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I haven't seen ppl talk about it much but. the absolute lack of shredded abs. people show tummy and cleavage and there's not the barest hint of muscle definition anywhere

obviously some of them are very fit but it never leaves "works a physically demanding job and happens to be naturally thin" territory

and guys are fat! guys have bellies and rounded shoulders and chubby cheeks and imperfect teeth and thinning hair and are styled weirdly (that's a whole different post but the crew especially look so unprofessional styled it's great)

and they are still all hot! they are hot and desirable and find each other hot and desirable and I love that

I love to see it! nobody in this show looks like they had a personal trainer. and not just the side characters, not just a token fat guy - obv Taika Waititi is the most beautiful man you've ever seen and that little bit of tummy pudge spilling out of his crop top made us all lose our collective minds. but it's everyone else too; and it's not the extend of it either. no other show would have let black pete within 10 feet of a romance arc, much less been this sweet and sincere about it

I adore the fact that there isn't a single traditional "CW style" overly attractive model young person with chisled cheekbones and abs for days like something out of an abercrombie & fitch advert and yet they still allow these characters to find love, and to find queer love at that.

I love the fact that even the women like Spanish Jackie, Evelyn Higgins, and even Mary Bonnet, aren't played by stick thing 20 somethings. They are still beautiful women but they also don't fit the "CW standard" as I like to call it.

Because I fucking hate that "CW standard". People don't look like that in real life so why should they in the media we watch? Why shouldn't the short bald slightly weird pirate with a lisp get to fall in love? Why shouldn't the kind hearted black pirate with a big belly also find romance? Its so beautiful and the more I think about this show the more I find myself tearing up at a creative team that actually put thought and care into their creation beyond what old white executives think is hot and what sells.

If you live in a state that is likely to repeal, are able to conceive, and especially if you are sexually active, you need to have a plan for avoiding pregnancy and a plan for if that plan fails, and the time to make it is now, not this summer when everyone around you is panicking.

Birth control access shouldn't be affected by this decision, but look into longer acting and more effective methods, like IUDs (99.995% effectiveness typical and perfect use) and subdermal implants (99.995% typical and perfect) over things like the pill (99+% perfect, 91% typical) or condoms alone (98% perfect, 82% typical) that are less effective and easier to lose access to, and use both a barrier method like a condom and a hormonal method if you can. Planned Parenthood has a list of methods sorted by effectiveness here. Plan B lasts about a year, and is considered effective for 72 hours after sex but drops exponentially in effectiveness as time passes: if you don't reliably have a spare $50 and access to a pharmacy that stocks Plan B or ellaOne, buy a back up Plan B when you're able to to ensure you can take emergency contraceptives as soon as possible for the best results.

Start tracking your cycle now: medication abortions are the only ones that can be self managed and are only possible up to 11 weeks after the start of your last period. Not after conception, after the first day of your last period. The effectiveness of medication abortion drops after 8 weeks pregnant, and some sources will say it's only effective up to week 10. If your next period is late and there's even a miniscule possibility you could be pregnant, take a pregnancy test immediately (the dollar store ones are the same as the expensive pharmacy tests). Don't wait to see if it shows up a couple weeks late or if next month's comes: by the time you reach your first missed period, you're already considered 4 weeks pregnant, and you need as much time as possible to coordinate an out of state abortion or a self managed abortion. Waiting for two missed periods puts you at 8 weeks pregnant, almost at the point where you need to start altering dosages for medication abortion to be effective. Don't cut it that close: it's better to waste a dollar on a test than have to seek out a second trimester abortion.

Have a plan for how you will get an abortion, both within the first 10 weeks and after. For early abortions, you will be able to self manage. Plan C, Aid Access, medicationabortion.com, Women on Web, and Women Help Women can all help you obtain the medications you need or information about how to use them, either by mailing them directly or by connecting you to resources: bookmark these.

For abortions past 10 or 11 weeks, things are more complicated, but they are not hopeless. You need to have a plan, though. Do you know where the nearest abortion clinic in a pro choice state is? Do you know how much that abortion will cost and how you will get that money, both for the clinic costs and the cost of travel, accommodations, and two to four days of lost wages? Do you know if they do in-clinic abortions (the only option after 10 weeks) or just medication abortions? What's the latest they can go? Look into local abortion funds or access support organizations. More will emerge as need increases, but scoping them out now will save valuable time and give you peace of mind. Some of the resources linked in the last paragraph may be able to help connect you as well.

Plan B may not work if you weigh 155 pounds or more.

ella may work less well if you weigh 195 pounds or more.

What kind of birth control can I use if I take testosterone?

We don’t recommend contraceptive methods with estrogen. The best birth control methods are IUDs. Copper IUDs have no hormones and many trans men like these, but they can cause uterine cramps and bleeding. Hormonal IUDs have only a small amount of progesterone and this does not interfere with testosterone and rarely causes other hormonal side effects (like mood changes weight gain). One of the benefits is that most people lose their periods completely (even if not on testosterone).

Other contraceptives that work well and don’t interfere with testosterone are the injections every three months (DepoProvera), implants (Nexplanon, not available in Canada until next year) and progesterone pills (Micronor). These usually take periods away, but contain more progesterone than the hormonal IUDs and therefore have more side effects. (x)

- Has been sued for copyright infringement for a ‘blasphemous’ musical rendition of a monologue from the 1950s

- He was on a plane with U2′s Bono and his family, and the plane was shot by the Jamaican police, who believed they were smuggling marijuana. He wrote a song about the incident.

- He’s actually a singer, and his better known song in called MARGARITAVILLE. He also owns the Margaritaville Cafe restaurant chain. And has licensed Margaritaville Tequila, Margaritaville Footwear, and a Margaritaville Foods. He owns the Margaritaville Casino, has released a “Margaritaville Online” game, and he wrote and starred in a musical called “Escape to Margaritaville”

- He also wrote a song called “Math Suks”, which was condemned by the US National Council of Teachers of Mathematics for its alleged negative effect on children’s education. 

- He was thrown out of a basketball game he was watching for using blasphemous language in front of kids.

- And he was detained by French customs for allegedly carrying over 100 pills of ecstasy. Although he was released after paying a fine, and, according to him, the pills were a B-vitamin supplement.

1. that's a snuff film. there is no longer any artistic, social, or legitimate merit to this piece. we as a society do not stand here and say well, cinema. no fucking excuses, no simpering about how it's good besides that. fuck you.

2. this should be considered an admission of guilt and should be immediately grounds for an investigation and trial. he should be stripped of any accolades and access. he orchestrated someone else's trauma. that is not noteworthy. that is a felony.

Shut the fuck up when cops ask questions! The script. These 25 words we’re talking about.

To begin with, let’s talk about: what you do when that cop first comes up to you, and no matter what he says:

Where are you going, where are you coming from, what’s that smell, how many drinks have you had, you know this is a high drug traffic area. Why are you sweating? Why are your eyes red? Why do you seem nervous?

Those cops can ask anything they want and when they first come up on you, you wanna say “why did you pull me over?”

That’s the first phrase of the script because under case law, the cops have about 7-8 minutes to give you a traffic ticket unless they find other independent probable cause to further detain you. And they find that when you start yapping.

Now, just cause they pulled you over, doesn’t mean it’s a traffic stop. Maybe your tires are low or something else is wrong.

when we say TAX THE RICH, we mean ALL THE RICH. every single one of them. the guy who makes one million dollars a year even and can barely afford to buy his daughter a second horse, and the guy who makes a hundred million dollars a year, and the guy who doesn’t make much money on paper because all his money is tied up in a fractal of tax-dodging real estate investments. the land-rich and cash poor guys. the new money guys, the old money guys, the second-cousin twice removed of the hiltons guys. every single rich person should be taxed.

you know why? because EVERY CITIZEN SHOULD PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE OF TAXES, AND RIGHT NOW THEY DO NOT.

taxes are the utility bill attached to having a country. they’re not a penalty, they’re not theft. taxes are not something you should ever be wealthy enough to screw up the government enough that they stop asking you to pay what you owe them.

it’s not ten people who are bad for society. it’s anyone who has the power to say ‘nope!’ when asked to pay their fair share of the bill. it’s the citizens of a country who will use its infrastructure while dismantling its government, who loot its resources and hide them away, who exploit its people and leave them broken. it’s the people who take without giving.  

What you need is something called an advanced directive - a will is not going to cut it because that won’t some into play until after you’re buried. The youtuber and mortician Caitlin Doughty has a video about it, specifically as it relates to trans people: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVgumSUZQRI

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