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Some of you may not know, but the Pantanal is burning. Pantanal is the world’s biggest tropical wetlands and most biodiverse ecosystems on the planet. It is the home of the biggest sanctuary for the Onça Pintada/Jaguar (Panthera onca). This area is the most damaged by fire in 2020, losing 15% of the biome to the flames.
So, we need your help, please donate:
DONATE TO THE FOREST FIRES COMBAT (SOS PANTANAL WEBSITE)
Pantanal Relief Fund (WEBSITE)
Instituto Arara Azul (LINKTR.EE and WEBSITE)
And here we have some articles:
Wildfires sweep into Brazil park harboring jaguars
Fires destroy home of one of the world’s rarest birds in Brazil
Fires in Pantanal, world’s largest tropical wetlands, ‘triple’ in 2020
Burned jaguars and reptiles consumed by flames: Fires rage in Brazil’s wetlands
In Pictures: Brazil’s Pantanal wetland is on fire
Fighting Fires in the Brazilian Pantanal
The Pantanal: Saving the world’s largest tropical wetland
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non-writer: why do you think that your ocs would automatically dislike you if you met in person. surely the fact that you created them means you have things in common to get along?
me, staring off into the distance with blank, unseeing eyes: I have created these fictional people, breathed life into them, and sent them off into a fictional landscape where the price of their existence is exacted on them by the ravening plot as it demands conflict to fuel itself. their very creation and becoming is tied inextricably to the same plot that feeds on them so relentlessly, and they in turn grow and change as a result. they exist in symbiosis with this beast and I, the creator of all they have ever known, subject them to whatever I wish based on my flights of fancy and aesthetic preferences. to face me would be to face the omnipotent being who has dictated their lives like rats in a maze, unseen, always pulling the strings. to face me would be to face their worst fears. they would have to face themselves, and so would I.
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me: basically I can make them fuck or fuck them up and they can't do shit to stop me. I'd be pretty hacked off at me if I were in their shoes
When writing a blind character, what are some things to avoid?
Ah! So this is definitely a bit of a broad question, but I can give a few basics:
Blind people don’t actually give a shit about touching faces, so please, please stear clear of that. The only exceptions may be the same way sighted lovers may caress each other’s faces and parents may hold a child’s face in an emotional moment, but it’s just like a sighted lover or parent would, nothing more.
Please avoid giving your character a cure. One of the most crushing things as a disabled reader is to finally have a disabled character, but for them to end up with a fantastic magic cure half-way through. It rarely makes for a good story, and often a much better story is that person’s journey in understanding themselves as equal and learning that they aren’t broken and useless and can do whatever they want, overcoming internalized ableism rather than “overcoming the disability.”
Few blind people actually wear sunglasses or eye coverings, so your character probably won’t either if the likelyhood says anything. Chances are they will not be part of that minority, so probably better not to do that.
Something similar can be said for characters with white or cloudy eyes. The vast majority of blind people will not have very abnormal-looking eyes, so chances are your character will not be part of that minority.
Another very similar thing should be noted about the level of vision they will have. Somewhere between 80 and 90% of blind people have some level of remaining vision, weather it be little more than light perception or enough that they were forced to use their eyes a lot growing up and weren’t taught braille or to use a cane because they could get by well enough not to die most of the time.
So these are just the first several things I can think of at the moment, but definitely feel free to ask about more things!
Avatar of the eye, but it’s me at my art studio monitor job trying to see if I can watch all 36 cameras simultaneously
Face masks are so very important rn, why not buy a facemask that helps support the Navajo nation? With every mask purchased one is donated to all areas of the Navajo nation! There is an option on the website to donate directly to the efforts.
hey there, the uk government is trying its hardest to make it practically impossible for trans people to transition, here’s a twitter thread and two carrds that further explain the situation (click on the underlined parts for links)
+ only if you are a british citizen or a uk resident please sign this petition that will help reform the Gender Recognition Act to allow trans people to self id w/out need for a medical diagnosis and to allow nonbinary identities to be legally recognized.
if you are NOT a british citizen/live in the uk DO NOT sign the petition as the goverment will use invalid signatures as an excuse to dismiss the petition and the GRA will not be discussed in parliment.
please spread this post, time for trans people in the uk is very quickly running out
petition-please help UK trans people!
hi tumblr-the conservative party is back at it again.
currently, the GRA (gender recognition act) says to transition “legally”, trans people have to:
get two diagnoses of gender dysphoria (including one from an NHS gender clinic, which have a 2-3 year wait time currently),
prove you have lived as your chosen gender for 2 years,
swear to live the remainder of your life as such
and do all of this in front of a “gender recognition panel”, a process which is very humiliating and largely depends on people deciding if you are “trans enough”.
in 2018, the idea was put on the table to progress the rights of transgender people in the UK. Including:
allowing them to self identify as their chosen gender (including 16 & 17 year olds, who have previously been denied the right to)
demedicalising the transition progress, no doctors would need to diagnose gender dysphoria to transition.
removing the cost to have your gender legally recognised
allow non-binary identities to be recognised
it has recently been leaked that the current government has scrapped these ideas [source source]. Our equality minister, Liz Truss, is horribly transphobic and wishes to backpedal on the few rights we have.
trans people have said for years that the GRA is outdated and in need of reform, and have had the tiny ray of hope that it may be changed ripped out from under us behind closed doors.
petitions on the parliament website are legally obligated to be responded to at 10k signatures and have to be debated in parliament at 100k signatures.
only british citizens can sign this, but if you are not from the uk, please boost it so your british followers can see!
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/327108
thank you-and fuck the tories ✌🏳🌈
time travel au? time travel au.
Season 5 Jon has two moods and they are Bastard and Soft. Season 1 Jon is just So Done.
Read the fic here.
This won't come back to haunt me
I want to _____ you.
reblog and see what your followers say
Interesting..
redrawing the magnus archives characters as memes is becoming my new form of self care— i can’t be stopped
This could never happen due to them both being flagrant bisexuals but just lean into the comedy of this for me real quick and dont accuse me of biphobia am literally bi but like jon and georgie break up cos georgie is like oh shit. im a girl. and whats more shes a lesbian and she hems and haws on it for a bit like should i tell him because as far as she knows jon is a het girl but her relationship w jon is on the rocks anyways so its just like. the excuse they need to actually bite the bullet n break up. so she goes to him and tells him and shes like trying not to cry cos she likes jon and doesnt wanna break his heart or anything but jons just like. oh god. i was just about to tell you im a gay man. and they break up. unfortunately this would not work w the rest of tma because this would create a fucking unbreakable bond and she and jon would be bffs
Don’t think I won’t.
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This is a coming out scene I wrote in a story. What do y'all think?
"This is something that I've been meaning to tell you for a while. I- uh." I take a deep breath, but before I can continue, dad cuts me off.
"Are you pregnant?"
"I- what? No. I'm gay dad."
"Hi gay I'm dad." He says.
"Hi dad, I'm gay and trans." I answer without a beat.
"Hi gay and trans, have you seen my son?" He smiles kindly.
I feel myself tear up, "I'm right here."
here’s to the aros who wish they could experience romantic attraction
here’s to the aros who are proud to be aromantic
here’s to the aros who are also asexual
here’s to the aros who are sexually attracted to the same gender
here’s to the aros who are sexually attracted to the opposite gender
here’s to the aros who don’t know what they’re sexually attracted to
here’s to the aro boys
here’s to the aro girls
here’s to the nonbinary aros
here’s to the trans aros
here’s to the aros (and every single person on the aro-spec)
All the times my parents triggered my depression
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tired: mermaids are all women
wired: much like elves, merfolk are mistaken by sailors for being all women because they have long hair and are very pretty
a comic about someone who gets a visit from the reaper a bit sooner than expected, but has someone whos been waiting for them
Hey, do you like my art? Help support me and buy me a coffee! ko-fi.com/zipper ❤️
Reblog if you're not homophobic
Every url that reblog’s will be written in a book and shown to my homophobic dad.
all queer history on here is just US-American or maybe sometimes some UK history as well and it makes me sad that there’s so little information about other countries’ queer history on here :(
in love with how martin says “basira, jon can’t go through helen’s doors. we couldn’t come with you”. like because jon can’t go, martin can’t either. period. it’s such a casual assurance that martin will not leave jon behind or go where he can’t follow. now i’m wondering if (in a future episode) jon might have to go somewhere that martin can’t follow and how he’ll deal with that...
hey beauty standards for boys are seriously fucked and i’m here to say all boys are fuckin cute! doesn’t matter how conventionally attractive you are or aren’t, you’re still! fucking! cute!
chubby? got a round tummy? cute! people are gonna love kissing it!
short? attractive as heck! you don’t have to be taller than your partner(s), that’s some dumb bullshit right there!
skinny? effeminate? still cute, nobody’s gotta adhere to hypermasculine beauty standards!
trans? got big hips? don’t bind? got a soft face? guess what, YOU’RE STILL CUTE. bodies aren’t gendered and you can totally be attractive as a boy no matter what you look like!
autistic? not good at making the “right” facial expressions? bad at knowing how to dress or when to shower? still cute! you don’t have to adhere to society’s ableist bullshit! people will love you for who you are!
use a mobility aid? use a wheelchair? that’s right, you’re still cute. your mobility aids are a part of your appearance and they don’t make you any less attractive!
~add on more positivity for boys who don’t fit western mainstream beauty standards in the reblogs!~
~anyone can reblog and add on (including straight girls)!~
“some of us are Black”
Follow this link to find a bundle of videos and resources related to the sociological study of sexuality
tma fans are like “i love them so much asuqjdiqkwkzj” and the character looks like this
