Althoughzuis translated as you, it’s actually a more respectful pronoun. And grammar-wise, works as a plural pronoun.

Actually, the normal order of Basque pronouns is:

ni
(hi)
hura/bera
gu
zu
zuek
haiek

See where zuis? Understanding grammar and verb conjugation is much easier if you put zuin that place. Let’s see why:

As you can see, conjugation is actually logical and changes when plural pronouns start, and zuek- that tends to be the one with the weirdest conjugated forms for new learners - is very clearly reduced to the conjugation for zu+ TE.

So if you’re learning Basque, take our advice on this and put zujust below gu: it’s its natural place and will make you things much easier.

vilanclle:

Cambridge University Press made over 700 book titles available for free until May 2020!

writing-is-a-martial-art:

thewritinggrindstone:

whatagrump:

Apparently a lot of people get dialogue punctuation wrong despite having an otherwise solid grasp of grammar, possibly because they’re used to writing essays rather than prose. I don’t wanna be the asshole who complains about writing errors and then doesn’t offer to help, so here are the basics summarized as simply as I could manage on my phone (“dialogue tag” just refers to phrases like “he said,” “she whispered,” “they asked”):

• “For most dialogue, use a comma after the sentence and don’t capitalize the next word after the quotation mark,” she said.
• “But what if you’re using a question mark rather than a period?” they asked.
• “When using a dialogue tag, you never capitalize the word after the quotation mark unless it’s a proper noun!” she snapped.
• “When breaking up a single sentence with a dialogue tag,” she said, “use commas.”
• “This is a single sentence,” she said. “Now, this is a second stand-alone sentence, so there’s no comma after ‘she said.’”
• “There’s no dialogue tag after this sentence, so end it with a period rather than a comma.” She frowned, suddenly concerned that the entire post was as unasked for as it was sanctimonious.

And!

• “If you’re breaking dialogue up with an action tag”—she waves her hands back and forth—”the dashes go outside the quotation marks.”

Reblog to save a writer’s life.

detroitlib:

The oracle : compliments of Chase & Sanborn, tea & coffee importers. Advertising pamphlet for W.D. Earnley, advertising Chase & Sanborn coffee. Title from cover. Includes information on palmistry, fortune-telling, horoscopes, superstitions, birthstones and the meaning of dreams. Printed on back: “For sale by W.D. Earnley, 840-842 3rd Ave., Detroit, Mich. Copyright 1897 by the Gray Lith. Co., N.Y.”

Courtesy of the Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library

From July through December, I’ll be working at a demanding music therapy internship, with no time to blog about reproductive justice. I fully intend to return in January, but until then, this how you can use what’s already here:

• The Navigation page will take you to virtually any pro-choice, reproductive health, or reproductive justice topic, and the Resources page has lots of information on all your options.
• The Science! page and #science tags are great for debunking anti-abortion myths and learning more about reproductive health research
• If you have questions about or need support in seeking an abortion, everything I know (funds, hotlines, procedures, clinics, and more) is in the links at the top of the page. Considering Abortion? may be the most useful.
• My side blog, Expose CPCs, will also be quiet during this time. But that doesn’t mean you can’t continue to spread the word about deceptive anti-abortion centers!
• While I have terrible willpower, I don’t intend to check my Tumblr while I’m working. If you have a question that needs an immediate answer, someone in People I Follow may be able to help you.
• Please read and consider reblogging the following posts! Stay informed and look out for each other.

Resources for Decision-Making and Low-Income Parenting

Supportive, Nonjudgmental Pregnancy Counseling Hotlines

Abortion Procedures

Methods of Illegal Abortion

Abortion Funds

Judicial Bypass for Minors

$10 off Plan B/Emergency Contraception

How to Identify Crisis Pregnancy Centers

The Seven Most Common Lies About Abortion

A huge thank you to all my followers who stick with me until the winter, and thanks to everyone else who reads and shares. See you next year!

cnovelartreblogs:

How to Read Manhua on Bilibili: Legal, Free, and in English

In my posts on this blog, I keep sharing screen caps from manhua I’ve read on Bilibili, along with the link to read it yourself, but I know:

1. This blog doesn’t have all that many followers.
2. It’s one thing for me to post the link and quite another for people to realize just how easythis is to do.

Considering how often I see English-speaking MXTX/c-novel/c-drama/donghua fandom peeps screaming and begging for more content, I’m now begging you in return:

STOP SLEEPING ON THE BILIBILI APP!

If you want more danmei content, fully legal, entirely free, already translated, you literally c.a.n.n.o.t. do better than using the Bilibili app to read manhua. That’s not to say this is a perfect method - their translations are…um…wanting sometimes? (Shout out to the four pages in a row I recently read where someone broke in to a residence and every time the breaker-inner was mentioned they were called “the intrud”) But it’s still ALL THERE, FOR US, ANYTIME, and the more eyes the manhua in the apps gets, the more content we’ll get, so please, PLEASE, if you’re out there thirsting for danmei content, DO THIS.

Wondering how?

Well, I’ve got you covered.

WAY 1: The Bilibili Manhua Website

I know I said “get the app” but honestly you don’t even need an app to do this! You can read on Bilibili using any web browser.

The website is Bilibilicomics.com.

It looks like this:

Yes, you’re reading that right: there’s an entire section of BL.

There’salsoanentire section of GL!

There are 38 titles in GL and 121 titles, yes ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY ONE titles, in BL.

AND there’s het stuff, and non-romance stuff too!

New episodes general come out weekly or biweekly, though a few things are daily. The website is often a few chapters ahead of the app (which I actually didn’t realize until just now - Chapter 55 of Legend of Exorcism, for example, came out todayon the app, but it lists 60 episodes as available on the website. Which, considering the cliffhanger I just read… *eyes emoji*…though apparently in other cases there are more chapters on the app than on the website, so ymmv.)

The best-known title available (again: FOR FREE. OFFICIALLY. LEGALLY. IN ENGLISH) is Tian Guan Ci Fu. When you go to a specific title’s page, you get this…

…and reading it is as simple as selecting the chapter you want, clicking it, and et voila! Just scroll down and read to your heart’s content!!

NOTE: SOME CHAPTERS WILL HAVE WAIT TIMES. More on this shortly.

WAY 2: The Bilibili App for Android

I personally have been reading primarily from the Android app, since I have a Samsung Galaxy phone and a lot of time sprawled on my couch while my kids watch cartoons.

You can download the app from the Play store - here’s a link, for what that’s worth.

It looks, essentially, like this (I’m logged in so mine looks a little different than non-logged-in, I made an account even tho you don’t actually need one):

If you don’t want to make an account, you don’t have to. If you choose to, as you see it’ll try to guess what other titles you might like. tbh I have no idea how good these recommendations may be; I’m still reading/catching up on the specific titles I wanted to read so I haven’t had to try their recommendations yet. But, there’s definitely some stuff that looks interesting (that top middle one definitely looks up my alley…)

You can also “favorite” things (again: EVEN WITHOUT AN ACCOUNT) and it’ll store them in your library and make a red dot (like you can see on the above screen cap) when something has an update you haven’t read yet. For example, here’s my Favorite list, which helps me keep track of what I’m reading and enjoying (or, well, in one case I’m more “wtfing” than “enjoying” but hey that still counts).

There’s even a weird, like, “dress up” side game??? So like, every chapter you read there’s a chance the app will drop a “card” and you can use the cards to dress your avatar up, and there’s a whole crafting system built in? It’s. A little odd. But, considering I recently quit my Love Nikki addiction after 3+ years, it’s nice to get a small hit of pointless dress up.

Yes, my avatar is currently wearing San Lang’s shirt.

The point is, again: this app is free to download, and incredibly easy to use, and even has a fun pointless side game.

BUT. There is one “but” here. See the Coins: 0 Top Up right below my randomly assigned username?

Thereisanoptionalpay system. What does it do? It reduces wait times.

Some titles, but not ALL, have a “built in delay” that kicks in at some point. On some, it seems to start when you’re “within 5 chapters of the most recent” (that’s what’s happened with Global Examination and TGCF, for example). For others, it seems to be arbitrary - for A Single Strike of Shimmering Frost, it kicked in at chapter 40 even tho there are, like, 80 something chapters up. Regardless, it always works the same.

The system functions using wait times, and it has 5 tiers that are always the same.

Tier 1: You must wait one minute before you can read the next chapter. This tier is rarely an issue; the count down sometimes (but not always??? it’s weird) starts when you starta new chapter, and it almost always takes more than one minute to read a full chapter, so this tier is often “satisfied” before you even get to the next chapter.

Tier 2: You must wait six minutes before you can read the next chapter.

Tier 3: You must wait one hour before you can read the next chapter.

Tier 4: You must wait six hours before you can read the next chapter.

Tier 5: You must wait twenty-four hours before you can read the next chapter.

I initially thought this system functioned as “once you reach Tier 5, you’re just stuck there and can only read a chapter a day” but it’s turned out that’s notthe case - A Single Strike of Shimmering Frost having 40+ semi-locked chapters has given me the chance to actually test this a bit. In fact, what happens is:

The first time you hit a “wait delay” chapter, it puts you at Tier 1 and you have to wait a minute. The next chapter, you up to Tier 2, the next to Tier 3, then Tier 4, then Tier 5…and then it cycles back to Tier 1. So, with a little care and planning (which I almost always fail at) I can time reading something with many wait-delayed chapters such that I can read 5 chapters in one day, then I have to wait a full day, then I can read 5 more chapters.

Here’s how it looks when you’ve done your waiting in purgatory and can now read on…

…and here’s how it looks when the sad trombones play…

Now, I mentioned I’d circle back to the coins? THE TIME HAS COME! Because, look - for 17 coins, you can read on instantly!! Alternatively, if you’re willing to share on social media, you can also skip (I have no if that’s something you can do over and over, or just once, cause I haven’t tried - you can skip the wait time once for free). This begs the question, then…is 17 coins a lot?

And the answer is…

…eh not really, no. Ten bucks will get you the ability to pay 17 coins many, many times (58, to be precise), but honestly? I haven’t spent a penny yet and I’ve caught up on 7 different titles and am steadily reading through two more (one of which hasn’t had wait times kick in yet, I just can only read so fast).

All of which is to say: yes, there’s a pay system, and tbh, I’m probably going to throw them a few bucks not because I care about the wait times but because I’m getting so much enjoyment out of reading these titles and I want to support them a little (I also bought the print version of the TGCF vol. 1 and will likely buy the other volumes, and I once-upon-a-time paid to watch TGCF s. 1 streaming as they came out). With a little patience there is absolutely zero call for spending even one penny to read as much of this cornucopia as you want.

WAY 3: Download the Bilibili App on Apple

I don’t have access to an iPhone and don’t feel like grabbing my tablet rn and I’ve hit the Tumblr image limit anyway, but the Apple app looks about the same as the Android app, and you can download it HERE.

Basically: use the website, or download the app for whichever platform you’re using, and READ, READ, READ!

So, what isthere to read?

I’M SO GLAD YOU ASKED!

I’ve been reading on the app pretty regularly for like two months (prior to that I was only reading TGCF, and only when I remembered, which was rarely), but I’m juggling a lot AND reading other stuff too so I am far from having explored the wide range of options. I can, however, highlight a few I think are likely to be of interest to a danmei-reading audience. Note that of these, I’ve only read the novels for TGCF, TYQHM, and Daomu Biji, which means that I only know as far as the manhuas have covered for the rest - I haven’t read farther than that yet.

A.Tian Guan Ci Fu by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu. The one, the only - this is the official manhua with art by Starember. It tells the story of newly ascended god Xie Lian trying to navigate the intricacies of the heavenly bureaucracy, figure out his place in the world, and understand why a sexy guy in red keeps showing up in his life. (Worst synopsis ever award goes to: ME!). The English translation is currently on episode 77, which has Xie Lian and Hua Cheng in the gambler’s den. A volume just ended, which means it’s on hiatus temporarily - there’s usually a month or two break between volumes - so it’ll be back soon!

B.Global Examination by Mu Su Li. Based on the book Global University Entrance Examination, featuring art by E Zi. Global Examination is a story set in a dystopian near-future about a world where groups of people are randomly selected (read: kidnapped and forced) to participate in an “exam” where they have to answer extremely complex puzzles. If they succeed, they get to live and become one of the people who administer the exam. If they fail, they die. Despite the premise sounding dark, it’s really not been so bad and I’ve been reassured it won’t become so. The story itself focuses on You Huo, a recently selected examinee with amnesia, the other people in his examinee group, and Examiner 001, who clearly has some kind of history with You Huo. If only he didn’t alsohave amnesia, we might even know what that history is…

C.Dinghai Fusheng RecordsandLegend of Exorcism, both based on the books of the same names written by Fei Tian Ye Xiang. The art for Dinghai Fusheng Records is by Qianerbai (who has also done a lot of work for the Mo Dao Zu Shi audio drama) and for Legend of Exorcism, it’s by Warp. These stories are set in the same ‘verse, at least several hundred years apart; it’s a xianxia high-fantasy setting, and the main enemies are resentment monsters and demons (…or are they? dun dun duuuun). Dinghai Fusheng Records takes place, chronologically, first, and occurs a couple hundred years after a calamity caused all qi to fade from the world - there are only mortals, and no one can cultivate. It follows Chen Xing, a young man born with a gift, as he seeks his protector - Xiang Shu - and others, and they encounter (surprise!) unspeakable evil. Legend of Exorcism takes place in the “future” of Dinghai Fusheng Records, and focuses on Kong Hongjun, a half-demon boy who has received a summons to join the Exorcism Department, as he explores the mortal world for the first time and gets to know the others who have summoned to join the Department, especially the mortal leader Li Jinglong.

D. Daomu Biji titles, originally by Nanpai Sanshu. There are two DMBJ titles on Bilibili right now, though both only have a few chapters, and the website lists them as “on hiatus.” I’ve read them both, and am not entirely sure what’s up with one especially, but… Grave Robbers’ Chronicles starts where Book 1 starts, with changes of course but it’s quite recognizable as the initial “Wu Xie is brought a silk scroll and gets curious and then Wu Sanxing gets involved” plot line. The Grave Robbers’ Chronicles Seven Dreams is…odder…and as far as I can tell is an alternate canon/AU which starts with a “what if” of “what if the Zhang’s were incredibly abusive, raised child!Zhang Qiling themselves, and Wu Xie and he met as kids.” It’s. Um. Extremely weird. And not for those sensitive to kids getting beaten bloody. But I’m still hoping they’ll release more than 9 chapters, if only because I’m curious.

E.A Single Strike of Shimmering Frost, based on the novel A Sword of Frost by Yu Xiao Lanshan. This one opens with the Prince Ji Yanran approaching Sect Master Yun Yifeng, who runs a sect of spies and information collectors, to ask for help finding an item that has been stolen from the palace. In exchange, he promises to give Yun Yifeng the cure to an ailment that plagues him. Problem 1: he doesn’t actually have this cure. Problem 2: everywhere they go people start dying. Problem 3: catching feels for the pretty Sect Master. Despite having the trappings of xianxia, this story has actually thus far been a sequence of murder mysteries with politics-related causes.

F.Saved the Public Enemy By Mistake by Liu Muqiao. If this is based on a novel, I haven’t been able to track it down. It’s xianxia; demon immortal cultivator Liu Jianghe shows up, nearly dead, on the doorstep of famed doctor Lu Jiu who is just trying to live a quiet life in seclusion. Not knowing who Liu Jianghe is, Lu Jiu saves him, and thus stumbles into a mess of politics and history he doesn’t understand…but nothing is actually how it seems, there’s amnesia and hidden back stories galore, there’s a heavy side plot of sword lesbians, and honestly I’ve read like 50 chapters and I’m still a little lost but the art is pretty and I really need to read the reveal on the two MCs history together so I’m sticking with it. Warning that it’s got a fair amount of blood and gore.

G.Those Years in Quest of Honor Mine by Man Man He Qi Duo. A historical (non-cultivation) setting focused on politics, machinations, and the long history and deep love between Zhong Wan - former top-scorer on the national exam who lost his position when his adopted father was accused of treason - and Yu She, of dubious parentage and believed by most people to be the bastard son of the Emperor. I loved the book for this, and finding out that the manhua was on Bilibili is a lot of what drove me to download the app.

So - that’s everything I’m currently reading: 6 titles inspired by explicitly BL danmei titles, 2 based on other books I like that aren’t BL, and 1 BL that just looked interesting and my taste.

There’s SO MUCH MORE, seriously. I’m going to be reading on this app for months and still finding more, I’m positive of it.

But unforth, I hear you say, there’s some othermanhua I want to read! What about Mo Dao Zu Shi? What about Erha? Are those on Bilibili? Can I read them? And the answer, sadly, is no.Those two are published by Kuaikan, which does notoffer free legal English translations at this time. But! I am holding out hope that if the audience for Bilibili grows, other manhua publishers will see the profitability in emulating them. I cannot guarantee that anything we do will result in this happening, but I do feel pretty confident that if we don’tread with the options currently available, we sure ain’t likely to get moreoptions.

SO. GO FORTH. READ THE THINGS I’VE MENTIONED. READ OTHER THINGS. COME BACK AND TELL ME WHAT YOU LOVED SO I HAVE SOME IDEA WHAT TO READ NEXT.

PLEASE.

I’m begging. GO READ MANHUA!!!

RIGHT NOW.

ONBILIBILI.

(and signal boost this post to get other people to do the same!! help the small fandoms grooooow! I really just wrote all of this so I’d have someone to scream with about the current awful that is the recent chapters of Legend of Exorcism PLEASE WE ALL NEED SQUEEMATES COME READ!!! THE THINGS! THEY’RE GOOD! WITH PRETTY ART!)

This tutorial I wrote for a sideblog I run from my personal account is this week’s blog post!

(Usually, we don’t endorse/rec specific products or titles, since we feel it’s a little odd for us, as book publishers, to be seen as “backing” a specific “thing,” but since this is relatively fandom-general, I decided it was okay.)

Go read some comics, ya’ll!

thequeenofsunflowers:

I’m compiling a list of resources for planetary retrogrades, since they can be really stressful times for people, and I hope the information below will provide some insight. Note: Some articles have dates listed for previous retrogrades (but still have valuable information), but I have included planetary retrograde calendars for 2018 (mostly up to 2020, but some go further), so double check the dates depending on what year it is. 

What are Planetary Retrogrades?

• Retrogrades are Good
  
• stop freaking out about retrogrades
• If you have retrograde planets in your natal chart
  
• on making retrogrades work for you
• Preparing for Retrograde
  
• Planetary Retrogrades and their meanings
• What the retrogrades feel like
• Retrogrades – What is being internalized?
• Retrograde Planets
• Read Between the Charts: Planets in Retrograde 
• Retrograde in Astrology: Part 1&Part 2
• Take Care Not To…
• Tarot Spread: How to Survive the Retrograde (for all planets)
• Retrograde Aftermath Tarot Spread
• Retrograde Reminder

• 2018 Planetary Retrograde Calendar
  
• Visible Planets Retrograde 2009 - 2020
  

Mercury Retrograde:

• How to Survive Mercury Retrograde
  
• Mercury Retrograde
  
• Mercury in Retrograde: How it influences your Mercury sign
• A Survival Guide to: Mercury Retrograde
• things to be mindful of during Mercury Retrograde based on your rising sign
• A Message from Mercury Retrograde

Is it Mercury Retrograde?

If So here’s some magick to help:

• protection from Mercury Retrograde
  
• for protection on the Internet
  
• draw a circle of protection around yourself
• avoid people with poor judgement
• break curses, hexes, and jinxes placed on you by others
• Tarot Spreads for Mercury Retrograde
• A Tarot Guide Through Mercury Retrograde 
• Banishing Mercury Retrograde Chaos

• 2009 - 2071 Mercury Retrograde Calendars

Venus Retrograde:

• Venus Retrograde Lessons
  
• 5 Things Venus Retrograde May Shift In Your Life
  
• A Quick Venus Retrograde Lesson
• Let’s Talk About Venus Retrograde
• Venus Retrograde Throughout the Houses

• 2018 Venus Retrograde Calendar
  
• **No Venus Retrograde in 2019**
• 2020 Venus Retrograde Calendar

Mars Retrograde:

• Mars Retrograde
• Mars Retrograde – Be Careful of Your Actions: 5 Do’s & Don’ts
• Everything That You Ever Wanted To Know About Mars Retrograde
• The Red Planet Retrogrades
• 2018 Mars Retrograde Guide

• 2016 - 2019 Mars Retrograde Calendar
  
• 2020 Mars Retrograde Calendar

Jupiter Retrograde:

• Understanding Astrology: Jupiter Retrograde
  
• How to use Jupiter Retrograde to Improve Your Karma
  
• Effects of Retrograde Jupiter
• Jupiter Retrograde
• About Jupiter Retrograde

• 2018 Jupiter Retrograde Calendar
  
• 2019 Jupiter Retrograde Calendar
  
• 2020 Jupiter Retrograde Calendar

Saturn Retrograde:

• Understanding Astrology: Saturn Retrograde
  
• Saturn Retrograde
  
• Saturn Natal & Transiting Retrogrades
• Notes on Saturn
• Saturn Retrograde be like…
• Saturn Retrograde Cheat Sheet

• 2018 Saturn Retrograde Calendar
  
• 2019 Saturn Retrograde Calendar
  
• 2020 Saturn Retrograde Calendar
  

Uranus Retrograde:

• Uranus Retrograde
  
• Serendipity Astrolovers: Uranus Retrograde
  
• Understanding Astrology: Uranus Retrograde
• How to Succeed under Uranus Retrograde: What You Resist, Persists
• Lunar Insight: Uranus Retrograde
• Perks of Uranus Retrograde

• Uranus Retrograde Calendar 1927 - 2025
  

Neptune Retrograde:

• 5 Reasons Neptune Retrograde Rules
  
• Neptune Retrograde
  
• Intro to Astrology: Neptune Retrograde
  
• Neptune Retrograde

• 2016 - 2019 Uranus, Neptune, & Pluto Retrograde Calendar 
  

Pluto Retrograde:

• Pluto and its Retrograde
  
• Pluto Retrograde
  
• Intro to Astrology: Pluto Retrograde
• Pluto Natal & Transiting Retrogrades
• Pluto Going Retrograde
• Pluto Retrograde

2016 - 2019 Uranus, Neptune, & Pluto Retrograde Calendar 

as-old-roads:

anarchistmemecollective:

seraphic-content:

Apropos of recent events, here is an article detailing how to perform a self managed abortion for up to ten weeks from last menstrual cycle

How to Give Yourself an Abortion

The article links various other abortion care and service sites such as

Women on Web

Safe Abortion Options Information Worldwide - safe2choose

PLAN C: A Guide to Abortion Pills Online

among many others that can help you find abortion pills as well as instructions, aftercare, and legal aid, should you need it.

Jane Collective - Wikipedia

‎It Could Happen Here: Enabling Self Managed Abortion in Your Community on Apple Podcasts

I love this!! For my fellow “prefer to learn by listening” ppl:

Here’s a 30min podcast episode about how you can help members of your community access abortion pills, which are FDA approved and safe and effective to self administer ♥️

It features an interview with the cofounder of Women Help Women/Self-Managed Abortion, Safe and Supported (SASS). They’re also safe and inclusionary for all bodies and identities :) They have secure servers to contact counselors for advice and a secure menstrual tracker app called Euki that teaches about birth control and using abortion pills safely!

Never forget that approx 20% of pregnancies self terminate, potential complications from abortion pills are the same as a regular miscarriage, and these pills being prescription-only has nothing to do with safety and everything to do with regressive puritanical reproductive health policies ♥️

It IS fucked up that we’re losing access to safe clinics. We SHOULD have the right to go to a doctor easily for abortion but even if we don’t: No more scaring each other about coat hangers!!! We don’t have to feel only scared and helpless! We can take care of each other. We should all learn this stuff. It’s basic info about our bodies and our health.

transpocsuggestion:

Black LGBTQ+ Resources

It’s February, which means it’s Black History Month! Similar to how I made an LGBTQ+ resource post for Native American Heritage Month in November, here are some resources for Black LGBTQ+ people (as always, feel free to contribute if you have more resources!)

GLSEN Pages:

• An article about supporting Black LGBTQ+ students (also links to the pages below and more)
• PDF with information about Black LGBTQ+ Heroes
• An article talking about a study by the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) about the experiences of BlackandLatinx transgender people in K-12 schools

Historical information from the US National Park Service:

• Full study
• (Chapter 7) A Note about Intersectionality
• (Chapter 8) Making Bisexuals Visible
• (Chapter 10) Transgender History in the US and the Places that Matter
• (Chapter 13)  “Where We Could Be Ourselves”: African American LGBTQ Historic Places and Why They Matter
• (Chapter 14) LGBTQ Spaces and Places
• (Chapter 18) LGBTQ Civil Rights in America
• (Chapter 21) Struggles in Body and Spirit: Religion and LGBTQ People in US History
• Index

Some Black LGBTQ+ Creators:

• Angelica Ross (African American, trans woman, entrepreneur/actress)
• Mickalene Thomas (African American, lesbian, contemporary artist)
• Isaac Julien (Saint Lucian, gay, installation artist/filmmaker)
• J Mase III (Black queer/trans, poet/educator)
• Zanele Muholi (South African, lesbian, photographer/visual activist)
• Oluwarotimi (Rotimi) Fani-Kayode (Nigerian, gay, photographer)
• GLAAD article about 8 famous Black LGBTQ+ writers

Other Helpful/Informational Links:

• GLAAD’s Black History Month Resource Kit
• Reports and Publications from the National Black Justice Coalition
• An article and various resources from the Human Rights Campaign about being African American and LGBTQ+
• About the Black Pride Movement and the Center for Black Equity

asexualjournal:

http://theasexual.com/article/2018/11/8/the-road-model-of-gender

The Road Model of Gender

There exists two metropolis cities and a main road that runs between them. One city is men and the other is women. Binary gender people live in the cities. Cis people live in the city they were born in, binary trans people moved to the other city.

Nonbinary people don’t live in those cities. Many live along the road or travel between the cities. Demi-gender people usually live closer to one of the cities. Genderfluid people travel between them. Agender people don’t live in the cities or along the road. Other nonbinary, genderfluid, genderqueer, or agender people might be exploring the rest of the world. The mountain tops and valleys, other cities, maybe even other worlds. All those places exist, though many people in the cities don’t believe them and stay where they feel safe.

by Deramin

thatscarletflycatcher:

prolifeproliberty:

gewoon-een-man:

tradmidwestman:

prolifeproliberty:

New hobby: going on Twitter and responding to every doctor or medical/public health organization currently warning moms not to make homemade formula with this:

Give families a legitimate recipe. Their grocery stores are out of stock. Their food banks are out of stock. No pediatrician has enough to feed all their patients for weeks. Give parents an option, or they will find one themselves that you don’t like. Their babies are hungry.

Interesting that the WHO PDF on how to make a breast milk substitute, posted since 2006, was taken down in 2020. Here’s a link from the Way Back Machine.

https://web.archive.org/web/20181115000000*/https://www.who.int/hac/crises/international/middle_east/Lebanon_guidelines_for_breast_milk_substitutes.pdf

Long story short, you mix water and either goat or full cow milk in a 1:2 ratio and add 1g of sugar for every 10ml of milk used.

As an example, a one month old should have 40ml milk, 20ml water, 20ml of (boiled) water, and 4grams of sugar.

Or you can use powdered full cows milk. A 1 month old you’d mix 5g powder milk with 60ml water and 4g sugar.

Check it out for yourself. Don’t question why this was taken down in 2020 and we’re being told this isn’t okay anymore though.

I downloaded the pdf of that link for you all.

Honestly I think part of this is that the establishment doesn’t want to acknowledge that this is an emergency, that these guidelines meant for disaster zones are what we need right now.

They won’t admit that it’s really that bad, but it is.

What was done in my family before formula was a thing, and even after (my sister, for example, started taking formula as a baby but it caused her somewhat severe constipation and it was not possible to go on like that), was a mixture of one part of cow milk (boiled) and two parts of Barley water (that is, the water product of boiling barley grains until they are tender) made on the day.

Of course it is important to take into account possible allergic/astmatic reactions and taking care of boiling everything for safety.

Edit: Barley water is made with whole grains, not to be mistaken for barley coffee that is made out of toasted barley. The barley for barley water must look beige/tan, not dark brown.