I bound my breasts almost full time for around 2 years before I had my mastectomy. As a result, my lung capacity is reduced and the muscles around my ribcage are still much less strong than they were before I began binding, even though it has been over a year now since I have worn a binder or even a bra. I even bound ‘safely’ using an Underworks compression vest in the correct size, never with ace bandages or any other methods. I still can’t take a full, deep breath like I used to.
Does anyone have any tricks to regaining lung capacity and strengthening the rib/chest/abdominal muscles after binding? I’m not sure how to increase lung capacity itself or how to exercise the particular muscles that have been effected but I’d like to regain some strength if possible.
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“The summer skies are there every years to offer us a respite from the hardship of our daily lives, and during the COVID-19 pandemic, they remain one of the few sights that almost all of us still have some opportunity to take in. On a clear night, overhead, an enormous but brilliant collections of stars known as the Summer Triangle dominates the skies this month. If you head outside and attempt to view any of the transient sights out there — the Moon, Comet NEOWISE, the planets, the meteor shower, etc. — take some time and enjoy these deep-sky objects, too.
The night sky is always out there for anyone curious to explore it. Even with the ever-increasing number of satellites and the (sometimes severe) light-pollution that we all must reckon with, these natural wonders are just as intrinsically spectacular as they’ve ever been. Turn your telescope or binoculars up at any or all of these seven objects, and you’ll be looking years, centuries, or even millennia back in time, from giant collections of stars to a preview of our own Sun’s death. The Universe, when you see it for yourself, never disappoints.”
Have you been going out to see the Moon at night? How about Comet NEOWISE? Maybe Jupiter and Saturn? Or perhaps you’re planning on viewing next week’s Perseid meteor shower? While you’re out there, take a glance towards the heavens and notice that giant “triangle” overhead. Inside it, there are seven spectacular sights that any telescope or pair of binoculars can reveal to you.
Even if you have no experience with telescopes at all, these seven objects are well within your reach. Here’s how to view them for yourself.
not wearing makeup
able to rub eyes
can sleep in later in the morning since you dont have to waste time applying it
dont spend mad money
no need to constantly check if the makeup is still in place
clean, healthy skin
can fall asleep without worrying about taking it off
can cry or be in the rain or at the beach or pool without worrying about making running
can eat without worrying about lipstick on teeth or food
no need to carry it around and reapply throughout the day
no hair stuck in lipgloss
no scary things near the eyes
no need to dedicate hours of time to learning about and perfecting makeup skills
can rub face in blankets, pets, pillows, friends, family, lovers without worrying about it smudging off or on them
not wearing heels
feet dont hurt
can run around
able to climb on stuff
no need to worry about breaking the heel or having to replace pieces
feet wont get stuck in mud, grates, sand, etc
no blisters
never have to take shoes off after wearing them for too long because theyre painful
no damage to leg, ankle, and spine muscles
no hurting ankles from tripping or stumbling
no callouses
having short hair
keeps you cool
easy to style
no need to spend $$$ on styling products
no need to worry about straighteners, curlers, etc
easy to wash
dries quickly
shows your face
cheap haircuts
no need to always have a ponytail holder on your wrist at all times
no long hair to knot, get caught in stuff, or fly in your face
not removing hair
no razor burn or cutting yourself shaving
no painful waxing
keeps you warm
soft and fuzzy
being a beautiful mature adult woman
natural pheromones (nice if you have a lover)
shorter showers
no more making razor companies rich
no more being self conscious about stubble
for pubic hair, helps with friction during sex which makes it less rough and painful
also pubic hair— keeps out bacteria and lowers the risk of STIs
no ingrown hairs
Feel free to add!!!
women wearing baggy clothes with their natural hair, bare face, sitting down comfortably while unapologetically taking up lots of space... with a big smile on... nothing is more beautiful... i want to be surrounded by that energy
There are other women like you. There are other women who think the way you think, who feel the way you feel, who act the way you act. There always have been and there always will be. Womanhood isn’t whatever shallow archetype the world has tried to convince you that it is. It’s going to be okay.
This unusual planetary nebula, NGC 7027, is one of the smallest, brightest, and most unusually shaped planetary nebulas known. Given its expansion rate, NGC 7027 first started expanding, as visible from Earth, about 600 years ago. For much of its history, the planetary nebula has been expelling shells, as seen in blue in the featured image.
In modern times, though, for reasons unknown, it began ejecting gas and dust (seen in red) in specific directions that created a new pattern that seems to have four corners. What lies at the nebula's center is unknown, with one hypothesis holding it to be a close binary star system where one star sheds gas onto an erratic disk orbiting the other star. NGC 7027, about 3,000 light years away, was first discovered in 1878 and can be seen with a standard backyard telescope toward the constellation of the Swan (Cygnus).
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Joel Kastner (RIT) et al.; Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI)