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We need to bring him back

The Outbursts of Everett True was a comic strip that ran in papers from 1905 to 1927, wherein the aforementioned Everett True regularly beat the everliving shit out of rude people as a warning to anyone else who might consider being rude. Men have not only been taking up too much room on public transport for about as long as public transport has existed, but the people around them have been irritated about it for at least a hundred years. The next time someone tries to claim that manspreading is a false phenomenon, please direct them to this strip so that Everett True can correct their misconceptions with an umbrella upside the head.

And underline "should never meet" a thousand times

My love for you is the most authentic and genuine thing I have ever known.

The consensus was pretty much “Both options are cute, but the second option is better”.

This. This is why I love Plance and the garden and gardeners and everything about this ship. Because how many ships can you think of where the fans would say, “Yeah, flirting is great, but I prefer it when the characters respect each other and their friendship”?

Alright, here's a survey question for my fellow Plance shippers. Which plot thread do you prefer:

Lance starts flirting with Pidge as he slowly realizes his feelings for her, and she finds it extraordinarily confusing

or

Lance never flirts with Pidge, because he sees her as a friend instead of just a girl, which highlights how unique their relationship is to him

you thought I didn’t really notice. But I did. I wanted to high-five you.

Yesterday I had a pair of brothers in my store. One was maybe between 15-17. He was a wrestler at the local high school. Kind of tall, stocky and handsome. He had a younger brother, who was maybe about 10-12 years old. The...

There is nothing more infectious than the joy and love that the LGBTQ community exudes. I grew up with a gay brother whose every move I would emulate. I idolized him. Everything Frankie did, I would do. I can’t remember a difference between Frankie before he came out and Frankie after he came out. He’s always just been Frankie. Sexuality and gender were never topics my family and I were afraid to discuss. When Frankie came out my surprisingly unfazed (for his age) grandfather said “Congrats! Can we go to dinner now? I’m fuckin’ hungry.”

I was taught to do my makeup by queens in gay bars in New York City. I made my Broadway debut at 14 years old and did 8 shows a week but there was never a night I was too tired to run to a gay bar and do a quick Whitney cover before bed. My music being embraced and celebrated by the LGBTQ community is all I ever truly cared about when I thought about my career goals early on. There’s no award I could win or accolade I could receive that would fulfill me more than seeing a 6-foot queen with a 4-foot ponytail walk into my meet n greet and say “hey girl” or meeting a young queer person at Starbucks and them letting me know that my music has helped them become who they are. Literally nothing. Love is like music. It knows no boundaries and isn’t exclusive to any one gender, sexuality, race, religion, age or creed. It’s a freedom and a delicious luxury that all people should be able to sink into and enjoy every moment of. I am eternally indebted to and inspired by the LGBTQ community. I hope to create anthems for you that wrap you up with comfort and make you get your best life for as long as I live. Thank you for celebrating me the way I celebrate you.

I love you forever.

- Ariana Grande’s love letter to the LGBT community

Dear beloved mom and dad

I am very sorry for not being able to go back for a while. You two are more than marvelous, really respect you. Thank you very much and I love you.

愛するお父さん、お母さん

GWは帰れなくてごめんなさい。会って抱きしめたかったです。毎日頑張ってくれて本当に有難う。ただただ感謝と尊敬だけです。もうすぐワクチン接種ですね。安心して暮らせる日々が早く戻ってきますように。二人を見習い、瞬間瞬間を大切に全力で生きます。

Queridos amados mamá y papá

Lamento mucho no poder volver por un tiempo. Ustedes dos son más que maravillosos, realmente los respeto. Muchas gracias y los amo.

Verbal Judo

The other day I heard this on the radio while driving:

NPR.org

A new NYPD podcast focuses on the history of hostage negotiations

The podcast, launched by the New York Police Department, examines the history behind tactics to end armed standoffs. What has and hasn't cha

I was very intrigued by this as I have been a student of "Verbal Judo" for some years now. I work with people a lot, mostly when they are not at their best (I work with the very ill and those who care for them). Also being I am an introvert and that I can be ironically, um, very vocal, having some insight on how to structure speaking with others when I and/or they are not at their best is super helpful. And truly it has been! I prefer the audiobook by the way and listen to it a lot when jogging, driving, or whatever. Whoever they got to read it I thought was the author reading his own book so it is a very good listen.

Anyway, back to the intrigue of the podcast. When I heard this piece I wondered if this helped shape or influence Mr. Thompson's passion to create a learnable structure for better communication especially in stressful moments ("Verbal Judo").

I'm going to give this podcast a listen and let you know what I learn. If you have listened, no spoilers please!

“The greatest victory is that which requires no battle.”  ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

I promise I'll always show up to give you my best

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Truly a role model for everyone. Please watch this.

A true role model for everyone.

Before you judge ...

Dear all , whoever you are we all are brothers and sisters and as your sister i need you to listen to me.

We all follow different religions or beliefs ,this unique situation should teach us to respect each other and appreciate each beliefs

So... if it happened to be at a party or whatever and there are loud music from all geners, and someone asked for 10 mins break to perfom their religious practices that they have to do at this time , kindly cooperate with them and ensure their needs but please :

Don’t get offended they aren’t practicing oppression on you

They already been kind and accepted your invitation wether it approves with their beliefs or not

They wouldn’t ask for that if the loud voices interrupt their concentration at performing the practices

To Those Who Need To Hear This...

PLEASE READ

Yes, this is about Star Wars, but this rant is also about feminism and the blatant disregard for women that I saw today.

Many of you don't know this, but I am a huge (female) Star Wars fan and have been for years. Ask me any question about Star Wars, and 9 times out of 10 I'll be able to answer it. I've seen each movie and episode multiple times each and can quote many lines, as well as being the proud owner of merch.

I was watching Star Wars TikTok compilations on YouTube, and I came across one that I immediately hated. It was a “How Girls Watch Star Wars” and “How Boys Watch Star Wars” TikTok. At the start, three boys pretended to be girls ‘watching’ Star Wars. All three boys had felt the need to put pillows up their shirts to be ‘breasts’. One boy was touching his set and they all had put on voices that sounded dumb. These voices supposedly imitated a girls. In the second part, the boys were supposedly ‘being themselves’ and ‘doing what all boys do when they watch Star Wars’: quoting and acting out that famous scene of Obi-Wan vs Anakin/Darth Vader.

I could easily see a few problems here.

1.       Girls SHOULD NOT EVER be seen as just a pair of breasts or something similar. They should NEVER be seen as something other than an equal person. Pretending to be a girl and touching ‘breasts’ and portraying us as dumb is not okay. It never has been, never will be.

2.       I know many girls who can do, and easily will do (myself included), the same things these boys did in their video, in the “How Boys Watch Star Wars” section. I know many girls who will quote and re-enact scenes from Star Wars. I also know many girls who will also quote and re-enact scenes from Marvel, Star Trek, Doctor Who, Lord of the Rings, DC, the Hobbit, Game of Thrones, Thunderbirds, Pirates of the Caribbean, and many, many others. There are thousands, if not millions of girls who can and will do this.

3.       Girls also don’t just see a movie for the cute or hot guys in it. We want to see the swordfights, we want to see the shoot-outs, we want to see the movie for what it is. Again, I know so many girls who are like this, including myself.

4.       SOME BOYS DON’T LIKE STAR WARS. Shocker, right TikTok boys? A friend of mine who is a guy hasn’t even seen Star Wars, while another one hates it. And look! Some girls don’t like or haven’t seen Star Wars either! But, unlike what the boys in this TikTok said, THEY ARE EQUAL AND THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO THEIR DISLIKE.

This tiny, insignificant video may not have made a difference to a viewer’s life, but I hate seeing something like that video up there with no one saying anything about the blatant inequality and sexualisation against women. Unfortunately, I keep seeing this same classification of women a lot in social media, with almost every instance being made by a boy. I’m sick of it, and I’m sure many other women are too.

Give us the respect we deserve, guys.

Antes de que nos olviden haremos historia... ✊👊 #respect #heroes #antesdequenosolviden #desfilediademuertos (en Paseo de la Reforma)

Spirit of Bruce Lee... 🔥🔥🔥

so I saw this (finished and colored version here) and I was like heck there are some great healers around. Or maybe just one. lemme spew a few words about our Great Holy Healer my guild leader:

My guild leader is probably the best healer. He will heal you before you can even smash that HP 300 hotkey or spam a shit ton of clouds. His eyes are glued to the party health bars. DPS gets countered? Healed before they even finish flying across the map. Poisoned? He’ll keep healing you until you remember to summon a pegasus. He is, and always will be, the designated healer in any run. And he doesn’t heal the lousy standard 35-45 HP (or mid 50-65 HP if your magic attack is high). Nah, he does this

And then he got on top of that a 15% wound healing from his titles and Dan Healing. He can hold his own, too, since he, like, y’know, pretty much maxed out all the skills available for elves. 

So all of y’all, find yourself a good fucking healer and never let go ‘cause this man is a saint. Once you find yourself in the care of An Amazing Healer, using pots and pets to heal just isn’t the same.

This has been my Healer and Guild Leader appreciation post.

Satisfied ?

Now I’m in his bed

This moment fulfilling every dream I ever had

Cuddles, kisses

and he treats me like a Mrs.

But there is no satisfaction in it

There has to be a problem with me, at least a bit

cause I thought we were the perfect fit.

Now my thoughts keep running crazy

Just like Donald Loves Daisy

and I dancing with Swazy

while smoking the blunt Bob said is hazy.

This makes no sense ?

Oh didn’t knew that, thanks.

I know I should enjoy

Not all men treat woman like a toy

But it’s so hard to believe

Because of all the pain I received.

-B.I

Speak less, mean more

If you can't

respect her ,

even as much

as your fellow 'men', your 'bros',

don't even bother

loving her

in the first place.

Cuz you don't even know

that respect is above

all the love that you can show.

Love comes complimentary

with respect and true care,

but they might not come along

with the sole love you show her.

That’s what I dream of heaven to be x

A tree

Fantasises me

The way it stands so strong

It’s branches reaching out

Curling and twisting

In the cool summer wind

Grabbing the air as it passes

What is it reaching for ?

I often adore

The winter time

When it’s branches are bare

The sky

The air

behide each finger

It shadows off

To another ,

Is remarkable and beautiful

How something so plain & tall

Can be so outstanding

Yet missed by all.

@trueemotions91

But that beautiful hair tho...

An inspiring 8-year-old boy puts up with 2 years of bullying to grow his hair for donation.

Plenty of beer for everyone...

.・✦꙳・.✭.♡.・❥・˚♡.•・.

I miss when people respected other people, when they were not afraid to show their sensitivity, delicacy, care and empathy. I miss when people were able to selflessly help, truly love, be faithful and truthful, stand up for the weaker, when they put words into actions. I miss it when people didn't pretend to be someone they are not, for whom what mattered was being and not having: having more money, followers, likes, fake accounts... I would like a woman to look like a woman, not a silicone monster when a man he is not a femeboy or another female hybrid, but a truly male individual, attracting not only with his physicality, but also with his charisma and personality. I long for people to simply be good to people... - M.・•・꙳•.ℳ𝓎 𝓋𝒾𝒷ℯ𝓈•꙳•.

.•.♡.•.・❥・.˚✭..•.

“We all have a past. And the people that love you wanna know more, and they take your past as a map on how to love you. They don't use it as something to hold against you...”

-Stacy Snyder

Photo by Ebru Sidar.

・❥・♡꙳𓂃𓂂*•.¸♡❦

𝘐 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘤𝘺, 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘺.

𝘐 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱, 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦, 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘧𝘶𝘭, 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴.

𝘐 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘮 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨: 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺, 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘴, 𝘧𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘴... 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘣𝘰𝘺 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘺𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘥, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭, 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘮𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦... ❦♡˚· ͟͟͞͞➳❥

M.

Photo by Ebru Sidar.

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