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My name is: Michelle, but most people call me Dark online.

My gender-pronouns are: They/them/their.

I am: 26 years old, a feminist, liberal, an atheist, an omnivore, and an ISFJ.

The Feminist: Intersectional, body positive, pro-choice, and sex positive.

My privileged identities include: Female assigned at birth (trans* privilege), white, able-bodied, allistic (?), dyadic, monogamous.

My non-privileged/oppressed identities include: Gender-fluid, fat, gray-a, neuroatypical, and gay.

I have: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, and Major Depressive Disorder.

I like: Pets & animals, animal welfare, pet care & pet care education, ~*SCIENCE!*~, anatomy & physiology, roleplaying, anime/manga, computer & video games, rock & metal music.

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Lavender Labia: Five Ways Cis Feminists Can Help Build Trans Inclusivity And...

lavenderlabia:

Five Ways Cis Feminists Can Help Build Trans Inclusivity And Intersectionality

  1. Be willing to confront instances of transphobia, cissexism, cisnormativity, cis-centrism, cis privilege and other forms of destructive bias where you find them (especially when you find them within feminist, activist or queer spaces), not through “call outs” or other toxic, self-defeating or abusive strategies, but by taking the opportunity for genuine discourse.
  2. Don’t take a purely passive, reactive approach. Rather than waiting for things like someone saying something overtly cissexist, or a trans person bringing up a particular concern, be willing to proactively introduce trans issues, or trans-relevant aspects of broader issues, to feminist discourse. Likewise, proactively treat possible consequences, perspectives and concerns relevant to trans people and trans experiences as being not only significant but essential to all feminist issues and conversations.
  3. Don’t assume any given issue is strictly, or even primarily, relevant to cis women. All feminist concerns are also transgender concerns, and vice versa. There are no feminist dialogues in which trans voices “don’t belong”, or to which trans voices have “nothing to add”. There are no social issues related to gender that don’t have consequences for trans people.
  4. Proactively seek out transgender voices, perspectives and input on all issues, not simply what you regard as “trans issues” or situations where the value of such perspectives is immediately obvious to you. Come to us, rather than waiting for us to come to you.
  5. Don’t treat the larger social conflict of gender as being dialectic or binary in nature. Don’t assume a unidirectional model of gender-based oppression.

These points are expanded on and explained more in the article. Please do read the full piece - it’s awesomesauce.

(Source: soilwitch)

NT/Allistic People: Resources from Autistic people to combat Autism Speaks and Autism “Awareness” Month

bendingthewillow:

Feel free to reblog and add more links that contribute to Autism Acceptance!

thisisthinprivilege: biyancuh:   thisisthinprivilege: Because it is. What we consider “healthy” is not the same as what is considered healthy in other cultures, nor what was considered healthy at other times in history. Hell, our own definition has changed considerably just since I was born. (This is also how we can tell that things like gender and childhood are socially constructed.) And we know that much of what the public considers healthy right now does not actually give the benefits people think it does (such as the fact that people “overweight” and “obese” by the BMI chart actually live longer than people it lists as “normal” weight). How would you not consider that a social construct? “Healthy” in our culture is constructed from a lot of false ideas and false assumptions about people’s bodies. This isn’t just a HAES idea. (Indeed, there are a lot of parts of the popular idea of “health” that HAES subscribes to.) If you read the actual medical and scientific literature that’s out there, you’ll find all kinds of things that contradict our idea of health. And, of course, the popular idea of health leaves out a lot of people, especially people with disabilities, and makes it something they can never attain, but are told they should strive for constantly. -MG rebloggable by request Woah woah woah. Yes, the definition of WHAT IS HEALTHY FOR YOU is a “social construct,” but what is healthy for your BODY is a construct based off research, experimental results.  Other cultures may have differing opinions on what’s healthy /for someone/, but they absolutely cannot dispute science and what is physically healthy. What bloodletting healthy? Were lobotomies? Trepanation? You can’t just DEFINE what is good for you physically — in that case, why don’t we just throw all medical research that’s ever been done away. Okay, so, to be clear: what you’re SAYING (I hope) is referring to the /idea of what is healthy/, not what is ACTUALLY, medicinally, healthy. Is gastric bypass surgery healthy? Weight loss diets, especially yo-yo dieting? Consuming large amounts of fake sugar? Over-exercise to the point of repetitive stress injury, in the name of weight loss? Spending a quarter-time job on dieting and exercising in combination with a stressful full time job, family, and other obligations? Putting kids on diets? Diagnosis #1 of all fat patients being fatness, and Treatment #1 to lose weight, regardless of their complaint, regardless even of whether weight gain was caused by an underlying factor? Being told to lose weight during pregnancy if you’re over a certain BMI? Being labeled as high-risk and oftentimes banned from every birthing practice except surgery because you’re over a certain BMI? Because these (and many more) are all things that are currently considered ‘healthy’ by modern medical ‘science.’  Our collective scientific handle on what is ‘healthy’ is not anywhere near accurate. It’s largely skewed by political considerations like the vast amount of funding available for anti-obesity research, and the agendas of certain politicians who want to link unhealthy lifestyles with whatever kind of lifestyle they personally oppose, moral panics like the obesity epidemic, commercial interests, and private biases. If what we know about medical science was the size of a frisbee, half of that frisbee would be under dispute, and what we do NOT know would be the size of the entire fucking planet. I know people who buy into the cult of healthism are prone to buy into this ridiculous worship of current medical science, but please, PLEASE, think a little more critically first.  -ArteToLife

thisisthinprivilege:

biyancuh:

 

thisisthinprivilege:

Because it is. What we consider “healthy” is not the same as what is considered healthy in other cultures, nor what was considered healthy at other times in history. Hell, our own definition has changed considerably just since I was born. (This is also how we can tell that things like gender and childhood are socially constructed.) And we know that much of what the public considers healthy right now does not actually give the benefits people think it does (such as the fact that people “overweight” and “obese” by the BMI chart actually live longer than people it lists as “normal” weight). How would you not consider that a social construct? “Healthy” in our culture is constructed from a lot of false ideas and false assumptions about people’s bodies. This isn’t just a HAES idea. (Indeed, there are a lot of parts of the popular idea of “health” that HAES subscribes to.) If you read the actual medical and scientific literature that’s out there, you’ll find all kinds of things that contradict our idea of health.

And, of course, the popular idea of health leaves out a lot of people, especially people with disabilities, and makes it something they can never attain, but are told they should strive for constantly.

-MG

rebloggable by request

Woah woah woah.

Yes, the definition of WHAT IS HEALTHY FOR YOU is a “social construct,” but what is healthy for your BODY is a construct based off research, experimental results. 

Other cultures may have differing opinions on what’s healthy /for someone/, but they absolutely cannot dispute science and what is physically healthy. What bloodletting healthy? Were lobotomies? Trepanation? You can’t just DEFINE what is good for you physically — in that case, why don’t we just throw all medical research that’s ever been done away.

Okay, so, to be clear: what you’re SAYING (I hope) is referring to the /idea of what is healthy/, not what is ACTUALLY, medicinally, healthy.

Is gastric bypass surgery healthy?

Weight loss diets, especially yo-yo dieting?

Consuming large amounts of fake sugar?

Over-exercise to the point of repetitive stress injury, in the name of weight loss?

Spending a quarter-time job on dieting and exercising in combination with a stressful full time job, family, and other obligations?

Putting kids on diets?

Diagnosis #1 of all fat patients being fatness, and Treatment #1 to lose weight, regardless of their complaint, regardless even of whether weight gain was caused by an underlying factor?

Being told to lose weight during pregnancy if you’re over a certain BMI?

Being labeled as high-risk and oftentimes banned from every birthing practice except surgery because you’re over a certain BMI?

Because these (and many more) are all things that are currently considered ‘healthy’ by modern medical ‘science.’ 

Our collective scientific handle on what is ‘healthy’ is not anywhere near accurate. It’s largely skewed by political considerations like the vast amount of funding available for anti-obesity research, and the agendas of certain politicians who want to link unhealthy lifestyles with whatever kind of lifestyle they personally oppose, moral panics like the obesity epidemic, commercial interests, and private biases.

If what we know about medical science was the size of a frisbee, half of that frisbee would be under dispute, and what we do NOT know would be the size of the entire fucking planet.

I know people who buy into the cult of healthism are prone to buy into this ridiculous worship of current medical science, but please, PLEASE, think a little more critically first. 

-ArteToLife

I'll Be A Fatty Forever: Body Positive Blogs: The Big Fat List

redefiningbodyimage:

fattyforever:

Here we go, kiddos! All the blogs on this list are body positive. They may not solely be about body/fat acceptance, but they do represent body positivity.

I encourage you to go through this list and fill up your dash with body positive blogs! Huzzah!

(If you find any broken links, spelling…

Oh hey we’re on there! <3 

Can we please bury this progressive myth that the reason poorer people are fatter is because they’re eating more ‘unhealthy’ foods than thinner, richer people?

thisisthinprivilege:

miskatonicdotedu:

thisisthinprivilege:

It smacks of healthist elitism and doesn’t take into account the many other more compelling reasons poorer people are fatter. The fat wage gap, for instance, or stress from being fucking oppressed and poor.

Can we stop trying to find ‘lifestyle’ reasons for fatness in progressive FA circles? The ‘food desert’ argument for fatness, usually coupled with the ‘no time/money for the gym’ argument still put the onus of fatness on people’s personal choices and overall lifestyle, it’s just apologizing for those choices. It’s still worshipping at the Eat Less (Better) Move More! altar.

I’m also really fucking tired of rich elitists forming ‘theories’ of why poor communities are such-and-such. It’s so condescending. That’s a general point, not really a specific point related to fat oppression or thin privilege.

-artetolife

Hey, guess what else? The idea that poor people are fatter is itself a myth. 

THANK YOU! Fucking awesome. I haven’t seen this. Folks, take note.

Please help.

fuckyeahsexpositivity:

benfodens:

Okay Tumblr, here is the deal, I need your help. All of your help.

My mom works for Chrysalis, a nonprofit domestic violence shelter in Phoenix, Arizona. I cannot praise Chrysalis enough, honestly.

It’s the only domestic violence shelter in the valley that caters to all victims - women and men. Gay, lesbian, transgender, straight, pregnant, teenagers, men and women, they offer help and protection to anyone who is a victim of domestic violence. Not many other shelters can say that.

The thing is in order to run a great organization like this, they need funds. Currently Chase is offering up to $2 million in grants to organizations such as Chrysalis.

Here is where you come in. All you need to do is CLICK THIS LINK AND VOTE FOR CHRYSALIS. You don’t need to give any of your personal information or give any of your own money. You just need to vote for them.

Currently, Chrysalis is seriously trailing in the voting. I’ve seen bloggers on Tumblrs raise thousands of dollars in hours so I know something as easy as submitting a vote is something you guys can do.

Please, please, please, CLICK THIS LINK AND VOTE FOR CHRYSALIS. 

If nothing else, please reblog this and get the word out guys. Any help is huge help.

Signal boosting. This is important.

—BB

fuckyeahsexpositivity:

mypetitmal:

Cheap birth control options.

inkaanki:

Because these options exist, and because your sexual and reproductive life is your business and yours alone, you can pay for your own birth control, with your own money.

  • There are websites that offer free condoms. Places like Planned Parenthood offer free condoms, too, if you really can’t afford them.

Many Planned Parenthood locations also offer their services on a sliding scale, so you may be able to get longer-lasting birth control at a lower cost. There are even stories of Planned Parenthood giving away birth control for free, so always ask.

If you have insurance, follow this guide to find out if your birth control is covered. If it isn’t now, it likely will be in the next year or two. Read more here.

A few abortion funds can also help with the cost.

a-war-you-cannot-win linked to one website with free condoms, and Googling “free condoms” comes up with many more!

Always look into generics!

Here’s a coupon for $10 off Plan B, good at any commercial pharmacy!

I find it hard to believe that you can get Sprintec without a prescription, especially because that first link is a list of prescription drugs covered by Walmart’s plan. Oh, and because I take it and know you need a prescription for it.

Other than that, great list of resources!

—BB

it really can’t get any more obvious

lydiamartinis:

[trigger warning for domestic abuse]

celebs that have been charged/accused of domestic violence:

  • Chris Brown
  • Sean Penn
  • Gary Oldman
  • Michael Fassbender
  • Sean Bean
  • Charlie Sheen
  • Nick Cage
  • Sean Connery
  • Mel Gibson
  • Alec Baldwin
  • Mickey Rourke
  • Mathew Fox
  • the list goes on

celebs that are always associated with domestic violence, have the most vocal hatedom out of the group:

  • Chris Brown

celebs on this list that are not white:

  • Chris Brown

genderandsexualityminorities:

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thescienceofreality:

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Through Academic Earth, you can take courses in all of the fields below:

Academic Earth offers a variety of Universities, which you can click through below to see which University offers what specific online courses. 

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Enjoy the over-abundance of free educational resources, and never stop exploring and expanding! And if anyone knows of any other great self-education resources, let me know!

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