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today (february 14) is the four year anniversary of the marjory stoneman douglas high school shooting and florida isn’t doing anything to fix the gun violence we see everyday in the news and in our community. we lost 17 citizens that day. teachers and students-people who could’ve made a difference. but instead their lives were cut short by a gun. those students were set for greatness, and instead of being able to live out their dreams, their six feet under watching their friends be “fine” and their families mourning them as they do every day. those students could’ve been the ones that could change the world, but, well. they can’t now. those teachers could’ve helped so many kids learn, but like the students, life had other plans for them. my heart goes out to those families who are mourning today and every day, i’m so sorry their lives were cut too soon, and i’m sorry we can’t be better.

// g*n violence // vent post

can we talk about the reality for american schools real quick? like-it’s genuinely so fucking sad that some of us go to school thinking it’s our last day on this earth because of guns and every other fucking thing. it’s so fucking sick that we have to do drills incase there are active shooters on fucking campus, but we have to do one every month. after the parkland shooting happened; florida introduced the ALICE drill, it’s what we do instead of a code red now. our principal comes on the intercom and gives a description of the “shooter” and admin jiggle doorknobs and pound on doors and try and get us to make a noise. after MY schools shooting, every school in the fucking surrounding area went into lockdown.

i was in fucking middle school for both. 8th grade. i should have been worrying about going to high school….not if there was a shooter coming to my fucking middle school to shoot it up.

we deal with so much fucking gun violence that when there’s a threat we just go “cool. i’ll tell my family i love them.” BECAUSE THATS OUR FUCKING REALITY NOW. ITS SO FUCKING BAD THIS YEAR AND-AND NO ONES DOING SHIT ABOUT IT. WE CANT PROTEST BECAUSE FUCKERS WILL BE LIKE “bUt OuR gUnS” TEACH PEOPLE TO BE KIND, TEACH YOUR KIDS NOT TO PLAY WITH GUNS! JUST STOP T H I S. I DON’T WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL THINKING ITS MY LAST DAY ANYMORE. NO ONE DOES. JUST PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD FIX THIS SO WE DONT HAVE THIS REALITY ANYMORE…..please….

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Help a Jewish Community Buy Back Its Own Damn Synagogue!

Firsty, thank you for reading this, and I hope you’ll get through it and give us the honor of a donation, firstly, and a reblog, secondly. Maybe even a note to any friends you have outside of tumblr! 

If you don’t care about the history, skip to the bold at the end! 

This is Temple Emanu-El, in Helena, Montana. At the time it was built, it was the only synagogue between Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Portland, Oregon. It was built with the hard work of the Jewish community that had come west to seek their fortune and stability, having heard that people were more willing to do business with Jews in the West, a place where social strictures were slightly relaxed. This turned out to be true, and the community thrived. 

This picture resolves small on tumblr, but you can see the love and care they put into it. It’s modeled after the great synagogues of Europe, with heavy stonework, onion domes, and intricate stained glass. The president of the congregation cried at its opening and dedication. 

As the years went on, the West became more settled, and for a series of socio-political reasons of which my History of the American West major ass is well aware but are ultimately unimportant to the issue at hand, Jewish communities left much of the interior west for metropolitan areas. By the 1930s, the Jewish community was so small that they could not justify the large and lavish worship center. 

They sold it to the city for one dollar. 

The promise made to them was that it would be used for the public good. The state readied the former temple for its new function as offices for Social and Rehabilitation Services, sandblasting of the Hebrew inscription, “Gate to the Eternal,” above the entry and removing the star-studded, painted domes.. The copper was stripped from the building and likely reused to re-clad the State Capitol’s dome at about the same time. 

That lasted all of 40 years, when the State of Montana decided to let it sit idle and decay, so they could justify the sale of the building, sold for a pittance to the public good, to the Helena Catholic Diocese for $83,000  (this is an opinion of mine, though it is not an uneducated one, and I do firmly believe it. I do not, however, represent that they allowed it to fall into disrepair to justify the sale as objective fact.) 

This is the building now

In a twist of fate, the diocese can no longer afford to maintain the building. They are selling it, and the Jewish community of Helena is trying to buy it. 

The Montana Jewish Project is being far far far nicer and more politic about this than I would be, but in fairness, they actually how to get Nice Goyim to donate, and I don’t, so. The Diocese is spinning this as selling the building for much less than its worth, which may be true, but if you bought it for $83,000, that would be $280,000 now. 

They are selling it for $925,000. And we have to have 70% of the purchase price by February 28th. Easy terms, right? 

Here’s where you come in! If the idea of Montana’s Jews getting back the building that was sold to the Diocese in spite of the original agreement appeals to you, you can and should donate to their capital campaign. They even have an option for your donation where if we don’t get Emanu-El back, your money will be returned to you instead of being used for other MJP protects and repairs. 

This place won’t just be used for the Jewish community, though I think that would be enough. They want it to be used as a museum and center for the community as well, to teach about Jewish life in Montana, with Jewish cooking classes, and social programs, and teaching non-Jews about Jewish customs and culture. 

I just want to get the cross off the top.

Donate here

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Asexual labels explained using cereal

You are in a kitchen, opening a pantry door. It contains every brand of cereal in existence.

Libido- How hungry you are

Sexual Attraction- How appealing each cereal is to you

Sex-Repulsed- The mere act of eating cereal disturbs you. You flee the kitchen to watch Netflix instead.

Sex-Indifferent- Someone brings you a bowl of cereal. Even though you don’t crave cereal, you decide to eat some anyway. Maybe because you want the person to feel happy you’re eating something they provided you. Maybe you’re just that hungry. Regardless, you’re fine with eating it since it’s already there. If it wasn’t, you wouldn’t care either.

Sex-favorable- Though you don’t particularly crave cereal, the act of eating cereal is enjoyable. So enjoyable, you go through the trouble of picking a brand to eat.

Asexual with low/no libido- You are rarely hungry, and none of the cereal appeals to you.

Asexual with average/high libido- You are often hungry, but none of the cereal appeals to you.

Aegosexual-  Eating cereal sounds fun in theory but not in practice. You certainly have no interest in eating cereal yourself. You’d rather fantasize about other people eating cereal, thankyouverymuch. 

Gray Asexual- You only like Lucky Charms and Apple Jacks. And maybe Fruity Pebbles but you’re not quite sure.

Demisexual- You see a box of Trix. You are familiar with the rabbit on the box, due to the commercials you’ve seen. You always sympathized with the rabbit for never getting any Trix. There are things in life you’ve wanted but have never gotten. You feel a bond with the rabbit. Suddenly that box of Trix looks tasty.

Fraysexual- You see a box of Cocoa Puffs. You have never heard of Cocoa Puffs in your life. But something about it is oh-so-appealing. You pour yourself a bowl. As you start to eat, you catch a commercial for Cocoa Puffs on TV. You now know what the mascot on the box is like. You lose interest in Cocoa Puffs for reasons you cannot explain.

Lithosexual- You notice a box of Fruit Loops. You feel an urge to eat it. Toucan Sam comes to life and asks you to eat them. This makes you uncomfortable, so you leave to watch Netflix with the sex-repulsed ace.

Reciprosexual- You have no interest in any of the cereal. Not even that box of Frosted Flakes. But Tony the Tiger shows up wanting you to eat the Frosted Flakes. Now that he wants you to eat Frosted Flakes, you want to eat Frosted Flakes. 

Cupiosexual- You want to eat cereal, but none of the cereal looks appealing. Maybe if you grab that box of Corn Flakes, it’ll become appealing to you later? It’s happened to other people. You consider grabbing that box of Corn Flakes, just in case.

Orchidsexual- Some of the cereal looks appealing, but you have no interest in eating cereal.

Aceflux- None of the cereal looks good, so you close the pantry. A few days later, you decide to open the pantry again. Now, some of those brands look appetizing. You check the pantry again the next day. None of the cereal looks good anymore.

Quoisexual- You have no idea if you like a cereal because you want to eat it, or if you just think the box art is pretty. Does liking the box art count as wanting to eat it? Do you just like the mascot? Does liking the mascot count as wanting to eat the cereal? After reading everything I’ve written, you are still confused. You bang your head against the pantry in frustration.

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hey y’all!!

so i have a couple of things i wanna say: to preface this, the only neurodivergency i’m aware i have is tourettes. i’m not trying to glamorize ADHD/autism because it’s not some quirky little thing that means you’re hyperactive or anything like that, its damaging and much more than just hyperactivity. so-let’s go

a lot of people hate cleaning their room for multiple reasons right? but when your room is clean do you feel unwarranted anger?? the clutter makes me feel at ease and calm, but whenever i clean it i feel sad, anxious, angry, and just-the opposite of how i feel when it’s messy. this makes cleaning-anything really-a chore. i don’t have breakdowns over a clean room, but sometimes i will have a few choice words.

my room will literally be full to the brim of shit and i’d be in my bed all cozy, and then i’ll clean it and feel like crying. not even because of sentiment either; it’s genuinely making my room a different way than it normally is and-it causes SUCH discomfort for me idk

is there some other neurodivergency at play? can anyone with autism/ADHD/both help me here?

#autistic spectrum #undiagnosed adhd #undiagnosed autism #help?

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can we talk about the reality for american schools real quick? like-it’s genuinely so fucking sad that some of us go to school thinking it’s our last day on this earth because of guns and every other fucking thing. it’s so fucking sick that we have to do drills incase there are active shooters on fucking campus, but we have to do one every month. after the parkland shooting happened; florida introduced the ALICE drill, it’s what we do instead of a code red now. our principal comes on the intercom and gives a description of the “shooter” and admin jiggle doorknobs and pound on doors and try and get us to make a noise. after MY schools shooting, every school in the fucking surrounding area went into lockdown.

i was in fucking middle school for both. 8th grade. i should have been worrying about going to high school….not if there was a shooter coming to my fucking middle school to shoot it up.

we deal with so much fucking gun violence that when there’s a threat we just go “cool. i’ll tell my family i love them.” BECAUSE THATS OUR FUCKING REALITY NOW. ITS SO FUCKING BAD THIS YEAR AND-AND NO ONES DOING SHIT ABOUT IT. WE CANT PROTEST BECAUSE FUCKERS WILL BE LIKE “bUt OuR gUnS” TEACH PEOPLE TO BE KIND, TEACH YOUR KIDS NOT TO PLAY WITH GUNS! JUST STOP T H I S. I DON’T WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL THINKING ITS MY LAST DAY ANYMORE. NO ONE DOES. JUST PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD FIX THIS SO WE DONT HAVE THIS REALITY ANYMORE…..please….

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SO I FINISHED ENCANTO AND-

besides it being one of the best movies that released this year, can we talk about the plot? like-it had an amazing story line and the underlying message was even better…

to me, encanto hit so hard; you try your best and hardest to make your family proud and make everything out to be perfect but no one is perfect. don’t try and be something you aren’t, it only damages you in the long run.

i kinda like the redemption of abuela but at the came time-mmm idk

good movie :) camilo, bruno, antonio, julieta, and mirabel are my favorite characters and i kin luisa so-

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i had to turn off encanto last night because of second hand embarrassment but let me tell you

camilo is g e n d e r and bruno-i would die for him

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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays sweeties! I hope you're all staying safe and healthy. May you receive what your soul truly desires. Sending hugs all the way from where I am. ✨💞

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hey so c! george is one of my future cosplays (which will happen SOON) but i don’t know what to do, so: please send me some mushroom! george fanart/cosplays you want me to recreate and i’ll make a tiktok :]]

speaking of tiktok actually: follow it! https://vm.tiktok.com/ZM8TqttMW/ uh face reveal too i guess (unless there’s already one but yeah hi i look like that) ummm

#mcyt #georgenotfound #c!george #DREAMJUSTWENTLIVEOMG-

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he’s just a funky lil guy

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I grabbed my phone so fucking fast to take this

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It's incredibly hard to live with memory issues.

Whether you struggle with the short term, long term, recall, or the whole process, you're doing an amazing job.

All sorts of things can mess with our ability to remember things, from ADHD and other neurodivergence, to emotional or physical trauma to the brain, to substance and meds mismanagement. I'm so, so proud of you for trying, and for working through it.

Society insists you are worth less for forgetting, but I remember you and I assure you that is not the case.

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I love women who are unabashedly big.

Women with big laughs, big smiles, big voices, big bodies, and even bigger personalities to match. Women that don’t care if they take up space with long strides and sit with their legs miles apart.

They give big hugs and big kisses, and they have big hearts. Big, proud women are amazing.

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I HAVE YET TO EXPERIENCE THIS BUT OH MY GOD THATS A F E A R OF MINE ESPECIALLY NOW

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Explaining Tourette Syndrome

Let me start by saying that my account is not dedicated to Tourette Syndrome. I usually just post and reblog random nonsense and I still plan to do so. However, I just wanted to take a bit to do my best to briefly educate you on Tourettes. Feel free to ask any questions you have and I’d be more than happy to answer.

A few disclaimers before we begin:

- I cannot speak for every single person with Tourettes. It’s different for everybody.

- Tics does not always equal Tourettes.

- I personally don’t believe it’s a good idea to self diagnose yourself with Tourettes. That being said, I feel that diagnosing yourself with tics is completely okay.

What is Tourette’s?

Tourette Syndrome is a neurological disorder that involves the signals in ones brain going haywire. This is what causes unwanted movements and sounds, also known as “tics”.

What are tics?

As said before, tics are involuntary movements and sounds. There are all different kinds of tics such as simple, complex, motor, verbal and mental.

Simple motor tics may include:

- Sniffing

- Nose Scrunching

- Head Twitching

- Shoulder Shrugging

- Eyebrow Raising

And more. A simple motor tic I have is eye darting.

Complex motor tics may include:

- Jumping

- Arm Flapping

- Spinning

- Touching Other People

- Knees Buckling

And more. A complex motor tic I have is clapping.

Simple verbal tics may include:

- Whistling

- Throat Clearing

- Grunting

- Tongue Clicking

- Blowing

And more. A simple verbal tic I have is making a hiccuping sound.

Complex verbal tics may include:

- Imitation Of Sounds

- Making Animal Like Noises

- Differences In Speech Patterns

- Uttering Phrases That Are Out Of Context

- Yelling

And more. A complex verbal tic I have is stuttering.

Now here are some tics that will probably need a little bit more explaining.

Echopraxia (motor): A tic where we involuntarily mimic other people’s movements.

Copropraxia (motor): Involuntary obscene gestures. Not everyone with Tourettes has this. It varies from person to person.

Palilalia (verbal): A tic where we repeat our own words. One of the most frustrating

Coprolalia (verbal): The swearing tic. Only 10 percent of people have it. It is thought to be caused by damage to the amygdala, which is the section of the brain that controls anger and aggression. That is the science behind it, but when we swear, we are not usually angry or aggressive at all.

Echoskepsi (mental): Like echolalia, but we don’t say it out loud. Instead, we repeat things that other people say in our heads.

Coproskepsi (mental): Repeating swear words over and over in our heads and is totally out of control.

Paliskepsi (mental): This is the mental version of palilalia, involuntarily repeating our own words in our heads.

What is a premonitory urge?

A premonitory urge is the build up feeling that we get in our bodies before tics happen. Motor and verbal tics can usually be “relieved” by ticcing. And I use that term very loosely. Mental tics are a bit more difficult to get rid of. Again, it’s different for everyone.

This post is just a brief explanation of Tourette’s as well as what tics are. I hope this provided some kind of education to anyone who may come across it. Again, don’t hesitate to also any questions you might have. I’ll answer as soon as I can. Thank you for reading. /gen

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i-i guess i am on the aro spectrum 🤠

THATS ACTUALLY REALLY FUNNY I CANT BWAHAHAHAHA

THE REASON WHY IM LAUGHING SO DAMN HARD RN IS BECAUSE A YEAR OR TWO AGO ONE OF MY FRIENDS ASKED ME OUT AND I SAID MAYBE LETS TRY IT OUT FIRST THEN WE ENDED IT BECAUSE I SAID I WAS ARO (had to explain it to him tho) AND NOW A YEAR OR TWO LATER I WAS R I G H T

TO THE PERSON WHO REPLIED SAYING THE THING IT MAY BE THANK YOU BECAUSE OH MY GOD-

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another thing: i think i’m on the aromantic spectrum-like- i have crushes/fantasies of being in a relationship but when someone likes me/wants to be in a relationship with me i…feel disgusted?? or i feel weird??

don’t get me wrong, i love romance and stuff but it’s-i don’t think it’s for me to be IN a relationship, yk?? can any aros on this hellscape help me??

#lgbtqia+ #aromantic #aroace #help? #please?