Apogee Of Flair

Gen X and tired of this shit. I was here at the start of it all, I will be here at the end. Liberal use of the block button and getting on with my day.

[g1rluninterruptedd]

still reading the bible… this shit is terrible? (Genesis 12:10-18) Abram asks Sarai (his wife) to lie and say she’s his sister and the pharaoh gets with her. and then it says “yeah because of SARAI’S LYING ASS, God had to do something violent.” WOMEN KEEP GETTING BLAMED FOR THE SHIT MEN DO OH MY GOSH. Mind you… this is still in Genesis. Also when Eve gives birth to one of her sons, it’s like “oh god has blessed me with a SON,” and this is never said for a daughter…. and people still believe in this bullshit because….? this is like greek mythology to me, none of this stuff is real.

I’ve only read part of genesis and exodus so far and… you must have to be really desperate, sad, and/or stupid to believe in any of this

[apogeeofflair]

I read the Bible from start to finish as a teen, it’s such bullshit and I found myself convinced people must be lying about believing any of it because how could you read it all and still believe.

Then I found that most of the churchgoers I was with just read select passages, often as part of a bible group, where they were told what it meant and how to interpret it.

Then you realise you’re all reading a relatively modern version that has been translated several times, edited to drop bits they didn’t like, etc and that there is nothing ‘holy’ about this work of fiction.

[viralfrog]

[myjetpack]

My latest books cartoon for The Guardian

[bodenor]

“drag is about parodying gender roles!” mayhaps it’s not the job of men to make fun of the cage they put women into <3

[blasphemale]

“It’s not about mocking women or their bodies!” Then why do they have fake tits and hip padding and why do they make their voices like that

[hugewoman]

“Drag comes from a place of love and respect for women, like their mothers and sisters and favorite celebrities” huh so then do they also openly call their mothers and sisters bitches and whores and sluts and cunts and bimbos?

[pmamtraveller]

The Pearl With The Girl Earring by Olaf Falafel

[apogeeofflair]

This guy’s YouTube art club channel was a highlight for my girls during Lockdown.

[inthedarktrees]

Kate O'Flynn as Patricia

“Beach Reads” | Widow’s Bay 1x04

[allsonargent]

Kate O'Flynn as Patricia Moyer in WIDOW'S BAY (2026—)

[ratqueen40]

Terminator is one of my favorite films of all time. Not only because the main protagonist is Sarah Connor, an average regular woman, but also because of her development and acceptance of her significant role in the first two films. She’s so badass and locked in in the second film. And there’s something poetic about a woman being institutionalized because of her being perceived as insane and delusional for trying to warn everyone about AI becoming intelligent and taking over the world. I fucking love Terminator.

[takethemedicinemoved-deactivate]

[shamelesslyunladylike]

Well, yes, feminists have been warning you about that for ages.

[hotgirlruslana]

we literally told you

[moderata]

and you called us evil for pointing this out

[sowhatisheckinavailable-deactiv]

I want to elaborate more in case someone reading replied/reblogs was never told this. Feminists have been saying since the start of this transition boom that the reason companies were/are so supportive is because they see it as a profiting tool. They don't care about your mental health or what is best for you. They care that you are convinced you are the opposite sex and they care about you buying their products to make them money. Everyone (by that I mean corporations) only seem to be supporting this mass out cry for easier transitioning because it's easier profita for them.

A lot of lesbians and gay men have been telling you that this is eaxtly what happened to us as bring gay became more accepted mainstream. We yell about it every time pride month rolls around when companies start to push their "pro-gay" stances so we gobble it up and make them money.

This is even more serious. We arent and were never out to hurt people by pointing this out. We arent trying to male you feel alone or like no one supports you. We want you to be safe and understand that companies are going to try to take advantage of your mental state. Just because a snake is smiling and using language you are comfortable with does not make them less of a snake.

[churels]

Inauthentic Selves: The modern LGBTQ+ Movement Is Run By Philanthropic Astroturf And Based On Junk Science - Campaña Argentina por los Derec

Let me set the stage for you. It is the recent Anchorage municipal elections. It is cold, it is chilly, it’s Anchorage, and there are munici

still one of the most world changing and insane investigative pieces I’ll ever read.

[genderisareligion]

Sending this to someone made me realize that link is broken

Inauthentic Selves: The modern LGBTQ+ Movement Is Run By Philanthropic Astroturf And Based On Junk Science Part One

How the LGBT community got suckered by Big Business and Big Philanthropy.

There's a lot in here but this year I find these particularly interesting (and I wrote about that study they're talking about in the screenshots here, and got an anonymous threat or two after saying that lol)

[sweetest-girl-in-the-universe]

[polished-obsidianstone]

Reminder that veiling women in cultures of sexualization and misogyny is not protecting her from objectification. It's reinforcing the idea that her body is something of desire, instead of a neutral vessel she exists in. And in opposite -- because I saw people in the notes trying to derail the point of this criticism piece (which is about oppressive islamic regimes, by the way) -- exposing women's bodies with short-tight clothing is not liberating her OBVIOUSLY. Instead of pushing for either extreme, how about we focus on cultivating a culture of respect for women? So that women do not feel the need to, or get forced to, hide their bodies and hair?

[hating-alison-ashley]

Women should be able to cover up or not based on practicality and personal preference.

A woman with everything covered up because it's freezing cold - fine and good. A woman covered up the exact same amount because she was told she had to - awful and bad.

A woman wearing not very much because she's swimming in the ocean - fine and good (though covering up to avoid sun burn, also sensible). A woman wearing the exact same amount because she's required to to compete in volleyball, even though the men have different rules - awful and bad.

It's not about how much she's wearing, it's about why she's wearing it and does it interfere with her doing what she wants to do.

[radfemblack]

Responses to this moronic silencing tactic 👇🏾

[radfemblack]

X

[radfemblack]

X

[radfemblack]

X

[radfemblack]

[radfemblack]

X

[doingitatmybirthdaydinner]

lmao go follow this woman on tiktok @ gabbyxx215 she’s really good

[apogeeofflair]

That poster getting mad because they posted about not shaving legs and it naturally got reblogged by radfems. Meanwhile in the notes a TIM is saying they disagreed because shaving their legs made them realise they were trans.

Peak irony

[figofswords]

weary and wary are not the same word and have very different meanings and if i see one more person use wearily when they mean warily I’m gonna combust

[figofswords]

weary: tired, worn-out, beaten down, exhausted, in need of rest. they were weary after their long journey. wearily, she sat down on the couch and kicked off her shoes. he had grown weary of this conversation.

wary: guarded, cautious, on-edge, careful. they were wary of the approaching stranger. warily, she poked at the dark shape in the corner of her room. he paused, wary, but nodded anyway.

[luxwing]

[figofswords]

thank you for this reply you get the funny crown today with bonus points for accuracy

[fyxan-deactivated20180801]

ya gotta own your politics…. ya gotta take responsibility for your political beliefs.  you are not just ‘amplifying their voices’: whether ‘they’ are black, disabled, female, colonised, &c.  you are not some impartial megaphone that is the perfect ally to the Voice of the Oppressed.  you do not get to disown your beliefs by pretending that you are just a conduit for other, better people because you ‘listened.’  in your ears, out your mouth: those sweet sweet un-problematic, unassailable politics.

you are either:

repeating the most popular opinions of the group you claim to be ‘allied’ to

repeating the loudest opinions of the group you claim to be ‘allied’ to

repeating the opinions you agree with, or are most comfortable with, within the group you claim to be ‘allied’ to

omniscient, so that you can absorb every opinion & experience of that group, then flawlessly construct the best politics.  and then passing it off as a product of good ‘listening’

so, (1) authoritarian, (2) authoritarian, (3) dishonest, or (4) impossible and dishonest.

i’m not saying ‘don’t listen.’  i am pro-listening!!  we owe others a continuous effort, in good faith, to understand their lives.  but listening alone will not get you to action, or even a semi-coherent world-view.

no one is always right or always informed; everyone is incorrect & ignorant about different things.  everyone has prejudices & blind spots.  own that, work on that, and be honest: your politics are a product of your own history & geography, what you’ve been exposed to, your own critical thinking skills, your patience, your memory.  which is intimidating, because recognising that your own political views (& other people’s) are imperfect & limited means opening yourself up to a whole world of criticism, discussion, & disagreement.  it’s frustrating, embarrassing, & exhausting.  but i think that honesty, with yourself & with others, is worth it.

[vintage-bentley]

This is exactly the problem with the left right now. So many people don’t have their own politics and their own opinions/beliefs…they just regurgitate whatever they’ve been told is the Moral Stance. And often they’re basing their worldview on “whatever angers the right most is what I believe”. When you try to have a conversation with them about what they supposedly believe so strongly, you can’t really get anywhere because again, these beliefs are not their own. So they can repeat points as much as they can, but they can rarely actually dive deeper into those points. And overall it makes the left look incredibly stupid and mass it very easy for the right to discredit us.

[apogeeofflair]

[echoes-of-brigantia]

Fountains Abbey, a Cistercian house established in 1132, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1986, and the UK’s largest (and most important) monastic abbey ruins.

The Abbey was ruined after the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539.