Halloween (1978)
I saw this on facebook and honestly yeah
ok this has become a somewhat popular post, and I just want to add on because I realise this just says about dating, but it extends to friendships too. just be aware of this and remind the person of their worth, yeah? Even if it’s just a friend and not a partner
Do it for your foremothers that never got the chance.
Translation: America can’t celebrate 100 years of female suffrage until 2065
The United States Postal Service allows you to preview your mail before it is delivered. I took advantage of this feature to create animations from mailed postcards, like a flipbook scanned through the lens of a federal institution.
It began as an art project with general criticism of government surveillance; these same images of mail are offered by the USPS upon request to almost any law enforcement agency, without warrant. However, in mid August, it quickly shifted towards something much more direct: Criticism of the newly installed, useless Postmaster General, and sincere encouragement to USPS workers to disobey and obfuscate his directives however they may.
“October.“ From Tennessee Wesleyan’s 1957 yearbook.
They’ve had many lives and many ages: cats I’ve met in my time travels.
Shiver in wonderment: Weblog ◆ Books ◆ Videos ◆ Music ◆ Etsy
Art is this intense form of individualism that makes the public try to exercise over it an authority that is as immoral as it is ridiculous, and as corrupting as it is contemptible. It is not quite their fault. The public have always, and in every age, been badly brought up.
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Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man Under Socialism (via philosophybits) |
TIPS FOR TOP SURGERY: INSURANCE
1. Get a surgeon that knows the workaround for top surgery and is respected and well known by insurance
My first surgeon was new to mastectomies and didn’t know exactly what to do, he botched 2 weeks of time bc he faxed it to the wrong number and then botched the peer to peer review.
Yes, you need a surgeon that works specifically with trans people a lot. this is because it’ll give you a chance for a better surgery AND the insurance will get back to you faster because they know the surgeon.
2. Get a letter of dysphoria (preferably more than one)
this is advice for people OUTSIDE of blue cross blue shield, 6 months ago they demolished the need for it and tbh good for us.
In the letter, you need to talk to your therapist about EXACTLY what you need, to the letter. get a short term therapist if you need to (one appointment, some therapists are there for literally only the letter of dysphoria),
if they don’t get you what you need down to the letter, correct them and make them rewrite it.
appeals take 30 days, DON’T DO IT. get a new surgeon if you have to bc then the claim will take less time.
3. Bother your insurance daily.
COVID and 4th of July makes everyone lazy, so I personally call my insurance daily and ask what the status of my claim is. this is IMPORTANT because they will slack off if you don’t and tell you days after they confirm or deny it.
4. *kisses you* good luck!
June 20 2020 - Native activists in Los Angeles, in solidarity with Black Lives Matter, tore down the statue of Junipero Serra, a Spanish Catholic inquisitor who oversaw the enslavement, torture and forced conversion of Native americans in modern day Mexico and the USA. [video]
