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shiva @shivapvoid.bsky.social · Jan 25

call me shiva or pyro

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❤️jamie p!💚 @jamies.page · 6d

you have to be sincere and you have to get weird with it

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Pina ✨ ADHD Alien @adhd-alien.bsky.social · Aug 14

I wish the people around me would've understood how much hormones can affect my ADHD symptoms. Some days, I just can't get any work done with how bad my brain fog gets and I feel like all I can do is ride it out (and try to be gentle with myself).

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A graphic with text explaining ADHD and hormones.
I experience worse ADHD symptoms before and during my period.
As hormone levels fluctuate throughout my cycle, so does the severity of my ADHD symptoms.

The ADHD Alien character is shown a few times in different situations that correlate with the text.
“The brain fog gets worse”
“I have more trouble concentrating, understanding and memorizing”
“I get emotional faster”. The character is crying over seeing a cute kitten.
“I feel more overwhelmed and less able to motivate myself” the character is exhausted and slouching over a table with a book.

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“I keep forgetting what I'm doing”. The character is confusedly holding a spoon, meanwhile a dog in the background is pointing at an empty food bowl.
“I get more impulsive and make more rash decisions” .

During my period, it often feels like my medication isn't working as well.
Lower estrogen levels can affect the effectiveness of ADHD medication.

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Estrogen affects executive functioning
Our estrogen levels are lowest before and during our period, and highest during ovulation (the middle between periods).
Graphic of a scale, each side of the scale is showing the following: Estrogen levels sink, ADHD symptoms increase

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A graphic with the character laying on the floor at the bottom of a curve. As the curve rises, the character becomes increasingly energetic.
Ovulation: I usually am most productive and concentrated here
6 days before / during period: Concentration, working-memory and other symptoms become worse.

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ADHD symptoms can feel worse with age.
Estrogen continuously decreases during and after menopause, which can affect all kind of executive functioning like working memory, concentration etc.
An illustration with the same person throughout different ages. With each age, the color changes from pink (more estrogen) to blue in old age (less estrogen).

During pregnancy, estrogen levels rise and then drop significantly after birth. A graphic with a pregnant person with ADHD, with a curve rapidly sinking and then showing the same person exhausted with a baby in hand.

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Be gentle with yourself and don’t plan the most complex work into your lower functioning phases. A sparkly and whimsical version of the ADHD alien character, that is made entirely of stars and star constellations.

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Pina ✨ ADHD Alien @adhd-alien.bsky.social · 22d

Sometimes I feel like a ghost, unable to make meaningful changes to my life, while not being believed when I tell people how much I try.

Four-page comic.

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Top section: Narration text says, “Every day I wake up convinced I’ll finally do the thing I’ve been wanting to do for so long, but I’ve gotten so tired of waking up every day knowing that nothing has changed.”

Panels show lists of undone tasks:
- Narration: “Another day and I still haven’t cleaned the table so I can cook, still haven’t filled out important forms, haven’t thrown out the spoiled food I put next to the fridge a week ago, still haven’t unpacked the luggage from 9 months ago, and I lost a letter and am too ashamed to ask for a copy.”

Final narration on this page: “I do the wrong tasks, don’t finish, or get paralyzed before being able to start anything.”

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Panels contrast misconceptions with reality.
Narration: “When I can’t do something, it’s not: ‘It’s not fun so I won’t bother.’ Or ‘I don’t wanna do it.’”

Next panels show dread. Narration: “It’s more like I feel dread and my body yells back at me: ‘You won’t feel rewarded for this, so you’re wasting survival resources and energy.’ ‘DON’T DO IT.’”

Further narration: “I can’t even explain why I don’t do things, so people don’t believe me. I’ve started isolating because gathering my courage to ask for help and being shamed hurts so much.”

Closing narration on this page: “It feels like I’m a ghost, unable to make meaningful changes to my life. An existence unseen and unheard, having to hide so as not to trouble others.”

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Narration continues: “All I can do is watch as my life falls apart in slow-motion, as people watch and ask themselves ‘why doesn’t she just do something?’”

Further narration: “Every day I would fight myself to great exhaustion without any result to show for it. So after a while, I gave up fighting.
Not because I had a negative mindset, but as a result of my experiences.”

Someone scolds: “No one is coming to save you, stop being so self-defeating!”

Shift in tone: Narration asks, “Do you know what saved my life?”
A supportive voice replies: “I believe you. I will help you.”

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Narration: “It’s not that no one has helped me before, but no one believed how much help I needed.”

Someone else says dismissively: “I’m sure you can do it!”

Narration continues: “And it’s not that I can’t do anything – I can do many things that others can’t. It’s just that where my mother needs help using the PC, I need help organizing my day.”

Further narration: “People aren’t made to survive alone – without any help.”

Closing text: “I am still my own person. I have my own morals, agency, hopes and dreams. And if I have a robust scaffolding to work on, I can not only live, but thrive.”

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nate 🌟🌞🌈 @mafreiidyne.bsky.social · 1d

can i say something. i hate the "nobody looks like this/i don't know anybody who looks like this" rhetoric specifically when it comes to trans body modding. i don't know anybody who looks like base tbse or any of the other body mods for that record. you can just say you don't care for it + be honest

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nat @jofy892.bsky.social · 1d

and then THE moment all the unsundered died HERE COMES FANDANIEL to destroy everything ever. the worst anyone's ever done it! i just remembered ilberd saying 'ive given my pawns everything they want and you havent' to elidibus and HE WAS RIGHT #ASCIANSFAIL #OOPS #ZODIARKFLOP

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naomi 🫀 red lotus liberator @waywardaughters.bsky.social · 1d

i hope you understand how much fordola means to me. i’d joke & say she should’ve been pursuing her sociology degree, but the dirty promise of education for loyalty to the empire makes it bleak. to bear this specific part of her appearance despite her internalized oppression, to still bear deep love

Yda turned and met Fordola's eyes. With her usual mask gone, Fordola could see the lines of ink forming a traditional Ala Mhigan design. Her eyes—blue, Fordola now noticed-were so kind.
Please run, she wanted to say, but she couldn't find her voice. Her body still trembled where she stood, frozen in place, but Yda approached as if nothing was wrong.

The tattoo stood out starkly against Fordola's complexion, its ink fresh under her skin. She traced the traditional pattern with her fingers. Today, she and Ansfrid, Emelin, and Hrudolf would join the XIIth Imperial Legion—but it was another day that occupied her thoughts as she set out, one long past, but vivid as a burning red sky.

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naomi 🫀 red lotus liberator @waywardaughters.bsky.social · 1d

of her homeland, of her father’s life, of yda’s memory - she is so afraid, but like hell she’s going to show it.

the weight of her & yda’s face tattoos distinguishing them as ala mhigan is made much heavier when compared to both the suppression of culture/usage of colonization tools in west asia

A screenshot from the Kurdistan Chronicle article “The Art of Adornment: A Closer Look at Kurdish Tattooing Practices” by Sabr Salih. It reads: The origins of daq tattoos trace back millennia, making it challenging to pinpoint an exact inception date. Some sources suggest a history dating back 10,000 years, linking the practice to ancient religious rituals and tribal affiliations. Across Kurdish-populated areas like Urfa, Diyarbakir, Qamishli, Sinjar, Mosul, Afrin, and Ruha, the prevalence of these tattoos is evident, reflecting a rich cultural heritage.

The tradition of Kurdish tattooing is deeply intertwined with Zoroastrianism and Yezidi religious practices. It serves as a means of identification, with different symbols denoting tribal affiliations, regions, and religious beliefs. British archaeologist Austen Henry Layard documented the existence of these tattoos during his travels in Kurdistan and Mesopotamia in the mid-1850s, noting their significance in distinguishing individuals, particularly among the noble classes.

A screenshot from the LA Weekly article “THE COMPLICATED HISTORY OF ARMENIAN WOMEN'S GENOCIDE-ERA TATTOOS” by Liz Ohanesian. It reads: Semerdjian explains that the tattoos were used by multiple ethnic groups in rural parts of the Ottoman Empire, particularly Kurds and Arabs. She adds that, while some women may have been taken into a household as a slave, others were adopted by families. "They were traditional forms of tattooing that were worn by women in those communities," she says. "They were marks of inclusion in a tribe in many cases. It meant that those women had the same tattoos as other women in those communities. The Armenian women were not the only ones to receive those tattoos."

That's where deciphering the stories behind the tattooed Armenian women gets difficult. There's a gut reaction to look at them as a means of punishment. There's a long history of that in various parts of the world, according to Lars Krutak, an anthropologist and photographer who studies tattoos and was a consultant on "Tattoo: An Exhibition," citing examples from ancient Chinese and European history. For modern folks, though, the closest comparison might be the numbers tattooed on Jewish people's forearms during the Holocaust.

There's a problem with that kind of comparison, however. At Auschwitz, the tattoos were applied by SS authorities to mark prisoners at the concentration camp. During the Genocide, tattoos don't appear to have been a tool used by the Ottoman Turks, who orchestrated the campaign against Armenians, Semerdjian notes.
In some instances, those tattoos may have actually helped women escape death. Semerdjian has found instances of that in her research.

Tattoos have long been used to identify people as being part of a specific ethnic group. Answering generally on the use of tattoos in this regard, Krutak notes, "Tattoo designs spoke about a collective identity because everyone wore ancestral patterns that were handed down from generation to generation. And once you…

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naomi 🫀 red lotus liberator @waywardaughters.bsky.social · 1d

my baby sister,

Black and white illustration of young Fordola from Chronicles of Light Volume 2.

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Etro 🌸 comms @etroveria.bsky.social · Jul 10

the mothercrystal

#venat #hydaelyn #ffxivart

Bust-sized landscape fanart of Hydaelyn (Venat) from Final Fantasy XIV from the back on a subtle blurred crystal and grey background.

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blue 🐻🐰 gateway 306 @dreadwyrmtrance.bsky.social · 1d

our king

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nat @jofy892.bsky.social · 1d

pros:

-friend time is 24/7
-combat efficiency increased
-cannot be severed

cons:

- no control over synapse exchange
-shared manic episodes are dangerous
-cannot be severed

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nat @jofy892.bsky.social · 1d

friendship bracelets are so overrated you should go get yourselves a permanent echo-resonant neural connection

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Eiri (Tseuk) 🌈 @tseuk.bsky.social · 2d

Ephemerial next opening 🌿
Chaos - Omega
Lavender Beds W18 P41
From 5PM (UTC - Server Time)
Tag #EphemerialAP

Feel to come draw, chat or chill !
And be drawn if luck is with you ❤️

Shy ? No pressure ! You don't have to talk or interact you can just enjoy the vibe 🌸

@partyingway.bsky.social

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Jess Fink🍉🌈🎃 @jessfink.bsky.social · 2d

It fucks me up that most adults can't take art seriously as a medium for storytelling. Like it's considered a normal thing for adults to enjoy going to a museum and hanging a painting in their house but they draw the line at reading a graphic novel because "comics are for kids". That's insane.

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shiva @shivapvoid.bsky.social · 2d

man pilgrim's traverse looks SO good

shiva @shivapvoid.bsky.social · 2d

muted patch spoilers bc im not subbed </3

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aj 🧃lyse’s wife @lalafellss.bsky.social · 2d

Hello. Here’s every chronicles of light volume 2 illustration in order !

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 2d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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mori @picorimori.bsky.social · 2d

"For the longest time, I heard someone telling me how they wanted to see the light...And now they can finally see it."

#art #nier

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Liana ✦ commissions open @herssian.bsky.social · 3d

you can have as many white-haired characters as you want. don't listen to those telling you to have oc variation. fifty characters with pale hair is perfectly normal

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shiva @shivapvoid.bsky.social · 4d

breathe; bleed, (imperfect) copy | blood warning

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Casper Pham @ Shortbox Comics Fair (The Luminary Lark-Mirror) @marcheriest.bsky.social · 3d

guinevere

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 3d

Listen, I really love being connected with everyone but it is starting to seem any social media out there just forgets that Nazis are bad and marginalized folks are culture as soon as they hit a dozen million users.

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shiva @shivapvoid.bsky.social · 3d

sorry im getting too salty. coughs

shiva @shivapvoid.bsky.social · 3d

i miss terra e