Avalon Woodard @Avalon@social.tchncs.de

fuck, this is bleak

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/sharpies

I haven't done any research on bottom surgery for trans women in like twenty years - back when I was figuring out I was trans and coming out. then I stopped paying attention to it because I didn't have any money and didn't expect ever to have any money, so why torture myself. but now I have good insurance and see money and am thinking I'd like to pull this fucking trigger but I have no idea where to start researching. are you someone who knows anything about this? help

"The ritual is complete, and you are now a lichenthrope."

"Yes! It's always what I've dreamed of."

"Every month on the full moon you will now turn into a mat of fungus and algae."

"Wait what?"

I've long assumed that my birthday falling at the end of International Clown Week was more than a mere coincidence.

This year, I'll be unofficially celebrating all night in our #CircusInPlace video chat.

Please pop in starting at 7pm (UTC-5) to have a coffee with the birthday fool, watch my partners and I practice some acrobatic silliness, and chat with the lovely Fediverse people who keep this soon to be slightly more vintage village idiot company.

https://meet.jit.si/CircusHomeGym

Finally starting to get my website to a place where I am proud of it. Constructive feedback welcomed. www.kennamlindsay.com
#art #artist #photography #painting #clouds

Anyone got any tasty vegetarian dishes for someone who can't cook?

People, throwing stuff at me: THINK FAST
Me, actual juggler and fast-thinker : Ok, done.

Sometimes when I hear the number for the suicide prevention hotline given, I feel a bit skeptical about the delivery.

Because I imagine myself in their place.

It's one thing to go "yes I want to kill myself I should talk to someone about it"

and another to not realize "I want to die" is not a normal feeling to have in most cases. But you're not suicidal, right?

I've used these hotlines before (I'm not one for talking, so I usually use the chat lines. If you feel you are in crisis, go to this site, and it will direct you to which number to text and what to say https://www.crisistextline.org/ )

but only ONE time did I recognize I felt suicidal. Most of the time I felt like dying, and that my problems didn't matter.

That's why I personally feel maybe while you should mention suicidal ideation when giving out these hotlines, you should also mention being "in crisis" or "having a crisis"

Now, I know they're trained not to hang up, but never once after using one of these did I feel like I wasted their time after I calmed down.

How do you define crisis? For some it might be that their world is ending. That they see no hope. and yes, "Covid has ruined my life and I can't cope" IS a crisis.

In which case I hope you use the hotline, as above.

This is not meant to be a subtoot of anything. I just feel we need to change the dialogue around suicide. Around mental health. Talk about what is and isn't an acceptable thought to have.

PSA: if you are thinking of hurting yourself violently, or going to sleep and not waking up, that's a bad sign, get some help!

ATTEC608 piercing for your secure signing. Also for the sake of cyberpunk.

Happy International Clown Week!

Here's a minor victory we unlocked during last night's #CircusInPlace video chats:

https://share.tube/videos/watch/0d319d47-e5a2-45d7-a3b3-e600f37b7e5e

I'll be lying here on the couch letting my abs rest until Monday, when we'll be back for more of these shenanigans.

#clown #juggling #circus #acrobatics #gymnastics #SillyHumanTricks

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#YouTube #PeerTube #SoundCloud #Privacy