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Dec. 24th, 2016
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schuylerselizas:
concept: 2017 is better. you are cuddling with someone. you are warm. you are loved. you are surrounded by people you care about. you learn to love yourself. you are calm. you find new hobbies. you find yourself.
schuylerselizas:
concept: 2017 is better. you are cuddling with someone. you are warm. you are loved. you are surrounded by people you care about. you learn to love yourself. you are calm. you find new hobbies. you find yourself.
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angelica-church:
carrie fisher isn’t just princess leia. carrie fisher isn’t just an actress we all admire from a famous series of movies made a long time ago in a galaxy far far away. carrie fisher isn’t just another name on the list of shitty things 2016 has done to people i admire.
carrie fisher is a woman who struggled with addiction and mental illness and never sugar coated it - she spoke honestly, openly, about every ugly truth, and made me so much less ashamed of the things i struggle with in my daily life.
carrie fisher is a woman who fought back against body shaming and misogyny, against agesim, who looked at critics and said “yes, i am a woman who has aged, and had children, and struggled with depression and addiction and my body has changed, so you can just shut the fuck up and deal with it”, and it was absolutely beautiful.
carrie fisher is a woman who was placed in the role of “princess” but didn’t conform to the typical hollywood idea of what a princess should be. she’s loud, brash, crass, and unapologetic for being so.
she’s an idol and an inspiration and she’s a woman who saved my life many times just by being who she was and never shying away from it or feeling the need to say sorry. carrie fisher is so much and more and i cannot begin to stomach the thought of 2016 taking her away from me, from her family, from the rest of the world and those of us who love her so dearly.
i love you, space momma. we all do. keep fighting the good fight.
angelica-church:
carrie fisher isn’t just princess leia. carrie fisher isn’t just an actress we all admire from a famous series of movies made a long time ago in a galaxy far far away. carrie fisher isn’t just another name on the list of shitty things 2016 has done to people i admire.
carrie fisher is a woman who struggled with addiction and mental illness and never sugar coated it - she spoke honestly, openly, about every ugly truth, and made me so much less ashamed of the things i struggle with in my daily life.
carrie fisher is a woman who fought back against body shaming and misogyny, against agesim, who looked at critics and said “yes, i am a woman who has aged, and had children, and struggled with depression and addiction and my body has changed, so you can just shut the fuck up and deal with it”, and it was absolutely beautiful.
carrie fisher is a woman who was placed in the role of “princess” but didn’t conform to the typical hollywood idea of what a princess should be. she’s loud, brash, crass, and unapologetic for being so.
she’s an idol and an inspiration and she’s a woman who saved my life many times just by being who she was and never shying away from it or feeling the need to say sorry. carrie fisher is so much and more and i cannot begin to stomach the thought of 2016 taking her away from me, from her family, from the rest of the world and those of us who love her so dearly.
i love you, space momma. we all do. keep fighting the good fight.
blackberreh-art:Sith!Obi-Wan! Inspired by
Dec. 24th, 2016 08:35 amvia http://ift.tt/2i27Urv:
blackberreh-art:
Sith!Obi-Wan! Inspired by @imaginaryanon‘s amazing Wicked Thing! I found myself completely in love omgg
@deadcatwithaflamethrower
blackberreh-art:
Sith!Obi-Wan! Inspired by @imaginaryanon‘s amazing Wicked Thing! I found myself completely in love omgg
@deadcatwithaflamethrower
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Dec. 24th, 2016 04:25 pmvia http://ift.tt/2hmFoDL:
mychronicillnessblog:
mychronicillnessblog:
mychronicillnessblog:
I don’t know if you know our story…. I wanted to share a little of it.
In May of this year, my roommates and I became homeless in California. We went to San Diego to wait on the one roommate to get accepted to a job that had been promised to him. So we stayed in various motels and Airbnbs… But money ran out. The job fell through, and they moved back to MI, where we had moved to CA from. Two weeks into June, and we were living in our cars…
I decided to go back to the town we previoysly lived in, and stay with my fiance, who was living in his car. We wanted to make a go of it. Stay in CA. Try and save a little and find someone to house-share with. Weeks turned into months.
The end of September was arriving, and one of my closest friends was getting a promotion at their job. I made the (very obvious!) joke that now they’d be able to house us while Wolf looks for a new job (friend lives in San Francisco). Give us a place to stay that had a bed! After a second, they thought about it and it because a serious consideration. We made plans. They referred Wolf to the company my friend worked for. He passed the interview. He pretty much had it. So we coordinated this to my friend making their trip to San Diego, so we could pick my cat up out of foster care and drive back to San Francisco…
A day in, however, and my friend became agitated. At first we thought it was the lack of sleep, cuz they’d been driving all night. The next day, they drop a bomb on me and Wolf. They were leaving us in San Diego with our stuff, and dumped us in a motel room, which we were sharing with two other friends who were in town for a convention. We had to use all our savings to get a uhaul truck to move our stuff to another hotel room (that was being shared by yet another group of friends in town for the convention), and buy an old car… cuz we had sold our first car before heading to San Diego… because my friend assured me we wouldn’t need it and would have use of their can if needed and public transport was reliable…
They pretty much abandoned us with a “good luck” and a “fuck you”…. we ended up spending the last bit of money driving across the country to MI, where we are living with a family friend’s mom and dad…. We are starting over 100%. All our savings is completely gone, and we owe the bank almost $500.
Wolf has a job now. Working part time. Our phone bill is late, and we can’t apply for benefits, yet, until both of us gets our state ID and drivers license updated… which we can’t afford. We are struggling to eat. We are struggling to pay for meds. The people we are living with are generous but aren’t much better off than we are and are also struggling. We need all the help we can get. We need donations. Whether money or items… But we aren’t going to recover without help.
If you can donate anything, that would be awesome. If not, please reblog this post.
There are several ways you can help…
Different ways to donate:
If you have PayPal, use the PayPal.me link:http://ift.tt/2hBFt2u
If you don’t have paypal, you can use the donate link below. It allows yo to donate via credit or debit card:Donate Link Click Here
You can also send us things that we need via Amazon Wishlist:http://ift.tt/2hBC4AH
For those who see this and write it off because of the wishlist… the wishlist is mostly food and clothes. Not even fancy clothes. Just basic needs. The food is the most important thing right now.
We really need help. Please reblog and donate. Even a dollar would help.
mychronicillnessblog:
mychronicillnessblog:
mychronicillnessblog:
I don’t know if you know our story…. I wanted to share a little of it.
In May of this year, my roommates and I became homeless in California. We went to San Diego to wait on the one roommate to get accepted to a job that had been promised to him. So we stayed in various motels and Airbnbs… But money ran out. The job fell through, and they moved back to MI, where we had moved to CA from. Two weeks into June, and we were living in our cars…
I decided to go back to the town we previoysly lived in, and stay with my fiance, who was living in his car. We wanted to make a go of it. Stay in CA. Try and save a little and find someone to house-share with. Weeks turned into months.
The end of September was arriving, and one of my closest friends was getting a promotion at their job. I made the (very obvious!) joke that now they’d be able to house us while Wolf looks for a new job (friend lives in San Francisco). Give us a place to stay that had a bed! After a second, they thought about it and it because a serious consideration. We made plans. They referred Wolf to the company my friend worked for. He passed the interview. He pretty much had it. So we coordinated this to my friend making their trip to San Diego, so we could pick my cat up out of foster care and drive back to San Francisco…
A day in, however, and my friend became agitated. At first we thought it was the lack of sleep, cuz they’d been driving all night. The next day, they drop a bomb on me and Wolf. They were leaving us in San Diego with our stuff, and dumped us in a motel room, which we were sharing with two other friends who were in town for a convention. We had to use all our savings to get a uhaul truck to move our stuff to another hotel room (that was being shared by yet another group of friends in town for the convention), and buy an old car… cuz we had sold our first car before heading to San Diego… because my friend assured me we wouldn’t need it and would have use of their can if needed and public transport was reliable…
They pretty much abandoned us with a “good luck” and a “fuck you”…. we ended up spending the last bit of money driving across the country to MI, where we are living with a family friend’s mom and dad…. We are starting over 100%. All our savings is completely gone, and we owe the bank almost $500.
Wolf has a job now. Working part time. Our phone bill is late, and we can’t apply for benefits, yet, until both of us gets our state ID and drivers license updated… which we can’t afford. We are struggling to eat. We are struggling to pay for meds. The people we are living with are generous but aren’t much better off than we are and are also struggling. We need all the help we can get. We need donations. Whether money or items… But we aren’t going to recover without help.
If you can donate anything, that would be awesome. If not, please reblog this post.
There are several ways you can help…
Different ways to donate:
If you have PayPal, use the PayPal.me link:http://ift.tt/2hBFt2u
If you don’t have paypal, you can use the donate link below. It allows yo to donate via credit or debit card:Donate Link Click Here
You can also send us things that we need via Amazon Wishlist:http://ift.tt/2hBC4AH
For those who see this and write it off because of the wishlist… the wishlist is mostly food and clothes. Not even fancy clothes. Just basic needs. The food is the most important thing right now.
We really need help. Please reblog and donate. Even a dollar would help.
Werewolves I Am Totally Stoked About
Dec. 24th, 2016 04:40 pmvia http://ift.tt/2idGIFQ:
crockpotcauldron:
crockpotcauldron:
crockpotcauldron:
crockpotcauldron:
Okay so I guess to counterbalance that series of rants, it is time for Werewolves I Am Totally Stoked About. Some of these stories have cute werewolves, and some have cute non-werewolves, but the point is, I really enjoyed them.
The Cage, by A.M. Dellamonica - a community of lesbians rallies to protect a baby werewolf. It’s really heartwarming.
Surviving Frank, by David A. Page - it’s a buddy cop book, except one of the cops is a huge slobby werewolf. This is so up my alley.
Iron & Velvet, by Alexis Hall - light on the werewolves, but so many lesbians! What a fantastic urban fantasy novel, man. Where was this when I was hitting puberty. I hear it has a sequel, which is on my to-read list.
Prisoner, by Lia Silver - adorable werewolf marine gets kidnapped by secret government, accidentally winds up dating secret genetically engineered black ops agent god they are so cute together. It has sequels, also on my to-read list.
Fame and Misfortune, by Kel McDonald - can I just recommend Kel McDonald herself, because all of her werewolves are great. Fame and Misfortune has a big burly grumpy lesbian werewolf bodyguard, I love her and her accidentally-bitten maybe-werewolf maybe-girlfriend.
Sorcery 101, by Kel McDonald - more of a mixed urban fantasy story like Iron & Velvet, but plenty of werewolves, and they’re great and plenty of them are queer.
Misfits of Avalon, by Kel McDonald - okay, it’s a talking dog shapeshifter instead of a werewolf, but if I’ve convinced you to read the rest of Kel McDonald’s stuff, you’ll like this too.
Bisclavret, by Marie de France - an old timey poem with a werewolf who gets betrayed by his wife but then becomes the king’s buddy. I’m fond of this particular translation, but there are plenty of others. If you liked this story, Sir Marrok is a pretty similar one, except Arthurian flavored.
Bisclavret, by Kel McDonald - ha, did you think I was done reccing Kel McDonald because I totally wasn’t, she did a Bisclavret comic too.
Prague Race, by Petra Erika Nordlund - one of the main characters is a trans werewolf and there is an entire werewolf pack and I’m really stoked about it, you guys
Sing the Moon Down, by MasterLoki - Adorable witch and werewolf romance, and it’s queer too!
Wilde Life, by Pascalle Lepas - Grumpy teenage werewolf in a red hoodie accidentally befriends a writer and gets dragged into supernatural shit.
How To Be A Werewolf, by Shawn Lenore - Werewolf barista discovers other werewolves for the first time, learns to control her powers, supernatural shit ensues.
The Glass Scientists, by Sabrina Cotugno - Rookie mad scientist is accidentally a werewolf, joins mad scientist community.
Royal Bloodlines, by Mike Resnick - this is a great comedy piece about a werewolf in a dog show and I wholeheartedly recommend every line of it EXCEPT THE LAST ONE DANGIT MIKE.
Thor, by Wayne Smith - okay, the werewolf in this one is the evil serial killer type, but the protagonist is a German Shepherd and I really love him and his perspective. It’s a cute book and it made me cry.
Wolf Hunt, by Jeff Strand - another evil serial killer werewolf, but I’m in it for the buddy goons transporting the werewolf for the mob. A great comedy, but heads up for the awful gory bits. Ignore the sequel.
That’s a lot of cool werewolf stories (my god, Kel McDonald is a quarter of this list, protect her at all costs) to choose from, not counting the sequels. Don’t despair for the future of werewolf media, there are plenty of diamonds in the dogshit.
(Please god nobody add the Mercy Thompson series, the Bitten series, the Parasol Protectorate series, the Dresden Files, or the Kitty Norville series to this post. Been there, done that, never again.)
Alright, I read some more werewolf books on my to-read list.
Partner, by Lia Silver - the werewolf marine and the genetically engineered assassin are still cute together, you get a lot of great backstory and new werewolves, and all the setup with the plot and the supporting cast pays off. Definitely read this if you liked the previous one. There’s another one in the series with a different protag, but I’m not gonna get to it, so you’re on your own there.
Angel in the Attic, by Rebecca Tregaron (aka Lia Silver) - It is super cute, but it’s literally a third of a story. So there’s a cute lesbian werewolf, some sexual tension, a lot of interesting food, and a sex scene before it cuts off, but there are a ton of characters who get introduced, and conflicts set up, and worldbuilding explained, with no payoff. I’m sticking around in hopes of the next two books getting published, but if you don’t read works in progress, skip this one.
I’ve definitely read more werewolf books than this but there’s a limit on what I will admit to, let alone recommend to the internet at large.
OP here with more werewolf updates!
Shadows & Dreams, by Alexis Hall - turned out amazing, just as good as Iron & Velvet. werewolves aren’t the focus, but there are a few running around and they get a great fight scene, and there are plenty of lesbians
Weregirl, by C.D. Bell - awesome YA book about a girl on the track team who is accidentally elected champion of the wolves (via wolf bite) and has to untangle a local conspiracy.
More werewolves!
The Better To Find You With, by Kel McDonald - A werewolf wakes up in the pound and teams up with the overenthusiastic vet who patched up his silver bullet wound, trying to find a new werewolf and a werewolf hunter before it’s too late. It’s great to see recurring characters from Kel McDonald’s other werewolf comics, and this was really cute.
Mooncakes, by Suzanne Walker and Wendy Xu - a young witch who works in a bookstore is reunited with her nonbinary werewolf friend, and together they try to solve a magical mess
Still Waters by Alex Gabriel - honestly, this isn’t a werewolf book, it’s about a nix, but he does live in a town full of friendly werewolves and there’s a really cute puppy
The Changeling Prince, by Vivian Vande Velde - alright, I’ll finally admit to this one. It’s about a man/wolf/woobie raised by a witch who turns animals into people, and people into animals. When she takes over a town, he must choose whether to protect his new friends, at the risk of permanently losing his humanity.
Still on the to-read list:
Last Night at Wyrmwood High, by Kathleen Gros - I’ve read little bits of this as a webcomic, and it was great, so I’m gonna pick up the book when I can.
Bleeding Heart, by Sabrina Cotugno - I’ll get a copy sooner or later, stay tuned.
crockpotcauldron:
crockpotcauldron:
crockpotcauldron:
crockpotcauldron:
Okay so I guess to counterbalance that series of rants, it is time for Werewolves I Am Totally Stoked About. Some of these stories have cute werewolves, and some have cute non-werewolves, but the point is, I really enjoyed them.
The Cage, by A.M. Dellamonica - a community of lesbians rallies to protect a baby werewolf. It’s really heartwarming.
Surviving Frank, by David A. Page - it’s a buddy cop book, except one of the cops is a huge slobby werewolf. This is so up my alley.
Iron & Velvet, by Alexis Hall - light on the werewolves, but so many lesbians! What a fantastic urban fantasy novel, man. Where was this when I was hitting puberty. I hear it has a sequel, which is on my to-read list.
Prisoner, by Lia Silver - adorable werewolf marine gets kidnapped by secret government, accidentally winds up dating secret genetically engineered black ops agent god they are so cute together. It has sequels, also on my to-read list.
Fame and Misfortune, by Kel McDonald - can I just recommend Kel McDonald herself, because all of her werewolves are great. Fame and Misfortune has a big burly grumpy lesbian werewolf bodyguard, I love her and her accidentally-bitten maybe-werewolf maybe-girlfriend.
Sorcery 101, by Kel McDonald - more of a mixed urban fantasy story like Iron & Velvet, but plenty of werewolves, and they’re great and plenty of them are queer.
Misfits of Avalon, by Kel McDonald - okay, it’s a talking dog shapeshifter instead of a werewolf, but if I’ve convinced you to read the rest of Kel McDonald’s stuff, you’ll like this too.
Bisclavret, by Marie de France - an old timey poem with a werewolf who gets betrayed by his wife but then becomes the king’s buddy. I’m fond of this particular translation, but there are plenty of others. If you liked this story, Sir Marrok is a pretty similar one, except Arthurian flavored.
Bisclavret, by Kel McDonald - ha, did you think I was done reccing Kel McDonald because I totally wasn’t, she did a Bisclavret comic too.
Prague Race, by Petra Erika Nordlund - one of the main characters is a trans werewolf and there is an entire werewolf pack and I’m really stoked about it, you guys
Sing the Moon Down, by MasterLoki - Adorable witch and werewolf romance, and it’s queer too!
Wilde Life, by Pascalle Lepas - Grumpy teenage werewolf in a red hoodie accidentally befriends a writer and gets dragged into supernatural shit.
How To Be A Werewolf, by Shawn Lenore - Werewolf barista discovers other werewolves for the first time, learns to control her powers, supernatural shit ensues.
The Glass Scientists, by Sabrina Cotugno - Rookie mad scientist is accidentally a werewolf, joins mad scientist community.
Royal Bloodlines, by Mike Resnick - this is a great comedy piece about a werewolf in a dog show and I wholeheartedly recommend every line of it EXCEPT THE LAST ONE DANGIT MIKE.
Thor, by Wayne Smith - okay, the werewolf in this one is the evil serial killer type, but the protagonist is a German Shepherd and I really love him and his perspective. It’s a cute book and it made me cry.
Wolf Hunt, by Jeff Strand - another evil serial killer werewolf, but I’m in it for the buddy goons transporting the werewolf for the mob. A great comedy, but heads up for the awful gory bits. Ignore the sequel.
That’s a lot of cool werewolf stories (my god, Kel McDonald is a quarter of this list, protect her at all costs) to choose from, not counting the sequels. Don’t despair for the future of werewolf media, there are plenty of diamonds in the dogshit.
(Please god nobody add the Mercy Thompson series, the Bitten series, the Parasol Protectorate series, the Dresden Files, or the Kitty Norville series to this post. Been there, done that, never again.)
Alright, I read some more werewolf books on my to-read list.
Partner, by Lia Silver - the werewolf marine and the genetically engineered assassin are still cute together, you get a lot of great backstory and new werewolves, and all the setup with the plot and the supporting cast pays off. Definitely read this if you liked the previous one. There’s another one in the series with a different protag, but I’m not gonna get to it, so you’re on your own there.
Angel in the Attic, by Rebecca Tregaron (aka Lia Silver) - It is super cute, but it’s literally a third of a story. So there’s a cute lesbian werewolf, some sexual tension, a lot of interesting food, and a sex scene before it cuts off, but there are a ton of characters who get introduced, and conflicts set up, and worldbuilding explained, with no payoff. I’m sticking around in hopes of the next two books getting published, but if you don’t read works in progress, skip this one.
I’ve definitely read more werewolf books than this but there’s a limit on what I will admit to, let alone recommend to the internet at large.
OP here with more werewolf updates!
Shadows & Dreams, by Alexis Hall - turned out amazing, just as good as Iron & Velvet. werewolves aren’t the focus, but there are a few running around and they get a great fight scene, and there are plenty of lesbians
Weregirl, by C.D. Bell - awesome YA book about a girl on the track team who is accidentally elected champion of the wolves (via wolf bite) and has to untangle a local conspiracy.
More werewolves!
The Better To Find You With, by Kel McDonald - A werewolf wakes up in the pound and teams up with the overenthusiastic vet who patched up his silver bullet wound, trying to find a new werewolf and a werewolf hunter before it’s too late. It’s great to see recurring characters from Kel McDonald’s other werewolf comics, and this was really cute.
Mooncakes, by Suzanne Walker and Wendy Xu - a young witch who works in a bookstore is reunited with her nonbinary werewolf friend, and together they try to solve a magical mess
Still Waters by Alex Gabriel - honestly, this isn’t a werewolf book, it’s about a nix, but he does live in a town full of friendly werewolves and there’s a really cute puppy
The Changeling Prince, by Vivian Vande Velde - alright, I’ll finally admit to this one. It’s about a man/wolf/woobie raised by a witch who turns animals into people, and people into animals. When she takes over a town, he must choose whether to protect his new friends, at the risk of permanently losing his humanity.
Still on the to-read list:
Last Night at Wyrmwood High, by Kathleen Gros - I’ve read little bits of this as a webcomic, and it was great, so I’m gonna pick up the book when I can.
Bleeding Heart, by Sabrina Cotugno - I’ll get a copy sooner or later, stay tuned.