As much as I would just like to talk about the MET Gala tonight, if you haven’t heard by now, it has been leaked that the Supreme Court has decided to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision protecting the right to get an abortion in the United States. Make no mistake about it: this decision is the direct result of not just the last presidency, of Republicans doing everything in their power to sow violence against women and minorities, but took decades of groundwork that is the direct result of the patriarchy and white Christian Nationalism. This decision will overwhelmingly hurt women, women of color, POC, LGBTQ+ people, Indigenous women, the impoverished, and countless others. It will hurt us. It will kill us.
I don’t know what to do tonight besides be angry, but I want to try to be productive here. What I can recommend is this:
Vote for Democrats in your primary and midterm elections this year. There is no other option. Republicans are literally trying to kill us. They are trying to send us back. We will not let them. Vote blue up and down the ballot this year and every year so we might have a chanceat codifying abortion rights and other important issues pertaining to labor, climate, voting rights, etc. I am not asking kindly, and I am not going to make it complicated: vote blue, vote blue, vote blue. Do your research on the Democratic candidates for your primaries, but when November comes, VOTE BLUE. EVERY TIME. FOR EVERYOFFICE.
Bug the hell out of your representatives, no matter what their party. Annoy the living crap out of them and let them know that you are pissed about this and expect to see legislation. That the court needs to be expanded. That Thomas needs to be impeached for his and his wife’s involvement in the insurrection. Demand to know what they will do about this. At this point, it’s worth a shot.
This is scary and sad and infuriating. We saw it coming for years but it still feels like a shock. But we cannot let up. We cannot quit. That is exactly what they want, for us to roll over and give up. I get feeling helpless - I feel it right now, too - but there are a few things we can do. But I also get if right now we just need to feel scared and upset. I’m just hoping to turn this righteous anger into something productive.
40% of male CSA survivors reported a female ab*ser
Large scale federal agencies reveal that women are often s*xual perpetrators
The CDC and BJS found that both men and women were equally subjected to r*pe
Most of the men reported a female r*pist
A researcher found that boys face higher rates of s*xual ab*se by adults than girl
In another study, 13,000 minors were surveyed. 3 quarters of boys reported being s*xually ass*uted by kids their age. In half of these cases,the abuser was a woman.
Sources: INSPQ, When Men Are S*xually Ass*lted by Women by Wendy L Patrick(she mentions study by The CDC and BJS and by the federal agencies), S*xual Violence Against Boys is Far More Common Than we Think by Emma Brown (mentions a study by Robert Blum), Scientific American: S*xual Victimization by Women is More Common Than Previously Known by Lara Semple and Ilan H Meyer.
I decided to reblog the answer since its been a few days and no one got it
most of you who answered got the fact that the colors represent the sides, yes, but its more specific than that.
i made a graph using the alphabet and then plotted the points- so id go to the side one letter, down the next, and continue until the name was done. on names that had uneven letters, id just repeat the first letter of the name. so Virgil’s is Anxiety(a), and Logans is Logic(l). the rest are the same. i split romans and remus’s as creativity so romans is creati- and remus’ is -vity.
so basically not only does the line represent the side, but it literally spells out the side’s name/function.
its not perfect bc i didnt have a ruler on hand lol, but the concept is still the same.
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Abortion bans are oppressive and dehumanizing and dangerous to anyone who can become pregnant. And the people who are the most highly impacted by these laws are certain minorities. This post is focused on how reproductive rights violations impact Indigenous First Nations communities in particular, please do not derail this post or make post additions unless you are Indigenous American.
(note: many of my sources use gendered language that excludes non-women who can become pregnant. i am aware of this and am unhappy about it, but i will still be using reliable data and quotes from these sources.)
Based off of United States statistics, Native American people are the most likely to be sexually assaulted out of any racial demographic in the US by a large margin.
- On average, American Indians ages 12 and older experience 5,900 sexual assaults per year. - American Indians are twice as likely to experience a rape/sexual assault compared to all races. - 41% of sexual assaults against American Indians are committed by a stranger; 34% by an acquaintance; and 25% by an intimate or family member.
A nationally representative survey indicates that while almost 18% of white women and 7% of Asian/Pacific Islander women will be raped in their lifetimes, almost 19% of black women, 24% of mixed race women, and 34% of American Indian and Alaska Native women will be raped during their lifetimes.
Sexual assault and rape are indescribably traumatic experiences in and of themselves, even without the layer of potential for unwanted pregnancy. But pregnancy after being raped does occur. Almost 3 million people in the U.S. have experienced rape-related pregnancy. (source [x])
94% of rape victims experience post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following their assault. (source [x]) People who suffer from PTSD are caused extreme psychological distress by things and experiences and people that remind them of the traumatic event(s) that they suffered through. Finding out that you are carrying your rapist’s fetus can and does majorly inhibit and set back the ability to heal and recover from PTSD.
And even without this factor, many people who experience rape-related pregnancy are children, disabled in ways that would make it dangerous or even fatal to carry out a pregnancy/childbirth, unable to access the resources required during pregnancy/childbirth, or otherwise unfit or unwilling to go through a full pregnancy and childbirth.
Native Americans have the highest teen pregnancy rates in the U.S.
According to a 2018/2019 study, Indigenous populations in the U.S. have the highest percentage of teen births out of any racial demographic.
Teen pregnancy and birth is often incredibly damaging to the victim’s psyche. Teen birthing parents are twice as likely to experience post-partum depression than birthing parents of an appropriate age, have higher rates of other depressive disorders, have higher rates of suicidal ideation, and have higher rates of PTSD. (source [x])
Not only are there often grievous mental health consequences to teen pregnancy, more than 50% of teen birthing parents will receive a high school diploma, and only 2% will receive a degree before the age of 30. (source [x])
Teen birth rates will only go up if abortion is outlawed. This will disproportionately impact Indigenous communities, who already suffer from low graduation rates and high mental illness rates.
Native Americans have higher pregnancy and abortion rates in general.
-Urban AI/AN [American Indian/Alaska Native] were more likely to have had three or more pregnancies and births than NH-whites [Non-Hispanic Whites]. High fertility rates were also seen among young urban AI/AN women age 15-24 years. - Urban AI/AN reports of 2 or more abortions was twice that of NH-whites (10% vs. 5%).
This one is fairly self-explanatory. If a certain demographic is receiving more reproductive care, they will be more impacted by legislation making it difficult/impossible to access that reproductive care.
Native Americans have the highest poverty rate out of any racial demographic in the U.S.
Carrying out a pregnancy, going through childbirth, and raising a child are all things that are made much more difficult by economic disprivilege, especially in the US, where healthcare is very expensive, especially without insurance.
The estimated cost of a pregnancy and birth in the United States is $30,000 for a vaginal birth and $50,000 for a c-section. (source [x]) Many impoverished people just simply do not have that kind of money, and are forced to take on pregnancy and childbirth without appropriate healthcare, or go into medical debt.
Additionally, pregnant people require more food, which they might not be able to afford. Pregnant people often experience side effects that would make it impossible or simply unsafe to work, especially in late stage pregnancy, and people living in poverty cannot afford to lose their jobs or even to miss shifts.
Native Americans have the highest rates of death due to pregnancy/childbirth complications, second only to Black people.
Black and AIAN women have pregnancy-related mortality rates that are over three and two times higher, respectively, compared to the rate for White women (40.8 and 29.7 vs. 12.7 per 100,000 live births)
With a pregnancy mortality rate more than double that of white people, if more Indigenous people are forced to endure a pregnancy, more Indigenous people will die at disproportionate rates.
Racial disparity in pregnancy mortality rates is due in part to inability to access healthcare, as well as systematic racism within healthcare resources themselves.
Native Americans have the highest incarceration rates in the U.S. out of any racial demographic in many states, and the second highest incarceration rates overall.
Native Americans are incarcerated at a rate 38% higher than the national average, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics.
My final point that I’m going to be discussing is about how American Indigenous people will be treated under abortion bans.
Native Americans face much higher incarceration rates out of almost any ethnic demographic, and very often face more severe punishments than non-native (particularly white) people who were charged with the same crime. If abortion is criminalized and can be punished with incarceration, Native Americans will be disproportionately impacted.
Additionally, people who miscarry can be legally punished under anti-abortion laws, because there is simply no way to prove that miscarriages weren’t intentionally induced in many cases. We are living under a justice system that is biased against Indigenous people, and with the way things are right now, the only logical conclusion that one can draw based on evidence is that Native people who are falsely accused of abortion will be more likely to face criminal charges. Because it’s already happening.
Prosecutors argued methamphetamine use caused Poolaw’s miscarriage between 15 and 17 weeks gestation. But a state medical examiner who testified for the prosecution during the one-day trial in October said there was a complication with the placenta and the fetus had a congenital abnormality. He couldn’t say for certain whether drug use caused the pregnancy loss.
Brittney Poolaw, a 19 year old woman from the Comanche Nation, was sentenced to four years in prison after a miscarriage. The prosecution insisted that she was guilty of self-induced abortion by using meth, as she was an addict, even though medical evidence proved that there were other factors that could very well have caused miscarriage.
Abortion bans are aggressions against anyone who can become pregnant, but AI/AN communities will be impacted disproportionately. Our voices are incredibly important in matters like these, but are often talked over. Allow us to have a platform. Consider how your activism may exclude us. Thank you.
friendly reminder that a good portion of fandom creators do everything for free and that taking one minute or less to reblog what they post is the least you can do after they have spent hours working insanely hard to make you happy
A whole batch of commissions I’ve completed over the last couple of weeks! Quarantine got me super broke, but super productive!
Also I just realized since I’m not as active here as on Twitter, I never posted my 25% rlc sale! ^^ Ko-Fi coms are still regular price, but my full rlc are on sale until April 13! Possibly longer, since this pandemic doesn’t seem to be ending any time soon, guh.
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Hi everyone, It’s me, katesimblr. Unfortunately tumblr deleted my account yesterday. I have already written to the support and hope for an answer and a hopeful restoration of my tumblr but I don’t really believe in it. So here is my new tumblr.
Since my posts with my buildings are probably lost, if you have reblogged them in the past time, I would be very happy to send them to me so that I can reblog them again. Otherwise you can also find all my buildings sorted on my website or also in pictures onIntagaram.
I hope that my new tumblr will fill up again quickly so that I can be in touch with all of you.
lovely greetings and I would be very happy if you reblog this post. Katelyn
Hello everyone
As you may know now, several tumblr accounts suddenly desappeared yesterday without any reason and one of them is KateSimblr account. But here is her new one! Please follow her now there if you love her work ❤️
I also know it happened at the same time to Sundays-sims but I personally don’t have heard of any new account.
So hey dearest toon lovers I got a hot idea and if this gets at least maybe like 5 likes or 5 reblogs I may just make a full on arg/fan comic/ask blog
Basically it’s about this girl named Amelia trying to save her world from a bundle of chaotic toons, (This will include Oswald, The Animaniacs, Cuphead, Sam & Max, BATIM, FNATI, etc) And the relationship between toons and humans. It’s pretty meta I guess? I wanna make this at first pretty lighthearted and then have its pretty dark moments. This will obviously not be meant for little kids since I wanna get into some dark topics but other than that it’ll be a fun project and maybe even others ocs can join in on the fun either helping the humans save the world or create chaos as a toon.
Here’s some of my ocs and stuff! So if y’all are interested please just like and reblog, share the chaos.
Hey Yall!! I made an ask blog. Sorry for not updating you guys but lets just say I was preparing myself for making this sort of au/original story. AnywaysHere is the blog!!!
So hey dearest toon lovers I got a hot idea and if this gets at least maybe like 5 likes or 5 reblogs I may just make a full on arg/fan comic/ask blog
Basically it’s about this girl named Amelia trying to save her world from a bundle of chaotic toons, (This will include Oswald, The Animaniacs, Cuphead, Sam & Max, BATIM, FNATI, etc) And the relationship between toons and humans. It’s pretty meta I guess? I wanna make this at first pretty lighthearted and then have its pretty dark moments. This will obviously not be meant for little kids since I wanna get into some dark topics but other than that it’ll be a fun project and maybe even others ocs can join in on the fun either helping the humans save the world or create chaos as a toon.
Here’s some of my ocs and stuff! So if y’all are interested please just like and reblog, share the chaos.
I met so many incredible people on this platform. People I still speak to, and love, and cherish. People I know would drop everything for me and be there when I need them. I learned to be a feminist on this platform. I learned about body positivity and self-care. I learned about social justice and how to be a better activist and ally. I also watched a lot of great porn and become friends with a quite large amount of gorgeous naked babes. I was able to travel the world with these babes. Meet them and make art with them. Tumblr was fucking MAGICAL.
I had a hard time connecting with people in real life because I have really bad social anxiety and I was never confident with speaking to people. The internet was a freaking miracle that I utilised to become this strong, confident person. But the only reason I was able to become that person was because I had tons of internet friends lifting me up, cheering me on, and accepting me for who and what I was.
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Tumblr please, spread the world. Italy is gonna be a dangerous place for many person out here. Not only for LGBQT+ people, but even for those who want to help us.
