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irradiatedlady:

Ever wanted to get into Dungeons and Dragons but didn’t know how or felt intimidated by game shops? Joined a group only to be made to feel bad for being a newbie or were made uncomfortable by rude men at the table? Just wanna chill and talk D&D with a group of super rad women and NB folks?

There’s a discord channel for that! We’re only a week old but we’ve already surpassed 100 members and they’re all lovely, inclusive as heck and welcoming. We do weekly events (like movie screenings!) and have already gotten 3 games started via our “looking for a group” sub channel. We also boast a really robust resources sub channel that acts as a comprehensive tabletop RPG library. 

If you’d like an invite shoot me a message and I’ll hook ya up! If it’s not for you but you’re still hype about it, reblog so lots of folks can see this rad community! Thanks!! 💖💕

sassytail:

never let people forget that the main target of nazis are jews.

Lgbt people are targets, black people are targets, other poc are targets.

but their main targets are always Jews. don’t forget about us. Don’t forget that they’re targeting jews. 

because everyone seems to be doing so, and its not fair. We’re real people, being targeted. our death, our elimination, is being Claimed as a main goal publicly on television by these neo-nazis. 

You don’t get to leave us out of your solidarity posts about the victims and targets of these white supremacists. 

To do so is to perpetuate the very antisemitism that these people are spreading. To do so is to be complicit in these neo-nazis goals. 

I know most people making posts in solidarity with the targets of these people mean well, but you can’t leave out their main target, for any reason. 

Please, if you’re not jewish, reblog this. 

that-nonbinary-guy:

neurodeervergent:

howtoautism:

how to NOT have meltdowns in shopping malls please

I don’t think I’m supposed to answer to this but since I just was one the same situation yesterday, maybe I can actually help.

-Headphones. If you have nothing that can muffle sounds, maybe you can at least use them to listen to your favourite music or podcasts as you walk around.
(I didn’t have any, and was constantly in ready-to-meltdown mode from all the noise)

-Stims. I managed to calm myself down by hugging myself real tight for about a minute. It was a good way to pressure-stim off that energy that comes with having a meltdown. But do whatever feels right to you. Stim hard. It feels embarrassing probably, yeah, but I guess having a meltdown in public is worse…

-Have a conversation. If you’re going with a friend or a family member, and you’re still able to speak, talk to them and let the conversation distract and calm you.

-Take a break. Most malls have public restrooms. You can go there to cool off for a while. Splash your face with water (unless you don’t like that), wash your hands with very cold water (that can be useful if you feel like pain or intense stimulation helps you), lock yourself in a cabin and close your eyes and breathe deeply for a while until you feel better.

Just gonna add onto the headphone one, get a pair of Bluetooth earbuds, the kind with the squishy ear parts cuz those muffle sound! And wear them wherever you go. Theres some for like $10 at target (the $30 ones are more comfy if u have small inner ears like me) And they’ve been worth every penny for me. Nobody will think anything of it and you can just put them in your ears whenever it’s too loud! You don’t even have to listen to music they just make everything quieter it’s saved me from so many potential sensory overloads!

Bluetooth ear buds have been a HUGE help to my anxiety levels in loud places. They’re also really good for crowded doctors’ offices…otherwise my heart rate and bp would really be at skyrocket levels.

Things I want really badly:

+ Dog (small dog for now, house is not big, and especially not when filled with 3 adults)

+ Tattoo(s) (not sure if want to go for one to start or to say fuck it and go for one on each upper arm to start; have ideas on both)

+ Haircut

Things I am getting tomorrow (today?):

+ Haircut

This message brought to you by Victory Brewing Company’s Golden Monkey ale, which tastes great but, at a 9.5% ABV, sometimes hits me a little like a Mac truck.

A friendly reminder to my gentile friends re: Charlottesville

prismatic-bell:

There are a bunch of posts going around about donating to local Charlottesville charities in the face of the hate march, and I think this is a great idea.

Do you wanna know an even better idea?

Donate in multiples of $18.

Here, I’ll explain!

Hebrew is a numeric language. That is, all of its words have a numeric value. If you’ve ever seen the movie π, by Darren Aronofsky, there’s a great scene with a Chasidic Jew who explains a little about this and shares a word problem that hinges on it. So there are lots of puns and things that don’t translate, because, well, even if English had numeric values, we can’t guarantee they’d be the same, you know?

So, let’s take a second and talk about chai. Not the tea, the Hebrew word:
חי. Those of you who followed my conversion may know this is also (part of) my Hebrew name, in its feminine form:
חייה. It means “life.” Chai, you can imagine, is a great word! Lots of kids named Chaim (male) or Chaya (female). “L’chaim,” or “to life,” is the traditional Jewish toast. Our most important holiday, Yom Kippur, features a greeting that translates to “may you be inscribed in the Book of Life.” We talk a lot about chai.

And chai, as you may have guessed, has a numeric value of 18.

It’s a very common Jewish practice to give cash gifts in multiples of $18. For Chanukkah last year I donated $36 to my nieces’ Hebrew school, $18 for each of them, without even a moment’s thought to sync up “what I can afford” with “what’s appropriate and meaningful.” My temple does their donation forms in multiples of $18, with a couple of nominally-normal numbers like $50. It’s one of those cool little cultural things. And I promise you, if Charlottesville gets flooded with $18 donations, the white supremacists and Nazis setting up camp there will notice, and they will know what it means.

Fight the 1488 with the 18.

Fight hate with life.

(Non-Jews, feel free to reblog and share this to other platforms. In fact I genuinely and unironically hope you do, because I’d love to see this take off among gentile donators who want a great, nonviolent way to offer a one-two punch.)