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Top 10 Reasons to know Sign Langauge:

lazyleezard:

lilredsketch:

crayons-suck:

tomg84:

1. You can communicate through windows
2. Sign language is a 3-D Language
3. You can sign with your mouth full
4. Hearing parents can communicate with their Deaf child
5. You can sign underwater
6. Sign Language is a neat way to express yourself
7. You can communicate across a room or via mirror without shouting
8. Sign language is beautiful
9. You can make friends with Deaf people
10. Sign language brings together Hearing & Deaf people

Also if you really want to learn most deaf people are so happy that you are interested in learning and will be super patient and work with you. 

And it’s a really great thing to be able to do for any job because imagine having to go everywhere with someone that can translate for you or with paper to write or trying to read lips and just going to grab a cup of coffee and Hey, the barista knows sign language. They aren’t great but you get to speak with them and order your coffee in the way that’s natural to you like that would just make your day. Or a teacher that can talk and sign so classes don’t have to divide?? Or a therapist that can sign?? Hearing people signing 2k15 honestly.

Plus sign language is simpler and faster to learn than written/spoken languages. And there are lots of resources online for any language you may want to learn:

  • School of Sign Language is great for British Sign Language (BSL)
  • ASLU looks less fancy but it’s great and super complete for learning American Sign Language(ASL)
  • Comunicación en LSE tiene unos video para los básicos muy básicos en Lengua de Signos Española (LSE)
  • I aquí hi ha una complicació ja feta d’on aprendre Llengua de Signes Catalana (LSC)

And you can always google for Deaf/Hard of hearing places/centers in your city and go ask, most of them offer free or really affordable courses 

theasexualityblog:

doctorroboto:

I have a couple questions about writing an ace character but I don’t know any ace people I can ask about the issue! Would anyone please help me out a bit?

Stereotypes to Avoid When Writing Asexual Characters

Words and Concepts Used in Asexual Communities

Why So Many Stories About Asexuality Hurt Asexual People

How To Show That A Character Is Asexual

Negative Responses Asexual Characters May Get When Coming Out

Potential Sources of Conflict For Asexual Characters

Sex Scenes With Asexual Characters

Stereotypes to Avoid

Issues When Writing an Ace Character

fuckyeahdrugpolicy:

RECORD THE POLICE — there’s an app for that (video via NowThis)

Now you can record the police and have a copy of your video sent straight to the ACLU with the new Mobile Justice app.

Additional features include a Know Your Rights section that outlines your rights when stopped by law enforcement and alerts when someone nearby is recording an incident with the app.

How it works

Download Mobile Justice from the App Store or Google Play

Justice for Freddie Gray

Justice for Eric Garner

Justice for Mike Brown

Justice for Trayvon Martin

Justice for Ramarley Graham

Justice for Oscar Grant

Justice for Aiyana Jones

Justice for Amadou Diallo

Justice for Ousmane Zongo

and many more

#KnowYourRights

gothdove:

does anyone want to buy things like this ? i can make small patches for jackets etc, cross stitch pixel art, quotes or song lyrics, anime stuff whatever

prices will probably start at £10 or so but will vary a lot depending on size, colours, how complicated the design is. like some things take me an hour some things take me 5 hours so. and id mail the things to u wherever you live

definitely not limited to the examples in the pictures!! could be pretty much anything 

(although pixel art has to be limited a bit in terms of image size and no of colours. and i wont do offensive/hateful text etc ://// ) i can also do different fabric colours

they make Cute Gifts for your good pals. message me if youre interested!!!

covertqovert:

If you want some relaxing and interesting filler stuff, try looking at this playlist of over 100 episodes of a Japanese show that goes into how various things, from snacks to gold foil, are made. There’s no dialogue and the music is pretty relaxing, so I’ve found it’s helped me with dissociative episodes. 

satanstrousers:

sweaterkittensahoy:

leaper182:

jenovaii:

littlekiwi37-archive:

nicole-coenen:

Women Self Defense in 1947

I’m not sure what’s the best part of this video: the fact that she’s in heels, the fact that she does the whole thing looking like she don’t give a fuck, that chick in the back just exercising and enjoying the show, or the fact that both men and women are observing this and the girls are laughing and the guys look concerned/pensive as fuck as they watch all their tactics get shut down like nothing is even happening.

… msties is it just me or is this familiar?

Some of these are moves I haven’t seen before.

Some of this looks similar to the self defense I learned in a course three or four years ago. It’s definitely got some judo in it (arm bars, throws, fighting to and from the ground).

I love this lady. She is rad. I feel like she, much like the rad lady I had as my self defense teacher, would also warn the women that if they don’t think they can gouge out someone’s eyes, don’t start trying because you’ll attack better with something you can follow through on.

crimelords I’m sorry I couldn’t not reblog this for you

Makeup for Beginners

thehomoschedule:

chaoticwanderings:

aka “I’m a 22 year old newb and needed to find some resources”. Here’s what I’ve found so far that has really helped me! Lots of these are youtube tutorials; I find it more helpful to see someone doing it rather than just reading about it.

General:

Specific:

Eyes:

Face:

Lips:

Brows:

Tools:

Youtube Channels:

Blogs:

Cruelty Free Brands:

  • Hard Candy
  • N.Y.C.
  • e.l.f.
  • Lush
  • Wet n Wild
  • bh cosmetics
  • Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics
  • Impulse Cosmetics
  • Urban Decay
  • illamasqua
  • Melt Cosmetics
  • Sugarpill
  • Colourpop
  • Kat Von D
  • Anastasia
  • NARS
  • Smashbox

*Important Note: Some of these brands may or may not be sold in other countries that require animal testing by law in order for the products to be sold, but I don’t have the time to research animal testing laws outside the US as well as what brands sell in those countries. So I’m leaving this one up to you. 

Okay, this has been in my drafts for at least 3 months now. Time to roll it out! Keep in mind, these are videos/bloggers that helped me specifically and there may be some videos/links that aren’t as useful to you. That’s okay! I recommend you get lost in the beauty blogger side of youtube at some point, it’s a lot of fun and you never know what you’ll find!

And on a last note of disclaimer: I don’t follow the personal lives/twitter feed/rumors about anyone in these videos. I don’t know if someone is problematic or not, I am simply recommending the video.

wonderful resource for nonbinary/trans people who have a desire to wear makeup, but were never taught because of gross gender roles 

A faster way to start learning a language

funwithlanguages:

You can get to the point where you can express yourself in a language by learning basic grammar and just 200 words.

My test for being able to express myself is: Can I keep a diary in this language? Can I talk about what I did today and my opinions on just about any subject?

Too often, people who have been learning a language for months or even years say “no.” However, in my experience, it’s possible after learning just basic grammar and the 200 most useful words. If you wanted to go fast and learn 20 words a day (the default rate of Anki), then you could learn 200 words in a week and a half. (In my experience, learning basic grammar doesn’t take as long as learning the words, so the total time could be three weeks. However, I didn’t teach myself my first foreign language, so I can’t speak to that case – if you’re teaching yourself your first, kudos, and let me know how long the grammar takes!)

The key is that you have to learn the right 200 words. When I was teaching myself languages before, I could never find a good answer to the question: What words should I learn first? If you use Duolingo, they’ll start by teaching you words like “apple”, which aren’t very useful. I spent a lot of time writing and talking in order to determine which 200 words would let you express the most. I think I finally got it. But don’t take my word for it – see this demonstration.

I personally tested this method out with Esperanto and French and I’m now able to keep a diary in both languages, writing about anything that happened in my day and any thought that crosses my mind.

To be clear: 200 words won’t make you fluent, but they’ll allow you to express yourself, and it’s a lot easier to keep improving from there. Feel free to adapt the method based on what works for you. Here are the steps:

  1. If your language uses a non-Latin alphabet, learn the alphabet.
  2. Learn basic grammar
  3. Learn ~200 basic words
  4. Practice writing
    (This method is introvert friendly! You don’t have to talk to strangers if you don’t want to. But at this stage you can also practice by speaking, if you prefer.)

The first part of a Memrise course based on this guide is out for Spanish! I said that you can express yourself with 200 lemmas, but check out what you can do with only 28. 😉 Please fill out this quick survey to let me know if you’re interested in Memrise courses and for what languages.

If you run into any difficulties or if I can help you in any way, please let me know. Also, please send me your feedback! I’d love to know if this works for you or if it doesn’t. I welcome all comments, criticism, and suggestions for improvement. And if you think this guide could help other people, please consider reblogging it. 🙂

Additional notes:

  1. To be able to express yourself with 200 words, you’ll need to be able to rephrase things: e.g. “you comforted me” = “you made me feel better”. Even if it’s hard for you to rephrase things this way, the 200 basic words are a great starting vocabulary list.
  2. This is the order in which I usually learn an alphabetic language: basic writing and speaking, reading, listening, advanced writing and speaking. Being able to express yourself doesn’t mean that you’ll immediately be able to listen to the language and understand it, because native speakers may speak fast and use a wider vocabulary (though hopefully they’ll slow down and simplify for you in a conversation). But it’s a lot easier to keep improving from a point where you have basic writing and speaking skills than from one where you don’t.

dopest-ethiopian:

sassy-aleks:

secretly-a-mad-scientist:

begikodienorastis:

What is your acne telling you?

1 & 2: Digestive System — Eat less processed or junk food, reduce the amount of fat in your diet, step up water intake and opt for cooling things like cucumbers.

3: Liver — Cut out the alcohol, greasy food and dairy. This is the zone where food allergies also show up first, so take a look at your ingredients. Besides all this, do 30 minutes of light exercise every day and get adequate sleep so your liver can rest.

4 & 5: Kidneys — Anything around the eyes (including dark circles) point to dehydration. Drink up!

6: Heart — Check your blood pressure (mine was slightly high) and Vitamin B levels. Decrease the intake of spicy or pungent food, cut down on meat and get more fresh air. Besides this, look into ways to lower cholesterol, like replacing “bad fats” with “good fats” such as Omegas 3 and 6 found in nuts, avocados, fish and flax seed. Also, since this area is chock-full of dilated pores, check that your makeup is not past its expiry date or is skin-clogging.

7 & 8: Kidneys — Again, drink up! And cut down on aerated drinks, coffee and alcohol as these will cause further dehydration.

Zone 9 & 10: Respiratory system — Do you smoke? Have allergies? This is your problem area for both. If neither of these is the issue, don’t let your body overheat, eat more cooling foods, cut down on sugar and get more fresh air. Also keep the body more alkaline by avoiding foods that make the body acidic (meat, dairy, alcohol, caffeine, sugar) and adding more alkalizing foods like green veggies and wheatgrass juice. Another thing that most of forget – dirty cell phones and pillow cases are two of the top acne culprits and this area is what they affect the most!

Zone 11 & 12: Hormones — This is the signature zone for stress and hormonal changes. And while both are sometimes unavoidable, you can decrease their effect by getting adequate sleep, drinking enough water, eating leafy veggies and keeping skin scrupulously clean. Another interesting point: breakouts in this area indicate when you are ovulating (and on which side).

Zone 13: Stomach — Step up the fibre intake, reduce the toxin overload and drink herbal teas to help with digestion.

14: Illness — Zits here can be a sign that your body is fighting bacteria to avoid illness. Give it a break, take a yoga class, take a nap, take time to breathe deeply, drink plenty of water and know that everything always works out!

So the next time you break out or notice dark under-eye circles, look to your face map: your skin is probably trying to communicate on behalf of the internal organs. However, do remember that, as with all medical issues, it is always best to see your doctor or dermotologist for a proper prognosis. This is just a general guide to head you off in the right investigative direction – just because you break out between the brows doesn’t always mean you have a bad liver!

whoa. I’m keeping this.

I DONT THINK ANYONE REALIZES HOW MUCH THIS HAS HELPED ME OH MY GOD

This makes so much sense