We really have harmed a whole generation of trans and gnc children by failing to communicate how serious a decision binding actually is, how there’s no ACTUALLY safe way to bind, how it permeneantly damages the body, how it can make top surgery more difficult in the future. I don’t think we should be keeping trans kids from binding (we let kids do all sorts of things they’re really not old enough to understand the potential consequences of) but we owe them the ability to make informed decisions at LEAST
So this is definitely an important conversation to have, but can you point me at some reading about “permanent damage”? I might just be lucky, but I had zero lasting effects from binding. I’d like to at least read up on it so I can have this conversation and be more specific than “be careful.”
Of course! I can’t easily source right now but I am more than happy to provide further info when I am not at work and on mobile. Unfortunately, like a lot of trans healthcare, a lot of what we know about binding is anecdotal and word of mouth. BUT permeneant damage can include:
-Musculoskeletal damage. Binders are indiscriminate compression tools; they can’t flatten the chest without applying pressure every other anatomical structure underneath including the spine, ribs, lungs and heart. Many people who bind experience chronic back pain, shoulder pain, sharp stabbing chest pains, permeneantly decreased lung capacity, literal spine deformation, etc etc.
-A continuation of the above but the ribs are actually jointed bones. Their ability to flex is absolutely vital to their ability to withstand trauma and protect your vital organs. Imagine the damage that would be done to your elbow if your bent your arm to full flexion and then tightly bound it closed like that, for six, eight, twelve hours per day, every day, for weeks or months or years. And you don’t NEED a functioning arm to live!
-Tissue atrophy. Forcing chest tissue to lay in an unnatural way can and will change the way that tissue looks, even to risk of atrophy. Some people who bind and only moderately dislike the way their chest looks find that they HATE the way it looks after binding for a period of time. Tissue atrophy can also make top surgery more difficult in the future, and increase the risk of complications like nerve damage.
-Worsened dysphoria. Once someone starts binding and becomes accustomed to seeing themselves with a flat chest, it can be much more difficult to see yourself without one, and dysphoria that much more intolerable. You can imagine the psychological feedback loop of binding more in response.
The typical safety measures passed around about binding are harm REDUCTION measures and should not be advertised as making binding “safe.” Binding is not safe. It is a very serious health decision with long term consequences and should be treated as such. That doesn’t mean it’s the wrong decision, but it should not be considered the DEFAULT decision for chest dysphoria which is frankly how it’s currently treated.
“Do not tag as —–cest” is about the saddest thing I’ve ever seen added to fanart, here these people drew cute fanart of a fictional family they’re a fan of and you clowns are so weird and creepy that the only thing stopping you from saying “what if these siblings fucked” to a TOTAL STRANGER is that the stranger anticipated your creepiness and said “please don’t talk to me about incest” before you got a chance to
A middle school in Achille, Oklahoma is closed following violent threats by parents on social media against Maddie, a 12-year-old transgender student who identifies as female and used the girls’ bathroom.
Maddie had been using the staff bathroom at her old school but used the girls’ bathroom at the new school because she wasn’t sure where the staff bathroom was. She was then accused of peeping under a bathroom stall. Her mother said it was probably because she “leans very far forward to use the bathroom.”
Then the threats began on a private parents’ Facebook group for the school. The parents called Maddie “it” and “thing”, suggested that her genitalia be mutilated to make her female (“a good sharp knife will do the job real quick”). One said it was “hunting season on them kind” and said there was “no bag limit.”
Maddie’s mother Brandy Rose said she fears for her life: “These are adults making threats– I don’t understand it. She’s an awesome kid. To see any fear in her, I can’t explain how bad that hurts me for them to hurt her.”
KXII reports: “The sheriff said the mother filed a protective order against one parent but no other arrests have been made, however several agencies including the FBI are stepping in to see if any comments constitute a hate crime.”
See the screenshots:
Sorry to say this but if we have to think about whether or not threatening to cut a 12 year old child is a hate crime means there is no hope for us. What has this nation become when it’s citizens feel they have a right to threaten minorities with no fear of repercussion. The only ringing heard now is the death knell of freedom..
this is the best song in a pokemon game since miror b’s battle theme in pokemon xd from 2005
so fun fact! Pokémon Sun & Moon are the first Pokémon games to have a woman as lead composer. Minako Adachi, who composed this piece and much of the music throughout the game, previously worked on Pokémon Black & White, Pokémon X & Y, and Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire. Her musical style is really awesome; her tracks are generally interesting in their execution and show a nice amount of intricate/intelligent composition. Between Minako Adachi and Hitomi Sato, in my opinion, the women on Pokémon’s composition team are currently producing the best music and that’s awesome.
tips for everyone who wants to get leakira trending and/or on fandometrics:
make sure the ‘leakira’ tag is within the first 5 tags on the post/rb to ensure it shows up on not only the leakira tag itself but on recommended posts for others as well
tag klance with both klance and leakira, and tag leakira with both leakira and klance, too. it will help leakira show up in more tags than just itself
make your own headcanons or art! it doesn’t matter if it’s perfect. the whole point of this is that it’s outside of canon and fan made so create to your heart’s desire!
like and reblog from the artists/writers/ect. creating leakira content! spread it as much as possible! go to the leakira tag and reblog some of your favorite posts (don’t forget to tag when you reblog!)
if you’re really dedicated, maybe make a sideblog with ‘leakira’ somewhere in the url, having ‘leakira’ in the url will make the content you create or spread come up easier under the tag
seriously, support the people making content and, hell, why not make some content of your own. it could be fun!
the idea of consuming two conflicting things that promise to do the opposite of each other has always been hilarious to me. there’s a liquid shot-based sleep aid called 6 hour sleep and as soon as I saw it i immediately imagined mixing it and a 5 hour energy together for a 1 hour nap
mix NyQuil and DayQuil to create Quil
what does Quil do
All the time all the time
Okay so, I did this, kind of. In junior year of high school I was taking History of the Americas (very very hard tests, like at least one person is guaranteed to cry). So one day I had one of these tests when I was /sick as hell/. Like I woke up and could not breathe through my nose. Everything was snot and headache and I know it’s gross, but like I’m trying to convey how desperate the times were. I went to take a DayQuil, but could only find NyQuil in the house. So i was like “fuck it, there’s no way this could be worse. ha. Anyway i take this and get to class and like already im about to pass out so during my independent study I go out and get a coffee and a five hour energy. Thinking like “okay I’ll die, but it should balance out for a bit.” And it did, initially. But then. As soon as I walk in the doors to class, it hit and I’m looking at my friend and he’s like “did you smoke, your pupils are like fucking quarters” and I’m like “o no.” So the test starts and my brain is feeling like that substance that’s like both a liquid and a substance simultaneously. And the test format is like this huge paper. So I get going on it, and here’s what happened:
-I wrote six pages front and back in 45 minutes -I felt like I could “zoom in” “zoom out” my vision -I asked one girl if I could borrow a pen three times and she was freaked out so I had three pens on my desk -after the test I crashed HARD in the physics room and they had to push me out of a chair to wake me up -but like, I got an A on the test. So I’m not saying try it, but
We are a Voltron Legendary Defender reboot. Our goal is to recreate a world of Voltron that echoes the original, but is something new altogether. It’s a common consensus that as a fandom, the VLD crowd always preferred fanon to canon, because we saw the potential that VLD had. This project is an attempt to bring that to fruition.
Cool. There seems to be a lot of those going around.
There are! And that’s great! We support all reboots, fix-its, and exploratory works. In fact, if you have created your own reboot comic, fic, art, or animation, shoot us a message! We want to add you to our resources page as a link so people who are looking for other reboots can find you.
Doesn’t that mean there’s a lot of competition?
My sweet, sweet summer children, no. It could be that we are on the precipice of change. For some reason, the Voltron fan base has an incredible amount of power. I truly believe that if we harness that power for good, if we generate and keep generating fan content, we can prove to media corporations that:
It’s possible to tell stories that include people of color and LGBT+ characters and themes and still reach a massive fanbase.
What we think matters. What we want matters. Who we are matters, and you can’t keep ignoring us forever.
We are the future of storytelling. Can you imagine the impact of a fan created work, or a collection of fan created works that outstrips the original content? A new age is coming.
How much is this gonna cost?
It’s free and always will be. We have a ko-fi open, and will be opening up a patreon page in the future for those wishing to see perks, but you will not have to pay any money to enjoy Voltron New Age content.
Also, please be wary of any kickstarters you see! Be smart with your money, please!
So, how is this gonna work?
Here’s how it’s gonna work: we are going to have different stages of production releasing content at the same time. First up, we have a writer, who is telling the story in prose. There’s a good portion of it written, and we’ll start posting that on a schedule soon! Then, we have a screenwriter who will be adapting that for media format. That will be kept mostly under wraps, but we’ll leak certain parts. From there, we’ll start up a podcast, where we have actors reading the lines and at the same time have storyboard artists making sketches to post along with them.
We’re gonna be really honest here, animation takes a lot of work, and this is a fan project. Depending on how well we do and our outreach, and if we have a team that can handle the workload, we’ll toy with animation. But that is a long long way off, and might not happen.
What we’re working towards is a more sketch animation. Pictures that are stitched together with the voices over top. We are pledging to get the first “Season” out this way, no matter the reception. But hopefully, we’ll have enough feedback that we can keep going from there!
Dream big, kiddos.
I want to get involved!
Great! We want you to be involved! We have a discord channel in the works, and we have a lot of spaces open for content creators, and we’ll let you know when we need you. In the meantime you are free to draw fan content as you wish! Make sure to follow us, so you’ll be on top of the latest updates and when we publish our discord and patreon!
PLEASE LIKE AND REBLOG TO SPREAD THE WORD. DON’T FORGET TO SEND US A MESSAGE IF YOU ARE ALSO DOING A REBOOT!
