The Aposematic Girl

Reminder that this blog is dead. If you like video games, go follow my blog...

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 13:45:49 -0400

Reminder that this blog is dead. If you like video games, go follow my blog lyrium-ghosts.tumblr.com. If you like nature, animals, and feminism, or want to see personal posts by me, go follow my new personal blog catnip-gardens.tumblr.com. This has been an announcement.

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Fri, 15 Feb 2013 00:32:24 -0500

my new personal blog is keep-me-secret-keep-me-safe.tumblr.com i’ll never post nudes there...

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 00:14:09 -0500

my new personal blog is keep-me-secret-keep-me-safe.tumblr.com

i’ll never post nudes there ever and anon is disabled 4 lyf

"Sometimes you miss the memories, not the person."

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 01:54:07 -0500

“Sometimes you miss the memories, not the person.”

- Unknown (via onlinecounsellingcollege)

apostates: mostly known as the “thank you for following me,...

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 23:28:59 -0500

apostates:

^{mostly known as the “thank you for following me, putting up with my fangirling and being the best bunch of followers EVER” giveaway!}

so to celebrate all 1,686 of you and to celebrate the smoochy time of year, i figured i’d combine the two and do a little giveaway because i appreciate every single one of you.

^{because i straddle two fandoms i thought i’d make it fair and offer up something for everyone. so for the DA fandom? the chance to own one of the DA2 companion necklaces i make (if the winner is more of a DA:O person then I’d be willing to swap in either one of my new Grey Warden necklaces or, if it’s the origin of your choosing, a Cousland Crest necklace) and for the ME fandom? the chance to own one of the Paragon/Renegade/Paragade necklaces (that are brand new in my shop)}

1 winner will be announced on the 14th of February. if the post reaches over 400 notes? 2 winners will be announced.

rules

i. this is a follower giveaway, so you have to be following me. don’t be a jackass and just follow for the sake of free stuff though, but new followers are always welcome!
ii. likes don’t count, only reblogs. reblog as much as you want but do not piss off your followers! (i don’t want any angry mobs on my doorstep)
iii. must be willing to give me your postal address (duh!)
iiii. open worldwide! you’re all worth the extra postage.

also to mark this giveaway, my store (www.landofrapture.co.uk) is offering 15% off until the giveaway has ended! just enter LOR15 to the coupon code box upon checkout for the discount to be applied! if you purchase something from my store and then win also (gosh, aren’t you lucky) then you’ll have free postage added to your order!

good luck!

I’d kill a man for either the Swashbuckler one or the Lyrium Ghost one.

"Most people on food stamps work full time. They work full time but they don’t have enough money to..."

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:01:59 -0500

“Most people on food stamps work full time. They work full time but they don’t have enough money to pay for food for their kids. So really, in some ways, food stamps are about a business subsidy because it allows low wage business workers to… feed their families and continue working. But we call it charity, or the Republicans call it charity. They want to cut food stamps so badly that every church, synagogue, mosque, house of worship in the United States—every single one—[would] have to raise an additional $50,000 every year for ten years to replace what he wants to cut. It’s not gonna happen. It’s not gonna work.”

- Sister Simone Campbell [x]

I like how she articulates the simple financial impossibility of religious organizations being able to replace government aid. I’d like to add that, of course, there are so many people who have trouble receiving aid from religious institutions because they’re LGBT and/or non-religious or have a fraught relationship to religion… aid is a human right—and, as she points out, a business subsidy as well as a subsidy to food companies—which people should be able to receive in a secular setting.

(via mswyrr)

Sister Simone Campbell for Pope.

(via stfuconservatives)

^ seconded

fauxrebel: They are sooo gorgeous.

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 19:01:29 -0500

fauxrebel:

They are sooo gorgeous.

thelivingwiccan: multi: ogyawn: Scenes from L.A.’s growing...

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:01:29 -0500

thelivingwiccan:

multi:

ogyawn:

Scenes from L.A.’s growing alchemist problem.

This is so amazing. I have an idea for this summer.

I can’t even draw a circle that good on paper

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Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:01:52 -0500

tehjessicat: bubblegumcalliope: thischick25: cosmicbreadcrum: ...

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 13:01:16 -0500

tehjessicat:

bubblegumcalliope:

thischick25:

cosmicbreadcrum:

Queued ^^

::stares::

::just… stares::

whoa

I have short, stubby fingernails.

I would grow them out for this.

jealously hating whoever owns this stuff

guypigeotto: Fun fact: the NSW department of education specifically blocks any results in its...

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 11:01:22 -0500

guypigeotto:

Fun fact: the NSW department of education specifically blocks any results in its servers related to, but not limited the following: abortion, alternative sexuality, alternative medicine, alternative spirituality/beliefs, alternative lifestyles, art/culture, LGBT and sex education.

trying to write papers about LGBT issues in high school without a home computer was real fun

nohetero: mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 09:01:06 -0500

All settled in.

Big yawn!

nohetero:

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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Tue, 12 Feb 2013 22:06:37 -0500

I guess I’m not allowed to delete this blog (my ‘primary’ blog) without deleting...

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:47:45 -0500

I guess I’m not allowed to delete this blog (my ‘primary’ blog) without deleting my other ones, which I don’t want to do. So I’m basically abandoning this blog. Huge middle finger to like 50% of you. Enjoy the queue while it lasts.

tt cmon

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:25:26 -0500

the fact that this is the only time of week I ever get questions really says something about the quality of my followers

natural-magics: Amethyst Moon Amulet, available on my...

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:01:32 -0500

natural-magics:

Amethyst Moon Amulet, available on my Etsy. amethyst is an excellent crystal to aid meditation, restful sleep, peaceful dreams, and overcoming addictions.

Crying because nice things

"No writing is wasted. Did you know that sourdough from San Francisco is leavened partly by a..."

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:01:25 -0500

“No writing is wasted. Did you know that sourdough from San Francisco is leavened partly by a bacteria called lactobacillus sanfrancisensis? It is native to the soil there, and does not do well elsewhere. But any kitchen can become an ecosystem. If you bake a lot, your kitchen will become a happy home to wild yeasts, and all your bread will taste better. Even a failed loaf is not wasted. Likewise, cheese makers wash the dairy floor with whey. Tomato gardeners compost with rotten tomatoes. No writing is wasted: the words you can’t put in your book can wash the floor, live in the soil, lurk around in the air. They will make the next words better.”

- Erin Bow (via writersrelief)

This I like.

(via jjtaylor)

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Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:01:32 -0500

brokyen: my room was getting cold so i went to check if my vent was open and

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:01:29 -0500

brokyen:

my room was getting cold so i went to check if my vent was open and

"Anita Posey was a dedicated caseworker for children at the Dept. of Social Services for 20 years...."

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 13:01:12 -0500

“Anita Posey was a dedicated caseworker for children at the Dept. of Social Services for 20 years. Her boyfriend was a drug addict and dealer, and an extremely violent man. She had black eyes, a fractured nose, broken tooth and lips, three cracked ribs, and other injuries over the years. She shot him in defense of her baby, after he had thrown the baby at the wall. The court wrongfully convicted and sentenced her, stating that she had time to think between the time her boyfriend threw the baby and the time she picked up the gun “60 to 90 seconds” and unjustly called it premeditated.”

- The Michigan Women’s Justice & Clemency Project

because i’m just fucking sick and tired of everybody wanting to “talk” about and “complicate” yet another fucking murdering man’s life and history—I decided to highlight the women of Michigan who are currently in prison/serving life sentences for murdering abusive male partners and/or committing crimes under threat of abuse by male partners.

Anita Posey struck me as particularly important to highlight because her case points to exactly how fucked up the situation is for mothers in particular—do you know HOW many fucking women I’ve spotlighted/done stories on through the fucking YEARS who have been imprisoned for 20 yrs, some times life, because they *didn’t* “defend” their children? Do you know how many women are sitting in prison right now for the crime of being abused by their partner and not being able to stop their partner from abusing their children?

and yet, a woman kills the man who has beat her WHILE he’s hurting her children—and she STILL winds up in prison.

THESE WOMEN are the people who we DESPERATLY need to understand. along with the cultural mentality in the US that expects women to not only stop men from raping them and beating them, but also expects them to stop men from abusing the kids—while ALL OF SOCIETY STANDS BY AND WATCHES.

(via illegalplumpudding)