Reblog If You’d Be Okay If Your Friend Came Out As Transgender

I’m making bread

“reblog this or your mom will die”

“seriously judging everyone who doesn’t reblog this post”

“if you don’t reblog this post you have no soul”

“you reblogged something from an OP who is bad”

“i don’t care what your blog is about, spread this like wildfire!”

I’m making a new club called the “protect Christine Canigula” club. Reblog to join.

How to Prepare for an Exam

Throughout the semester:

Complete all of the course’s assignments

Study at least two hours per credit hour each week, if at all possible

Take good notes in class and review within 24 hours of taking them

Go to study meetings and tutoring, if needed

Use study habits that fit your learning style (visual, auditory, tactile)

Before the exam

Find out about the exam

What will be the format of the test? Try to study in the same format. If the test is going to be short answer, study in short answer format.

What material will be covered? No need to study something you won’t be tested on.

How much time will you have? If the test is timed, you’ll need to work speed when you study.

How much is it worth towards your final grade? You don’t want to find out on test day that the test is worth a large portion of your final grade and you didn’t study

Use notes and study materials created throughout the semester to study

Carry your study materials wherever you go so you can study if you have free time.

Try not to cram if at all possible

Eat healthy, drink water, exercise, and get plenty of rest the night before. Sleeping is scientifically proven to help you remember what you’ve learned. Your hippocampus works while you’re asleep to consolidate the information into memories so that you can recall the information later.

Exam day

Eat a healthy breakfast and do some light stretching or yoga

Arrive to the exam early

Take deep breaths

Read the directions, questions, and answers carefully

Jot down important information such as formulas as soon as you get the test so you won’t panic and forget them later

Answer questions with an educated guess. If you’re not sure, try to narrow it down to what you know can’t be the answer.

After the exam

Reward yourself

When you get the exam back, try to understand what you missed and why. Meet with your professor if you’re not sure

Analyze how you prepared for the test. What worked? How could you better prepare for the next test?

Again, I don’t take credit for everything in this post. Most of these tips come from a handout I picked up from my academic adviser with a few extra tips and tweaks from me.

Well then

Random Positive Post About Animation

There are SO many animated shows premiering recently and so many more to come and so many of them look so good too!!

Like… Big City Greens, Final Space and others have already gotten quite a following, and that’s great!

Speaking of, Final Space has announced a Season 2!! How cool is that!!

The official intro for Rise of The TMNT is now on YouTube, and it looks!!! So amazing!!! The animation is incredibly spot on and energetic, I was skeptical about the show at first but I am definitely watching it once it premieres

Thundercats Roar’s intro is like that too!! It’s really fluid and well-animated, and while I know many are still skeptical about it, I say we give it a fair chance. It’s definitely the most radical change from the typical Thundercats formula so far, but that isn’t really a bad thing on its own. I’ll be watching it, that’s for sure

Netflix, CN and Disney are picking up more and more series that will have the chance to have great, deep plots, from Infinity Train to Victor and Valentino, to Twelve Forever to The Owl House to Amphibia!! It’s so exciting, seeing shows follow the footsteps of the ones before them

In fact, while I was writing this I got notified that Netflix picked up a story-driven animated show written by AtLA’s headwriter, The Dragon Prince!! Judging from the short synopsis and this poster alone, it already looks and sounds superb 

And it’s also exciting to see all these networks acknowledging that maybe, just mAYBE… if you give people what they WANT… they will… LIKE it? They’re finally growing up!!

(All of these shows look amazing so far btw, and a few of these have pilots on YouTube so go check them out if you haven’t already!!)

YouTube is doing great stuff as well!! Emara is a 5-episode (so far) mini-series made in the Emirates of a kickass superheroine

Sonic Mania Adventures (also just a 5-ep. miniseries, sadly) has rightfully gotten very popular! Go check it out if you haven’t already it’s really great

And if you think only TV (and YouTube) animation is improving, think again!! Movie animation is taking a lot of leaps recently too!

First off: SPIDER MAN: INTO THE SPIDERVERSE LOOKS SO GOOD. It’s doing something that should’ve been done a long time ago: doing unique things with 3D animation!! As much as I love Disney and Pixar, a lot of the animation in each movie feels a little…. samey, but SM:ItSV (wow that’s a terrible acronym, whatever) is taking the concept of 3D animation and making it unique again!! The two trailers released so far show so much potential for this movie it’s CRAZY. Squash and Stretch, switching between 12 and 24fps to make the fast-paced scenes look more dynamic, 2D effects blended with the 3D, and the whole thing just

looks

so

GOOD

I could homestly write an essay on how excited I am for this movie, it has the potential to reshape 3D movies as we know it. And they’re finally getting Miles Morales a movie!! I’m so proud of him look how far he’s come

AND speaking of ITSV, Sony has announced they’re making a movie on Silk (Cindy Moon), a Korean-American Spider-hero!! That’s also great!! (and it means she’ll almost definitely appear in Into The Spiderverse, yay :D)

A Super Mario movie’s coming out in 2019! I’m pretty confident on it being good, I can’t imagine Nintendo NOT making something excellent for their posterboy

And the Sonic movie now has a release date and a general idea of what the plot will be about! It sounds… a little weird, admittedly, but it actually kind of sounds like it’ll be something fun, a small diversion from the typical Sonic formula. I mean, hell, Jim Carrey might play Eggman. That will be amazing to watch no matter how the movie ends up being 

It’s a time of advancement and change for animation, and one I am incredibly excited about. 

And so should you! 

when i came out as trans

[ or, toxic masculinity from the perspective of a trans guy ]

when i came out as trans my warm and loving family supported me

but they treated me differently

when i came out as trans my dad asked if he should start slapping me on the back and socking me in the arm instead of hugging me.

when i came out as trans my mom wanted to know if i would still got with her on fun trips to the mall to buy clothes and home decor items.

when i came out as trans my grandfather looked positively startled and overjoyed when i kissed his cheek and told him to drive safe.

when i came out as trans my grandmother asked if it was okay if she hugged me in public or if it would embarrass me.

when i came out as trans my dad told me that he had a lot to teach me— he said this because i told him i thought make up was fun.

when i came out as trans my aunt apologized for kissing me on the forehead.

when i came out as trans my uncle gave me a handshake rather than a hug.

when i came out as trans my cousins hesitated to hug me at the door.

when i came out as trans my family hesitated to show me the casual affection and platonic love they had previously felt free to give.

end toxic masculinity.

show your sons as much affection as you would show your daughters.

let your sons indulge in beauty when they want to and always support them.

do not think for one second that the societal expectation of masculinity is more important than the individual feelings and needs of someone you love.

THAT PART IN “THE PLAY” WHEN JAKE SINGS, “I WAS ALREADY PRETTY BOSS BEFORE, NOW I’M TOTALLY BOSS AND THEN SOME MORE. I’M LIVING THE UPRAAAAAAAAADE.” REBLOG IF YOU AGREE.

Reblog if it’s perfectly okay for an adult to prefer to watch to cartoons/animations instead of live action/reality tv

I’m trying to prove a point to my sister who is convinced that I, a 21 year old, should not be watching cartoons and animated programs.