Eccentric Soap-Maker & Fanatical Fibre Artist

fishingboatproceeds: David Foster Wallace was like, Art must be...

Tue, 21 May 2013 05:37:57 -0400

David Foster Wallace was like, Art must be sincere! We must use every tool in the linguistic toolbox to cut through sentiment and dishonest cliche and build fresh ways to reveal the power and reality of unironized emotion.

And Mister Rogers was like, Basically the same thing, but without any shame or pretense or fear of sincerity.

thefrogman: Simon’s Cat’s Box Guide No. II by Simon Tofield...

Tue, 21 May 2013 05:36:58 -0400

thefrogman:

Simon’s Cat’s Box Guide No. II by Simon Tofield [website | twitter]

hammpix: For those of you who don’t understand archaeology, I...

Tue, 21 May 2013 05:32:28 -0400

hammpix:

For those of you who don’t understand archaeology, I have made a diagram.

wallacewellsbian: allthisandhips: Now all other cotton candy...

Tue, 21 May 2013 05:31:25 -0400

wallacewellsbian:

allthisandhips:

Now all other cotton candy is just boring.

I could not eat a masterpiece like that! 0.o

cokekitty: OpenDyslexic is a free-to-use font that is designed...

Tue, 21 May 2013 05:24:51 -0400

cokekitty:

OpenDyslexic is a free-to-use font that is designed to help those with dyslexia read better. The text is weighted, having a heavier bottom, which is thought to increase readability for dyslexic people. You can download it for free here.

I don’t have dyslexia myself, but in the event any of my followers do, I thought I’d share. Maybe it will help people.

zolanimals: I found this caterpillar a few minutes ago. Its...

Mon, 20 May 2013 06:31:07 -0400

zolanimals:

I found this caterpillar a few minutes ago. Its filaments lead me to believe that it is likely a caterpillar that will become a horned spanworm moth.

abandonedography: Ancient Arch, St Dunstan-in-the-East, London,...

Mon, 20 May 2013 06:29:03 -0400

abandonedography:

Ancient Arch, St Dunstan-in-the-East, London, England by franziphotos

the-hunger-festivities: magicalorphanboy: bronzebasilisk: ryun...

Mon, 20 May 2013 06:28:27 -0400

the-hunger-festivities:

magicalorphanboy:

bronzebasilisk:

ryunwoofie:

sonneillonv:

autumn-and-eve:

erinsmomma:

How can someone stand behind abortion, when you have a life inside of you that God created for you? How can you say that this life isn’t worth it? If you can’t take care of the baby for whatever circumstances than there is always adoption available to couples who can’t conceive, but still want the joy of being parents. OPEN YOUR EYES! God has bigger plans for us all that we don’t even realize the picture.

Excuse me but it appears your baby is actually upside down
Did you take Sex Ed freshman year because babies come out headfirst

Hi, OP! As someone who was given up for adoption, allow me to call bullshit on your little post there! You see, when I was adopted, I was a white-skinned, healthy, neurotypical infant, which basically put me at the top of the list, right underneath white-skinned, healthy, neurotypical MALE infants! There’s only one kind of infant people wanted to adopt more than me! I was SOOO lucky! But if you actually bothered to look at the information readily available on the interwebs, you would be aware that the majority of people who are forced to rely on abortion for family planning are poor people and people of color. Of course, those two demographics intersect, thanks to the institutionalized racism of our society! Neat huh?!

Of course, even babies of color are not in high demand with couples looking to adopt. Many who do want to adopt outside their race choose to go outside the country, where laws are less strict and the process is often less expensive. Of course, most of the infants adopted this way are obtained in unscrupulous fashion, but who cares about that when you’re saving a little Korean or African baby from the horrible fate of growing up in Korea or Africa??? And all those children who have birth defects, are born with diseases or disabilities, or have other issues… WELL. Who wants to invest that kind of expense and time? Why would you adopt someone broken, LOLOL?!

Granted, there are some wonderful people who understand the system a little better, and make it a point to try and give POC and disabled children a good home. But they make up a very small fraction of potential adopters! This difference in supply and demand leaves a lot of children stuck in the foster system, where their chances of being adopted diminish with every passing year, and their chances of being physically or sexually abused INCREASE! Isn’t that wonderful?

And of course, we haven’t even talked about the person who is giving birth to the baby! I know you probably think pregnancy is a wonderful, happy time, and for some people it is, but it is also one of the greatest health risks a person can take. I love my son very much, and from the day I found out I was pregnant with him, I wanted him! But I also nearly died giving birth to him. You see, I had pre-eclampsia, the most commonly fatal birth complication in the world. My blood pressure was 180 over 130! At twenty-two years old, I was actually headed for a stroke, hah hah! How funny is that? And all it took was missing a single pre-natal appointment during which my blood pressure rose to dangerous levels and my body tried to kill both me and my son. Those seizures sure were fun, as was the emergency c-section performed without anesthetic! And being chained down while the operation was performed, because I was delirious and wouldn’t stop trying to fight off the doctors, that was a BLAST! It was great for my husband too, since he almost lost his wife and child in just forty-five minutes. You can imagine how thrilled he is at the prospect of me ever getting pregnant again. Babies are certainly cute, but pregnancy can have massive health complications, and I know it’s such a bummer, but they are PERMANENT. :( My abdominal muscles never recovered from being hacked through with a scalpel, and the flood of hormones caused by late pregnancy have changed things from heartburn (never used to have it, now, all the time!) to my emotional reactions (I cry when I see pictures of kittens now. I used to be tough). These are changes I did not ask for, cannot control, and cannot fix! And many people go through worse! I know, right? Unbelievable, but go look up the word ‘episiotomy’ and then look up ‘birth rape’ and I’m afraid you’ll find some stuff that just isn’t very shiny. Plus, the studies actually show that people who carry a baby to term, give birth, then give it up for adoption suffer HIGHER rates of post-pregnancy complications like post-partum depression and post-partum psychosis, general depression, and other mental health issues. Adoption actually isn’t good for the person giving birth at all!

I’m afraid the picture you chose to use there is also pretty disingenuous. I know, I know, it seems like nitpicking. I’m not trying to be mean! :( But that picture shows a fully developed, viable infant, and most abortions are performed when the fetus isn’t even a fetus - it’s a blastocyst. That’s just a clump of cells. Seriously! You can totally find pictures on the interwebs and they’re not even gross, LOLOL! Later-term abortions are usually performed because of health complications, though some of our intrepid state legislators are trying to change all that! They care so much about people who are pregnant, you see, that they want to force them to carry dead or dying fetuses inside them until their body either becomes infected while it rots in their tummies (this is called sepsis, and it makes people very sick, and can even kill them!), or forces it out naturally in a gush of blood and fluids! Isn’t that so caring of them? I’m so glad they’re around to make those decisions for me! And if a pregnant person is not allowed to terminate an unviable fetus, in some states, they have to carry the child to term, give birth to it, and then watch it die in their arms because its lungs weren’t developed, or its brain formed outside its skull, or any of a million possible birth defects that will kill you just as quick as lickity-split! Isn’t that wild?! Of course, these people go through terrible grief, and as I mentioned, some of them may get sick and die from not being able to abort dead or dying fetuses. But I guess that’s just A-okay with you, huh?

Basically, I think before you suggest adoption as a universal alternative, you should actually go do some research on adoption. And before you condemn abortion, you should do some research on abortions - not the stuff your church is giving you, the stuff the real doctors are saying. Go to Planned Parenthood (if they haven’t all been closed down, ROFLMAO!) and request whatever information they have on the process, the statistics of who has abortions and why… and actually, all of that is on the interwebs! Isn’t technology AMAZING?

And in closing, since I’ve been asked this question many times and I know it’s coming? Yes, I realize I am here talking to you because I was not aborted. But the thing is, if my mother had chosen abortion, I wouldn’t know the difference, so it wouldn’t matter to me. And if she decided that choice was best for her, then that choice would have been best for her, and I would never want to take that choice away from her. As it is, since I was given up for adoption, and since I have seen the statistics on how badly people who give their children up for adoption suffer, I have spent much of my adult life worrying about her, whether she’s healthy, whether she’s okay, and feeling that if she did suffer from any of the common post-birth symptoms, it is at least partially my fault, even though she made that decision on her own. Which is silly, I know, but at some point, all children have to stare down the consequences of their parents’ having them. For some, that’s poverty. For others, a life-time of their parents struggling to treat and care for a severe illness or disability. For others, it’s wondering if their mother ever got over giving them away, and wishing you could reach out and assure her that it’s okay, she doesn’t have to be haunted.

May your birth control never fail!

Pro.

Sonneillonv deserves a mother fucking standing ovation here.

Slow clap.

this is my favorite post because i think it’s the strongest argument for how abortion isn’t wrong and adoption is not always a solution so people should start researching and not just believing what ever is being shoved down their throats at church. This is not a slow clap this is thunderous boom of people all over the world saying thank you

dduane: by P0701 Too cute.

Mon, 20 May 2013 06:21:16 -0400

dduane:

by P0701

Too cute.

dduane: toni-tan: 0hsosketchy: ytoob: venezuelan poodle...

Mon, 20 May 2013 06:20:00 -0400

dduane:

toni-tan:

0hsosketchy:

ytoob:

venezuelan poodle moth

such a cutie

it looks like it flew here straight from some anime

it looks like a rabbit-fairy oh my god

If you tried to invent something like this and put it in a book, everyone would laugh…

I honestly thought this was a needle-felted moth at first!

theartofanimation: Kate

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:42:12 -0400

theartofanimation:

Kate

escapistaz: If we’re friends, there’s a 106% chance that I’m always petrified that you secretly...

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:37:59 -0400

escapistaz:

If we’re friends, there’s a 106% chance that I’m always petrified that you secretly hate me.

adriofthedead: johnthedragon: d-dinosaur: Look at this cute...

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:35:48 -0400

adriofthedead:

johnthedragon:

d-dinosaur:

Look at this cute fucking thing.

I want twenty of them.

OMFG BABY

omg

stfuprolifers: kor71: If you think abortions ok, remember what...

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:23:04 -0400

stfuprolifers:

kor71:

If you think abortions ok, remember what Horton says.

Awkward. Dr. Seuss and his wife were really liberal and pro-choice. They’ve even threatened to sue pro-life organizations for using this quote the wrong way (the way you’re doing it actually). I guess you didn’t already know that Horton Hears a Who is about the American occupation of Japan post-WWII. He even dedicated it to his dear Japanese friend.

Mrs. Geisel (Mrs. Seuss) continued donating to Planned Parenthood and advocating for reproductive health and rights after her husband died.

I’m willing to bet there’s someone following me that...

Sat, 18 May 2013 09:58:00 -0400

I’m willing to bet there’s someone following me that just might like this :D

malformalady: A tongue of lava oozes out from beneath the...

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:10:28 -0400

malformalady:

A tongue of lava oozes out from beneath the recently cooled crust of a flow. The silica contained within, reflects the early morning sunlight, giving its surface a glassy sheen.

Photo and caption credit: Bruce Omori

fishingboatproceeds: Butler has uploaded a video of...

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:09:21 -0400

fishingboatproceeds:

Butler has uploaded a video of my commencement address to the class of 2013, which one can’t help but notice…is longer than the 12 minutes I so confidently promised. I sort of quit working the last month and did nothing but write this speech, and I couldn’t even get the time right. (I guess I read a lot faster alone in my basement.)

SORRY!

I’d like to thank everyone who’s shared the speech, especially the Los Angeles Times, Publishers Weekly, Galleycat, and Entertainment Weekly.

If you’d prefer to read the speech, you can do so here.

dduane: kerryblaze: buzzfeedceleb: George Takei responds to...

Thu, 16 May 2013 20:54:30 -0400

dduane:

kerryblaze:

buzzfeedceleb:

George Takei responds to fans of traditional marriage.

The best thing to come out the internet is we all got to know the wonder of George Takei.

Such a sweet guy.

I think Tavros could use a good dose of f!Harena. That is All.

Thu, 16 May 2013 17:06:25 -0400

I think Tavros could use a good dose of f!Harena.

That is All.

Blacksmiths came to B’s school today to show the kids...

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:19:58 -0400

Blacksmiths came to B’s school today to show the kids their trade and the ones in Outdoor Academy got to try their hand at it! This is what B made :D