Day: July 28, 2017

hachama:

sheisraging:

I am in love with this. [source tweet is also fab]

Can no one involved with this administration answer a question?  I’ve never seen a single one of them, when faced with a question and a microphone, give a concise answer if they’ve even answered the question at all. 

“Did you know about the letter?”

“Yes.”

“Then, since you knew about the letter, why did you not respond to it?”

*nonsense ensues*

How hard is it to say something like “I wanted to address the concerns raised in your letter in today’s hearing” or “I didn’t respond because I am violently allergic to reading”?

stargazing-dragon:

catwithbenefits:

j4d3d-dr4gon:

as-warm-as-choco:

by https://twitter.com/masaiai6/status/757008917381513217

How? đŸ đŸ±

You know how your cat always seems to stare off into space? Turns all they’ve been looking at Pokemon all this time. Only now has Niantic given us the technology to see them, too.

Spell Niantic wrong and it’s Nyantic


Our cat overlords have given us this gift

Source: as-warm-as-choco

tisfan:

zola9612:

tisfan:

gutrage:

hey y’all, i’m transgender, and as much as i appreciate the ‘i stand with you’ thing that’s being passed around, if you want to make a difference, i’d way rather y’all donate 5 bucks to the transgender law center, which provides resources to make advances for transgender policies and laws. not to be bitter, while the sentiment of reblogging a flag is appreciated, it does end up feeling hollow.

Done.

And I stand with you.

If I wasn’t broke ass poor right now, I’d donate. Seeing as I am a broke ass poor person, all I can do is reblog this and hope it reaches those that can donate. So those of you that can, please do it. Don’t let the orange hater win.

For each “broke ass poor” person who reblogs this from my page, I will extend my monthly donation for another month. Right now, I’m signed up for 2 recurring monthly payments of $5 each. 

nightunite:

scrawnyflannelman:

emeraldlace:

feminists-against-feminism:

i-was-a-naive-antifeminist:

Obstetric violence is institutional violence. Break the silence.

I’ve heard of some really fucked up forced birth malpractice of doctors. Sharing for awareness. This is more fucked up than circumscision. This is as fucked up as doctors returning your baby to you with a botched circumcision after you made it clear they are absolutely not to circumsize him (which yes, has also happened, which helps me to believe some doctors are fucked enough to do these things). Doesn’t matter if you’re a feminist or not, this is a human rights issue by any standard. (I don’t know anything about the organization advertising itself here, not endorsing or condemning it). Share for awareness. Medical treatment to requires consent, because the second it doesnt, some really fucked up shit is possible, orders of magnitude worse than even this.


I have questions, now

This looks like some serious shit.

My mom has a story similar to this about me. 

When they found out I was going to have kidney issues (extra ureters, nothing lethal), a secondary doctor demanded my mom have me three weeks early. This was supposedly when my lungs would be ready enough to immediately go into surgery. 

After 16 hours of labor, the original doctor was informed and told my mother how that was unnecessary since I couldn’t be operated on until 8 weeks anyway. My mother had me early for no reason, and they had to monitor my lungs just to be sure I was alright. 

The secondary doctor also demanded weekly amniocentesis on me. Mom says you could see on the monitor me visibly distressed and wiggling away/trying to push away the needle. It got to the point where my mom grabbed the doc’s wrist and told her no more. 

While not as violating as the stories mentioned above, I want to confirm this does happen and if you feel unsure about a doctor at any point that it’s not wrong to switch to one you feel better with. Pregnancy is a complicated thing and the last thing an expecting mother needs/deserves is to be mistreated. 

Source: i-was-a-naive-antifeminist