sirmitchell:

oh lord. 

phototoartguy:

The Giant Flying Fox Bat by Nelly B.

This Roberto. He no like the light. 

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fuckyeahtattoos:

Got this about a year ago and never submitted but I’ve been seeing a lot of dinosaurs on here lately so I thought I’d add mine! This is my velociraptor skeleton, done by Chris at Revelation Studios in Montgomeryville, PA. Highly recommended, love it there!

roseturned:

stilettov:

chmchm:

I saw one of Glenn Close’s anti-stigma ads in the middle of an episode of Law and Order. In that particular episode, a man with schizophrenia brutally murdered two girls. The doctor who examined the killer said, and I quote, “Most schizophrenics aren’t dangerous, but this guy scares the hell out of me.” Even if we disregard the lack of person-first terminology, I’m guessing most viewers are going to remember that this guy with schizophrenia scared the hell out of a medical professional who deals with killers on a daily basis. They’re going to remember the pools of blood. And I wonder what sort of impact, if any, Close’s ad had on anyone else who was watching this particularly gruesome episode in the early hours of the morning.

I’m concerned that most of what is being said about mental illness is being said by writers, lawmakers, lobbyists, and others in the media who have no idea what they’re actually talking about it, who are perpetrating and worsening the stigma, and who are making it nearly impossible for individuals to talk about their lives and conditions due to the very real risk that they’ll be rejected and feared by their family, friends, neighbors, coworkers, and peers. (NAMI’s “Shattered Lives” is a sobering read.) Public perception of what it means to have a mental illness is so twisted and warped by stereotypes, misinformation, and sensationalism, and I have a hard time understanding why this is in an age when any fact we desire is at our fingertips.

So, yes, people in our society who disclose their illness, who speak out about what that actually means and entails are exceedingly brave. And we’re going to need a lot of that bravery to counter that awful stigma and improve our nation’s abysmal mental health literacy.

It would be nice to see America get this some day. I’m too afraid to live there right now, though. 

word gc. word.

ps i should come visit you in canadaland miss v.

shit yeah, you should. 

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tatt00edpe0ple:

Artist: Guy Aitchison

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