#Keeping Up

[johnnyslittleanimalblog]

Tiny Elephant Calf Trying to Keep Up - 8159b+ by Jen Hall Via Flickr: Is there really anything cuter? Kenya, Africa Safari Sunday...

[astrumavis]

Having a silly stem girl moment!!!! (crying because I don't know what the fuck is going on anymore)

[navar44]

The Big City

A bit of writing based on @aaytaro-gt ‘s Inktober prompt list.

Day 26 - Exhausted

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Stars above, Jess was exhausted. Like, not just a little bit sleepy, a tiny bit tired: she was down right ready to collapse after the day she’d had.

Sure, she’d been the one to decide to move to the city of giants, but their academy was beyond anything back in her home country! Just the lesser alchemical studies alone were leagues beyond her home city’s schooling, and that's not to mention the numerous other classes that were offered here.

She wasn’t the only human here at least, but they were still few and far between. In all her classes today she had only seen one other human, and they didn’t share any classes! Outside the school there were a few areas where humans lived, with shops and markets fit for people her size.

Jess didn’t live there though, too far from the academy. She had a giant roommate/landlord, Kell, who she paid to rent a spare closet for her own use. It was massive and she could never use most of it, but it was hers so long as she paid rent on time.

The hardest part of living here, she had found, was just getting from place to place. At least she shared a few classes with a giantess, Maci, and she’d graciously carried Jess to their next class when she could. 

In fact, most of the giants had been friendly so far. She could probably ask any one of them for help getting somewhere, so long as they weren’t busy. But, still, she wanted to be independent, and she was thoroughly regretting that stubbornness. 

She flopped down in her bed, waving a hand over the crystal that controlled the closet lights.

Tomorrow she’d start asking for more help, but for now she just needed rest. She quickly fell asleep, the giant city having completely exhausted her.

[mattsmemes]

[tonyburgessblog]

Six Word Story

Keeping up these days is difficult.

[nariarts]

Spent a ridiculous amount of time last night obsessively editing my hand written zines in Photoshop to take away any tiny blemishes so they were definitely readable.

Whatever. Understand or don't.

[emjaydoubleyou]

this post is fearmongering. the results of this study are concerning and should definitely be a matter of public discussion, but this is certainly not the conclusion the researchers came to.

the point of the study was to assess the risks of exposure to toxic metals- something one of the co-authors notes are “ubiquitous” fwiw- via menstrual products. Their research confirmed that these metals are indeed present in tampons, but no further conclusions are drawn. it is possible the metal entered into the cotton from the soil, which is a well-known phenomenon; cotton is so good at lifting heavy metals that it has actually been suggested as a part of the solution for revitalizing polluted ground.

the authors conclude with an acknowledgement that the study should be repeated- their sample size was 60 tampons- and a suggestion that further testing ought to be done to indicate whether or not these metals can even leech out of the tampon in the first place, let alone whether or not such leeching could occur at levels deleterious to human health.

there is, in fact, a body of research- too small, for sure, but much larger than this single study- indicating that long-term proper tampon use has no observable negative impact on health. i am grateful and thrilled that more research is being done and i hope that this study is the first of many on this line of questioning, but i am really frustrated at this post and the response it got.

obviously, if this study alters your approach to menstrual health, more power to you. consumers should be informed-risk-takers, and menstrual health is double-obviously a very personal choice. but it definitely wasn't the researchers concluding that you ought to “avoid using tampons at all cost," only this tumblr user did. the lead author of the paper, in fact, specifically says that she hopes people do NOT panic about the results.

(the notes of the post were disappointing. people affirming that they knew they were right to be suspicious of tampons all along, or even recommending alternatives that actually have very little to no research regarding the safety of long-term use, etc. it’s a different conversation, but categorical distrust of tampons is old-school misogyny. you certainly shouldn't wear them if you don’t want to, but there is nothing inherently scary or wrong about them, and people who prefer them are not being reckless or crass.)

((if you're really worried about exposure to heavy metals, you may want to turn a critical eye to fast fashion, as an aside))

[frankierotwinkdeath]

Y’all want Taylor Swift to be gay so bad but you won’t even write femslash about her

[oldbutchdaniel]

hey guys if you’re planning on making a vaguepost on the dashboard can you message me with the details and some of the lore behind the vague post you’re making. a vaguepost for the dash and a detailedpost for me. because i like to know what’s going on. if you do this i will automatically take your side because you’ve done the right thing by letting me know what’s up. thanks in advance ❤️

[bob-artist]

I had THE most impeccable dream last night.

[johnnyslittleanimalblog]

Tiny Elephant Calf Trying to Keep Up - 8159b+ by Jen Hall Via Flickr: Is there really anything cuter? Kenya, Africa Safari Sunday...

[problemnyatic]

the steven universe hate is insane bc people are (or at least were) more upset that fictional war criminals got fictional hugs than they recognize that it singlehandedly advanced queer rep in children's media by lightyears and then straight up ate heavy retaliation for the nerve.

It does have real flaws that are worth discussing, but it also put their male protagonist in dresses and skirts and played it straight and even empowering, they aired a lesbian wedding on television, it was a genuinely queer, genuinely diverse piece of media through and through. It did a lot of real good for the real world.

But also the fictional characters caused fictional harm to other fictional characters, and didn't get an onscreen firing squad sentence. So, you know, it's basically ontologically evil in real life.

[beebfreeb]

Messaging people for the first time is so hard. What am I supposed to say? Like, "You seem really odd and your blog intrigues me. Do you want to have philosophical conversations or perhaps talk about fictional characters?" What! Whatever. I will just follow you back and stare at your blog with my big beautiful brown eyes.

[bug-s0da]

blehhh...

i made an aa/lawyersona of @snapscube :3 we all know and love the lawyer+silly girl duos of ace attorney but it's about time the silly girl became the lawyer

[sniperct]

If true we HAVE to make this the biggest flop in gaming history, as in 'destroys the company' levels of gaming flop as in a 'lesson must be taught' gaming flop, as in 'E.T. destroyed atari' gaming flop

[flame-shadow]

hey did you know??? that if you stop stretching and maintaining mobility in your body then it goes away?? things get tight and you can't move the way that you used to??? and when you decide to try getting a stretch routine going that the first week fucking sucks because you keep going 'damn i used to be able to do this no problem' and then you have to switch gears and be kind to yourself and just focus on getting better from here instead of berating yourself for dropping the good habits in the first place??? and your body never stops aging so you gotta keep taking care of it and sometimes you gotta take care of it extra in certain areas because of things that happened when you were younger and it's boring and sometimes hurts but it's so necessary???

i am yelling this at myself right now i am going through An Experience (trying to get into a routine of body maintenance again for my physical and mental health)