Is there a reason someone would miss a period that isn't pregnancy? Mine is rather irregular so I'm used to it being late, but I feel like it really should have come by now (and I literally can't e pregnant because I. Don't have sex.) and idk if I'm overreacting or if this is normal or if I need to see a doctor
Sure. Stress, illness, change in medicine and not eating enough are all also possible reasons for your period skipping.
It can also just happen, for seemingly no reason at all. It’s especially common for that to happen if you’re in your teens or close to peri/menopause.
You don’t need to see a doctor for that, necessarily. Like I said, it happens and especially if its possible it’s just late and not skipped entirely, it’s not a sign you need to panic over.
But if you’re worried (and/or have any other symptoms) and you have access, its perfectly fine to get checked out. Just keep in mind that it’s natural for periods to skip every so often; the body is not a clockwork machine and even clockwork machines fuck up, so it stands to reason your body may have just messed up a little.
getting hyperfixated on a specific character is so embarrassing. here’s another picture of The Character on your dash… I know I just reblogged basically the same one but this one is moving
Lestat is a blond-haired, Shakespearean-mannered creature who has no qualms about religion, little sympathy for moral weakness, and exerts a strong will on those around him. However, he also has a mortal father to whom he feels he must prove himself, as Anne had felt during her adolescence with [her father] Howard. Anne had thought Lestat was an old French name but later realized the actual name had been Lestan. Lestat was loosely based on the physical appearance and attitudes of [her husband] Stan. While Stan was flattered to be the physical model, he also perceived that the novel revealed Anne’s reaction to his tendency to exert control. When they had been trying to save their child, Stan had taken the masculine route of trying to manage everything, but Anne had been too independent to react well. It may be that her resistance, along with the marital discord following their loss, was channeled into the novel. There is a distinct uneasiness in the relationship between Louis and Lestat, increasing as the novel develops, though they are bonded by mutual attraction. Anne admitted that all of her work incorporated impressions of people, places, and events familiar to her; and it is clear that her relationship with Stan provided intense emotional tones for the book.
Lestat can also be construed as another side of Anne’s personality, complementing and clashing with what she experienced as Louis. He is dominant and Louis is submissive, expressing the contraries of hero and victim between which Anne found herself. Although Lestat comes across as a thoroughly uncaring and selfish creature from Louis’s perspective, he would eventually become for Anne in a later novel the man she wanted to be.
Prism of the Night: A Biography of Anne Rice, by Katherine Ramsland
Taking up Japanese as a side project for myself has reminded me of something.
So like a long time ago I had a professor that I absolutely adored. She happened to be Japanese American. She grew up speaking Japanese at home but never really spent a lot of time in Japan. She mostly spoke with other Japanese Americans and read books.
So one day early in her teaching career there’s an exchange student from Japan who’s having a hard time understanding a concept so she explained it to him in Japanese and then he looked absolutely rattled. Like in shock. Pale.
This is how she learned that the way she speaks Japanese makes her sound like a gang member.
Japanese doesn’t exactly have cuss words in the same way as English does but imagine that the nicest professor you’ve ever had pulls your paper over and says “Okay listen here you little piece of shit I’m gonna fucking explain this to you. Violently.”
“i would kill a pedophile to protect my child” ok but would you teach your child how to say no? even to adults? even to adults you like? would you teach your child the words “penis” and “vulva” and then use them? would you let them ask questions about their body? would you answer them honestly? would you learn how to cope with your feelings when you talk about human bodies, so they don’t feel ashamed? would you set a positive example for how you talk about your body? would you tell your child they don’t have to hug or kiss anyone? would you tell your family the same? would you stand by them when they refuse to hug someone? even someone you know has never done anything to hurt them? would you let your child avoid food they don’t like? would you let you child avoid people they don’t like? would you believe them? would you sit in the discomfort of not knowing all the answers and not take it out on them? would you love your child the same if someone did hurt them? would you make them feel valued just as they are? would you let them talk to doctors or nurses in private? would you let them express their feelings? would you show interest in their life? would you let your child say no to you? would you help your child feel safe coming to you when they make a mistake? would you apologize to your child? would you believe them? would you put aside your anger to focus on what would make your child feel safe and loved? would you put your ego aside for your child? would you take your child’s concerns seriously? would you listen to your child? would you believe them?