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Also I bought a new swimsuit today and tbh I think it looks cute af and that makes me really happy.

things toddlers and i have in common

Depression: No do thing. Tired.

Me: Okay well. Maybe if I go to sleep super duper early, I’ll get a decent amount of sleep.

Insomnia: You Fool. You absolute goddamn idiot

Rape has become endemic in South Africa, so a medical technician named Sonette Ehlers developed a product that immediately gathered national attention there. Ehlers had never forgotten a rape victim telling her forlornly, “If only I had teeth down there.”

Some time afterward, a man came into the hospital where Ehlers works in excruciating pain because his penis was stuck in his pants zipper.

Ehlers merged those images and came up with a product she called Rapex. It resembles a tube, with barbs inside. The woman inserts it like a tampon, with an applicator, and any man who tries to rape the woman impales himself on the barbs and must go to an emergency room to have the Rapex removed.

When critics complained that it was a medieval punishment, Ehlers replied tersely, “A medieval device for a medieval deed.” 

- Half the Sky, Nicholas Kristof

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If you guys are able, consider donating to the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women database.

“In the US, murder is the third-leading cause of death among American Indian women, the rate of rape on some reservations can be ten times higher than the national average, and Native women and girls are highly overrepresented in cases of missing persons (for example, in Montana, Native people make up 8% of the state population, and yet 40% of the state’s missing girls are Native). A complex maze of jurisdictional policies and institutionalized violence means much of this violence is not only not addressed, but not documented.” 

Food for Thought

Honestly, I really hate it when I tell people I'm making/eating food and they respond "did you make/save some for me?" Like no get your own damn food I can barely feed myself 98% of the time don't expect me to try and take care of you too.

gentle reminder

You don’t have to wait for a new month, week, or day to start over or to begin healing. Hit reset now. Take a shower. Go for a walk. Clear your mind. Then return to your life. Don’t wait for the passage of time to be kind to you. Be kind to yourself