"On the darkest days, you have to search for a spot of brightness, on the coldest days you have to seek out a spot of warmth; on the bleakest days you have to keep your eyes onward and upward and on the saddest days you have to leave them open to let...
Rocky Horror is turning 50 next month and people still act like being gay was invented by Ellen in 1997
But honestly! Renowned French poet Théophile de Viau wrote the poetic ode to King James titled “The Duke of Buckingham,” containing the immortal lines “One man fucks Monsieur le Grand de Bellegarde/Another fucks the Comte de Tonnerre/And it is well known that the King of England/Fucks the Duke of Buckingham” exactly 400 years ago and people still act like being gay was invented by Oscar Wilde in 1890
Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep were buried together in the 25th century BC and people still act like being gay was invented by renowned French poet Théophile de Viau 400 years ago
Gilgamesh and Enkidu “loved each other like man and wife” in 2700 BC and ppl STILL act like being gay was invented by Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep in the 25th century BC
my dad took some ancestry tests and eventually found out who his father was (and that he has 5+ siblings who are also finding all of this out) and honestly it’s been pretty bizarre and emotional so far, naturally
but one of the biggest changes for me is no longer having to give the whole spiel of “oh i know i’m racially ambiguos but hey there’s a whole story behind it because this that and here’s my father’s backstory”
It’s Crohns And Colitis Awareness Week, so I’m going to bitch about this.
I have had Ulcerative Colitis for one-third of my life. It will never, ever go away. There’s no cure. The absolute most I can hope for is brief periods of remission.
I’ve missed out on a lot of life events that most people take for granted in their 20s and 30s. Like, I’ve been stuck in the bathroom for my kid’s field trips, grandparents’ funerals, work networking events, movie premiers, family holidays…
I also got written up at work for absences until I explained that I have this illness which will never go away and requested ADA accommodation to attend doctor appointments and medication infusions (without pay). And a cubicle close to the restrooms.
My employer demanded a doctor’s note, probably thinking I wouldn’t be able to get one.
Joke’s on them; my gastroenterologist was more than happy to sign a letter explaining why these accommodations were necessary.
The treatments available are for Inflammatory Bowel Disease are effective in only small percentages of the population, and most of them aren’t particularly safe. Steroids (prednisone) work great but wreck my blood sugar control, fuck with my mood, and make me fat. Most of the treatment options involve some level of immunosuppression, and that’s not a great thing in a post-COVID world that wants things to be “normal” again.
I’m currently on a kind of experimental treatment that targets mast cells, and it seems to be keeping things under control.
Only through research can a cure for #IBD - or even just effective AND SAFE medications - be realized.
If you’re interested in learning more, or donating to the Crohns & Colitis Foundation to help fund research and patient care programs, please visit https://tiltify.com/@sullivantwins/mrgl.
when james baldwin said “you think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. it was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.” I felt that big, big time
[ID: A full colored digital fanart of Xanxus, from the manga and anime Katekyo Hitman Reborn.
He’s drawn in a chibi-style, facing us. He holds onto a bitten piece of meat, with some bits of it next to his mouth. He smiles contentedly and smugly, black lines spreading from his figure across the picture on all sides.
