This might be helpful.

gendercube:

I decided to compile a list of all of the posts that are more prominent or what people might find most helpful. These are the main posts, but do check out the tags on the side here for other posts relating to these topics. I’ll update this as time goes on - Last updated May 16th, 2016.

About me
How much did top surgery cost - How much did the hysterectomy cost
How did I pay for top surgery

Testosterone:
1 1/2 months
2 months
3 months
4 months
5 months
6 months
7 months
8 months
9 months
Voice from 1 to 9 months
10 months
11 months
1 year on T
13 months on T (voice)
15 months on T (voice)
17 months on T (voice)
18 months on T (voice and update)
2 years on T (voice)

Fears about starting T

Body comparisons:
Beard, 2 years - 3 years
Torso, 1 year - 4 years
Arms, Pre-T - 3 years
Forearm, Pre-T - 3 years
Hands, 3 months - 3 years
Thighs and butt, 1 year - 4 years
Legs, Pre-T - 4 years

Top surgery:
Top surgery advice part 1
Top surgery advice part 2
Top surgery advice part 3 (questions, fears, concerns)

Pre-op physical
Pre-op call
Pre-op appointment
Surgery day
Post-op appointment

1 day post-op
2 days post-op
3 days post-op
4 days post-op
5 days post-op
6 days post-op
12 days post-op
21 days/3 weeks post-op (text)
21 days/3 weeks post-op (pictures)
4 weeks post-op
1 month post-op (pictures)
5 weeks post-op
6 weeks post-op (text)
6 weeks post-op (pictures)
2 months post-op (text)
2 months post-op (pictures)
3 months post-op (text)
3 months post-op (pictures)
4 months post-op
5 months post-op
6 months post-op
7 months post-op
8 months post-op
9 months post-op
10 months post-op
11 months post-op
1 year post-op
1 year, 6 months post-op
2 years post-op
3 years post-op

Nipple sensation
Post-op Nipple Care
Post-op Nipple Healing (10 days to 6 months)

Mansculpture:
8 days vs. 2 months post-op comparison
4 months post-op
More info on this falls under the top surgery updates above

Hysterectomy:
Hysterectomy Consultation
Surgery day and overnight hospital stay
Surgical photos (graphic)

1 day post-op (pictures)
4 days post-op
1 month post-op (text)
1 month post-op (pictures)
Misc recovery updates

Phalloplasty:
All posts relating to my surgery can be found under my ‘Gendercube Phalloplasty’ tag.

Pre-op appointment
Bowel preparation
Surgery day

1 day post-op
2-3 days post-op
4 days post-op

DHT:
What is DHT, how does it work, how do I get it, did it work for you?
Andractim: Ordering, Arrival, First Use
Andractim: 1 Week
Andractim: 1 Month
How does DHT gel differ from testosterone gel/testosterone oil?
Several informative questions are answered in the Andractim tag on this page.

Pumping:
What is pumping, where do I start?

solnishka1927:

nucleic-asshole:

notanoveltyaccountok:

somewhatgreatexpectations:

naked-mahariel:

zeplerfer:

weeping-wandrian:

why the fuck does english have a word for

but not for “the day after tomorrow”

???

Because you’re not looking hard enough! ;)

Overmorrow = the day after tomorrow

Ereyesterday = the day before yesterday

Example: I defenestrated my brother ereyesterday. I shall defenestrate my sister overmorrow! Because I hate my family and also windows.

english has some of the best examples of stupidly specific words, tbh

Rhotacism (n): excessive use of the letter “R”

Lingible (adj): meant to be licked

Whipjack (n): a beggar, specifically one who is pretending to have been shipwrecked

Yerd (v): to beat with an object with a stick

Roddikin (n): the fourth stomach of a cow or a deer

Balbriggan (n): a type of fine cotton, most often used in underwear

and my personal favorite

Cornobble (v): to slap or beat another person with a fish

This makes the English nerd in me extremely happy.

Who even made these words I’m going to cornobble them

My dick is lingible

there is a dictionary that has all of these stupidly specific and obscure words and a whole lot more. It’s absolutely beautiful.

yxffmountain:

timemachineyeah:

tardis-stowaway:

hydrogyne:

thegeekyblonde:

all i’m saying is if an all-girls school crashed on the island in lord of the flies then they would’ve been off the island in a week

lord of the flies doesnt show the base human condition, it shows the base privileged straight white male condition, incredibly when i point this out people get kind of annoyed

Might I direct you to Beauty Queens by Libba Bray, a YA novel in which a plane full of teen beauty pageant contestants crashes on a deserted island.  Instead of descending into violent savagery, the girls are able to work together and become more truly themselves than they could in the patriarchal world outside.  They repurpose the tools of beauty into tools of survival (and some of them work to keep up their appearances too, because that’s what makes them feel happy, while others decide they’re done with all the pressure to be a certain sort of beautiful.)  They fight against evil corporations.  Beauty Queens is enthusiastically feminist.  (Never fear, the feminism is intersectional, exploring issues of race and sexuality as well as gender.)  Also, this book is HILARIOUS, not to mention surprisingly exciting!

Oh, look at this thing I’m going to add to my reading list.

srsly read Beauty Queens, one of the girls is trans!!!

(Source: rhiannonmcgavin)

takma-rierah:

thealidoyle:

lemonsharks:

queenshulamit:

arachnocomrnunism:

quasi-normalcy:

knightfrog1248:

black–lamb:

I know it’s illegal but whenever I get antibiotics from the doctor I save a few and give them to friends or coworkers who don’t have insurance so that when cold season comes they might be able to shorten their illness

That is not good- that’s not quite how antibiotics work.

Antibiotics kill some bacteria, but don’t manage to kill other bacteria. Just like when you get a particular sickness (or a vaccination), your body can protect you from future infections, any bacteria that came into contact with the antibiotic is protected from future doses of that antibiotic. Bacteria are very virulent breeders, so they spawn more resistant bacteria.

If you take the full dose of antibiotics, your natural antibodies can deal with the cells that are resistant while the medicine kills off the bacteria that isn’t resistant. If you don’t take the full course of antibiotics, then your body has to deal with both the resistant and the non-resistant strains of bacteria, and it can become overwhelming. Also, most bacteria are able to pass on genes between still-living cells, so that previously non-resistant strains become resistant, and you have inadvertently cultivated a stronger strain of bacteria.

Furthermore, colds and the flu are viral infections, so antibiotics don’t work against them anyway. The best protection against viral infections are vaccinations, as there are not many viruses that we have developed anti-viral medication against, once you already have the disease. If there are anti-viral medications, it is even more important that you take the full dose of the medication, because anti-viral medication is even harsher against the body than antibacterial medication is.

How antibiotics work

How antiviral medication works

Spread this around; antibiotics are not candy

To put it shortly: antibiotics don’t do shit for the cold. You need to take the entire bottle that is prescribed to you. People not doing that is how antibiotic resistant infections crop up. People like OP are literally why diseases like MRSA exist.

OP shouldn’t feel bad about good intentions but this is really dangerous. There’s also the risk that your friends are allergic to the specific type of antibiotics you give them.

things that a better-off person can do for their sick less-well-off friends that don’t involve breeding superbacteria through misue of antibiotics:

• Buy them cold medicine 
  
• Buy them cough drops
• Buy them fancy tissues with lotion
• Make them too much soup to eat in one go and freeze half for later
• Find them a low-cost clinic and accompany them there
• Tell them you are giving them their day’s wages and they are staying home Friday/Monday and then do.
• Go to their house. Wash the dishes, take out the garbage, walk the dog, scoop the cat or just plain change the whole litter box, clean the bathtub and mom voice them until they take a hot shower or steam their head.
• if they have asthma or bronchitis and are out of inhaler but you have a half-full one, that is a thing you can sanitize and share.
• ditto palliative prescription medication like “I have half a bottle of lidocaine gargle, you want it?” “I am bringing you the rest of my Robitussin with codeine” “here harvest some ibuprofen from my giant bottle of 1,000 ibuprofen”

I feel like some of this should have been covered in high school health class. It would do a lot to combat misuse of antibiotics. Superbacteria is really dangerous for everyone but is particularly bad for people with multiple antibiotic allergies and will lead to hospital stays for IV antibiotics of kinds they can take.

It’s really, really important to know how antibiotics work. I taught university students in an intro biology lab for two years and one of the things I really tried to emphasize was how antibiotics and antibiotic resistance works. To stress the importance I asked some variant of “how do antibiotics work” on three weekly quizzes in a row and I was still getting wrong answers at the end! Though, far fewer, thankfully.

Also, I would recommend against antibiotic soaps and whatnot, for similar reasons. Use alcohol or hand sanitizer if you want to kill bacteria. I can’t imagine there’s any bacterium in existence that’s still vulnerable to the antibiotics in those products, but just in case!

But, btw, I would like to point out that the VAST majority of antibiotic misuse is agricultural, when large factory farms pre-medicate their cattle with large and constant doses of antibiotics. The USA is particularly guilty of this, especially as it allows big ag companies to keep animals in much more crowded and unhealthy conditions than they could get away with otherwise.

I found this really awesome free app for dealing with mental health issues.

owlion-arts:

the-noble-scientist:

just-daddys-little-mermaid:

peanuttheprincess:

thebucca2:

ohmygod-stop:

bpdrudolph:

It’s called Booster Buddy, it’s free, and it’s available for both Android and iOS.

It works by giving you ‘quests’ (daily tasks) that you are encouraged to complete each day. They are very small things and it caters to you (it asks you questions at the start about what you struggle with).

It’s designed to be child friendly and easy to understand. I’m finding it really helpful. You can also input medication times for a reminder and emergency contact details.

I love this app and I had to share it with you all!

thank you for this.

“PLEASE come wake me up again tomorrow”…think of all the lives this app could save

I’ve got this app and seriously it really helps. Not only do you have a calendar to record medication and feelings but you also want to wake up every morning to help the animal. It pretty much made my life better.

@hipsterghouls

SO GUYS. Reblogging from myself because I just downloaded the app and it’s got some really useful features.

In the Settings section, there is a list of Helpful Websites for a variety of different mental health issues. The list is short, but it is a great idea.

The app has you input information (which you can choose not to share) like your local emergency number, local hospital, and an emergency contact person.

There are plenty of activities to keep you going in the right direction.

There is a calendar function and a medication reminder if you need one– and if you have an “as needed” medication, the app can remind you to take them if you check in in “Crisis” mode.

You can edit or change your information at any time, including your symptoms.

Also, less useful but really cute, you can dress up your animal buddy as you do more activities.

TL;DR This app is adorable and will probably be really, really useful for a lot of people.

I try to post and reblog art only, but this is important and could help someone.

(Source: bpdprincesa)

shading colour tips

gamesbynick:

bravestghost:

hey yall its me the Art Mom™ to help you shade pretty

rule 1: DO NOT SHADE WITH BLACK. EVER. IT NEVER LOOKS GOOD. 

• red- shade with a slightly darker shade of purple
  
• orange- slightly darker and more saturated shade of red
• yellow- i think like..a peach could work but make it a really light peach
  
• green- shade with darker and less saturated shade of blue or teal
  
• blue- shade with purple
  
• purple- a shade thats darker than the purple you’re using and maybe a little pink (MAYBE blue)
• pink- darker shade of red
• white- a really light lavender or blue..or i guess any really light colour??
• black- okay listen dont use pure black to colour anything unless you want to leave it with flat colours because you cant really shade black lol
• grey- a slightly darker shade of purple or blue (less saturated)
• brown- slightly darker and less saturated shade of purple or red

aaaaand thats all i got lol. let me know if there is anything i should add to this list!!

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ THIS!!!! ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

Coincidentally, I already use these exact techniques. I think these shades really help make colors pop!

As a bonus, I always stray away from coloring with any pure blacks or greys. Heavily desaturated blues, teals, and browns do the job better, IMO.

Save the color black for outlines if you want a real “comic” look. Stay away from coloring with black or grey until you draw something that’s 100% absent of light (black) or 100% absent of color (grey). When you finally use those colors for their intended themes, they’ll have a greater effect.