Wow, I literally haven't updated this in 8 years. Enjoy the ramblings and random reblogs I guess. 20-something MtF genderfluid individual, currently living in Illinois.
Unending Penis Barrage - The council could not determine where the penises were sourced, and will be banning the spell until it can be conclusively determined that wizards are not using magic to sever thousands of cocks from their owners in another dimension.
Summon Ketmaine Ape - Ketamine Ape cannot be killed, but needs regular rest and relaxation. The council is considering lifting license restrictions for Summon Klonopin Chimp in the meantime.
Greater Baja Blast - Far too destructive. The council reminds wizards that Lesser Baja Blast is still permitted, along with Seeking Baja Blast and Splitting Baja Blast.
Transmute Idaho - The Council’s reasoning is that while Idaho is a terrible place which may be transmuted, the spells reverse also functions, and cannot risk the magical incidence of Idaho appearing in places it should not be. The use of Transmutation from Idaho will be banned pending control of Idaho incidence.
Homoerotic Vortex - Body count is far too high to allow continued use.
hey guys ik this is a weird post for my art account but i have a pretty big trans audience here and i just wanted to say these ads are INSANELY predatory, and they are blocking anyone who points this out.
its a $99 a month prescription service where you seemingly just text the doctor and dont meet in person that doesnt even cover the cost of the actual hormones or bloodwork. when i paid for hormones out of pocket it was around $35 per refill twice a month.
you are not medically screened beforehand, and are immediately given drugs the same day or next day. i am not familiar with what the screening process normally is for transfems, but for people going on testosterone that means you are not given a pap smear, evaluated for hormonal cancer risks or pcos, and i dont know how much of an informed consent rundown they give you given that it is a texting service and they give you the medicine so quickly.
they have tons of disclaimers on the website waiving all liability and claiming that they dont know anything about their doctors actual medical qualifications (????). they also make a weird claim that trans women will be able to get pregnant soon, which is an outright lie as the attempts to do uterus transplants in animals have not even come close to resulting in a practical solution yet at all. this is honestly freaking me out. i understand that many people have a lot of roadblocks and that this may actually be a cheaper option than going to a safer doctor for some, but this seems like extremely bad news and i would avoid it if at all possible. pre emptive medical screenings before starting hrt are absolutely necessary, you really dont want to end up in the emergency room.
Sorry I have more to say but they also have lies on their website about how testosterone hrt has no effect on a pregnancy or a fetus which is actually nuts. you always have to stop testosterone before you become pregnant, it absolutely does cause birth defects, any real doctor who is not trying to sell you something will tell you this. Horrifying.
I had a friend who went on testosterone, never had a blood test, and had horrible side effects for weeks before getting into an appointment with an endocrinologist. His levels were so high that they were converting to estrogen and causing high blood pressure which he did not have prior to upping his dose. With a blood test, he was able to get the care he needed. A blood test is not gatekeeping you from medically transitioning, it is the bare minimum to make sure your body is responding well to testosterone treatment. Thanks for boosting this information: the medical model is broken, and we should be careful of exorbitant concierge medical models like this one which may try to trick people desperate for medical care into giving up all their money.
iirc this post is about plume, before tumblr decided that sharing ads was copyright infringement
Okay, I never comment on posts anymore but I feel the need to for this post.
I have been using Plume for nearly 9 months and have had 0 problems with them so far. For me, this service has enabled me to begin a medical transition that had been gatekept by my lack of insurance, a lack of knowledge on the part of my primary care physician (who was supportive but unwilling to administer care he wasn’t trained for), and the prohibitive distance of the nearest office qualified to give those services.
$99 a month is less than a third of what I would have had to pay between gas, office visits, and out-of-pocket bloodwork and contrary to what this post says, bloodwork is included in your payment. Without plume,the bloodwork alone would cost me $300 every 3 months, or more depending on the clinic.
When I began my care, I was connected on a video call with a medical professional who ran through all of my previous medical conditions, talked through my mental health, and even talked about previous attempts at transition. We talked about how years ago, I had attempted to begin treatment on Spironolactone without any medical consultation or prescription, using a grey market site to order from Canada because local professionals had refused to treat me. They listened to my concerns, and were able to build my prescriptions based on my previous experiences to avoid the debilitating mood swings I’d had on previous medication, and even altered my dose of estrogen below the normal based on my concerns.
What’s more, when writing my prescriptions, they not only went through a list of local pharmacies and the prices at each of them, they also set up auto-renewal, and ensured the pharmacy applied the maximum possible discount to my medication. Without any insurance, I get my medications (including needles for my estrogen) for less than $100 every 3 months. That’s lower than any other single medication I currently have to take regularly.
On top of this, I can text the help line at any time when I have concerns, and will be connected with the same medical professionals who have been in charge of my care since the start, something I couldn’t possibly do with my normal physician without exorbitant charges thanks to the broken medical system in this country. They will even set up video calls with the same doctor that began my care at no extra charge.
Every 3 months, when I have my blood tests, they inform me not only of the current hormone levels, but also the target levels they’re aiming for in transition, and when these were above safe levels, they have altered my prescription plan to fit.
All in all, this is not only the cheapest, but the best medical care I have received since my parents dropped me from their ridiculously expensive insurance plan.
As for the claims about their site, I would have to go back and find those, but I can garuntee the doctor I was paired with is well-qualified (we had a full discussion about this when I had my consultation) and never made any of the claims mentioned above, nor do I recall seeing them on their site.
This service is the only reason I’m able to transition at all. If not for Plume, I would not have begun hormones at all, and I can promise you by this point, after everything else I’ve been through in my life, I would be very very unhappy, if I were still alive at all.
If there are issues I’m unaware of with this service, I would love to be filled in, but reading through this “beware”, it feels entirely uninformed, certainly not aware of how the service actually works, which is a massive red flag in my books. If you have criticisms of the service, please at least do your research before making people panic about it.
Alaska just opened up covid vaccine eligibility to EVERYONE 16 and older
My friend Blake made this and I’m fucking losing it
THIS IS COMPLETELY THANKS TO THE ALASKAN NATIVE COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER AND PUT ALL OUR RESOURCES INTO FIGHTING COVID-19 FROM ALL FRONTS AND ITS NOT BEING TALKED ABOUT
We sent as many people home as we could while keeping our healthcare and essential community resources open, and by essential I mean essential (like detox facilities), we had mediatory policy changes happening before Trump even recognized Covid as a thing, our counselors and doctors and everyone we could feasibly get to do so has been working remotely from home or by themselves in office for anything non-emergency related
When shut down first started even being talked about we were all sent home an hour early(still paid for the hour) to make sure our company provided laptops worked and we could use them without hitch
When the vaccines came out we immediately set to work getting not just Native people but anyone who worked for us and their families/household members vaccinated, no cost
No one else in this state worked as hard or took Covid as seriously as the Alaskan Native community and their health centers
Do NOT let Dunleavy and his other bitch ass counterparts take credit for this!
This is the money courage, reblog at your leisure for wealth, positivity and good fortune. Add any negativity to this post and a man will appear outside your home yelling “return the slab” over and over.
so I got into grad school today with my shitty 2.8 gpa and the moral of the story is reblog those good luck posts for the love of god
okay so i just got my dream job??? a week after applying to it?? and now i’m thinking….maybe this is the good luck post
…..not even six hours later i got an offer of a well paying full time long-term job with free room and board in queens in nyc, allowing me independence and a way to escape an abusive situation and an unhealthy environment
likes charge reblogs cast, folks, this is the good luck post
it’s 2022. donald trump has died in disgrace days after being impeached and jailed. my chemical romance’s new album is coming out the same day as the new spiderverse movie. the lizzo and janelle monaé collab song is blowing up the radio. lil nas x has a verse in it. you and your partner have time and energy for dates after work after jeff bezos’ assets have been seized and distributed to the public in the wake of his arrest for keeping employees in unsafe working conditions.
oh what a life
Like to charge, reblog to cast.
Everyone has been vaccinated for free and the virus hasn’t caused a single death in months.
Those dates you go on with your partner? They’re in public. Unmasked. Your server smiles at you. Everyone feels safe.
You can hug your friends.
You can see a movie. The people in the movie are gay people of color and they kiss and live happily ever after.
