On Wednesday, September 1, 2021, Texas’s new law, S.B. 8, went into effect. This law effectively bans abortion in the state AND asks private citizens to act as bounty hunters to “enforce” the law.
Then, in the dead of the night, the Supreme Court turned its back on 50 years of precedent, rendering Roe v. Wade effectively meaningless in Texas. The Supreme Court allowed Texas’s unconstitutional six week abortion ban to go into effect. Six weeks is before many people know that they’re pregnant.
This is an attack on human rights and Texas law sets a dangerous legal precedent and could clear a path for states to override people’s constitutional rights. If the courts let this bill stand we can expect to see similar bills introduced in states across the country.
Abortion is health care. Yet politicians are consistently attacking access to that care (even during a pandemic).
Tumblr, let’s rally our voice and speak out against this ban.
Hey! Sorry to bug ya, but I noticed you had a bunch of modern interpretations of She-ra characters and was wondering if you had one of Light Hope lying around? If not, no sweat! I was just curious. I combed through your archive and didn't find anything, so I thought I'd ask. I love the art you have on the characters I did find. It's gorgeous. I hope you're doing well!
Howdy! I’m glad you like my au designs!!!
I don’t have a design for Light Hope yet, and I don’t have a design for Castaspella or Shadow Weaver either, among a few others! There are some characters I’m slightly stuck on for au designs, but I’m sure I’ll sort it out eventually!
Damn I oughta draw my She-Ra human au shenanigans again. It’s been too damn long. But so many thanks to everyone who keeps liking and reblogging those sketches, I truly appreciate the love you all have for them <3
i just kinda automatically think of all my mutuals as my age but then one person will mention getting married and having a baby and another will mention going into their junior year of high school and i’m like wait what
Mutual 1: my husband bought me roses today!!
Me:your what
Mutual 2: *gets an ask that congratulates them with their 14th birthday*
Sewing! I know this comes sometimes into home ec, but gosh dangit I learned to at least do a basic stitch and work a sewing machine! And I made some sleep pants!
Add a class about doing taxes. Many adults dont even understand taxes.
As someone who grew up with and still lives with her folks who grow their own vegetables (and some berries), learning to grow even just a few kinds of edible plants and how to prepare/store them is INCREDIBLY helpful. If you have the time, space, and the means, growing/cooking/storing your own produce can save you money and provide you with a LOT more healthy food than buying from a store. Even just having a few healthy zucchini plants can be a game changer; zucchini can be added to plenty of foods, even baked goods, to boost the nutritional value.
So you should also learn safe and proper canning methods, how to properly store food in freezers, and maybe even how to dry/dehydrate things like fresh herbs or fruits. And again, TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO COOK SO THEY CAN FEED THEMSELVES!
Also can we p l e a s e start some kind of project to rehabilitate long-dead strip malls and their parking lots into community gardens so people in food deserts or other non-rural communities can also have the opportunity for some self-supporting gardening? And it would be better for the environment anyway.
THIS is the real pansexual flag we’ve been using for years:
bright pink, yellow, and blue stripes. this is the actual one.
THIS however, is made by mspec lesbian exclusionists and purity culture obsessed twt users:
dont use this or any other “new” pan flag they try to fucking make. its not our flag. its never been our fucking flag. as a pansexual i fucking hate everyone who uses this or tries to get content creators to support this. fuck exclusionists.
Signal boosting for my fellow pannies out there❤️❤️
oh man, the fake flag is so fucking ugly, muted colors just like the boring personality of whoever created it
ok not to be That Person but please, please rb. its incredibly important for us pan folk that our flag doesnt get erased
Anonymous sent: i don't really understand why you would be pro-zoo. like i understand nature reserves and sanctuaries where people can observe from afar, but it doesn't seem right to me when they're locked up in generally small confined areas for people to watch them do nothing all day. idk maybe i'm getting this wrong, and i still really respect you, i just don't understand this. like i interned at a zoo and felt uncomfortable with how small their living areas were and how they had no stimulation
Good zoos do not keep their animals in “tiny spaces” with no enrichment. I’m not pro-roadside zoo. I’m pro-accredited zoo. Zoos are incredibly important for conservation and education.
There should be way more pictures of modern zoos so i just add some more
Seriously zoos do so much important conservation work as well I hate when people shit all over zoos as if the animals are locked up and not looked after
The SF Zoo has two sea lions. Now, if you know SF, you know that sea lions are a Thing. They’re all over Pier 39 and various other beaches in N California. In fact, the zoo is near the ocean, so there are sea lions not 200 yards from the zoo entrance. So having sea lions in the zoo seems sort of superfluous.
Except the sea lions are blind. One was found as an adult after suffering a gun shot wound to the face that destroyed his eyes. The other was found as an adolescent, weak and starving because it had been blinded and unable to hunt. So they were rescued and introduced and the zoo built them a nice pool where they can swim and sunbathe and people toss them fish. It’s not the biggest exhibit, or the fanciest. But it’s a home for them, where they’re safe and well fed. Sea lions aren’t the most romantic of animals, but they’re a part of SF culture and a lot of us have a soft spot for the loud, bulbous things. And because of zoos, these two get to live long, happy lives.
Whenever anyone complains about zoos, I think about Silent Knight and Henry.
I think it’s St. Louis zoo that is saving big cats in Africa. Scientists couldn’t figure out what was killing off the local lion population. They were dying off from Canine Distemper. The local unvaccinated dogs of the towns would spread the disease to other animals or have it themselves. When the lions ate the infected animals they would catch it as well. You know what that Zoo is doing to stop this disease? They are going over to those towns and vaccinating the dogs for free. The community loves it and people from other villages comes for miles to get their dogs vaccinated as well.
They also do work with camel populations because the local human population use the camels for food sources the zoos help monitor the camels health.
Another zoo, I want to say it’s the Oregon zoo but don’t quote me on that, is helping female inmates. The zoo works with the female prisons by encouraging the inmates to assist in the breeding and raising of endangered species of butterflies. They plant the specific plants that the butterflies and catapillars need, raise them, and release them. These inmates get noted in any scientific journals that get published. They are giving these inmates a sense of accomplishment and validation.
Zoos not only save species but bring together and assist communities in an effort to save the environment. Zoos, good zoos, are essential to the future and I will fight anyone who tries to say otherwise.
PS you don’t see PETA doing any of this.
One of the local zoos in my area at one point rescued a bald eagle that had been shot and kept it in the zoo to let it recuperate until they freed it again. Some of the zoos in my state will keep injured animals there until they heal again.
Helsinki Zoo is the world leader in snow leopard and Amur leopard conservation, in their care these endangered species have managed to breed more than anywhere else in captivity and this in turn has enabled the re-introduction of these animals back to their native habitats. https://www.korkeasaari.fi/helsinki-zoo/
I work at a zoo that is instrumental in the California Condor recovery program (among dozens of other conservation projects). We went from 42 surviving individuals left to over 400, over 200 of whom are in the wild. We’re part of the amur leopard species survival plan with two young animals who are eagerly attempting to make babies. We host one of North America’s only bachelor troops of western lowland gorillas, preserving the social structure of wild gorillas. All of our bald eagles are rescues who would not survive in the wild. All our keepers participate in field research and conservation work in addition to a full time team of conservationists. We host the most genetically valuable male Masai giraffe in North America, who has sired 5 offspring with 1 on the way, increasing the genetic diversity of his entire species. If you’re against zoos, you don’t know what zoos do.
Super, SUPER important thread.
Also zoos tend to do a lot of breeding and conservation work with smaller, less charismatic species like invertebrates and amphibians. Those species are extremely important in the ecosystem but don’t get the same notoriety as the charismatic megafauna.
I live near Pittsburgh and their zoo and aquarium are while they are currently fighting with the city to get permission to turn their unused, old bear enclosures into new habitat space (the city wants to argue the bear habitats are “historical” and need to be preserved. Which is idiotic and a waste of potential space that would make more animals happier), they have done some FANTASTIC work:
First successful African elephant birth in North America since 1982. Calf was born in September of 1999. They’ve since had multiple successful elephant births.
Multiple Amur tiger cubs born to their female, Toma.
I’m not sure if this has changed due to how some zoos will send big cats to new homes, but last time I checked their lions were rescues from irresponsible roadside zoos, circuses, or illegal pet trade. They were responsible in keeping said cats out of the breeding program because they couldn’t verify their parentage.
Despite the horrible incident caused by irresponsible visitors in 2012 that resulted in the death of one African painted dog and the closure of their exhibit, the zoo rehomed all the remaining dogs to responsible facilities.
Help rehabilitate and return sea turtles to the wild.
Rehabilitated an orphaned and ill elephant seal pup named Coolio. This was a first for the zoo. He sadly passed due to congenital health problems, but the zoo has also taken in two females named Ellie Mae and Nessie, the latter of which was accepted from a SeaWorld facility.
They’re hoping to get that permit to expand and make those new enclosures, because it will allow them to house their Asian animals in a healthier enclosure, but they already do the best they can for their animals. They’re also a non-profit!
Man I rarely get on here to post anymore but I am always overwhelmed with joy when I see all the comments, likes, and reblogs on my She-Ra human au art. I’ll have to work up the ol’ muse to make some more doodles of this au because I have so much fun doing it and I genuinely love seeing how happy it makes folks. <3
