How to draw ears, by me.
tip me a ko-fi!
One of my biggest pieces of advice for those taking injectable hormones is to make sure you're injecting at the right angle
For intramuscular (IM), you inject at a 90° angle.
For subcutaneous (SQ), you inject at a 45° angle.
Here is a graphic depicting what the angle of your injection should look like:
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It has been hard for me to talk about how what is going on with Israel and Palestine is affecting me personally, but I grew up in Gaza and most of my family still lives there. My father did not survive the bombings last week and I have not been able to contact my younger sister in days. I am try to being understanding that most people do not have personal connections to what is happening and therefore are justifying their silence, but is heartbreaking to see this misinformation being spread. What’s happening there is a genocide, not a war. It is not antisemitic to support Palestine, it’s not even antiemetic to criticise Israel. There is no grey area or neutrality regarding this, and it is so easy to find resources that will educate you on the subject. It is my people and my home being destroyed so I will never be silent about this, but I please urge everyone to get informed and start speaking up and finding ways they can help.
decolonizepalestine has tons of information on Palestine’s history/propaganda that has been spread throughout the years
UK citizens can email their MP asking for a ceasefire
US citizens can call/email their local government officials asking for a ceasefire
Jewish Voice for Peace also has many resources for ways for US citizens to get involved, including protests
Donate to Palestine Children’s Relief Fund
Donate to Medical Aid for Palestine
Donate to help get food and hygiene kits to Gaza
trans colors AND it has a headphone jack. your SP could never.
I was raised by parents who, as far as I can tell, were not actually wild about having kids. They had us because they felt like they should. That was the normal thing to do. Big mistake, etc., neither of us really talk to them, but anyway.
The point is, my parents did not teach me life skills. I did not know how to change a tire or fix plumbing or even much simpler things. Learning to pump gas gave me MULTIPLE high grade public panic attacks.
But you know what? YouTube and the modern Internet are making life so much better these days. Get yourself a decent screwdriver (two—a Phillips and a flat head) and a hammer and a level, and you’re halfway to being functional and independent.
Over Thanksgiving our sink broke and YouTube taught me how to fix it. I am so grateful for this era.
genuinely bonkers to me that there are people who genuinely believe that gender nonconformity is more accepted in intersex people, or that intersex people are seen as “biologically nonbinary” or whatever. it is so far from the truth that it’s clear they’ve never spoken to an intersex person in their life
personally, I’ve always been seen as “girl with unfortunate medical condition”, and I have been punished for not even trying to become a “normal girl”. the medical system assumes that the end goal is to appear as much like a dyadic woman as possible, regardless of my own identity (as a nonbinary person). regular interaction with systems that are designed to enforce and reinforce the sex binary does in fact not make it easier to be outside of that binary in all possible senses. we are held to ridiculous standards of conformity
but yeah, sure. I’m totally allowed to be “biologically nonbinary”. that’s definitely how it works in all cases
every time I do a web search, right at the top I have AI info dumping on me
just give me the top result please