A space to learn and share about intersectional feminism, standing up against racism, ableism, misogyny, and bigotry, interspersed with corgis and other cute things to help cheer us up along the way.
video description: A cell phone video pointed at the shadows of two people standing on a lawn.
Cameraperson: “Jaymin. Which way did he go?”
The person on the left adjusts their stance and clothing in such a way that their shadow ceases to resemble a human and perfectly forms an upward-pointing arrow. The cameraperson dissolves into laughter.
this one’s a few days late due to having a lot of doctors appointments sorry it’s just 9 pages, and about some rats… it’s more symbolic than anything really
(it’s completely unrelated to any of my songs that have to do with “puzzleboy”)
87 year old grandmother from India brings joy into the hearts of transgender people all over the world
Kali published the following Instagram post on the role of her grandmother in her life in this Instagram post:
The necklace I’m wearing in this photo was the first gift my grandmother gave to me after I came out to show her support for my transition. My grandmother was and is still my biggest support in my life.
When I came out to her, I was scared she may not understand it and our relationship getting ruined. She was extremely worried at first about how society would treat me and had some health issues because of the stress, but she never let me know that she was worried.
Slowly with time, she started getting better and now Fully loves me as the woman I am. She was the one who helped me make my mom and other relatives understand and accept me.
I asked her if she wanted to be part of a reel for @officialhumansofbombay and she was so excited to do it with me and she said she wants to give a strong message to society to help every Transgender person out there to gain acceptance and love from their family.
In 2018, Hawai’i became the first state to pass a law banning the sale of sunscreens that contain chemicals known to be toxic to coral reefs. The ban went into effect at the beginning of 2021.
Since then, Palau, the Virgin Islands, and Key West in Florida have created their own bans on sunscreen that is not reef safe. The ban also caused several sunscreen manufacturers to re-evaluate their formulas to make them reef safe and alerted customers to the impacts sunscreen can have on coral reefs.
Now, officials in Hawai’i are working on adding additional reef-harming chemicals to the list of those banned for sale in the state. If they are successful, the updates to the ban will take effect in 2023.
“It has been a super example of grassroots community and
committed state leaders uniting to make something happen, and that
started right here in Hawaii…The word spread around the world.” -Lisa Bishop
