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大学芋卒業者 m / gay / Japanese in USAmerica for my higher education soon to be also for my 就活 / all the normal feminist ally stances (anti-porn anti-kink anti-prostitution gender critical anti-surrogacy etc)

[akippie]

i have the baldness revolution on my side

and columbo’s powers

[fforsythiaaa]

Once when I was in undergrad, someone described something as “problematic” in class and our professor was like, “That’s cool, but ‘problematic’ doesn’t really mean anything. It means that the thing you’re describing has a problem, and in and of itself that’s not bad. Art, especially, should always have problems, or else it’s not interesting and not art, either. It sounds like you’re trying to say that this is bad, but you don’t want to say ‘bad.’ Is that right?”

So from then on whenever one of us called something problematic, he would make us talk it out until we could name the “bad” thing we were hinting at. In this particular class, 7/10 it was some type of oppression, and the remainder was like, “I’m uncomfortable because this is very new/confusing/pushing boundaries that made me feel safe.”

Once we stopped calling things “problematic” and stopping at that, class got way more interesting and... we all had to say, like, “that’s racist” or “that’s misogynistic” or “ew capitalism gross” out loud, which a lot of us had never done in a classroom before. Or we had to be like, “Uhhh... I’m not sure what’s so bad?” and confront our own beliefs and that was maybe even more useful.

Anyway. Whenever I see the word problematic, I can’t help but think of this professor being like, “Good starting point, now let’s get specific.” I think when we have to commit to saying “that’s ___” it requires a lot more careful thought about the truth and impact and complexities of whatever we’re claiming. Sometimes there really is some bullshit afoot, and also sometimes it’s art, and it should be full of problems, because that’s what art is.

[pettycentral]

[lesbiampire]

some of you have ‘identities’ that deserve to be invalidated. some of them are unhealthy, actively hurt disenfranchised groups, or have no basis in material reality. the overbearing identity politics that exists on the internet, this whole postmodernist idea of ‘I say it so I am!’ is completely irrelevant when we’re considering actual oppressions within societies/cultures. it is meaningless.

I saw a post once on here saying ‘some of you deserve to feel less valid’ and I have never seen anything truer. some of you need to get your self-indulgent heads out of your asses too and consider that the entire world doesn’t need to alter itself due to ~your feelings~ and if you think it does, maybe your feelings/identity/whatever are the problem here.

[thecrumbez]

Happy Pride Month to those two women dancing together in the foreground of the boat scene in Godzilla (1954).

I’m sorry your romantic foibles were overshadowed by a big ass atomic lizard thing.

[erratic-dragon-fruit]

out of the tags with you

[c3rvida3]

I just learned that a lot of vintage perfumes and fragrances were intentionally created to blend well with the ever-present smell of cigarettes, and in specific a lot of iconic ones that are super musky and floral and civet-heavy were intended to compliment the smell of fur coats or even "refresh" that new fur coat smell, which is one of the reasons (besides just shifting preferences and trends) that a lot of them smell really, really bad to modern noses.

I bet there's some stunning genius diva out there right now who meticulously coordinates her Victoria's Secret body mists with her vape flavors.

[savedgame]

[gingerswagfreckles]

Being an Atheist on this website is like being a woman who doesn't wear makeup I stg. People will not stop negotiating with you. You say "I don't believe in God" and they say yeah! You can totally interpret religious texts to be progressive and support women, #girlpower! And you say no I'm not reinterpreting religious texts. I said I don't believe in God. And someone says fuck yeah!! You don't have to follow mainstream organized religion!! You can totally be pagan or Wiccan or just create your own system of spiritual belief! And you say no that's not what I said either. I said I don't believe in God. And people will say yeah!! Not all atheists are those mean superior cunts who actually don't believe in God for real, you can totally be an atheist who is wise enough to know we don't know everything and questions the existance of God while still of course agreeing that there COULD be a God! And you say no I don't think there maybe is a God or maybe isn't a God. I don't believe in God. And then people go 😨 and call you a bigot.

[planefood]

Sign I saw in the city

[bententeren]

ok so. so we’re just. not reading now. wow ok. ok!!! booktok says we should remove half of the fun from reading!!! wow!!! (i found this in a video and apparently it’s not just this person doing it. it’s. quite a few of them. just to make that clear.)

[memescomedy]

[necrobob]

That’s not quite true. The reporter behind the story, Daphne Caruana Galizia, was murdered.

[whatisthisplaceidonteven]

After mass protests, the Prime Minister of Iceland was forced to resign, along with many other members of the ruling party.

After mass protests, the President of Pakistan was forced to resign, along with many other members of the ruling party.

Worldwide, hundreds of people – many rich and powerful – were arrested.

Billions in stolen assets were returned to the people.

And 82 countries changed their laws to crack down on the wealth hoarding the papers revealed.

(Source here)

To say the Panama Papers accomplished nothing is an insult to Daphne Galizia’s memory. Her work, and the work of the hundreds of other journalists who contributed to the Papers, changed the world.

Disinformation like this is designed to discourage you, to make you feel you’re powerless against the monsters of the world. They want you to feel that way, because they are terrified of your power to make change.

Take your power back. Demand better. Keep fighting for a better world, because a better world is possible.

[dogpuppy]

I wish I could have heard you sing this… I bet you have a beautiful voice

[tboy-trash]

once you realize how much everyone fucking loves age- and incest-play you'll go even more insane when they tell you to join their campaign to run transgender woman #487324 off the internet (where she gets her income) for her incest kink or whatever

[akippie]

[s-a-u-l-o-f-t-a-r-s-u-s]

how is being gay considered so morally bad that so many cultures and religions had to go out of their way to prohibit it? like me and my boyfriend are literally just going to the aquarium tomorrow and that’s it

[insecuregodcomplex]

[c3rvida3]

I love the word "jamboree". If I had a daughter I'd name her Jamboree Lynn, and if I had a son, I'd leave him in the woods to be raised by coyotes.

[bananonbinary]

what if he grew up never knowing you were his parent and came back to kill you in a tragic twist of fate tho

[c3rvida3]

happens

[cheaphalloweencostume]

Jamboree Lynn would handle the situation i imagine

[voynichs]

obsessed with the fact that the welcome to night vale guy thinks he invented "welcome to [blank]" and gets really indignant and thinks other people who use that phrase ripped him off. its amazing. its a level of confident i aspire to be.

[shrike-dyke]

another one... david lynch you're a dead man

[kragehund-est]