March 2012
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Keep meaning to come back and write replies and...
Mar 20th
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Woman reminded gays exist, world ends →
zjemptv: Kidist Paulos Asrat watches Jeopardy, not knowing she’s about to be assaulted by homosexuality: One of the contestants last night said something with “my husband” in his commentary. This contestant happens to be a man. It threw us all for a loop. Trebeck didn’t (couldn’t) react, since there is no time to ask detailed questions, and to do so would be “homophobic” in our brave new...
Mar 6th
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swanblood: Ahh, thank you very much for this! The physical therapist didn’t tell me very much about it, or what could be done. They put me on a four week program that didn’t seem to be doing any improvement. The idea that it could be treated, but could take years to treat it, was not mentioned to me. You also mentioned nerve pinching, at the time when I was having the worst pain, that’s...
Mar 5th
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3am... why am I still up? I can't even think...
Mar 5th
genderbitch: miniar replied to your post: Just to add something, why has there been not much dialogue about other grooming practices/hairstyles, like cornrows, which are directly link specifically to African cultures unlike dreads which have been a part of many cultures? Polish Plait and Shakespeare’s reference to “elf-locks” as well as celts and certain members of Norse culture featured matted...
Mar 5th
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[TW: ableist slur, detailed discussion of rape...
lavender-labia: jonathan-cunningham: evilteabagger: I often hear the argument “Don’t tell women what not to wear, tell men not to rape.” I think this is retarded. People (yes people, it isn’t just men) who rape are not the kinds of people who work well with logic and reason. I mean, they’re fucking raping people. Telling a rapist not to rape is like telling a murderer not to murder. I...
Mar 5th
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swanpinions: About "phantom limb pain". →
pikaballoons: swanblood: Okay, so, it seems this gets said enough, that it needs a post. I sometimes experience pain in my shoulder blades, and sometimes spreading to my other joints. This pain is sometimes bad enough that I have gone to a physical therapist (who didn’t help, though… Not gonna go through all of this bit by bit, but I’m gonna make a point about winged scapula or...
Mar 5th
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