gooseweasel:

Hey so friendly reminder about voting and elections that I haven’t seen going around yet but is SUPER IMPORTANT.

Watch what you wear and say while you’re waiting in line for the voting booth/at the polls. It is against federal law to do anything that might be considered campaigning once you’re there, and since we know that voter suppression is the name of the game this election, there will be people looking for ANY reason to remove you from the polling place. And they will nitpick. You have a shirt with a artistic picture of donkey on it? You’re visibly supporting the Democrats, you’re disqualified from voting. Want to wear a Black Lives Matter shirt? Not there you don’t. They’ll call it intimidation and kick you out. Pins, buttons, stickers, none of it. Wear the most bland, plain clothes you can imagine. 

And then keep your mouth shut. Even the slightest hint of discussion about which candidate you’re voting for can get used against you. Don’t assume the people around you are safe to discuss it with. You might be overheard. There WILL people watching for these things, hoping to get rid of anyone they can. Voter suppression isn’t just about making registration impossible. It happens at the polling stations too. Be smart, be bland, be quiet, and make sure your vote gets in. 

Also- and I have seen this mentioned but it bears repeating- DO NOT TAKE A PICTURE OF YOUR BALLOT. EVER. It’ll also disqualify your vote. Take a selfie when you’re out of their with your fun little sticker. 

The ballot selfie thing is sort of true, but it depends where you live.

Here’s a list that was updated in 2016. (I didn’t see one for 2018, sorry.)

Are Voting Selfies Legal? We Have the Answer in All 50 States

lifeinpoetry:

                                    What do
you do when your body becomes a wound? What do you do
                                       when your scars
open back up again? When one day you put your hand to
                                  your mouth and find
                                       nothing?

— Brynne Rebele-Henry, from “Self-portrait as a broken Venus statuette,” Autobiography of a Wound

sirfrogsworth:

Episode 23: The OG Goth

Mary Shelley was one of the first authors to have success in the Gothic horror genre. She loved ghost stories and dark subject matter and she lived life with a passion for that darkness.

Her husband Percy was a guide and collaborator in her writing. It is believed that Percy contributed 5000 words of her 70,000 word epic tome. He helped her work out some of the science elements and used his writing experience to help her create the best novel possible. It’s no wonder she took his death so hard and carried the ultimate keepsake with her at all times.

After Percy died at sea, his body was to be cremated on a fiery pyre. As the rest of his body turned to ash, his heart remained stubborn and would not burn. Some believe his heart remained intact due to supernatural intervention, but most likely it was just calcified from a bout of tuberculosis. In any case, it was returned to Mary Shelley and she carried it around like a morbid purse puppy.