Do you know why the disease (cancer) and the star sign (cancer) share a name?
Neither does anyone else!
Hippocrates named cancer after crabs but he never said why, setting humanity up for thousands of years of debate about what the fuck he was thinking.
Note for people new to the community: The preferred shortened version of Polyamory is Polyam, not Poly. Poly has traditionally referred to Polynesian culture, not to Polyamory. Basically, it was that community and culture's word first, so we respect that and don't take it.
Ay, the turtles are out:
🐢 Stop to move them only if you can SAFELY PULL ENTIRELY OFF THE ROAD.
🐢 Grasp the shell firmly.
DO NOT fumble the turtle.
🐢 Move the turtle off the road in the direction it was already heading.
🐢 Then go back to minding your own business.
Way too many people jump into an open relationship because they want to have multiple partners without considering that their partners will ALSO have multiple partners. A lot of people want the first thing - that isn’t new. It’s the second thing that stops them from doing it!
One of the best things you can do for yourself as a polyamorous person is to have polyamorous friends that you are not dating. It’s important to seek support, advice, and community with people who understand you outside of your polycule.
There's too much emphasis on making relationships last -- and not enough focus on making relationships healthy and enjoyable while they last (however long that ends up being).
On Christmas Day I set up a fund of $50,000 to help trans people in the UK get healthcare and support, I hope this will make a lot of peoples lives better :)
Your brothers never grabbed your hands and said ‘stop hitting yourself’ over and over again while they relentlessly made you punch yourself and it shows
I desperately want more queer disabled rep in books. Give me gay wheelchair users in space. Give me an asexual autistic queen in high fantasy who is a badass and takes no shit. Give me a deaf non binary space commander who’s team has adjusted so wonderfully that they can (1/2)