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That’s Hogtown, babey!!!

this woman asking an ugly ass neo nazi what it’s like to be punched in the face will forever be my mood

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Assimilationist gays repeat the same rhetoric as conservatives and that’s a fact.

If you’re making fun of the angry queers, the punk queers with funny hair, the ones who dress funny and augment their bodies, the ones who thrive through drag and kink and polyamory, the ones who reject the 2.5 kids and a white picket fence, then guess what?

You have sided with the status quo, and I do not trust you.

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there’s literally nothing to criticize, this is what perfection looks like 

this is my jojo OC, comrade bob. he's speedwagon’s brother who did not become an oil tycoon. feel free to give constructive criticism

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Just here to pass on the Happy Pride vibes to everyone! Our city's annual pride festival kicked off today so wholesome feelings all around

What a fun way to finish off aro week!

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Btw, Laura Jane Grace is the sweetest person on the entire planet of the Earth and I very encourage you to catch one of her solo shows if you possibly can.

She gave me a hug and told me she liked my cut :3

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OKAY ALL THE DESIGNS ARE FINALLY HERE! 

come and get them on etsy <3   

they’re actually cheaper now too, because we’re selling them in sets, and we ship worldwide <3

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Nobody:

Rude ass person who thinks being mean is a personality trait: sorry sweetheart I’m just really blunt 😘

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You can easily print your own vinyl stickers at home using a few simple tools. Once you’ve designed your stickers on the computer using an image editing software, print them onto vinyl printer paper. Laminate your stickers to protect them from water and UV rays from the sun. When you’re finished, just peel off the backing on your stickers and they’ll be ready to use!

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Look at other vinyl sticker designs for inspiration.

Do an online search for “vinyl stickers” or “vinyl sticker designs.” Pay attention to what you like and don’t like about the different designs you see. Try to find stickers that are similar to the ones you want to make.

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For example, if you want to make vinyl stickers to put on your laptop case, look for stickers other people have made to put on their computers. This will give you an idea of what size and color your design should be.

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Sketch out your design on paper.

Don’t worry about drawing all the details. You just want to get a basic idea of how your design will look before you attempt to make it on the computer. Make sure your design is small enough to fit on an 8 x 11 inch (20.3 x 27.9 cm) piece of paper.

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If you’re just starting out making vinyl stickers, keep your design simple.

If you’re having trouble coming up with a design, use graphics or images from online instead.

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Create your design on the computer using image editing software.

If you don’t have Photoshop or Illustrator, use a free image editing software like GIMP. Recreate your sketched design using your software’s drawing and editing tools, or scan and upload your sketch and work from that. If you’re making a colored design, use bold, vibrant colors that will show up well when printed.

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Make sure the resolution of your design is at least 300 pixels per 1 inch (2.5 cm).

1 Open a new 8 x 11 inch (20.3 x 27.9 cm) document in your image editing software. If the software you’re using doesn’t let you specify the size when you open a new document, edit the size after you open the document. Look for the size button in your software’s menu bar.[4] 

2 Paste the design you created in the new document. If you want to make multiple stickers of the same design, paste the design multiple times and arrange the copies in rows. Make sure none of the copies are in the margins of the template or they won’t print onto the paper.[5]

3 Click the print preview button to see how your stickers will print. If any of the copies of your design are cut off in the margin, move them in further away from the edge of the template. Make sure none of the copies are overlapping.

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Load an inkjet printer with 8 x 11 inch (20.3 x 27.9 cm) vinyl printer paper.

Load the paper into the printer’s paper tray so the print side (non-adhesive side) will be the side that the printer prints onto. If you’re not sure whether to put the paper face up or face down in the tray, run a test sheet through the printer to check.

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You can find vinyl printer paper online or at your local office supplies store.

Use clear vinyl printer paper if you want the background of your stickers to be transparent.

5 Print your design from the editing software onto a sheet of vinyl paper. Make sure the computer you’re using is set to print to the ink jet printer. Locate the print button in the image editing software and click on it. Wait for the printer to print your stickers and then grab them from the printer.[7]

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Apply an over-laminate sheet over your stickers.

Peel back the backing at the top of the over-laminate sheet and line the top edge of the laminate up with the top edge of the vinyl paper. Use your fingers to press the laminate onto the vinyl paper so it sticks.

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You can find over-laminate online or at your local office supplies store.

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Peel back the rest of the over-laminate backing slowly.

Press the laminate onto the vinyl paper as you go. Keep going until you’ve peeled off all the backing and the whole sheet of vinyl is laminated.

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To prevent air bubbles, use the edge of a ruler to press the laminate onto the vinyl paper.

3 Cut out the laminated stickers from the sheet of vinyl. Use a ruler and a craft knife to make precise straight cuts. If your sticker designs are rounded, use scissors to cut them out, or give them a square background. Once all your stickers are cut out, discard any leftover paper scraps.[10]

4 Peel off the backing on your stickers to use them. The vinyl backing will be on the opposite side of the over-laminate, on the back of the sticker design. Grab a corner of the vinyl backing with two fingers and peel it back until it’s completely off the sticker. Place your sticker on a dry, flat surface.

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I keep seeing articles about the overall health decline in millennials, which is a concern, but it's always framed like: "millennials make up the majority of work force, and 40% of them will die prematurely- that's bad for your business!"

Instead of like... "a nationwide downward trend in mental health for this demographic indicates that maybe the way we operate society has like... some problems."

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The Little Free Pantry Project

The Little Free Pantry utilizes a familiar, compelling concept to pique local interest in and action against local food insecurity. The Little Free Pantry offers a place around which neighbors might coalesce to meet neighborhood needs, whether for food or for fun.

The single Little Free Pantry is “little.” Lots of Little Free Pantries might be big. Duplicate freely.

http://www.littlefreepantry.org

Little Free Pantry Plans

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Gig05: Pen Test War Stories: Why my job is so easy and how you can make it harder with Aaron Herndon

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Self proclaimed leftists will talk about sex tourism in Asia in the context of neo colonialism while completing leaving out how the rescue industry, run by white American right wing evangelical Christians, pushes sex slavery narratives to facilitate the criminalization of sex workers that forces them into low paid garment manufacturing, which is to say nothing of how Christian propaganda is forced on them by these rescue industry NGOs.

People really, really need to understand that the rescue industry is real, it is run by American right wing evangelical Christians, and they're doing this for three major reasons.

Firstly, they believe sex work is immoral because they believe any sex outside of a heterosexual, monogamous, Christian marriage is immoral.

Secondly, they get material benefits from it, this is a business model; they capture sex workers in exploited nations with the criminalization model and push them into "diversion" programs where they are forced to work in sweatshop conditions, usually in garment manufacturing. Since these NGOs are registered as "charities" they also function as a tax dodge. Finally, they use these diversion programs to try to convert sex workers into their sick brand of right wing Christianity.

Since these are powerful US companies they are able to influence global politics including how sex work is treated in other countries. As of now they are running show throughout much of Asia and Africa specifically so they can make money off criminalizing sex workers into manufacturing cheap clothing that then goes on to be sold as "providing new opportunities for rescued sex slaves".

The sex slavery narratives is being pushed by the evangelical Christian right to dupe people who are trying to do the right thing. They even collect donations to fund their "raid and rescue" missions where they arrest and imprison sex workers.

Consider companies like Punjammies and Outland Denim who do exactly this

https://sexworkinfo.tumblr.com/post/186630380090/as-soon-as-this-appeared-in-my-ads-i-had-a-bad#notes

https://jezebel.com/buy-these-pajamas-rescue-a-prostitute-or-why-rescue-1688197906

https://youtu.be/EnXhB1XtL2o

https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/07/22/the-new-abolitionists-mexico-dominican-republic-human-trafficking-mormon-our/

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/poverty-matters/2014/nov/28/global-slavery-index-walk-free-human-trafficking-anne-gallagher

Consider how evangelical Christians are shaping the global discourse on sex work

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/01/evangelical-women-are-shaping-public-attitudes-about-sex-work/

Here's a lot of information about sex worker activism across Asia

http://www.khaosodenglish.com/opinion/2019/08/10/opinion-the-double-denial-of-sex-work-in-thailand/

https://www.refworld.org/docid/5229b72f4.html

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/17/asia-pacific/social-issues-asia-pacific/health-insurance-time-off-empowered-sex-workers-thailand-battle-stigma/

https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_58a74d70e4b045cd34c170aa?test_ad=readmo_test

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/1026053/prostitution-laws-in-need-of-overhaul

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8gen84/blow-jobs-are-real-jobs-v23n1

https://rewire.news/article/2012/09/23/why-sex-workers-must-be-part-global-human-rights-agenda/

http://theladiesfinger.com/meena-seshu-get-right-sex-work/

https://asiasociety.org/blog/asia/lives-sex-workers-modern-china

https://www.nationthailand.com/national/30343500

https://www.nationthailand.com/national/48-Thai-sex-workers-arrested-in-South-Korea-30279748.html

There is clearly a critique to be made about sex tourism but failing to dig deeper and consider how this discourse is being used by the US and it's capitalist neoliberal evangelical Christian churches to force Asian sex workers into garment manufacturing is missing an enormous part of the story and facilitating the very thing it claims to be critiquing