I promised Loki devotional art when I got back from my trip. I feel like I draw smirking and scheming Loki often, and I wanted to offer him something joyful. I also realized I’ve never drawn Sigyn. I hope they are pleased, and I hope to draw them more often.
(And I also hope I did the runes correctly ohdearohdearohdear)
So Makeup Revolution recently released a line of flexible handle makeup brushes and from what I’ve seen on their social media these brushes were made for people with limited mobility in their hands!
The best part being these brushes are fairly cheap at £30 for the full set and completely cruelty free!
Also as far as I am aware Makeup Revolution are available worldwide!
And for the “die hard mur fans’ who don’t get why this is a big deal or think that this is just some new out there trend to gain money, just remember that not everything on the market has to cater to you.
This is a BIG step forward for those of us who have disabilities that affect our hands and motor abilities.
Hopefully this will urge more companies to make more accessibility tools for us.
The thing that baffles me the most about all these terrible tales about Sigyn is that Gaiman, Riordan and Co. don’t seem to know how DIVORCE WORKED in Norse society. Or the STIFF PENALTIES for mistreating a freewoman. They also don’t seem to realise that the women in the Sagas were not wilting violets. I don’t mean to suggest that abuse didn’t exist in the Viking Age or that it was a Human Rights paradise, because oh mercy no it wasn’t. But I find it irritating when a goddess’ agency (they’re deities for fucksakes…MIGHTY AND POWERFUL GODS) and a historic legal system -that in some ways is more progressive than many modern ones about domestic violence- is erased for some Good Guy™
author circlejerk.
Some documented reasons for divorce:
If the couple gave each other “large wounds"
If one spouse with little or no money of his- or her own was suddenly charged with the support of poor relatives.
If a husband tried to take his wife out of the country against her will
One spouse failing to treat the family of the other “with due consideration”.
Because the other partner made mocking verses about him or her.
Excessive anger or jealousy displayed by one spouse.
Slapping. (If a man struck his wife in front of witnesses, she could not only claim monetary compensation for the blows equal to what he would have received had another man struck him, the wife had the right to divorce the husband on top of the fine after the third slap –
Gulaþing Law of Norway)
If a husband wore effeminate clothing, especially low-necked shirts exposing his chest, his wife could then divorce him, and if a woman appeared dressed in men’s trousers, her husband could then divorce her.
General dislike.
Erectile dysfunction.
Courtship, Love and Marriage in Viking Scandinavia on Viking Answer Lady
People with sensory processing disorders like fibromyalgia and other chronic pain diseases have the same experience. Until I started talking to people with ADHD, I didn’t realize it wasn’t normal to spend every waking minute feeling your clothes against your skin or cataloging the changes in sound and light and smell. It wasn’t until I watched Elementary and saw the characters around Sherlock not noticing sensory details around them that he picks up that I realized it’s not normal for brains to do this.
Unlike folk with ADHD, though, I never had this experience full blown until I was in my twenties. It build gradually over about a decade, and I thought I’m just getting older. I didn’t have these issues as a young child, so my lack of focus in my mid-20s had to be age-related, not ADHD, right?
And that’s how you trick yourself into thinking you’re normal for years. It’s easier than admitting difference, even as you carefully pick out only silk and pure cotton clothes, wash everything (including yourself) in unscented soap, and eat only a handful of foods (mostly sugar, because it’s boring and you don’t have to think about it much).
Spoonies, pay attention: if you can’t focus, it may not just be the pain. What else is your brain, primed for pain signals, now also processing without end?
they wonder what it was that made her so desirable to him he – the infamous god, conqueror of hearts bending down to this unfamiliar woman he – an unpredictable force, ever-changing building a home in her arms
they speculate amongst themselves she must be as wicked as he she must be as unrelenting, as powerful the same savage beast beneath made to satisfy his malicious chaos to rival him in venom and quick remarks
((surely there is more to what we see))
she is none of these things in truth, they are of opposing natures an impossible union of order and chaos and yet he remains the same she does not change him, or cage him, or become blind to his misdeeds
and the people, they are unable to comprehend to accept, the kind of love these two share he gives his body to other women still always leaving, embarking on strange adventures she stays in one place, the embodiment of constancy and yet like waves to the shore, he comes back to her
is it weakness? submission? they decide whether to condemn her so repulsed are they by her apparent passivity so quick are their tongues to pass judgment so quick to dismiss her as no more than another one of his conquests
and in the end she chose to raise a bowl to shield him from the serpent’s venom still, they belittle her sacrifice unaware that this goddess, with her bowl is the only one standing in the way ofthe end of everything
Too much excitement to comprehend. Reviews indicate that yes, this thing actually works! Great for folks who have trouble lifting jugs or can lose control of them.
The website says it’s not available in stores, but you can absolutely get it on Amazon 😏
The name is Felicia, but I generally go by Sammy. I’m 31 and I have Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, the Hypermobile type. I’m also disabled beyond that, with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder from a violent assault/break-in in 2015, ASD, and Bipolar Disorder. I have worked since I was 19, quite hard honestly, but never have I managed to be able to hold down a full time position due to the level of pain I was in on a daily basis and my inability to sensory process things on a level that wasn’t overwhelming (and depression/mania cycles and anxiety also played a role, too, honestly.)
Eventually, I got my mental health under control. Mostly. Things were going good until a break in sometime in mid-August 2015 and nearly being strangled to death by a complete stranger traumatized me to the point of near agoraphobia and constant flashbacks. I have been working with several medical providers to get better and have made strides, but it’s only so far. Pain makes it, as you imagine, more difficult. And when you’re constantly getting sick and dislocating things, getting to appointments is further complicated.
I had to drop out of college a few years ago due to this pain and haven’t been able to afford to go back. In the meantime I work as a mentor to at risk and homeless K-4 youths. I love my job and I love my kids, and I’d never change it, but it’s hard to put my game face on a lot of days. And I can’t do any amount of lifting, and need to be in a chair for intensive days.
I also, as of six months ago, take care of a 60 year old mother who has serious health ailments and has not been able to work. It is a full time occupation in and of itself, and two months ago a care facility utterly neglected her care to the point that septic shock set in and she nearly died. With an 80% chance of not surviving, a miracle happened, but things are tough. Especially when none of us are working, now, and rent and bills are due. She gets LTD but it’s only 66% of what she earned before.
As for me, after ten years of being told I was a hypochondriac or that I have Multiple Sclerosis or other disorders that made no real coherent sense, I saw an amazing pain specialist this year who diagnosed me with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome and it has changed my life. I’m finally getting supports I need in order to flourish and not struggle. The downside is that on state insurance, only a certain number of medical supports can be approved per year. I was furthermore denied a CADI waiver because I ‘dress well’ and am ‘intelligent.’ I don’t feel that if a corpse during an open casket is capable of fulfilling one of these, that it should be used to be denied people services they need, especially if they require complex care. Because they certainly can’t work a full time job, and neither can I, intelligent or not. Yet here we are, and here I am, out of a service that helps pay for bracing for complex and rare conditions like mine.
Which brings me to my point: Custom pieces are expensive. Thumb splints are $200+, easily through SIRIS. I had to order five today (one is a non-SIRIS brace for wrist dislocations), with only four covered, so I’m already $160 in the hole, as a disabled person not working for the rest of the summer. And I need to order more splints. Two for thumbs, and to cover one of my fingers that won’t be paid for by insurance. What about my other two fingers?
As someone who makes like $100-$300/month while waiting for SSI, this is *very* expensive. And I hate begging, I truly do, but anything helps. Especially because these fundamentally change my life by reducing my pain significantly.
I made a plumfund to help with the extraordinarily horrific costs of affording all my braces and care this summer. So uh, if you could chip in even a couple books or share this it would be incredibly fucking appreciated. Like please. I am begging. You can’t see me, but trust me, I am on my knees right now.
Hey everyone, here’s an updated on the fifth of June. I appreciate every and any reblog this gets but please, if you can afford even $5, I would love you! I’ve only raised $20 out of my $700 goal so far and I’m getting a bit nervous. I still have to order the other braces and don’t know where the money is coming from! I furthermore dislocated my right wrist and my right ring DIP joint today and was not having a good time in physical therapy as a result.
This is my birthday month and literally getting this partially to fully financed would be an amazing gift that would change my quality of life drastically. Thanks much! ❤
so i’ve been thinking a lot about tumblr’s “anti-recovery” mindset and come to the conclusion that a lot of it is actually anti-wellness.
some people can’t recover. for example, i have ADHD and autism and i’ll never recover because there’s nothing to recover from – it’s hard-wired in my brain from the day i was born.
but wellness isn’t about forcing yourself to be neurotypical. wellness is about being content and satisfied and trying to be your best self – and for a lot of us that is not neurotypical!
speaking of my personal experience with ADHD and autism that i just mentioned, for me, wellness would be minimizing symptoms i dislike and that are harmful to me or other people (executive dysfunction, lack of focus, erratic behavior, etc.) while maximizing and appreciating the symptoms of my neurodivergence i love (ADHD makes me creative and colorful! autism makes me passionate about the things i love and strive to know everything about them!)
so really i think a big part of it is understanding the difference. if your neurodivergence is something you can recover from (i have many other diagnoses i believe are recoverable) and you want to recover that’s great! but you don’t need to be neurotypical to be well, to be satisfied and happy and your best self.
neurodivergence isn’t bad. people aren’t bad for being neurodivergent. but we should encourage people to find good ways to be happy and satisfied and use their brains to help them, not hurt them
Holding the Bowl 