Aya

Hello all :) Alex, 30s, she/her, bisexual, polyamorous.This is where I dump all my fandom stuff. My polyamory stuff is over here For my mermaiding stuff go here :)

[asteroidtroglodyte]

“We are descended from the Witches you couldn’t burn!”

It’s a nice sentiment, I like the energy, I do. That said, I am actually descended from a “Salem Witch,” and my Ancestor, Mary Isham Towne, was not burnt at the stake, she was hanged by the neck until dead. We’re not savages y’know.

Furthermore, Mary Isham Towne was a churchgoing, god-fearing woman, who just so happened to be a widow who owned a piece of land that the local judge wanted to purchase, but which she refused to sell, and which he set out to acquire pretty much immediately after he sentenced her execution.

So, y’know.

[asteroidtroglodyte]

☝️FUCKING FACTS

[prokopetz]

One popular take on "deconstructions" of children's media I'll push back on is the idea that talking about how fucked up it is that a bunch of kids have to save the world is inherently pandering to adult audiences. Kids love it when kids' media is about how fucked up it is to be a kid who has to save the world – you've just gotta not be condescending about it.

[syn4k]

"lock in" is probably one of the most important phrases to enter the public lexicon in the 2020s

[joyflameball]

[captain-price-returns]

[strawberry-crocodile]

for real tho it feels exhausting that ive seen this whole "woman should be allowed to abstain from X beauty standard" -> "i perform X beauty standard, am i evil? do you think im evil? please forgive me i came up with a dozen excuses 🥺" since like 2015 (and i know its been going on longer than that) like girl thats not the poiiiiint

[strawberry-crocodile]

look me in the eyes. repeat after me. "i face societal pressure to perform this beauty standard. i should not face that pressure. i conform to this standard. i am rewarded for performing to this standard. i need to respect women who do not perform this standard. this is not about whether or not i am a sinner for wearing makeup."

[archerinventive]

First fire photos from Critical NW have dropped! ❤️‍🔥

A huge thank you to Hank Leiter of EspressoBuzz Photography for capturing this moment during conclave.

While my body may be back, it's going to take my soul a few more days to catch up.

Missing my home in the woods and all my burner kin already.

I hope you're all decompressing well. ❤️

[probuccalfat]

being a bitch actually saves you a lot of time

[probuccalfat]

they’ll think you’re a bitch anyway for having some reasonable boundary so you might as well just be a bitch sometimes and save yourself the trouble, the time, the energy, the money, etc

[fetishizeyourself]

"we've reviewed your post and determined it needs a content label" GIRLLLLLLLL IT'S NOT EVEN MY POST I JUST REBLOGGED ITTTTTT YOU LOOK SO DUMBBBBBBHH.....

[mewvore]

"we detected a mature post" yeah I'm in my 30s

[gatheringbones]

finally reading I’m Glad My Mom Died and it is the funniest shit of my life

[gatheringbones]

[gatheringbones]

there is a venn diagram of horror and comedy and this is in the exact center of it

[ear-a-corn]

We have always existed, and we always will.

[apolladay]

Do you know how to stay safe in the event of a tornado?

- Yes, I’m 100% certain what to do

- Yes, I’m mostly sure I know what to do

- Yeah, I think I’d know what to do

- Eh, I’ll figure it out, don’t worry

- I’m uncertain what to do in the event of a tornado

- I rarely or never have tornados where I am, so idk

- A tornado? What’s that?

Do you know how to stay safe in the event of a tornado?

Yes, I’m 100% certain what to do

Yes, I’m mostly sure I know what to do

Yeah, I think I’d know what to do

Eh, I’ll figure it out, don’t worry

I’m uncertain what to do in the event of a tornado

I rarely or never have tornados where I am, so idk

A tornado? What’s that?

Remaining time: 5 days 3 hours

[bigboysdrinkmilk]

Two years ago, you could eat bagged lettuce without worrying about diarrhea. Two years ago, ICE wasn’t regularly shooting people on the street. Two years ago, the Strait of Hormuz was open and America’s economy was the strongest in the world.

What changed from two years ago to today?

[tongue-twists]

age gaps are actually not a problem in themselves (as long as both participants are adults blah blah you know the drill). the potentially harmful dynamics between two partners with a big age difference arise from other factors that are associated with age. more wealth. more stable life situation. a big gap in relationship/dating experience. this is of course worsened if you add gender and/or racial dynamics to it. age in itself doesn't create this imbalance, we just exist in a system where older people are more likely to have other forms of privilege over their younger partner.

if you're both 30 but one of you has a job and owns the apartment in which you both live, that is a lot riskier than if you're 20 and 40 but both have independent income and housing. ya know?

[guiltfactory]

BAD NEWS: it will not be the same forever

GOOD NEWS: it will not be the same forever

[bigboysdrinkmilk]

Why is there a diarrhea parasite outbreak in America?

Because Donald Trump and his Republican allies cut funding to disease prevention and control.

Why is measles back in America?

Because Donald Trump and his Republican allies, including RFK Jr, cut vaccine and measles prevention funding and programs.

Why is the New World Screwworm infecting cattle in Texas, when it had previously been eliminated from the area?

Because Donald Trump and his Republican allies, including Elon Musk, cut USAID funding, which in part worked to monitor and prevent screwworm outbreaks.

Why was there a flu outbreak in our armed forces?

Because Donald Trump and his Republican allies, including Pete Hegseth, cut vaccination requirements for our armed forces, putting all of them at risk alongside our military readiness.

What contributed to the Covid outbreak?

Donald Trump and his Republican allies cut funding to a pandemic prevention program in his first term because Barack Obama had created it.

“America first” sends its regards. Trump voters, please learn your lesson. And if you don’t, it’ll be taught to you again with yet another diarrhea outbreak.

[bigboysdrinkmilk]

[despazito]

Are we calling women who read shitty harlequin romance novels porn addicts now?

If you read one paragraph of vintage victorian smut you'd hurl.

[despazito]

God forbid women read a lame book with sex

[despazito]

people have been writing fucked up erotica for hundreds of years. of all porn consumption habits to label as an addiction i think reading erotica books is like.. one of the least applicable examples and written erotica is one of the least exploitative forms of porn out there. stop pathologizing things that give you ick, you're allowed to just say you dislike something

[stormsbourne]

again I must stress that ten or more years ago mormon leaders put out a statement that reading romance novels was equivalent to porn addiction and both would send you to hell

you guys are not progressive you're just mormons in disguise