the whole “i used to be a teen who hated authority only to grow up to become the authority that hates teens” is a bad bad thing that practically every other generation has fallen into and we all need to make an extremely conscious effort not to repeat the fucking pattern
Studies have shown that the shift starts to happen around age 30. If you’re close to that, make a conscious effort to be open to and accepting of younger people. I’m 31 and paying close attention to how I react to young people and new trends and shit and trying to keep myself from developing those thought patterns.
today’s teens are going to eat my generation alive and i am so ready for it
it’s cool how tumblr finally deleted the pedophiles and all, but it sucks how i still have to harass nazis manually
never forget the sacrifice of those brave Americans who are ground up and made into hot dogs.
ACTUALLY, it’s not just non-human animals being abused, tortured, suffering, agony, horrific slaughter in front of their loved ones, but also fecal matter, cancer, other diseases and pathogens, noxious drugs and chemicals, and destruction of all! Whereas soldiers are government mass murder and destruction puppets, unfortunately…
never forget the sacrifice of those brave Americans who are ground up and made into hot dogs.
ACTUALLY, it’s not just non-human animals being abused, tortured, suffering, agony, horrific slaughter in front of their loved ones, but also fecal matter, cancer, other diseases and pathogens, noxious drugs and chemicals, and destruction of all! Whereas soldiers are government mass murder and destruction puppets, unfortunately…
“I’m at synagogue on Saturdays, but if my pager goes off, I drive in to the hospital, because saving a life supersedes the Sabbath. Many people I meet believe that my faith is at odds with my career. But my work allows me to practise the medicine that interests me while helping a marginalized community. I deal with patients who, by and large, have had negative experiences with hospitals and the health care system, and I give them the care they deserve. That is very much in line with my religious practice.”
“And that is the real source of discomfort: many Orthodox people see gender-affirming surgery as an admission that God made a mistake. They see me as calling God out on that mistake by correcting it. Which is odd: nobody’s accusing God of screwing up someone’s pancreas when they have diabetes or suggesting it’s a sin to inject insulin.”
Henry Purrcell is my emotional support animal. I adopted him in February of 2017, and he’s been doing his job fabulously. He’s in pretty good health, but since he was a stray for a while, his teeth aren’t in great shape. Earlier this year, my vet mentioned that he needs a thorough dental cleaning with anesthesia (and might require extractions), or I risk serious dental infection. I’ve been waiting to see if I might be able to save the money, but due to ongoing emergencies (concussion, family mental health & DV crises, chronic health issue flare-ups, hours getting cut at work, etc) this year, I’m barely scraping by. I don’t want my financial situation to get in the way of my cat’s health/wellbeing, and am fundraising specifically for his vet bills ($600).
Feline dental disease is fairly common, but if I let this go too long, my cat will likely end up needing to have a lot of teeth pulled… and if I can’t afford this cleaning, I definitely can’t afford a bunch of extractions! My vet quoted me $900-1000ish for the dental work, and I’ve consulted with a few different low-cost vets. The cheapest option would be around $600, which, while significantly lower than $1000, is still way out of my budget right now. I really should have done this months ago, so I’m hoping I’ll be able to raise money quickly enough to schedule and appointment in the next few weeks.
If you’re able to donate, any amount would be helpful! I’m sticking with paypal/venmo (PM me for details!), as most crowdfunding sites take a cut of the donations, and I don’t want to waste anyone’s money! If for some reason I have any money left over, I plan to stock up on cat supplies, so I can be sure Henry is well taken care of, even if my rocky financial situation continues for a bit. Thanks for reading/donating/sharing!
This fundraiser is closing tomorrow (7/31) and the need has become urgent as she may now have been disowned. Please donate if you can, or at the very least, share as much as possible over the next 24 hours. thank you.
it doesn’t sit well with me that “emotional labor” in it’s original context was Arlie Hochschild talking very specifically about how taxing face to face service industry jobs are for people (namely women) with this very nuanced context and is now used in everything from “i had to explain something to someone on twitter” or heavily in contexts of romantic relationships. not all emotional management and exchange is labor! to insert the idea of “labor” excessively into interpersonal relationships creates a system of “i performed ____ and now you OWE me for exerting ____” and it’s not healthy or what the term is for.
