gayporcelain:

no hypothetical potential situation is encouraged as much as lesbians being attracted to men in the future

no gay man says “well, I dont know what will happen in the future! i MIGHT be attracted to a woman, so i can’t say for sure I’m gay!”

women are so pressured to make space for men in their lives. i hear so often gay women saying they’re 98% attracted to women and that they dont want to be in a relationship with a man, they dont want to have sex with a man. but they still feel pressured to remain open and available to men, even if its the complete opposite of what they know they want, just in case a “”“mystery man”“” in the “”“"unknowable future”“” comes along

no other sexuality comes with this disclaimer of, dont worry! i could still be with a man! and hearing other gay women say things like this makes me so upset

broke-boujeeandlovingmarvel:

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Y'all: Oh no how will we tag our nsfw work!?

Intellectuals:

ilovepeppers:

thoodleoo:

thoodleoo:

my advice to anyone out there in academia is to write with the confidence of an ancient natural historian talking in a position of authority about something he knows absolutely jack shit about

like imposter syndrome is a real and terrible thing but if it makes you feel better you’re definitely not nearly as wrong as pliny “there are 176 kinds of fish in the ocean and that’s a real true fact” the elder

the-rice-cat:

julian-devorak-against-nasties:

lynati:

captainlordauditor:

tofu-pofu:

lanque-hates-terfs:

gehayi:

pitbullmabari:

the-real-seebs:

nunchler:

asymbina:

pitbullmabari:

pitbullmabari:

pitbullmabari:

Dr James Barry, the first doctor to perform a successful C section wherein both mother and child survived, was a huge champion of handwashing at a time when most doctors didn’t wash their hands. For this reason, many of the chilldbirths he delivered resulted in healthier babies and mothers. He was also a gay trans man, who specifically wrote that upon his death he wished for his body to be taken in its nightshirt, wrapped in his sheets as a shroud, and placed into the coffin so that nobody would see his body. His wishes were not respected, and as a result he was outed at his death.

i’ve also been informed he had a poodle. He named his poodle Psyche. I’d just like to congratulate him on being an excellent human being, who not only pioneered modern medicine but also had good taste in dogs. that is all.

types of responses to this post

1. i thought this was fake but it’s not
   
2. here’s the sawbones episode about him
3. cis people

He was also reportedly quite the ladies’ man, and he’d apparently carried a child to term and gave birth.

he’s one of my favorite historical figures and ive read a lot on him including the biography Scanty Particulars by Rachel Holmes. a lot of the details of his life are difficult to figure out, partly cause he was very private and partly cause he had so many rumors surrounding him. here are some of my fave facts about him:

-he was very concerned with protecting poor people, women and people of color, aka all the people most of upper class british society at the time cared the least about. he worked to reform prisons and hospitals in south africa at risk to his own career, and also improved the conditions under which poor enlisted british soldiers and their families lived

-he was kind of a known hothead. he was rumored to have fought at least one duel (probably not true though). florence nightingale hated him even though they had similar ideas about medicine because they had such a clash of personalities in the brief time they worked together

-he was a vegetarian and took a goat with him on sea voyages so he could always have fresh milk

-even though he had an abrasive personality and made a lot of enemies, his patients, especially the women, really loved him because they felt like he knew what he was doing and actually cared about their health

-he died poor because the british army ripped him off >:/

edit i almost forgot the best thing. he didn’t just have one poodle named psyche. he had a bunch. when one died he would get a new poodle and name that one psyche too

“i thought your poodle died?”

“psyche!” [poodle comes trotting in]

this is the best response

Photo of Dr. James Barry in the late 1840s:

You can read more about Dr. Barry here.

MY MAN

Imagine trying to explain this addition to the post to Dr. Barry himself

Oh, I think he’d get it.

he’s hot

hes hot

scavengedluxury:

burrgeoisie:

ignescent:

lokahjarta:

herlobster:

gowns:

lower-income people tend to be “hoarders” and richer people are able to do more “minimalist” living spaces. if u don’t have much, you will hold onto any little thing that comes across your way. you got a new tv, but you still keep the old tv because you know things can break. you keep extra boxes of macaroni and cheese lying around because there will be a week when you don’t have money for groceries. you hold onto your stacks of books and clothes for dear life. those are your assets. physical evidence of where your money’s gone. it’s hard to get rid of it. the bare wall is terrifying when you don’t have much.

Fuck. This makes so much sense and explains so much about me. I must have inherited this from my mum.

so I’d normally put this in the tags but it’s kind of a lot so just reblog this from OP to skip my commentary. But I dogsit for a family who is clearly LOADED. Their house is immaculate. High, vaulted ceilings, wood flooring, two chandeliers in one room. These things are fancy, right ?? I really don’t know, anything that isn’t tile or 30 year old carpet seems fancy to me. It also so… bare. Everything is organized perfectly, they have no excess. Their decor is extravagant and yet minimal - it is carefully and precisely executed. Nothing that doesn’t match the aesthetic sits in their living room. I tried to replicate some of it, but it’s just not possible. I have every book I’ve ever owned, my mom keeps papers upon papers, VHSs in a dresser, how do you just get rid of these things when you know you may not have the opportunity to buy them again? How must it feel to live in such orderly quarters where everything is replaceable?

This really locked into my brain when I was reading one of the declutter your space things and it suggested getting rid of duplicate highlighters and pens. /Pens/. It suggested that you needed one or two working pens, so if you had extra you should get rid of them. That was when I realized minimalist living was /innately/ tied to having spare money, because the idea was, of course you just went out and bought the single replacement thing whenever the first thing broke. You obv. Had the time and money to only ever hold what you needed that moment, because you could always buy more later.

there’s a nice article titled “minimalism is just another boring product wealthy people can buy” by Chelsea Fagan which i feel addressed lots of my problems with minimalism, you can read it [here]

Adding this article by Ian Svenonius: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2014/07/all-power-to-the-pack-rats/

takethewatch:

phle-botomy:

topics apparent in traditional christmas carols that have Strangely Disappeared from modern canon:

• the devil
• the lord of this manor better give us booze or we’ll burn his house Down
• alternatively, give us some cash
• this plant is Red like the blood of Childbirth
• i was wooed in the sheep field
• what up, it’s the Devil again
• goods or tuppence may be exchanged for a viewing of this wren we’ve killed
• SWORD DANCE TUNES
• we sing in thanks of the maidservant who let the mob into the laird’s home
• dancing is a sin but do you think i’m gonna stop
• unlikely
• the apple crop better be good or next year it’ll grow fertilized with your blood
• the winter is cruel but the laird is crueler
• the church is also cruel
• it’s lucky to give us money. in this case, the luck is not getting stabbed
• really there are so many bangers

Other highlights include:

• this plant is a metaphor for Jesus or Mary
• here’s dinner and also the recipe I used to make it
• Joseph freaks out on Mary because she’s pregnant but then a tree puts out cherries for her so he backs off
• fuck but it’s cold

foryourhealth:

whoooonose:

Treat spiders the way you want to be treated

Killed without hesitation

michelllejones:

coherent people are the worst..like stop making sense for one fucking second. say some nonsense every once in a while. literally so boring if i can understand every word you say like shut up or say some dumb shit i swear to god

sleepsleepnotwoke:

gaypussyretard:

When people say “this is actually a good thing I am so smart” I want them to realize that the govt isn’t killing buzzfeed “reporters”, they’re killing reporters who are talking about government corruption and investigating powerful elites you fucking dummies