Elefun :)
Hey runners (and walkers)! Thought this might be helpful :)
Shoelace Voodoo
The heel slipping one is awesome if you have to wear orthotics because it stops them from slipping round inside your shoe
Oh! I’ll have to try this
oh my god. oh, oh my god. the wide forefoot one… oh my god bless you you beautiful hero
Ian’s Shoelace Site – https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/ – is the page for all these lacing patterns and more.
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Link to Science.org article: Transgender Rights Rely On Inclusive Language
![Jeff Lockhart (@jw_lockhart): (Cont'd) When we say that sex is socially constructed, we are trying to remind people of this. To remind them that our ideas about what things do and should go together are just that: human ideas. They are sometimes wrong about what does, in fact, go together. 18/ And they are sometimes immoral when they make claims about what should go together (e.g. women in engineering). If we remember that sex is a human claim about the world, then we have the tools to change it, to make it more accurate, more ethical. 19/ This understanding also changes how we talk about sex. Sex can't cause things biologically. It can't be the source of differences. It is our name for the patterns we observe. Sometimes it's a useful proxy for them. But it can prevent us from looking into actual mechanisms 20/ Similarly, "being male" or "being female" can't cause things either. Those names for our socially constructed categories of sex. As recent calls for precise language note, they mostly obscure the biological and social mechanisms of phenomena. e.g. [Science.org link] 21/](https://64.media.tumblr.com/5b3815fd9a272fa6c635ec9a83189724/eed0225eb1226645-e0/s1280x1920/94c95c1007045ae9fdebc3f339e07b5477f1bf52.jpg)
![Jeff Lockhart (@jw_lockhart): (Cont'd) As this thread circulates, the "sex is about reproduction and gametes" crowd is likely to find it. Yes, it is! "Sex" is also the word for fucking that doesn't make babies, as in "to have sex." But the social conversations aren't about either of those meanings of sex 22/ Nobody runs around with calipers measuring gamete size to determine access to sports, bathroom, healthcare, education, employment, etc. Those conversations aren't about banning infertile people. They make guesses based on things like face structure, breast tissue, voice pitch 23/ I.e. they're using sex the way I describe in this thread. (Although there are a ton of fun facts in sexual reproduction of other species where it works way differently than humans, so even in reproduction only land, sex is way cooler and messier than we give it credit for.) 24/ This thread is now a blog post, with some added context based on the comments and lots of links to further reading. [link to article "sex as a social construct" on scatter.wordpress.com]](https://64.media.tumblr.com/c7fb198213fcbf3cac6a841a5e3834bf/eed0225eb1226645-4e/s1280x1920/07f89289685aef6e4330883d73c40fbe58122e55.jpg)
Little Johnny wants a cake for his birthday. Selfish brat.
HOW DID THAT NOT STICK?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
No that’s a legitimate question HOW
Oh no. (via)
Bless orange cats
The Two-Headed Calf, Laura Gilpin // The Kitten, Mary Oliver // Wild Geese, Mary Oliver
the Poetry Animal enamel pins are now live at greerstothers.shop
these are all dear to my heart, and I’m probably going to get emotional wearing them around like little poetry amulets
Poems under cut
A mix of modern, diasporan and traditional Ukrainian pysanky.
The Witch’s Observatory 👻🎃 I love making tiny pots and plants! Staircase is cardstock, wood and wire; featuring baubles from Michael’s Halloween collection. (Sold)
me looking at john singer sargents watercolours: Just Fuck Of…
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(Adding some of his alligator watercolors to this post)
Well I just learned a new upsetting thing about systemic ableism today.
Keep thinking about this. It means that the people who receive SSDI can literally NEVER be a part of the group legislating the program. I feel genuinely sick to my stomach…because like…that’s the formal structure. We’ve all accepted this??????????
