Month: June 2017

heyatleastitsnotcancer:

crap-posts-about-nothing:

heyatleastitsnotcancer:

Shout out to the “small fat” women. The women who are too big for “regular” sizes and too small for plus sizes. The women who feel like they don’t belong in either group and feel left out of body positive movements. You are gorgeous! ❤

Curious as to where you shop, I have never seen a gap in clothing sizes. From small to 6xl sizes, above and below that I am not sure about.

What size are small fat women?

The 12-16 range I’d say. Funny enough that’s the average size of American women but it’s really hard to find clothes in that fit at my age/style.

And often that size range is excluded from fat positivity and excluded from skinny.

I’ve been told I’m too fat for some things and too small for others. I’ve been told I’m not fat enough to call myself chubby but skinny girls call me fat. So it’s really this in between space that’s hard to fit in with groups.

YOU ARE NOT A TETRACHROMAT, AND THIS GRAPHIC IS BULLSHIT

lenyberry:

cthulhu:

flavoracle:

ladyofnonsequitur:

That nonsense post about tetrachromatism is going around again. Here’s a link to a “why that post is nonsense” essay someone posted two years ago as my tiny, futile effort to stop it!

I am a fan of dispelling misinformation and spreading actual science, so I’m passing this along even though the language is a bit stronger than I typically use myself.

Enjoy.

OH THANK GOD I spent all morning debating whether I should be correcting the damn post myself
for the love of fuck your computer screen only produces RGB light

For those wondering, the variance in colors people can see on the graphic is accounted for by some combination of: 
– differences in computer monitors and monitor settings, and
– differences in color vision between individuals (colorblindness is diagnosed when color vision gets below a certain threshold, but there is a spectrum and some people can distinguish smaller color variations than others without either being considered colorblind).

YOU ARE NOT A TETRACHROMAT, AND THIS GRAPHIC IS BULLSHIT

crowsteeth:

One of the worst things about chronic illnesses is that they’re always there and always draining and then when you get some kind of lame ass pedestrian cold or sinus infection on top of it and it’s like MEGA DEATH and your body is just totally defeated over what seems like nothing

nonbinarypastels:

fandom-trash-is-here:

Here’s to the bisexuals who never “experimented” in school
Here’s to the bisexuals who always knew they were bi
Here’s to the bisexuals who have to deal with biphobia from the LGT+ Community
Here’s to the bisexuals who have only been with one gender of their sexual attraction
Here’s to the bisexuals who are still in the closest
Here’s to the bisexuals who still hear “you’re either gay or straight”
Here’s to the bisexuals who have never had sex, don’t have a high sex drive or don’t have sex often despite media that normally portrays us as having orgies and threesomes day and night
Here’s to the bisexuals that are men and women who get told “so you’re straight/gay now?” When they’re in a f/m or m/m or f/f relationship
Here’s to the bisexuals who are still being denied their existence
Here’s to the bisexuals who are terrified about coming out due to abuse, rejection and/or abandonment

(Please add if you can!)

Here’s to the bisexuals who are nonbinary and constantly have people tell them that being bi ‘erases’ nonbinary identities.

Here’s to the bisexuals who are polyamorous and worry that they’re being a ‘bad bi’ by ‘enforcing stereotypes’.

Here’s to the bisexuals who prefer one gender more than another and worry they’re not ‘really bi’.

Here’s to the bisexuals who date online and have to deal with getting messages from people who fetishize bisexuals because they listed their sexuality in their profile.

Here’s to the bisexuals who don’t disclose that they’re bi to the people they date because they don’t want to deal with biphobia.

Here’s to the bisexuals who are 20+ years old and have never been kissed, had sex, or been in a relationship.

Here’s to the bisexuals who are sex-repulsed and constantly have to explain that experiencing sexual attraction =/= wanting to have sex.

Here’s to the bisexuals who live in unaccepting communities and find it hard to meet other LGBT+ people because of it.

Here’s to the bisexuals who feel more comfortable only dating other bisexuals/multisexuals.

It’s looking more and more like Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is sticking to his goal of having a Senate vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act before the end of the month, even though legislative text hasn’t been released yet and major divisions remain among the Republican conference. On the heels of reports that McConnell is pushing forward with the fast-track process, Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) previewed the timeline as he understood it on MSNBC Tuesday morning. According to Corker, GOP senators will receive a rundown on the bill at a closed-door meeting Wednesday and then see legislative text on Thursday. That gives them just one week to review it for a vote planned before the end of next week, ahead of lawmakers’ July 4 recess. “We will work around the clock to make sure that we understand what’s in it and we’ll just see,” Corker said, before reiterating his previous criticisms of the highly opaque process Republicans have used to hammer out a health care deal that bypassed public hearings and Democratic input. That lack of transparency has not prompted Corker to withhold his vote on the final bill, however.

Senate GOPer Previews Timeline For Obamacare Repeal Vote In Next 10 Days – Talking Points Memo
(via dendroica)