saw this post and couldnt like it cus i guess im blocked by them but honestly this is a hilarious way to find out

I know most people don't care about anything unless it has to do with the U.S. but can we please start talking about the Canadian election.

Please don't vote for Poilievre. He's basically the Canadian Trump and plans to put in place laws that harm trans youth, and lots of other shit.

Please vote istg this is the only way anything will get better. Poilievre has been kissing millionaires and billionaires asses. He'll make life even harder, and he loves Trump.

Reblogs are appreciated, especially if you aren't Canadian.

i hope everyone is ready to celebrate International Down With Cis day on April 4th.

[ID: a screenshot of a tumblr post that reads:

the publish date April 4th, 2015 is circled. /end ID]

happy 10 years to down with cis bus!

i have deep self harm scars on my arm and they have healed along with me and I would love to depict Salem/my fursonas with it more visibly (like healed but the scarring is there) but the fact people think it's ok to trigger warning what is essentially bodies of real people especially disabled/mentally ill people make me unreasonably violent.

i think it's extremely fucking ableist to put warnings on disabled and physically scarred people. i don't even know why this has to be said. you cannot be a leftist and advocate for disability rights when you only mean autism that's manageable and quirky and then get grossed out by physically disabled bodies. seriously, knock that shit off.

would it be not ableist to advertently post content that triggers a disabled person and causes them to spiral into a panic attack? people in the tags say that "disabled bodies aren't a trigger" but, like, it's not up to you and you can't exactly control what you get triggered by and if that's like, offensive or not

so i think it's just nice and courteous to put a tag with regard to such things that people can just filter out if they want

i think maybe the wording is a bit of a problem — "warning" has a pretty negative connotation — you warn for something that's dangerous, offensive, repulsive and obscene, and it's totally understandable people would be upset at that framing, but i think it doesn't have to be

likewise, i don't find stuff like nudity obscene and gross but i also think that you should be able to consent and opt in into seeing it

i don't think a disabled person's body is "triggering content" and that's something you genuinely need to work on. yes filtering content labels is understandable especially when you wanna avoid seeing upsetting stuff but like, people out there just exist with scarring and deformities and I think at a certain point you're going to have to learn to push past your discomfort and accept that you can't censor or control how other people's bodies exist. it's not their problem and it should never be.

(I'm sorry if I sound extremely harsh but that's the truth)

also saying you don't consent to seeing a disabled person's body essentially too leaves such an icky feeling for me srry.

top to bottom surgery

Outrage follows after Texas gay campground doubles-down on banning transgender men from property

Gay bears stand up to campground that banned trans men

UM GUYS. I JUST NOTICED A CRAZY ISSUE W THE TUMBLR UPDATE.

YOU CAN SEE THE ICONS OF ANONS SOMETIMES.

The way I was able to recognize several anons in one of my inboxes bc of this error. Oh my god. Guys. This isn’t supposed to happen.

Weighing in to say:

YES, I SEE THIS ON MOBILE. HOWEVER I DO **NOT** THINK IT'S SHOWING THE ANON'S REAL IDENTITY.

The profile pictures I see next to anon asks are profile pictures that belong to other, non-anon asks in my ask box also. Some info

I think the bug is the inbox INCORRECTLY attributing anons to neighboring, logged-in asks.

Which is still a bad bug! Considering it makes it look like a long-time follower of mine sent me a spam ask.

And is worse if, say, one of these was anon hate.

But it's NOT the anon's real identity. It's a neighboring ask asker's identity

So if you have anon hate in your inbox that looks like it's attributed to your dear friend, who sends you lovely asks all the time, it was Not them.

CONFIRMED THE BUG IS INCORRECT ATTRIBUTION.

Thanks @thepatchycat for being a test subject. As you can see the icon being attributed to this ask is NOT the patchy cat

The pictured icon belongs to @watchingforcomets who sent me a nice ask about nail polish yesterday which I have not yet answered!

Fundraiser for Rats (tw: animal cruelty, hoarding)

Warning: animal cruelty. Also, human remains have been found in the home.

I know this doesn't really fit with my usual content on this blog, but I wanted to share something important to me. Some of you may know I have pet rats. I love the dear little creatures- I have never been so beloved by a pet before, the pure-hearted way a rat loves their people. They're just little pocket puppies that want to be with you always.

Recently, in Canton Ohio, a hoarding case was discovered where over 200 rats (that's just the adults, doesn't include any babies) were discovered and surrendered. The rescue that stepped up is The Pipsqueakery from Bloomington Indiana. Their small staff (less than a dozen people) have been working tirelessly for almost a week now evacuating rats by the hundreds, driving the distance themselves. The survivors are extremely malnourished, dehydrated and receiving subcutaneous fluids, and most if not all have mites, other parasites, or upper respiratory infections (very common in rats, and very contagious). Many have missing tails, eyes, or limbs from the cannibalism the rats were forced to partake in.

The Pipsqueakery has taken in over 180 of the rats so far, but because the rats are good at hiding and have tunneled into the walls, it's difficult work to gather and triage them all. Police have the two people responsible in custody, and there is an ongoing investigation into unidentified human remains found in the home as well.

You can read more about the situation on their facebook page here, their reddit posts, or in various news articles here. I heard about this case all the way where I am in Massachusetts, because of how the international rat community is coming together to help.

The most rats I've ever owned at once was 7, and that was more work than I can describe. Cleaning, medicating, feeding, and seeking vet care for this many rats in critical condition is a hugely expensive and time consuming undertaking. Rats are so small and fragile. The Pipsqueakery estimates that the cost per rat for medical care, food, housing, and being spayed/neutered is about $50 per rat. As a nonprofit charity, all donations are going directly to helping these rats (and a handful of I believe guinea pigs and parakeets also removed from the home).

I'm asking anyone who reads this- please donate if you can. I already have, and intend to do so again this upcoming week. If you have a few bucks you can spare and my posts have ever helped you, I ask you to please consider helping out this cause that is so dear to me. The Pipsqueakery accepts venmo, paypal, cashapp, credit card on their website, patreon, or you can contribute to either their amazon or chewy wishlists. You can find all their donation links here.

And if you can't donate- please don't if you can't spare it!- please reblog to help spread awareness of the situation in Canton and Bloomington.

Thank you.

🏳️‍⚧️happy tdov! 🏳️‍⚧️

The evolution of (trans) man.

(Well, this one, anyway.)

The world may be full of uncertainty and danger, but I resolve to continue to find joy in who I am. Be joyful to be kind to yourself and be joyful to spite the bastards who would tear us apart.

Idk i can't fuck with queers who consider being a thief or a whore or a druggie a bad thing. Like babe if you made it this far within the current structures of American oppression without somehow actively rejecting both law & custom I'm just assuming you'd be a volunteer fed in a heartbeat

Happy Trans Day of Visibility 💕

this trans day of visibility, i want to highlight and celebrate intersex trans people.

society ignores intersex trans people and tries to erase this overlap. and also ignores complex intersex experiences around gender. society denies our intersexuality, or our transness, or both. even in queer circles we are often seen as "basically cis" or "basically trans" or "intersex aka own separate species that can have nothing in common with other queer people."

intersex trans people are often denied gender affirming care. intersex trans people get their bodily autonomy attacked both as intersex and trans. even in trans accepting circles like gender clinics, we often face ignorance and incompetence.

people feel entitled to know and question our anatomy, physiology, transition goals, identities — everything about us.

our bodies belong to us. our identities belong to us. our experiences belong to us.

we deserve bodily autonomy. we deserve representation. we deserve recognition. we deserve celebration. we deserve pride.

intersex trans people, i love you.