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I would like to bring attention to the new “Liked by” feature that is at the moment flying under the radar while everyone freaks out about Tumblr Live. Basically, everyone knows what posts you liked, and they randomly appear on followers’ dashboards. This will inevitably lead to drama and bloodshed I just know it

Hmmm in your dashboard preferences do you have “Include stuff in your orbit” and “Include "Based On Your Likes!"” switched to off? If not, turn them off and restart your app/refresh your dash. If that doesn’t fix it let me know.

Does Judaism have nuns or monks? I know it's taboo to not be married in Judaism but is there space for people who don't for whatever reason: mental illness, etc?

I wouldn't phrase it that it's taboo not to be married in Judaism, but rather that asceticism, sexual abstinence, and the general concept of withdrawing from the world are not Jewish values and building a family is. The entire underlying concept of institutions like nuns and monks is that it's holy to remove oneself from the world at large, holy never to have sexual relations, holy to deprive oneself of worldly pleasures. And that's not Judaism. We were put in this world to elevate physicality to a spiritual level, and you can't do that without interacting with physicality. Having a sumptuous meal is holy when it's for the purposes of a mitzvah (indeed, in a number of cases one MUST have a meal in order to do a mitzvah and it SHOULD be particularly delicious food). Having sex within the appropriate context is incredibly holy. And much of what exists in the physical world is inherently neutral, but can be elevated to holiness when used for a mitzvah.

An unmarried Jew (whether by choice or because they haven't found a partner despite wanting one) doesn't need to sequester themselves from the world and live simply to live a holy life; they'd actually be depriving themselves of many opportunities for holiness by doing so. Being married and building a family are significant values in Judaism, and it can sometimes be hard for unmarried adults because communities tend to be so family-focused, but that's still just one of many parts of living a Jewish life. In the world - not out of it.

The No Fly List isn’t a laughing matter and you all need to but down your “it/she lesbian catgirl hacked the government” memes for 5 fucking seconds and see that this is a massive exposition of the US government’s deeply entrenched racism and xenophobia that rips away people’s basic human rights and presumption of innocence. Everyone KNOWS that the US has severe issues involving the treatment of Southwest Asians and muslims, issues severe enough to pillage civilians for oil and destroy entire cultural monuments and history that cannot be ignored, and yet you all choose to look the other way anyways. If you all really gave half a fuck about tearing down imperialism and colonization as you say you do, you would do the bare minimum and acknowledge that 10% of the names on there are “Muhammed”. That there are CHILDREN on this list, because their name betrayed them and is used against them to accuse them of suspected terrorism. You would point how someone just exposed the US for violating basic rights everyone should have on a massive scale, how this airline wasn’t even supposed to have this list, and you would talk about it instead of saying “holy fucking bingle!”.

We need to learn when to put down our memes and face the reality that we can no longer avoid. We cannot stand idly by while we watch one of the world’s massive, most powerful governments mark people as terrorist with almost no procedure as to who can be put on there because of someone’s race and religion. We can’t keep avoiding the legacy that 9/11′s justification of going to war has created. We can’t keep avoiding the way that elected officials, especially Trump, have openly and proudly confessed to supporting things like this. We also need to acknowledge how lucky we are that this didn’t get into the wrong person’s hands, because it very easily could have. This isn’t funny, this is vile, and by laughing and not actually caring, we’re only serving to help this continue.

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Look, I get it. I used to be firmly in the camp of "you're not a top, you're 15" too. But we really need to accept the fact people under 18 have sex. And more than that, people under 18 have and participate in kinks.

And I see a lot of pro kink people spouting anti sex propaganda about this kind of stuff. If we don't educate people, that doesn't stop them from participating in kink. Whether you like it or not, underage people can and will participate in kink.

And I don't think the best course of action is trying to block them from every kink space.

Should they be interacting and engaging with adults in that way? No, I don't think so.

But at the same time, they need education and resources just as much as anyone else. Even adults need those things in kink, younger and more inexperienced people need them even more.

What blocking every single source of kink from minors does is create minors participating in unsafe kink.

A Bonus Strangerville Lookbook Ft. Margaret "Maggie" Pries

For better or worst, everyone in The Bay knows the Pries' eldest daughter. Few are surprised when she goes missing (considering her explosive and unpredictable history), but even fewer are surprised when her obituary is in the news less than a month later. There is one question, however, that the locals share with the grieving, reclusive Pries family: what actually happened to Maggie the night her car broke down in Strangerville?

If you're interested in more details regarding my Strangerville story, the introductory post can be found HERE. If you like this lookbook, I’d also recommend you check out the other parts (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) to learn about the main characters I showcased! ♡

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[1] Hair, necklace, sweater, jeans, shoes [2] Bandana, hair, mini sweater, top, pants [3] Hair, fishnet top, dress, scrunchie, socks, boots, cigarette acc. [4] Hair, earrings, dress**, socks, purse acc. [5] Hair, necklace*, cardigan, dress, tights, shoes [6] Hair, school uniform, socks, shoes [7] Hat, top, pants [8] Necklace, shirt, shorts, tights, shoes, cigarette acc.* Eyeshadow [1][2*][3*], eyeliner (ava), blush, lipstick [shock wave & gothic kiss][2], tears*, nosebleed - bloodtw obviously, body scars

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Obsessed with animals that don’t immediately understand something and just tilt their head about it. Does it make any more sense at a 45° angle, bud?