I’m hanging around Amanda today while she does her radio show on WFMU. 12-3 East coast/9-12 West, because those are how time zones?
Anyway.
“I love you! Sit on me!” — The last thing I said out loud.
The Revolution Starts At Home : Confronting Partner Abuse In Activist Communities -
This is all so good. Especially Peggy Munson’s piece on Disability and Intimate Partner Violence (pp 48-52).
Outside the cyclone of abuse, there is a social structure steeling the actions of abus- ers, and this is abundantly clear in the ways ableism informs abuse. Say you have a life- threatening heart condition that worsens if your heart rate goes too high, and your rage- a-holic partner can inflict severe physical harm through prolonged yelling. Over two years, you go from being semi-bedbound to totally bedbound from her verbal abuse, yet you cannot get a restraining order because she never slapped or punched you. You tell an advocate that your partner did inflict bodily harm, in ways you might never re- cover from, but the advocate fixates on the heroic ways your partner helped you out af- ter your last hospital stay. You talk about Munchausen Syndrome By Proxy and how your partner loved the attention, and ask if any courts in this state allow phone access, but you may as well be explaining shortness of breath to an unmindful marathoner. The advocate finally concedes “emotional abuse” is “very real.” The battered women’s shelter is “working on” making one room disabil- ity accessible, but it’s “not a funding prior- ity.” Your phone therapist says, “Well, you do have a degenerative condition–are you sure she made you sicker?” Meanwhile, you can’t get up for a glass of water, and a simple phone call leaves you exhausted. You finally contact your abuser because you need some- one to pick up a prescription. She stops at the drugstore and rekindles the abuse cycle. It’s not about flowers and chocolate: it’s about meds that keep you alive.
I don’t know who the fuck I think I am since getting divorced, but clearly bold makeup decisions and overly confident Photobooth poses are involved.
EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME
TOP: “RELOCATE OWN JOINTS” BOTTOM: “LIKE A BOSS”
Submitted.
Mad skills, yo.
END I WOOD IF YOO WOOD
BOT YOO NEVA WOOD
O hai u guys I gots me sum horses 2 ride onz
I need this for joint stabilization, right?
(via fuckyeahhardfemme)
Gossip Girl fans are also really into The Commish and Silk Stalkings.
Jade Cove
Soundtrack: Kate Bush’s ‘King of the Mountain’. (Taken with instagram)
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Check out our show on the 30th! 8pm!
This show is going to be amazing. If you don’t go …well, you’re making poor life choices and I can’t help you anymore.
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let’s talk about hard femme.
femme is deliberately, intentionally, and aggressively feminine. femme is being feminine with the knowledge that the patriarchy is looking over your shoulder and you’re shoving a big, sparkly, studded, painted middle finger in its face. the aspect of hard comes in when you add a tough, rough, frayed, steel toed edge to the femme aesthetic.
(submitted by phinforthewin)
awesome
“If you see me with my top off, blame tequila. I’ve also only had four boyfriends.” — Courtney Love knows how to food journal, people.