wild how trans people aren’t supposed to talk about being trans until asked about it, at which point we’re expected to be ready and willing to share every single detail of our lives/bodies, no matter how uncomfortable or personal
The Good of the Hive: Artist Matthew Willey Travels the World to Paint 50,000 Bees
In an effort to raise awareness about the plight of the humble honey bee, New York-based artist Matt Willey founded the Good of the Hive Initiative,
an ambitious project to personally paint 50,000 bees in murals around
the world. The number itself isn’t arbitrary, it takes about that many
bees to sustain a healthy beehive. So far Willey has completed 7 murals
including a large piece at the Burt’s Bees headquarters, and he keeps meticulous notes about the number of bees in each piece which he shares on his website.For more info you can read an interview with the artist at the Center for Humans and Nature website, and follow his progress on Instagram. And for more bee-centric murals, also check out London-based artist Louis Masai Michel’s similar Save the Bees project. (thnx, Laura!) Colossal
My biggest pet peeve is being talked to AS SOON as i wake up.
I hate that shit.
Stop tryin to communicate with me.
Stop askin me questions.
Im tryna understand the universe all over again dont talk to me yet ur gonna confuse me and piss me off.⚠️ MORNING PEOPLE DO NOT INTERACT! ⚠️
Do Home Depot employees ever wonder what the customers’ projects are? More specifically, do they wonder about mine?
One of my brothers works at Home Depot and the other works at Ace. I can confirm that they DO wonder.
“So this customer just… went in and bought every single tube of silicone we had. It wasn’t many, to be fair, but then they also bought a bunch of dirt. They were really fussy about the TYPE of soil too.”
“They’re a reptile keeper and they’re making a new vivarium. I can guarantee it. Ask them what species they keep next time. I want to know.”
(a few weeks later)
“They keep crested geckos.”
The U.S. in a gif series.
Pls keep reblogging this till this become a classic tumblr post , because it needs to be
The worst part of Pride each year is riding the subway late at night and seeing the gay guys, mostly the ones riding by themselves, slowly take off their rainbow stickers and beads and what-not in preparation for their walk alone in their neighborhood, doing their best to prevent the off-chance of being jumped. I saw one guy with a flag in his bag turn it upside down so it wouldn’t poke out.
So yeah, fuck that heterosexual pride day nonsense.
This is the saddest god damn thing I’ve read in awhile, mostly because I literally remember peeling my stickers off on my way home too for this reason
Two years ago in Budapest the organizers didn’t let anyone leave the place until we dropped all the rainbow flags into the trash cans and popped out the balloons, because people were waiting outside the cordons to get and beat us. Sadly the situation was so bad that even without the flags, we couldn’t leave for a good two hours after the event anyway. There were hundreds of people just waiting to be able to get home safely, but we simply couldn’t walk out of the place because of those assholes.
In the end, the police made us leave in smaller groups via subway. They closed down the stations closest to ours, so we could avoid running into the people waiting us outside.
This was in Budapest, in Europe, 2014. I hate this world we live in.And this is why #heterosexualpride makes me so angry.
I know this kid who was leaving Pride, trying so badly to rub off the rainbow paint on his cheek because his dad was abusive and didn’t know he was gay or at pride. I was on the bus with him and he was close to tears, he cheek red, and I had my make up bag and there was a packet of wet wipes, so I went up and sat next to him and helped him rub it off. We’ve been best friends ever since.
Heterosexual pride my ass
This is so fucking important. There are way too many human beings that are so ashamed of who they are because people just can’t accept diversity and it’s so sad. you can’t be fucking butt hurt when people celebrate minorities and people that have been suppressed, rather than groups that are wildly accepted and loved. Don’t try and take away from someone’s fucking happiness. Check. Your. Fucking. Privilege.
No offense but everyday is heterosexual pride day cause there is no one telling you guys that your way of like is wrong. So please just give us one month to be ourselves and celebrate diversity.
This is basically a post for people who think that the world is accessible for those who are disabled, although this is centred around those who use a wheelchair.
And this doesn’t include when people park in disabled spaces without a badge, or question those who park in disabled spaces who don’t use a chair.
The first picture is of a disabled parking space, where the snow has been pushed into that space whilst people were clearing the car park. This also happens when snow ploughers push the snow to the side of the road and onto the pavement as it blocks the dipped down pavement where wheelchair users can get on/off of the pavement and most wheelchairs struggle to be able to push through the snow.
The second picture is of a lift/elevator in Boots a store in the UK, where there are baskets and cases in front of the lift, which block wheelchair users from using it and accessing other levels in the store.
The third picture is of a zebra crossing with a lowered pavement for wheelchair users, and there is an island in the middle with a normal height curb, which blocks wheelchair users, and it means they have to go around, along with having bollards near the entrance which don’t look wide enough to fit a wheelchair through.
The fourth picture is that of a ramp, which has a step in order to get onto the ramp. (I’m pretty sure they didn’t even try.)
The fifth picture is of a ramp with a tree in the middle, which doesn’t have enough room on either side for a wheelchair to get through.
The sixth picture is of a very very steep ramp, which even if you have someone pushing your chair you probably won’t be able to get up it!
The seventh picture is of a disabled parking space, which has a ramp leading to the entrance, which again has steps in order to access the ramp.
The eighth picture is of ‘disabled parking’, where non of the spaces have room to allow chairs to get out of the car, except at the back. They are just normal spaces where a blue sign has been placed in an attempt to make the parking ‘wheelchair accessible’.
The ninth picture is of a reception desk which is too high for wheelchair users to access, as they can’t be seen, due to the fact that they are smaller than the desk.
The final picture is of a ramp which only goes halfway up the curb, essentially meaning there is a step at the top of the ramp.
If anybody still thinks the world isn’t staked against those who are disabled, then I honestly worry about you.
You make good points, but you can’t say the world is actively against the disabled. There are a good many buildings who need to accommodate for them, and some haven’t for a myriad of reasons. Some places’ll do the bare minimum to keep the law from breathing down their necks, but that’s all.
However, this doesn’t mean that the ‘world is staked against’ the disabled. Some places have really nice accomodations, and other places go above and beyond. Let’s try not to generalize.
People with disabilities are among the most marginalized groups in the world. WHO
83% of women with disabilities will be sexually abused in their lifetime bpvav
Children with disabilities are five times more likely to be abused bpvav
The amount of people with disabilities that drop out of Uni have doubled in a year the guardian
Goodwill pay their disabled employs less than a $1 per hour aljazeera
Families with a person with disabilities are more likely to live in poverty gov twice as likely according to scope
Disabled people are less likely to be employed gov
Disabled people are three times less likely to have any qualifications, and are half as likely to have a degree gov
Over 25% of disabled people have said they don’t frequently have control of their own lives gov
Disabled people are more likely to experience discrimination at work than those who aren’t disabled gov
About a third of people with disabilities experience difficulties accessing public, commercial and leisure goods and services gov
About a fifth of disabled people have difficulties accessing public transport gov
Disabled people are more likely to be a victim of crime than non disabled people gov
1 in 3 households with a disabled person do not live in decent accommodation (this could be linked with the poverty statistic) gov
1 in 5 people with disabilities who need adaptations in their home believe their accommodation isn’t suitable
Disabled men make 11% less than non disabled men per hour, and women 22%
- 38 per cent of people believe disabled people are a burden on society
- 28 per cent of people believe there is Ill feeling around the perceived extra support given to disabled people (28 per cent
- More than a quarter (27 per cent) of people think disabled people are treated differently because there is a lack of knowledge around disability
- Nearly two-thirds (65 per cent) of people have admitted they avoid disabled people because they don’t know how to act around them
- More than half (52 per cent) of people assume disabilities are physical
- Only 7 per cent of people would consider mental disability when told that a person is disabled
- Only 26 per cent of people class facial disfigurement as a disability
- More than a third (34 per cnt) don’t consider hearing loss to be a disability.
- One hundred and eighty disability hate crimes are committed every day in this country.
- Fear and loss of confidence are the most common consequences of disability harassment.
- Prosecutions and convictions for disability hate crime fell in 2011/12 after rising three years in a row – only partly due to fewer referrals from the police
TLDR: disabled people do not have life handed to them on a plate, there are so many things that people could do to make our lives easier, but they don’t. things like the pictures above were a visual example, and the sad thing is, I found all these pictures on sites that stated they were hilarious.
The world is staked against disabled people, and so are the people, and yes not everyone is, but stop implying that disabled people have it easy, but some of the world is actively against disabled people, and some of it isn’t, but when it comes down to it, disabled people have a hard time, and a lot have to fight for basic rights.
And I’m going to presume that you aren’t disabled, and I’m sorry for making an assumption, because I know better than anyone that invisible disabilities are all too common, so please don’t try to tell us what it’s like to live with a disability if you have no idea what it’s like yourself
Random person: well this medication you’re taking is just treating the SYMPTOMS of your disease, it’s not actually helping you
Me, internally screaming: I have a CHRONIC illness. THERE IS NO CURE. I will take what I can get.
How is treating symptoms NOT helpful?!?
Seriously. Because pain pills aren’t going to heal your broken bone, but they sure as heck make it easier to deal with it. Half of medicine is treating symptoms. Which is obviously not the only goal of medicine, but when there is no way to treat the underlying cause, it is becomes the goal. And even if there is a way to treat the cause (as in the broken bone above mentioned), symptom management is still important. And helpful. And in chronic illness, it makes the difference between being unable to live and being able to function.
Until we find cures for chronic illness, and they become free and accessible, people who bash symptomatic treatment can catch these (chronic pain ridden) hands.
PALLIATIVE CARE IS A LEGITIMATE THING, PARTICULARLY IF YOU HAVE A CHRONIC ILLNESS.
hot take: jake peralta is bi and john mulaney plays his ex boyfriend from high school in season six of brooklyn nine-nine
YES
QueerGalaxies 