DC’s Post-Convergence And Marvel’s Post-Secret Wars Female-led Ongoing Titles.

Some advice for when you’re writing and find yourself stuck in the middle of a scene:

kill someone

ask this question: “What could go wrong?” and write exactly how it goes wrong

switch the POV from your current character to another - a minor character, the antagonist, anyone

stop writing whatever scene you’re struggling with and skip to the next one you want to write

write the ending

write a sex scene

use a scene prompt

use sentence starters

read someone else’s writing

Never delete. Never read what you’ve already written. Pass Go, collect your $200, and keep going.

NOT PHOTOSHOPPED: Katerina Plotnikova Photography (Update)

Russian photographer Katerina Plotnikova (born 1987), with the help of professional trainers and their animals, has completed a series of brilliant photographs with the participation of ‘princesses’ and wild creatures, proving that you don’t need to be a master of Photoshop to achieve the images present only in fairy tales and dreams.

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So You Want To Make a Character..

I’ve got a few generators you can use.

Need some clothes?

Try Here

Here or Here Definitely here Steam punk clothing Char Style preference Dress

Need an Appearance idea?

Humanoid generator? check

Non-Humanoid? Got that too and this and maybe this Need Monsterpeople?  I’ve got you. Maybe you need Cats?

Need some details and shit like that?

Bam

Backgrounds and stuff? yep Personality. you need that shit Need something fandom related? World-building? location? got ya City generator hell yeah make your own god damn laws Oh shit someone died Landscape. CHAR DEVELOP QUESTION GEN Profile Thingy Have some dates Quirks

You thought I was done? Nope. Motha. Fuckin. Names.

So many fuckin names

MOTHERLOAD OF NAMES

Plant Names

Magic Book title

Just search ur ass up some names man

Items. Yeah. You heard me.

Medicine? got it

Items out the ass more items wow

Other shit.

Wow

Yep Plots More writing stuff This site has everything so fucking go for it Need AUs? How the shit did these two meet? Fanfic plots. you bet your ass. (tag me in the shit u write i wanna see what you get) What does it do thing (you come up with a better name for this one. fuckin fight me.

You bet your ass I will continue to update this. If you’ve got something I should add to this hmu. Now, go forth! Make characters and live yo life. UPDATE: Added more shit everywhere.

General Resources:

looking for a bathroom?

Trans Student Equality Resources

Trans Housing Network

All Our Worlds (Queer Book Database)

Our #Tags:

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articles

books

videos 

visibility

Questioning?

5 Common Insecurities The Don’t Mean Anything About Your Transgender Identity

8 Signs and Symptoms of Indirect Dysphoria (summary by Transgender Teen Survival Guide, article by Zinnia Jones)

Ask a Gender Therapist: Am I Transgender? (youtube video)

I think I might be transgender, now what do I do? (an article by AdvocatesForYouth.org)

Need help finding pronouns? / Here’s where to try them out

What Am I? (an article by Transgender Teen Survival Guide)

Coming Out

Coming Out (article by Trans Youth Family Allies)

Coming Out: The Plan (by Neutrois.me)

Coming Out Tips (by Transgender Teen Survival Guide)

Coming Out to Partners: Transgender and Nonbinary People (article by J. Lee Phelan)

Coming out stories:

On Coming Out as Genderqueer; or, My Life as a Bearded Lady (by Dustin L)

So Your Child is Non-binary: A Guide For Parents

Resources for Friends and Family

Understanding:

American Psychological Association: Answers to Your Questions About Transgender People, Gender Identity, And Gender Expression

So Your Child is Non-binary: A Guide For Parents

Everything You Need to Know About Nonbinary Identities (an article by Everyday Feminism)

in-depth interview with a nonbinary person about their identity (article from Zenger’s Newsmagazine)

Explaining Genderqueer to Those Who Are Not (an article by neutrois.me)

"forcing kids to stick to gender roles can actually be harmful to their health" (article by Tara Culp-Ressler)

Middle Sexes: Redefining He and She (an HBO documentary on gender variance available on Youtube)

Think Your Child Might be Transgender? (an article by GenderSpectrum.org)

What It Feels Like to be Transgender (article by Sophia Gubb)

8 Signs and Symptoms of Indirect Dysphoria (summary by Transgender Teen Survival Guide, article by Zinnia Jones)

Supporting:

A Support Guide for Parents, Families and Friends of Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming people (by PFLAG.org)

There’s No Such Thing as a “Sex Change” (video from TheGuardian.com about how to talk about transgender people)

find support groups for parents of transgender children and trans youth (USA)

Trans*Forming Family (a blog by the mother of a genderqueer child)

Transgender Parenting (articles from Egale Canada)

TransYouth Family Allies

Singular They

Merriam and Webster: Ask The Editor

Oxford English Dictionary

Wikipedia: Singular They

The Economist: Singular They

Legal

WPATH Standards of Care, version 7 (pdf) (The World Professional Organization for Transgender Health)

Transgender Law Center (USA)

Change your Name for Free - Civil Indigent Status (USA) (Tumblr post)

Transgender Surgeons in the U.S. (USA)

DMAB Resources

Presentation:

Women’s Clothing Terminology

Tucking How-to Guide

The Breast Form Store

Mastectomy Bras with Built In Flap for Breast Forms

How to Contour and Highlight Using Makeup | How to Apply Eyeliner with a Spoon | How to Apply Foundation | How to Apply Blush | How to Apply Eyeshadow

Eva Voice Training App

Transition:

Find a gender therapist

AMAB Hormone Guide (uses “MTF” wording)

AMAB Surgery Guide (uses “MTF” wording)

DMAB master post

DFAB Resources

Presentation:

The FTM’s Complete Illustrated Guide to Looking Like a Hot Dude

Underworks Binders | GC2B Binders

Mr. Limpy Soft Packers | The Real EZP (the only STP that actually works)

Transition:

Find a gender therapist

AFAB Hormone Guide (uses FTM wording)

AFAB Surgery Guide (uses FTM wording)

FTMSexTalk.tumblr.com (everything to do with sex as it relates to gender and transition - FTM-focussed but they also answer a lot of questions from AFAB non-binary people)

Hudson’s FTM Guide (tons of information about binding, HRT, and masculinization)

Janitor Queer (a blog by a genderqueer person on low-dose testosterone)

Neutrois Nonsense (for information about nonbinary-specific transition)

YouTubers:

OutOfThisBinary (collab channel)

welkin gender

Micah R

thecharliecharmander

queerascat

queerbb

benderqueer

Qubit Cuties (collab channel)

A few weeks ago my mom stapled pages of a story in one of her women’s magazines together and handed it to me. She gave it to me pretty much with the tag lines “for your feminist blog” and “something new to consider.” Indeed it was; she knows me well.

The story is titled “I was forced to be pregnant.” With a title like that, reading it was actually not on the top of my to read list. I thought it was about women not exercising their right to choice. I was very, very wrong on that one.

Have you ever heard of Reproductive coercion? It is a term that was quite recently coined by the advocates against domestic violence to describe a certain type of abuse some women face. It occurs when a man pressures their partner to have kids and/or impregnates them against their will. Reproductive coercion comes in three different types: 1. Emotional pressure that turns into verbal and physical abuse. 2. Sabotaging birth control 3. Marital rape Over 75% of women 19-49 who reported once experiencing domestic violence also endured some type of reproductive control by men. It’s all about control and domination over a woman’s body.

The first story in the magazine is about a woman who got married around 36 years of age. After a few months of dating her boyfriend talked excitedly about having children. After he proposed he began calling her “The Babymaker.” She then confided with him that one of her fallopian tubes was blocked. He in return insisted she see a fertility doctor. She recounts, “I had finally met a great guy who was eager to start a family with me. What woman wouldn’t fall for that?” Soon after her honeymoon he persisted on in an obsessive manner, but his efforts had to be temporarily halted as she had to get emergency back surgery. Alas, 6 months into recovery he was back to pressuring her again. She was in much pain at the time due to her back, but she agreed to In Vitro Fertilization. She then became pregnant, but soon miscarried. In response, her husband grabbed her by the neck, choking her. He apologized, blaming his outburst on his grief and had her sign up for another round of IVF. And then a third round. She tried to put him off with the excuse that she needed to weigh more before she could take treatments, her husband forced her to get on the scale often and filled the fridge with fattening foods. “It hurt that all I was good for was getting pregnant.” She recounts. At the end, he screamed at her, threatening to replace her with a maid if she couldn’t get pregnant and she told him she no longer wanted to have his child. He destroyed bedroom furniture, pushed her down the stairs and threatened her with a gun. She fled to a domestic violence shelter.

The second story was about a woman who faced marital rape. This woman was 40, had a then boyfriend and two children from a previous marriage. After telling her boyfriend she did not want any more children, her boyfriend refused to wear a condom and began to rape her.  She then became pregnant with her third child. Birth control was never an option for her because she couldn’t hide pills anywhere for he went through all of her belongings. Three months after giving birth, he raped her again, impregnating her with twins. She lost the twins in a physical fight with him, but soon became pregnant again. During her recovery she begged her obstetrician to remove her ovaries and devise a lie to tell him; that she had cancer. After a decade of sexual abuse and violence she was able to get a job that kept her out of the house and often times traveling.

One in four callers to the National Domestic Abuse hotline said that their partners had tried to force them to become pregnant. Why? As one woman stated, “Its like he wants to own me from the inside out.”  Having a baby is the perfect tie that binds. These type of abusers want to create a circumstance in which their partner is dependent on him.

WHAT’S THAT HAVE TO DO WITH PLANNED PARENTHOOD?

Many voters never consider how defunding these clinics could hurt victims of domestic violence who turn to them for counseling as well as pregnancy prevention. Abused women will turn to health care providers long before they will turn to domestic abuse hotlines and organizations. Many women in abusive relationships rely on life saving, affordable care programs such as Title X. It is critical that such places are open and operation when women and children need them so desperately.

He’s never gonna live it down

A bit late, but happy birthday you doof.

A snippet from an article on Huffington Post about what it means to be working poor.

Pretty spot on…