yo guys if you live in the US and use regular absorbency U by kotex sleek tampons please throw them away. they’re currently under recall in america because they’re coming apart in people and leaving pieces which puts you at a huge risk for toxic shock syndrome.
im gonna go ahead and plug the diva cup right now which i live and breathe by. i’ve never had any issues with it and i’m totally open to talking about it!
please be safe y’all!
Not just the US: the recall is in Canada, too. You can find out if any that you’ve purchased are part of the recall right here.
I think it’s really weird that the average person needs a home and a car and an education to effectively function at all in a capitalist society but those things are all such an exorbitantly high price that the average person would never ever be able to pay for them one lump sum and thus we decided that upon entering adulthood every average person would likely have to sign their life away to various powerful banks to pay for these things and everyone was just like “Ok, that seems legit and not fucked up AT ALL.” and now it’s such an accepted and normalized part of society that everyone looks at you like you’re dumb for thinking it’s weird. I just think it’s really fucking weird.
Did you mean: explicitly malevolent?
And don’t forget that if you have any of those things (or, god forbid, a sMaRtPhOnE) but you’re still poor, maybe in part because of those incredibly expensive things you HAVE TO HAVE so you can function in society, people will see those things as evidence that you’re not really struggling or if you are it’s your fault. Of course, if you didn’t go to college, it’s still your fault.
I don’t intend to stop using Tumblr but that’s going to be pretty much inevitable if everybody else does, so…here are some other places you can find me, some a lot more regularly than others (but maybe more regularly in the future if fandom migrates there). generally speaking, I’m 100indecisions everywhere except sites where that was already taken or nobody was allowed to start usernames with a numeral.
Twitter: mari_shepard (public) and 100_indecisions (private and only occasionally used, but feel free to request to follow if we already know each other at all; I sometimes use this to vent about work or family stuff)
At the moment, Twitter is best if you want to talk, you should follow me on Instagram if you like my pictures of action figures and my dog and other random shit, and I still want Grouvee friends
Dreamwidth is probably best for any personal posts longer than a tweet, but…I suspect it’s going to be tougher to connect with people and there’s only so much effort I can put into shouting into the void without just feeling worse, you know?
Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Thor (Movies) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Rape/Non-Con Relationships: En Dwi Gast | Grandmaster/Loki, En Dwi Gast | Grandmaster/Loki/Original Character(s), Loki & Thor (Marvel) Characters: Loki (Marvel), En Dwi Gast | Grandmaster Additional Tags: the OCs are just other party guests and barely mentioned, Extremely Dubious Consent, Loki (Marvel)-centric, Hurt Loki (Marvel), it’s weird whumpy dubcon kind-of porn idk, Dark Frostmaster, Orgy, POV Loki (Marvel), Angst, Past Torture, Bad BDSM Etiquette, I mean I guess that’s what it is, the violence is not really that graphic but tagging to be safe, Sakaar (Marvel), Sakaar Trash Party Word count: 1261 Summary: When the sunlight finally drags Loki toward wakefulness, he is alone and in his own rooms in the Grandmaster’s palace. A missing moment on Sakaar.
I originally posted this on Tumblr Nov. 30, because I was obsessing over getting something new up during November, and I said I’d probably edit, title, and repost it the next day, and instead it took me a week and a half because of course it did. but hey, at least it’s there now. (will Tumblr cooperate this time with tagging @loxxxlay? guess we’ll see!)
PRAISE THE SWEET MINTY LORD MY COMPUTER WORKS AGAIN
@erlkonigstochter loaned me a video card a couple generations newer than mine and it took me a couple days to install because removing my old drivers ended up being a minor ordeal too, but last night I swapped the cards and installed new drivers and IT WORKS. EVERYTHING IS BACK TO NORMAL. so now I guess I know it was the video card to begin with, somehow (it was still functioning, just…very badly?), and also I’m even more strongly motivated to finish buying parts to upgrade my whole setup.
I get why ppl are leaving tumblr but ive never deleted an account for anything in my life and if tumblr wants me to leave theyre going to have to kill me themselves
Jejdjeodnd venom liking monster high is wholesome thanks
Okay now imagine how excited he’d be to discover the world of doll customizing (although if Eddie wanted to get him one as a gift, I guess there’d be no way to keep it a surprise)
I also don’t hate Tony! I think he’s a complicated, fascinating character – though I confess I am a little frustrated with the direction the writers took with his character by undoing a lot of his growth in Iron Man 3 (which I thought was a good movie) in order to shoehorn him into the center of AOU and CA:CW, though that’s my own personal peeve. But man, I remember watching Iron Man (2008) a gazillion times when it came out and loving it to bits! And I love the ways in which he is the model of an Aristotlean Tragic Hero Archetype. RDJ’s performance is spectacular to boot.
And you’re spot on about people boiling things down – inaccurately – into being about Bucky. Part of the problem with the CA:CW discourse, I think, is the amount of focus on fandom around Stucky – and this isn’t a criticism of Stucky! Just about how fandom distortions around ships can alter perceptions:
There’s this myth in fandom that 100% of everything Steve does and thinks is completely about Bucky all the time. And while Bucky is absolutely an important part of Steve’s life, they are both individuals with their own priorities and their own choices. Steve has a strong sense of right and wrong, and a lot of experiences with corrupt institutions outside of Bucky on which he bases his decisions. But the fandom echo chamber reframes everything as being Bucky-centered in CA:CW for the romance of it, when…. that isn’t really accurate. And so Team Iron Man folks who are also exposed to this fanon then frame Steve as acting irrationally and making everything all about Bucky, because that’s the exaggerated fandom shipping narrative dominant on tumblr, despite that not being what happens in canon.
The thing about the Accords is – I don’t think ANYONE thought that some kind of agreement for ensuring More Bad Shit didn’t happen was a bad idea. Steve makes it clear that the structure of this specific law – which completely deprives the Avengers of any agency while putting dangerous amounts of power in the hands of a few countries’ governments (mainly the former-imperialist nations who have permanent seats on the UN Security Council) and denying human rights to Enhanced Individuals – is not something he’s comfortable with. And then there’s no compromise available, because the thing is being railroaded through with no time for deliberation, amendment, discussion, or even a fucking lawyer to look it over. This is misrepresented by the other side as Steve refusing any kind of oversight ever.
And part of the reason both sides end up talking past one another is that one side is arguing about whether or not the ideal of legislation like the Accords – and what they are allegedly supposed to accomplish – is right, and basing a pro-Accords argument on that, while the other is arguing against the reality of the Accords – and the agenda Ross actually designed them to accomplish – to point out that the actual implementation of the Sokovia Accords is an Authoritarian disaster. And those are two different conversations, and two positions that can be simultaneously right. The idea of some kind of legal framework that the Avengers should have to abide by in order to defend the rights of nations and individuals isn’t a bad one. The Accords are also not the right framework to make that happen.
I'm a defeatist but I don't have to be 