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Textile patterns from the Igbo women’s weaving industry at Akwete, now in southern Abia State. National Library of the Netherlands, The Hague.

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hey cowboy jen! im sure you get this question a lot but do you have any advice for a baby butch looking to present more masculinely? im so much happier when i feel more masculine, but no matter hard i try i feel like i always look too femme for my liking. any tips?

Don't make yourself smaller in the presence of others. We are sometimes conditioned to shrink in and move aside. Stand tall and look people in the eye as you nod hello or acknowledge you see them. Don't pull your shoulders in when passing people or walking in a crown. I am not saying be a "bull in a China shop" in a group of people but don't be the one who pulls your body in. This eventually seems to come naturally to butches once we shake off the need to make ourselves less seen.

Start with boxers or boxer briefs as underwear. It is the weirdest advice I was given from an older butch and she spot on. Shrugging off the bikini underwear with flowers did wonders to make me feel more attractive and confident as a butch.

Shop at farm supply stores or check out old man fashion at estate sales and thrift shops. You can find unique and fun clothing for less until you find a style you love.

Lastly, don't worry about what others think. As a butch you will get perceived as masculine no matter what. While butch is how we are perceived in many aspects it is also how we move in the world and relate to women. So enjoy opening doors, making women smile and feel safe and your butch confidence will get stronger all the time.

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double checking the pdf im about to send to make sure the invoice i just scanned didn't magically turn into a full frontal nude image

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coming over and shedding half of my hair all over your bed and couch and everything to mark my territory

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today I took pictures of the inside of an Ox’s heart … It was bigger than my head 

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and the second is "be yourself"

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sounds pretty based to me

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Instructions for how to download a Youtube video using VLC on Reddit

Instructions for how to navigate the underworld on an Orphic gold tablet

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i hope you might be the right person to ask but if not just ignore this lmao but as someone with little camping experience and even less finacial stability do you have any tips for starting camping? i'm going into biology and want to be able to camp more but i cannot afford much expensive equipment, and i dont know like, what i actually NEED, nor how to start getting out and camping in a safe and fun way. do you have any tips?

Are you in the U.S.? Drive-up spots at campgrounds! State parks, national forests, and similar spots often have established campgrounds with bathrooms & showers & even an outlet at each campsite. You just drive your car right up to the spot and camp there, so you can keep everything in your car without worrying about packing+carrying everything in. Find them on the ReserveAmerica website

In the summer, a lot of these campgrounds have camp hosts whose job is to live at the campground and answer questions. There are also often rangers on duty to cruise through. Point is, if you need help, it won't be long away.

Really all you need a tent, a tarp (goes under the tent), a cooler, basic first aid, hiking boots, a sleeping pad, and a sleeping bag. For the tent, get a cheap Ozark-brand tent at Walmart or online. I'm talking under $40. The sleeping bag, pad, and cooler you can find at the same place, thrifting, ebay, or army surplus stores.

If you can't swing a tent, do you have a car comfortable to sleep in? I do that a lot.

Learn how to build a fire (youtube, if you don't know anyone who can teach you). Keep your meals simple for now. Honestly, I could cook a four-course meal over a campfire, but on my last trip, my friend and I packed cheese, sandwich meat, and bread for our lunches. If you want to try your hand at camp cooking, just make sure you have something easy like that to eat in case it doesn't work out.

If you can't find/afford good hiking boots, honest to god just camp in a pair of sneakers you don't mind getting dirty.

There is a HUGE influencing community for outdoor recreation. They tell you to get the best boots, the best tent, the best sleeping pad, the best the best the best.

It's unrealistic for most people. I only own 90% of my high-end equipment because I need it for work. When I camp with my friends, we do drive-up spots with whatever we have. I still occasionally use a 5-person tent my mom bought in 2007, with a tarp as a rainfly lmaoooo.

I recommend summer camping with this equipment, because none of it will keep you very warm in cold weather, and cold weather camping is a skill you will learn later. If you live somewhere that gets extremely hot in the summer, I recommend camping in the shoulder season, March-April and September-October. When you won't boil during the day but it's still warm at night. Sites are usually cheaper during the shoulder season too! Bear in mind depending on the popularity of the park, sites could be anywhere from $20 a night to $80. My local state park is $12 in the shoulder season!

Above all, don't be afraid to bail, and definitely don't be afraid to try again. Shit happens. Maybe you put your tent's rainfly on and wake up getting rained on. Maybe it's 2 AM and you heard a weird noise and realize you're freaked out and can't make it all night alone. Maybe you didn't plan meals well and you're hungry. Maybe you're too cold.

So? Your car's right there. Pack up, and head home. There is NO reason to stick it out if you're going to be miserable the whole time. All that does it create a negative camping experience. If you want to go home, go home. Think about how you can fix whatever went wrong, and try again! There is no shame in saying, "this sucks. we'll try again next month."

As someone who's done search & rescue, my one wish is that people would admit defeat and learn when to say when. We'd be out on a lot less rescue calls!

The rest, you'll learn as you go. People generally only forget things like bugspray once and learn their lesson hahaha. You'll do fine!

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this is assuming its on art you normally wouldn't jump to reblog. i myself only rb stuff i really really like so .

The 'rude/demanding' tone would be stuff along the lines of "if you like but don't reblog I'll [threat]" which i see surprisingly often, both serious and more silly

#even as an artist. no #like idk i get it its nice to have. people see and appreciate your work #but people don't owe you anything #if i like it i like it if i reblog it i reblog it you dont have to remind me how to do that ive been on tumblr for a long while

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very weird for people to get mad at scientists when they provide us better knowledge of how things are. they didn't change anything about it, it was always like that. they didn't change the color of neptune or glue feathers to dinosaurs, those had always been like that regardless of what we thought. the world exist independent of our perception of it. this isn't like a retcon of a fictional work.

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Bumping My Head Into U So Cutely Until Blood

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Congratulations! You are now a Magic-User!!

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a little bit of internal bleeding the loveliest accessory a man could wear

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everyday I pray Zillow makes a comment section

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BTW the mycelium has already overtaken me and it's delightful