“Big Clit Energy” In Multiple Colors

This unusual planetary nebula, NGC 7027, is one of the smallest, brightest, and most unusually shaped planetary nebulas known. Given its expansion rate, NGC 7027 first started expanding, as visible from Earth, about 600 years ago. For much of its history, the planetary nebula has been expelling shells, as seen in blue in the featured image.

In modern times, though, for reasons unknown, it began ejecting gas and dust (seen in red) in specific directions that created a new pattern that seems to have four corners. What lies at the nebula's center is unknown, with one hypothesis holding it to be a close binary star system where one star sheds gas onto an erratic disk orbiting the other star. NGC 7027, about 3,000 light years away, was first discovered in 1878 and can be seen with a standard backyard telescope toward the constellation of the Swan (Cygnus).



Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Joel Kastner (RIT) et al.; Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI)

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Body Neutrality for Females with Dysphoria:

Are you dysphoric? Are you sick of body positivity? Are you female? Here are some affirmations that you can try out to counteract your negative internal monologue.

Whenever you think a negative/dysphoric thought, tell yourself one of these affirmations. If it feels corny or dumb, that’s a good sign. It means you’re challenging your brain’s self-hatred. You are redirecting your brain and challenging your usual thought patterns.

General body:

My body allows me to perform the tasks I need to survive

My body is worthy of respect

This form is the product of years of human evolution

Uterus:

Thank you uterus, for providing structural integrity and support to my bladder, bowel, pelvic bones and organs

Period:

Cramps are temporary

Periods are a natural, normal biological function

Ovaries:

Thank you ovaries, for helping me regulate hormones and stay healthy

Feel free to add any that you come up with!

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Men like to believe theyd be great in apocalypse scenarios but they dont even know how to sew

feeling good, feeling natural, feeling free (pt. 2)

“The woman who doesn’t require validation from anyone is the most feared individual on the planet.”

— Mohadesa Najumi

About femininity

Sometimes I think that I don’t fit in. I remember those girls in male-written fiction who are always feminine, humble, quiet, enigmatic etc etc, and I compare myself to them. In those moments, I feel shame for being myself. I think, why am I so loud? Why so straightforward? Why can’t I be more like them? Why is it so hard for me to be lady-like? I could be if I try hard enough!

But then, I think about real life women: my friends, my sisters, my mother. And I remember that they are all just like me. Some of them have short hair. Some of them are not afraid to fill the room with their laughter or burp out loud. Some of them don’t know what a concealer is. Most of them excel in typically “male” fields. Almost all of them never wear skirts. And even those who seem to be the epitome of femininity change make-up and restrictive clothes to comfy pyjamas at the end of the day.

Femininity is an act, it’s a perfomance. And none of us entirely fit in this box. Its only purpose is to divide and control us. So don’t fall for this “not like other girls” bullshit. If you feel dysphoric, talk about it with other women, compare expirience. It’s not any different from overcoming social anxiety, when you have to realise that everybody sometimes feel insecure. In this case, you just need to realise that every woman is a complex human being, just like yourself.

i’ve been saying this to myself this morning and i’m going to say it to you in case you need to hear it: you are not here to be physically attractive. that is not your purpose. you are here to learn new things and be kind to people and listen to your favorite music and pet cute dogs and read big books and drink good coffee. you are here to see beauty in the world and create it when you can’t find any. you are not here to impress people with how you look.

Feeling blue by Hubble Space Telescope / ESA