Self defense moment. These are good and valid ways to get out of restraints. I’m glad they made the video so I don’t have to. Study them enough to understand how they work so you can use them if you need them.
Just an FYI for those in the US with insurance issues
Important information! Insurance coverage decisions are made by medically ignorant bean-counters. Until we can dismantle the whole shitty system, know how to scare them into submission.
This is like that procedure Mr. Incredible told that old lady
Reblogging for visibility
[Image Description: Text: Medical Hack: So, your doctor ordered a test or treatment and your insurance company denied it. That is a typical cost saving method. Okay, here is what you do:
Call the insurance company and tell them you want to speak with the “HIPPA Compliance/Privacy Officer” (By federal law, they have to have one)
Then ask them for Names as well as Credentials of every person Accessing Your Record to make that decision of denial. By law you have a Right to that informantion.
They will almost always Reverse the Decision very shortly rather than admit that the committee is made of low paid H.S. Graduates, looking at all “criteria words,” making the decision to deny your care. Even in the rare case it is made by medical personel, it is unlikely that it is made by a board cerified doctor in that specialty and they Do Not Want You to Know This!
Any refusal should be reported to the U.S. Office of Civil Rights (OCR.gov) as a HIPPA violation. Description ends]
Yeah, one of you weasels cropped the picture and it breached containment. This is in my dad’s barn–I made it for him years ago specifically in reference to the incredible number of projects that have started as “just a little thing” and have ended with a nuts-and-bolts restoration–and he’s now seeing it posted in his car groups on facebook, that’s how far out of hellsite circulation this has escaped. And now his car friends want me to make them flags too.
I really should have expected this.
For the record, this painting is also for my dad’s barn.
Bioluminescence Oil, 18 x 24 in, 2015, First in the Bioluminescence series.
The light of life and the natural world. In all the vastness of space, as of yet, we know of only one planet that supports life. At least within some great distance from here, life is rare. Each organism being the exquisite and detailed product of billions of years of evolution, life is precious. This point of light and inspiration stands in contrast to the lanterns and lights that are historically thought to be sources of illumination but are now dimmed; mythologies and superstitions humans have created as we struggled in the dark of ignorance to understand our world. But the process of science has revealed a luminous, living planet, more amazing than we could have ever imagined. Where the intricacies of biology are miracles of evolution and our consciousness is a gift of natural processes that allow us to experience what it is to be alive.
it’s because the bear wouldn’t kill me just for being a woman. the bear doesn’t kill me for fun. the bear can be shouted at, and will leave me alone. the bear won’t make a tiktok complaining about how i crossed to the other side of the path when i saw him coming. if a bear kills me, it’s just being a bear: it cannot understand logic. it is not acting out of malice - just fear or hunger.
bell hooks once wrote about how porches might be the only outside space left for women - it is still the domain of the house while it is also outside-but-safe. when i am in the woods, i am in the bear’s home, and he has a right to defend his property. outside spaces - anywhere at night, certain parks in the day - those are often implicitly “owned” by men. i cannot explain the feeling of knowing when you have entered a man’s “territory.” you walk into a place and just know you are in their space. you get a sick sense - you’re in danger.
the other day a group of about 8 men were fooling around in the woods while i walked my dog. i had to go around, take the extra 3 miles just to avoid them. it’s okay, i like walking. this wasn’t even a #feminism moment. it was just a tuesday.
what a plain and easy question. only one of the situations is seen as a tragic accident. i would rather die and have a park bench erected in my honor rather than have my family questioned about why they let me, an adult, walk in the woods in the first place when i should really be at home in the kitchen.
i worked in retail and food service. i have had women say and do absolutely heinous and abusive things to me - not because i was a woman, but because i was there, and they were angry. the way men treated me when angry was different - it was because i was a woman. you can always feel the difference, how there’s an undertone of i’d hurt you worse if i could get away with it. i keep seeing people try to cite stupid statistics. why is there always a strange rage whenever women agree on things? like men can argue their way out of our lived experiences? it isn’t a buzzfeed quiz - which of these traumas are you? 10 super cute ways not to fear strange men.
i have actually (thrice!) seen a bear in the wild, by the way. i died each time, obviously, and am a ghost writing to you. (it was scary but completely and utterly fine). the second encounter was a black bear with her cub. she looked at me like - do we have to do this or are we good? my dog was busy sniffing a bush, completely nonreactive. i felt like i was in a sitcom: feminist poet reacts - does she actually mean she’d choose the bear? my only thought was - she’s so beautiful.her paws are massive.
and there’s a part of me that feels the rage spinning out in a corner. why do we have to come up with quippy little comments in order to teach men empathy. would you rather die in a car accident or due to a mugging? and would you rather your house burn down due to an electrical fire or due to arson? gee willikers - it’s almost like we’re human people, and want to risk the accident versus the intention.
i would rather my last thought be oh shit, a bear rather than i’m a person too. why doesn’t that matter? why don’t you care?
Just an FYI for those in the US with insurance issues
Important information! Insurance coverage decisions are made by medically ignorant bean-counters. Until we can dismantle the whole shitty system, know how to scare them into submission.
This is like that procedure Mr. Incredible told that old lady
Reblogging for visibility
[Image Description: Text: Medical Hack: So, your doctor ordered a test or treatment and your insurance company denied it. That is a typical cost saving method. Okay, here is what you do:
Call the insurance company and tell them you want to speak with the “HIPPA Compliance/Privacy Officer” (By federal law, they have to have one)
Then ask them for Names as well as Credentials of every person Accessing Your Record to make that decision of denial. By law you have a Right to that informantion.
They will almost always Reverse the Decision very shortly rather than admit that the committee is made of low paid H.S. Graduates, looking at all “criteria words,” making the decision to deny your care. Even in the rare case it is made by medical personel, it is unlikely that it is made by a board cerified doctor in that specialty and they Do Not Want You to Know This!
Any refusal should be reported to the U.S. Office of Civil Rights (OCR.gov) as a HIPPA violation. Description ends]
My MOM visited one of these “centers” when she was pregnant with me (a planned and wanted pregnancy) because she didn’t know it was fake and unregulated!
People deserve real healthcare, not lies, randos dressed up in white coats, and disease-spreading, unsterilized equipment like it’s the 1700s.
Just an FYI for those in the US with insurance issues
Important information! Insurance coverage decisions are made by medically ignorant bean-counters. Until we can dismantle the whole shitty system, know how to scare them into submission.
This is like that procedure Mr. Incredible told that old lady
Reblogging for visibility
[Image Description: Text: Medical Hack: So, your doctor ordered a test or treatment and your insurance company denied it. That is a typical cost saving method. Okay, here is what you do:
Call the insurance company and tell them you want to speak with the “HIPPA Compliance/Privacy Officer” (By federal law, they have to have one)
Then ask them for Names as well as Credentials of every person Accessing Your Record to make that decision of denial. By law you have a Right to that informantion.
They will almost always Reverse the Decision very shortly rather than admit that the committee is made of low paid H.S. Graduates, looking at all “criteria words,” making the decision to deny your care. Even in the rare case it is made by medical personel, it is unlikely that it is made by a board cerified doctor in that specialty and they Do Not Want You to Know This!
Any refusal should be reported to the U.S. Office of Civil Rights (OCR.gov) as a HIPPA violation. Description ends]
Reblogging for visibility!
Fuck evil insurance companies, fuck corporate greed, fuck modern capitalism
Just an FYI for those in the US with insurance issues
Important information! Insurance coverage decisions are made by medically ignorant bean-counters. Until we can dismantle the whole shitty system, know how to scare them into submission.
This is like that procedure Mr. Incredible told that old lady
Reblogging for visibility
[Image Description: Text: Medical Hack: So, your doctor ordered a test or treatment and your insurance company denied it. That is a typical cost saving method. Okay, here is what you do:
Call the insurance company and tell them you want to speak with the “HIPPA Compliance/Privacy Officer” (By federal law, they have to have one)
Then ask them for Names as well as Credentials of every person Accessing Your Record to make that decision of denial. By law you have a Right to that informantion.
They will almost always Reverse the Decision very shortly rather than admit that the committee is made of low paid H.S. Graduates, looking at all “criteria words,” making the decision to deny your care. Even in the rare case it is made by medical personel, it is unlikely that it is made by a board cerified doctor in that specialty and they Do Not Want You to Know This!
Any refusal should be reported to the U.S. Office of Civil Rights (OCR.gov) as a HIPPA violation. Description ends]
Reblogging for visibility!
Fuck evil insurance companies, fuck corporate greed, fuck modern capitalism
the booping is cute and all but lets not forget the violent transmisogyny and antiblackness of this site. ok
“thanks for ruining the joke, i bet you’re fun at parties” sorry for not wanting people to brush over staff’s shitty actions. especially on trans day of visibility
Just an FYI for those in the US with insurance issues
Important information! Insurance coverage decisions are made by medically ignorant bean-counters. Until we can dismantle the whole shitty system, know how to scare them into submission.
This is like that procedure Mr. Incredible told that old lady
Reblogging for visibility
[Image Description: Text: Medical Hack: So, your doctor ordered a test or treatment and your insurance company denied it. That is a typical cost saving method. Okay, here is what you do:
Call the insurance company and tell them you want to speak with the “HIPPA Compliance/Privacy Officer” (By federal law, they have to have one)
Then ask them for Names as well as Credentials of every person Accessing Your Record to make that decision of denial. By law you have a Right to that informantion.
They will almost always Reverse the Decision very shortly rather than admit that the committee is made of low paid H.S. Graduates, looking at all “criteria words,” making the decision to deny your care. Even in the rare case it is made by medical personel, it is unlikely that it is made by a board cerified doctor in that specialty and they Do Not Want You to Know This!
Any refusal should be reported to the U.S. Office of Civil Rights (OCR.gov) as a HIPPA violation. Description ends]
It’s apparently sexual assault to masturbate to the idea of someone without getting their permission first. I’ve been suddenly thrown back into 2015 Tumblr
I keep seeing people genuinely having this take and I am just…aghast is probably the right word? At the idea that if you want to jerk off while thinking about someone you need to have their permission. Do people genuinely not understand how much more invasive and unwanted bringing that question to someone would be?
In what world is thinking about someone while you masturbate without their permission sexual assault, but it’s fine if you approach someone who almost certainly does not want to know if you think about them like that, make that knowledge available to them, and then put making the decision on weather you are allowed to jerk off while thinking about them entirely on their shoulders? In what world is that second thing not a hundred times worse?
To be very clear:
✅ jerking off thinking about whoever you want, for any reason, without permission. Don’t tell them unless you are in a relationship with them and it seems like something they would like to hear! You are fine, you are not hurting anyone! This is nobody’s business but yours, period.
🚫 walking up to a platonic friend or acquaintance or co-worker and saying “hey I really want to jerk off while thinking of you, but it seems creepy to do that without your permission, so can you tell me it’s fine to do that?” This is sexual harassment no matter who you do this to, and if you are doing this to a co-worker this is grounds for you being fired. If you do this to someone who is working at their job, but you do not work there (like a barista or a waitress), do not be surprised if you get kicked out of that establishment for creep behavior! And if you do this to a friend or acquaintance or even a near-stranger, do not be surprised if they 1) never talk to you again, 2) warn mutual friends or acquaintances that you are a creep and/or 3) fucking deck you because you have just made the conversation awkward at best and fucking scary for them at worst, and they would be justified to rely on their fight or flight to get out of range of you.
I am begging you to think. Just think, for a second. You might off handedly agree with the statement “I wouldn’t want someone to jerk off while thinking about me without my permission” but if someone came up to you and asked you that, you would absolutely lose your shit in one direction or another.
Nobody wants this. Nobody should do this. If anyone, for any reason, jerks off while thinking about me and I haven’t made it clear to them beforehand that I would love to hear all about that? Then I don’t want to know about it. I hope they’re having fun, but I also hope they never tell me about it, or involve me in conversations about it to receive my permission to continue.
I don’t want this, and you, generic puriteen, don’t want this either. You just don’t.
They know it’s an insane, inappropriate question. They do not actually want you to ask your coworkers permission to put them in your spank bank.
They want you to stop fantasizing about people who aren’t already your romantic partner.
this whole mutual thing is overhyped on this site. want to send me an ask off anon? do it. want to tag me in a post? do it. follower, mutual, or just random person who stumbled across my blog: I crave interaction and literally do not mind.
Hey folks, if you want to fight back against the twitterfication of tumblr USE IT LIKE IT’S TUMBLR!!!!!! REBLOG THINGS!!!!!! USE THE TAGS TO SCREAM AT YOUR FRIENDS!!!!!!!
Woke up to this having more reblogs than likes! Keep it going! Do it on every post! REBLOG THINGS ON THE REBLOGGING THINGS SITE!
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