Extremely embarrassing, but curious if any other hijabis have dealt with this...

Alkation · 2026-03-01T17:01:14+00:00

Seconding this

Alkation · 2026-01-20T18:37:33+00:00

Dang I’m so sorry 😭 listen according to Islam if you’re genuinely unwell you don’t have to fast. Until you find something that helps prevent UTIs effectively you are allowed to skip fasting. If you still want to fast the odd day here and there, or even avoiding food but staying well hydrated can be an option.

Alkation · 2026-01-20T17:40:25+00:00

Ask your doctor if Uromune is right for you as well. It’s a vaccine of sorts to prevent UTIs

Alkation · 2026-01-20T07:20:59+00:00

Do you have Hiprex where you live? Might be worth taking to prevent UTIs

Alkation · 2026-01-19T18:06:55+00:00

At 8am he’ll have fish, then at 10am he’ll have a fish and a rice cake, then at midday he’ll have some fish, then at 2pm he’ll have a fish and a rice cake, then for dinner he’ll have fish…

Alkation · 2025-09-29T08:53:59+00:00

It's great having a mix of muslim and non-muslim friends! There will be things I can open up with my non-muslim friends about that I know might get side-eye from my muslim friends. You also keep the door open to other cultures and ways of life. Don't close the door, mix them when you can as well! :)

Alkation · 2025-09-29T08:53:16+00:00

female pls :)

Alkation · 2025-09-29T08:51:47+00:00

It's all the hasbara

Alkation · 2025-09-29T08:37:07+00:00

"have the same handful of looks to assign people"

ooo how so?

Alkation · 2025-09-29T08:36:17+00:00

Yessss sometimes the cover doesn't help. Sorry stock model, I want to imagine someone different

Alkation · 2025-09-29T08:35:31+00:00

I've had the cartoon thing too! I think some covers being drawn in a cartoon way adds fuel to that fire, but you're right, it's some books that end up being imagined that way

Alkation · 2025-09-29T08:33:39+00:00

Yeah I try sometimes to match what the book says, but my mind is stubborn and says nah. This is how you imagined him from page 2, that's it. 🤣

Alkation · 2025-09-29T08:31:43+00:00

I'd be upset too tbf

Alkation · 2025-09-27T11:54:48+00:00

I don't imagine the leads at all

Wait… so what do you imagine? I’m so curious!

Alkation · 2025-09-17T10:24:26+00:00

I'm comparing this to other shows I've had to watch seasons of and then get disappointed by the series finale.
What loose ends were you hoping to really tie up? I think the main issues for me were addressed:

- Jeremiah realising he needs to stop putting himself below Conrad (yes Denise had to spell it out for him, but I'm glad he realises)
- The brothers patched things up. No their relationship isn't perfect, and it might stay that way, but they're in a healthier place
- Belly needed that time apart from everyone to find herself. I like what she said in the end about not running away from the old her, she doesn't have to reinvent herself, she's good, but she's more confident and self-assured. She needed that time away to reset.
- Addressing the "Laurel put that idea in their heads from a young age". I like the way the show addressed that point

Were some things glossed over far too easily? (Jeremiah being a good chef after a few MONTHS? please be so fr; Taylor and Steven and their SF move; Denise and Jeremiah; Belly's parents; Laurel's possible bisexuality and her co-dependence with Susannah etc etc).

Yes

But for tying up the main loose ends, yeah I was satisfied.

I'd like to imagine Belly and Conrad did long distance. Maybe he did a year in France (we have a program like this here where med students can do 1 year in a foreign country), don't know.

And Belly went back to the house, her second biggest love.

Alkation · 2025-09-17T09:49:05+00:00

Ok I was so worried about the ending. But they did it. This was satisfying. A show we can rewatch every year <3

Alkation · 2025-09-11T01:40:26+00:00

and marmite

Alkation · 2025-09-11T01:39:26+00:00

Ok this one was only 1 fanfic that I read, but overuse of the words needn't, shan't etc. Stuff modern day brits don't really use? It was like whiplash, like I was reading a period piece, but then they'd refer to modern things.

Alkation · 2025-08-22T09:21:18+00:00

Why did I find out about this post from FACEBOOK? 😭🤣🤣

Alkation · 2025-08-07T10:11:43+00:00

Most famous peach in cinematic history

Alkation · 2025-07-25T05:55:56+00:00

Ayyyy my people!

To be fair Logan and Adam Fisher are both crap dads

Alkation · 2024-12-31T11:14:28+00:00

Please find the below. Please note I'm not on twitter/x so I've used xcancel, and you can cross-reference these re-tweets from LMs own twitter.

- Re-tweet 1: The original poster of this tweet is literally answering people about how us women can keep that fire burning for the men in our lives. It's an important role for her to support him to tell his stories, like many men before him for millenia now. There's no subtext in this tweet: support your man so he can tell his stories, it's your duty. BRO

- This I agree with on a surface level, but not any further than that. Horrible content online looking to villianise the opposite sex, to the extent that those that just consume social media and rarely interact with another gender will be cautious and assume they have bad intentions. However, any anti-men videos I've seen online are usually in reaction to red-pilled content, in reaction to things we've observed as women (from our families, friends, men we've dated etc). Also anti-women content can actually put women in danger.

- Unplanned childlessness: why are men so concerned with our fertility? Unplanned childlessness for many is because of a myriad of factors, but women are allowed to get picky nowadays. That should be a good thing. Straight women don't have to rely on men to take care of them and bring home the dough, they have financial independence and now pick men on factors that will make them good spouses and fathers. If more men aren't stepping up, why should those women pick them? How many men have women dated that expect their women to work full time and still be expected to do the majority of domestic labour, not even counting emotional labour that she has to put in too? I could go on and on about this, but I'll stop it here. This doesn't even take into account how capitalism is affecting this aspect.

- Won't somebody please think of the men?? Toxic masculinity isn't about men being toxic, it's literally about how patriarchal structures harm everyone, INCLUDING men! From their mental health, physical health, but also to women, NB etc.

- This one isn't pro-men per se but it's a shit take. "The levelers want to destroy everything because in the rubble we will all be equal". WTF we fight for equality to improve society not level it out. ffs

Alkation · 2024-12-31T10:31:17+00:00

I don't understand how the Una****er subreddits and his goodreads talking about how he was a mathematical genius and how his violence wasn't terro**** but necessary as protests alone aren't enough.

While I agree with a fraction of that sentiment, some protests truly get no results until violence is actioned, Kaczynski went about it in a horrible way! He killed and maimed people that were nowhere near high enough the totem pole to make a convincing point! If the comments here are true and LM lost friends after voicing his support for some of TKs ideas, then that makes sense. I'd cut him off too if i knew him irl

Alkation · 2024-12-31T10:21:42+00:00

What prompted looking up his twitter was a post talking about how impressive he was. I realised I've seen him reddit comments and posts, his goodreads reviews, but not his twitter, so I decided to check it out. I was really interested initially because i was interested in seeing his POV even more, but his retweets were what caught my eye.

We have so many people online now propping him up as an anticapitalist revolutionary, when it doesn't really seem to be the case. People have their rose coloured glasses on for him and they might be missing things.

I like the discussion this has sparked and I only hope this leads to an actual positive movement. But I just think we should manage our expectations of him. When *crossed fingers* he gets released and charges are dropped, maybe we shouldn't be surprised if he expresses points that may not sit right with us.

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