Okay, this is actually what you do if you’re being sexually harassed in any kind of public space. Draw attention to it, preferably pull away and let EVERYONE know that someone is touching you. This will not only get him to get off you but he’ll definitely think about this situation next time he wants to do something like this.
Spreading the word.
My mom and I were talking about this today after hearing about a woman who was molested on a plane who said nothing until she was picked up at the airport by her parents. My mom looked at me and asked what I would do in that situation and I looked her dead in the eye and I told her “it would take me .02 seconds to realize what was going on and yell angrily, and then I would be straight on to bitch slapping him so hard he wouldn’t be able to see the punch I’d throw with the opposite hand”.
She nodded and accepted my salty language like a seasoned sailor.
I’ve had experience with this before, in Prague a group of five girls and I were followed by three men at night. After a while they started yelling at us, the most common being “how much?” Meaning how much we “cost” as prostitutes. Seeing as they weren’t going to stop, I turned on my heel, faced them (which surprised them), spat at their feet and responded with “You couldn’t afford me.” This prompted the other girls to start yelling back at them as well, starting with our spitfire Czech friend to start slinging curses in Czech as she and the rest of the girls came up beside me. Needless to say the men backed off and pretty much fled. They weren’t expecting a fight. It empowered me and encouraged the rest of the girls to yell back too.
I’ve heard that a lot of people don’t know what to do in this situation because they’ve been taught all their lives to be polite and non-aggressive. Keep your heads down or whatever.
Keep in mind that studies have shown that rapists look for victims who won’t fight back.
Remember that nobody has the right to touch you without your consent or harass you, and you have all the right to make the biggest fuss about it that you can possibly make.
Get angry. Be in command.
FUCKING RELEVANT
If someone is doing something that makes you uncomfortable like this, you do not need to be nice. Swear, kick, scream, make the asshole cry. You don’t have to nice, be as rude as you want
What rich fucker needs 55 beds and bathrooms to himself or a small family?
that makes too much sense so it won’t happen
Hey. I live right down the street from this and theyre looking to turn it into a facility for veterans. Theres unfortunately some backlash from the surrounding community, and its hard to see from the pictures but the building sits next to a neighborhood. Its also across the street from an elementary school.
Some people in the neighborhoods are UPSET that this facility will be offering mental health care for veterans. Theyre upset that mentally ill people are going to be coming and going near a school. Most of this is being voiced on the neighborhood forums so I dont have links for it, apologies.
The nonprofit that is leasing the space for their project still needs donations because the building is vandalized on the inside. Mostly from kids from the surrounding neighborhoods breaking into it. Which I know because I went to school with them. Anyways. Good news, this space is being used to help people who need it. Bad news, people are ableist assholes.
I love that one dude’s face when it hits them what she said. Like, look at him turn and just be ‘Bro, you fucked up AND now you’re alone. She got you!’ I love it.
(( OOC: Listen, I don’t think anyone is making out that either of these ships are 100% healthy and functional. Both are set against the backdrop of a shit ton of war and death and that is obviously going to have an impact.
But I agree, there’s a massive double standard. There are countless wolfstar-centric stories about Remus being unable to accept Sirius’ affection, of pushing him away and Sirius refusing to take no for an answer. Usually because Sirius understands Remus is being irrational and that his actions are born out of self-loathing and paranoia.
Yet when Tonks does the same thing in the books, she’s viewed as an emotional, needy, young girl who got rejected and couldn’t handle it. There has to be elements of internalised sexism and misogyny, there.
At the end of the day it’s very hard to pitch the two ships up against each other in an argument. On the one hand we have very limited canon moments between Remus and Tonks (seen via Harry’s viewpoint, an obvious unreliable narrator in this case) and on the other hand you have a pairing of which there is no clear canonical evidence for.
So admittedly, both ships are heavily reliant on one’s own imagination in order to fill in the gaps.
What we see in the books don’t put either ship in a great light, let’s be honest. Remus and Tonks are often at odds with each other – with Tonks cornering Remus in the hospital wing, and Remus then abandoning her whilst pregnant. Then you have Sirius, who unthinkingly uses Remus to pull an incredibly deadly prank, and suspects him of betraying them all to Voldemort.
If we can accept the dysfunctional, unhealthy elements of wolfstar and use our head canons to build a workable pairing, the same should be allowed for remadora, no? Remember… not only are both these relationships fictional – but a good chunk of that fiction originates from the fandom, not the canon.
tl;dr: I ship Remus Lupin with happiness and chocolate. ))
Sad update everyone, Tama recently passed away… An estimated 3,000 people, including railway officials, attended Tama the cat’s funeral on Sunday, days after she died of heart failure aged 16. [x]
For those who haven’t read articles about it, the local shrine elevated her to a god. She’s now the Eternal Stationmaster and patron god of the station.
Beautiful.
Now I’m crying thanks
and a new cat was hired right?
yep! her name is Nitama (essentially ”second tama” or “tama II”) and she served under Tama as an apprentice before being appointed her deputy
she works very hard
Everytime this crosses my dash, I reblog. It is the law.
Law
I’m crying at 11pm over train cats
Nitama, already now a mature cat (born 2010), has a protege named Yontama (fourth Tama, b. 2016). There is no information available for either the physical befellment or tragic self-disgrace which has removed Santama from contention.
^Nitama majestic, and below with Yontama
Yontama.
a legacy
Santama sits in exile, marshalling his allies so that he may return from across the sea and take what is rightfully his.
To the followers who don’t say much: having you there still means a lot. Even if you never send in an ask or anything, I don’t care. I appreciate that you still follow me anyways. And it’s nice to see you there liking and reblogging my stuff.
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