE DAY IN THE SUMMER? we shouldnt be so ashamed to talk about this. its really not that deep.
niggas gonna use this post to attack random women they mad at.
July 10th, 1932: Antifaschistische Aktion, better known as Antifa, holds its first rally in Berlin.
July 10th, 2018: The GOP introduces the Unmasking Antifa Act of 2018 in the House, which aims to make antifascist activism punishable by fifteen years in prison.
If you’re not worried, you should be.
if antifa wasn’t a terrorist organization people would actually care.
“In more than 30 years of antifa activity, there has been one confirmed fatality caused by an antifa group member ― in 1993, when a Nazi in Portland, Oregon, was shot during a fight at a gas station. Far-right extremists, by contrast, were responsible for 670 fatalities, 3,053 injuries and 4,420 attacks in the United States from 1990 to 2012, according to a report from the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point.”
Popular cis blogger:*pals around with vicious transmisogynists*
Fence-sitting cis people: Hey umm I guess maybe we should ask, why are you friends with so many vicious transmisogynists? Like….why are you friends with people whose blogs are dedicated to how much they hate trans women?
Popular cis blogger: Lmao ugh it’s literally NOT A BIG DEAL lmao you people take things way too seriously ugh
Popular cis blogger’s transmisogynist friends: BIGTRANS IS TRYING TO SILENCE OUR BRAVE AND VERY RADICAL DISSENT AS ALWAYS. TRANSGENDERISM AND QUEER IDEOLOGY IS LITERALLY A CULT. Protect female-born-females from transactivists and violent queer ideology.
We hate troons. You people will pay for this one day.
Fence-sitting cis people: Hmmmm I guess we’ll never really know if they’re a transmisogynist or not?? There’s just no way to tell
If you’re wondering if someone is a transmisogynist, and they tell you that their friendships with vicious transmisogynists are No Big Deal, that’s your fucking answer. Stop waiting for them to add “I hate trans women” to their blog description. Take a fucking hint. Especially when trans women have been telling you how much they and other trans women distrust this person, for months and months (and have been repeatedly attacked by that person’s transmisogynist friends for doing so)
a guy in a salvos truck yelled at me and my gf while we were kissing today so I was thinking of this
Do you know, when I was in high-school I went to the mall near my house with my girlfriend to do some Christmas shopping.
We were there, sixteen year old me and seventeen year old her, holding hands and window-shopping, minding our own business.
This Salvation Army shitheel gets aggro about it in the middle of the mall and I’m there totally flabbergasted cause like, it’s christmas
Only, 16!Tabi had even less composure than 26!Tabi, so I lost my fucking mind on her.
Thing is: when I’m really angry, I don’t rage, I go all cold and apparently that freaks people out, because I could see my gf backing up and the lady getting tense and then I realized that anger doesn’t solve problems.
So instead, I started wailing.
Picture this: 5’4, tiny, blonde haired high school girl with her little violin on her back and pearls in her ears just as PTA-approved as could be, full on sobbing in the hallway.
Just, sobbing like my dog’s been shot.
Now my gf’s like, “oh fuck” and the lady’s like “oh fuuuuck!” and I’m here, head thrown back, tears down my cheeks and in that shrill, distressed, /loud/ voice, “WHY WOULD YOU B-b-be so MEAN?! It’s CHRISTMAS!”
And the lady’s like “please stop Oh fuck” because now we have a crowd, and this Molly Weasley of a woman putters over, “what’s the matter, dear?”
And mall security’s coming and this bell ringer is looking very uncomfortable so I just look at this matronly ellen-watching suburban housewife lady, eyes wide and wet and my lip wobbling.
“I was, she s-said, s-s-she said I was going to HELL!”
And I burst right back into tears.
Maaaaaaaan, they didn’t even stick around to ask why she’d said it. Soon as I said it, Mall po-po bounced her like a fucking pogo stick.
We get outside and my girlfriend’s like “that is the most Slytherin thing I have ever seen anyone do.”
It was four years before I saw the Army back in that mall.
that is beautiful
Holiday reminder: don’t let anyone get away with trying to make you feel bad about yourself.
So yeah, they’re not just ‘homophobic’, they’re bigoted fucking murderers.
(Wikipedia article on her death conveniently (for SA) omits Salvation Army connection, linking only to expired articles from local newspapers)
SA claims that they didn’t turn her away, and accept all homeless people, except, it’s not like Jennifer Gale was only trans woman refused shelter by Salvation Army, making this denial appear to be worth less than bullshit:
while you were living under gender roles, i studied the blade
Men are on average more muscular than women and can wield heavier weapons more easily, so it’s a practical advantage for the woman to prefer the rapier and the man to prefer the longsword. Gender roles? I’d rather win than try to “rebel for rebellion’s sake” and lose.
surprise both swords were used in totally different time periods for totally different purposes and this is a joke post no one cares
Not to mention long sword vs. rapier. The rapier has more speed and precision then the long sword. The long sword is crazy heavy for a hand held weapon and would quickly die.
Several Of The Above Points Are Shit-Wrong And I’m Going To Tell You Why: A Point By Point Dissection By Me
Point 1: “Both swords were used in totally different time periods for totally different purposes.”
Partially right. A rapier is indeed suited to a different fighting style than a longsword. The slender, blade with a highly developed tip makes the rapier an amazing thrusting weapon, designed to pierce through the holes in chainmail or the seams between plates. They can be used to cut, but their primary focus is to thrust. A longsword, however, has a much thicker and heavier blade as well as a longer hilt that gives it the ability to be wielded in one OR two hands (it’s often referred to as a ‘hand-and-a-half’ sword because of this) enabling it the leverage and strength to cut (or bash, but that’s far less ideal as it could damage the blade) far more easily.
Rapier:
Longsword:
HOWEVER, there was at the very least a large period of overlap in the uses of longswords and rapiers. The difference in their utility (besides cutting vs thrusting, the longsword was largely a military weapon and the rapier was largely a civilian weapon and for dueling) saw to it that they could coexist. The longsword as we know it has been found to date back at least to the 14th century, if not earlier and was used in sporting duels and tournaments up until the 16th if not the 17th century (though its military use ended long before its sport use did). The rapier was first created (or at least first recognized by scholars as being created) around 1500 in Spain. Even if we take only the centuries during which they saw the most use (longsword = 14th-16th cent. and rapier = 16th-17th cent.) there was still a whole century of overlap.
Point 2: Rapiers are lighter than Longswords (and also the point that longswords are “crazy heavy for a hand-held weapon”).
This is wrong. Rapiers are, on average, around 2-ish lbs (1kg). Longswords are also, on average, around 2-ish lbs (1kg). This is for your STANDARD LONGSWORD, a hand-and-a-half sword that can comfortably be wielded in either one or two hands. Of course, both can reach higher or lower weights, but the top of the weight range for them tends to be around 4 lbs. The heavy fuckers you’re probably referring to are true 2-handed swords, such as the montante or the zweihander. Even then, they don’t get too much above 7 or 8 lbs. You know what weighs around 7 or 8 lbs usually? Most newborn babies.
(in order top to bottom: a 1-handed sword, a longsword, a montante)
For reference, other hand-held weapons? Shotguns run between 5 and 8 or more lbs. An M60 machine gun? Around 23 lbs. Handguns are between 2-4 lbs.
So yes, a longsword is heavy…when you’re comparing it to, like, a knife or to not wielding anything.
That’s a video-game-ism so that 1) you don’t feel like shit when you get wrecked by an opponent wielding a fuck-off huge sword and 2) they don’t have to program in proper form, technique, and handling of said sword.
Point 4: “Women can’t wield longswords.”
Really now?
(Have some more videos because tumblr won’t let me embed any more.)
Longswords just aren’t that heavy. They really are not. A good one balances in the hand and feels almost effortless to hold. They are a real pleasure to handle and I think everyone should get the chance to do so at least once just to understand what I mean.
Shitty wallhangers are fuckoff heavy, but that’s because they are made from crappy materials, are not properly shaped/tapered, are too thick, are poorly balanced so they feel even heavier than they are, and were never actually intended to be *used*.
Now, within the modern field of western martial arts women are often pushed towards rapier and subtly discouraged from longsword. The weight and strength issue is raised, and there is concern from their male opponents about women getting hurt–rapier thrusts tend to land softer because the blade flexes, while longsword cuts tend to leave more bruising and risk more damage, especially in organizations that have very different rules for rapier and longsword.
But as a woman who was pushed into rapier and smallsword for a decade before discovering that longsword was her true passion, I am glad to see people disputing this gender divide.
You do need a diagnosis though. You can’t just determine that yourself. What’s the point of saying you’ve got disorders like ADD and such if you aren’t diagnosed and can’t get the proper treatment. Anyone can say “I’m depressed”. Anyone can declare that identity, but what’s the point if you aren’t getting help?
True, a diagnosis should be what people aim to get but there are a variety of reasons people aren’t able to get a diagnosis (location/finance/parents). And even after a diagnosis, people might be be able to afford medication and therapy, which are quite costly.
I understand what you’re saying, but I would say more like that if you are using self diagnosing to feel special (which people do for some odd reason, mental health problems are not something to be desired), then that isn’t correct.
To be honest, I post very ADHD specific help posts that if someone follows me, chances are they are diagnosed with ADHD or aren’t diagnosed with it but suspect they have it. And for some, just following these blogs and reading up on it could be the most help they can get.
also transgender people literally lose every right to transition they have or they need a permission from a parent or significant other to do it if they’re diagnosed with autism.
transitioning being a life saving process for many trans folk, I’d rather self diagnose if it literally meant not dying
Yeah never in my life did anyone suggest that I might have ADHD even though I was exibiting very clear symptoms. Even medical professionals and my therapists never brought it up or considered it. It wasn’t until I found resources and symptom lists and articles about self diagnosis that it clicked for me that I probably had it, and once I brought it up to my doctor she had me take a test and I got officially diagnosed. Had I not found those resources and self help sites I likely never would have been diagnosed or able to get the help I needed.
So yes, ‘official’ diagnoses can be helpful and something to desire, but self dx stuff is vaild as hell and can help people figure out what’s wrong with them when docotors have fallen short. Not to mention that there are a lot of things that change in your life when you get diagnosed, so for some people its safer or more beneficial to keep it to yourself. It sucks, but it’s true.
Not to mention that medication and therapy can only do so much. More than half of managing a mental illnesses is personal work. Hell some people don’t even want or need meds. So if you think you have it and start to work on it on your own that’s just as vaild and important a step as seeing a doctor would be. Not to shame on people who do need meds and to see doctors, but that’s not a feasible reality for every person, and that’s ok.
I was diagnosed with ADD/ADHD (they couldn’t settle on one or the other, I was distraught at the time, surely I couldn’t be both!) but I was diagnosed comparably late in life to where they usually try to diagnose kids at (I was eleven).
How did I manage so long without a diagnosis? I was labeled a ‘day dreamer’ (ironically, I’ve also since been diagnosed as a maladaptive daydreamer) or I was just ‘easily distracted’ or ‘the artsy kid’.
I didn’t need a doctors diagnosis to know I couldn’t focus like my peers, they all saw it plainly enough that my mind wasn’t fully present at school at any given time.
But having it diagnosed was nice; “look this medical professional who went to school and studied forever says I have reasons for being like I am! It’s my brain chemistry, it’s different!”
Sure took them long enough though, and I have absolutely no problem believing that there are people out there being dismissed as ‘weird’ or ‘quiet’ or ‘daydreaming’ considered just lacking self-discipline, when they actually have something in their brain as a cause.
I suspect that I have Inattentive type ADD and my last two psyches have basically been like “Welllllllll…I meaaaaaan….we COULD get you tested but what’s the point? You’re functional.”
Me over here like “I KNOW I CAN DO MY WORK BETTER THAN THIS AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE PEACE OF MIND THAT THERE’S A REASON I AM LIKE THIS.”
Also “Oh well you knoooow with kiiiiids we can check with the school and see how well they do and with their parents. You work freelance so we can’t ask your work…”
Me: *dissociating* There…there are tests…for this….I know there are because people I know WITH this have had them. Just for the love of god listen…to me…your patient???
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