Ramblings of a Crazed Raver

Well I am me, take me or leave me as I am. I am fiercely independent, loyal, slightly crazy (the good kind of crazy), fun, forced extrovert who is really an introvert and a bleeding heart liberal. I am poly, but dream of monogamy. I hold a MS in Zoology, I am a registered EMT, I am a chef and most of all I am a human being. I see each person as more than the sum of their titles and experiences, knowledge and learning, we are all the universe experiencing itself subjectively. I am sapiosexual (meaning I am attracted to the application of intelligence) and pansexual (meaning gender identity means little to nothing to me in my sexual attraction). I try to take each person as they come and accept them for who they are. There are very few people who I hate. I tend not to hate people but the actions they perform. I see there is no inherent evil in this world, only what we truly make of the world around us. I hope this all makes sense... PLUR

[kissedbyquiet]

She fucking ate

[liberalsarecool]

Republicans have lost their minds, heart, and soul to defend a spineless, brainless Trump.

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[mioxenoblade]

The future of all communication between trans people will be done through Astolfo memes

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[wizardpotions]

The concepts of NSFW is being cleared of the Internet under the false pretense of children’s safety when it’s really about the people in power sanitising for advertisers and pushing evangelical narratives AND that not enough is done to keep legitimately harmful content off of spaces that minors have access to are ideas that can coexist

[pageofheartdj]

can adults have their own fucking space?

[wizardpotions]

a lot of people are misunderstanding this post. minors arent taking away your spaces. the internet is not being made safer for children, it is being sanitised for advertisers.

[queenofthefaces]

And also: minors’ spaces are being taken away.

When I was a kid, “barbie.com” looked like this

But now, if you type “Barbie.com” you’re taken immediately to Mattel’s online shop, surrounded by nothing but “shop now” links and toy collections.

Disney channel’s website is now “Disneynow.com” which still has games and shows appropriate for kids, but is aimed towards a younger audience as it combines Disney Jr and Disney Channel properties, and the look of the entire site is very juvenile and not very appealing to kids in the tween and young teen demographics.

Nick.com has been similarly streamlined and is focused primarily on streaming its shows, and the only games still left are 10 apps that can’t be played on browser.

Kid-friendly sites like icarly.com, Poptropica, Club Penguin, Neopets, Webkinz etc used to be insanely relevant and popular spaces built for kids and tweens.

Now, kids are being funneled into less moderated, more exploitative, and more public spaces like Roblox (its dangerous and exploitative nature exposed in these videos from People Make Games: (x) (x)), Fortnite (known for its gambling and microtransaction issues), and social media sites like TikTok, YouTube, and Twitter.

My elementary aged cousins spend their time on Roblox, YouTube, and some less than reputable game sites that are full of ads and stolen/reposted/reskinned games. My sister was on Musically/Tiktok and Twitter in middle school. They don’t have the same options for having fun online that I did when I was a kid, especially not when they get too old for nickjr and disneynow.

The internet has been condensed into about 5 popular sites that are full of ads, and it’s not fair to anyone.

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[femhawke]

Huh.....

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[fuckyeahbruce-campbell]

The Best of Bruce's social media posts from December through July 2021 (2/3). SOURCES: (x)(x)(x)(x)(x)(x)(x)(x)(x)(x)(x)

[thegingerpowers]

[ginger-ninja420]

I feel attacked

[weaselle]

you forgot the pie slice labeled “I’m actually holding it but don’t realize it”

[randomslasher]

That’s the slice they’re currently holding

[themandarin]

THOR RAGNAROK / LOKI

[nuckgirl16]

Ugh...grrrr

I mean we KNEW this day was coming ever since this Commanders wife was rushed inelegantly into SCOTUS a position she has no business being in

Biden needs to add numbers to SCOTUS stat

[corporationsarepeople]

We need to stop relying on Roe. We need a federal law protecting women’s right to control their own bodies. And we need it now.

[emily-axford]

CARA GEE AS CAMINA DRUMMER The Expanse, Season 2 (2015-)

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[everythingfox]

“Baby flamingo practicing standing on one leg”

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[ms-andry]

What year is it??

ETA apparently she posted this less than an hour ago and also it’s her first tiktok

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[lady-feral]

FUCKING PREACH

[mj-irl]

It’s all about control, sexism, racism, it’s not about babies or lives or the Bible

[a-brokenteenpoet]

Okay, but I've seen this argument thrown around for years, and I never believed it because it's been pushed into my brain since I was a child by my extremely Christian parents that abortion is fundamentally evil because it goes against the Bible. But I'm taking a 2nd Wave Feminism course and I finally found out that this is actually 100% true? Until the Reagan campaign and associated Republican politicians tried to find another social issue to sway Southerners, especially Southern women, in their favor, abortion was not a primary issue for churches. It was only when feminists started mobilizing and, as a result, many institutions such as the Catholic church tried to mobilize against them that churches started advocating against abortion. Abortion did not become an issue of morality for the right until the 70s. Before then, abortion was simply not discussed because most things relating to sex weren't publicly discussed. So no, according to popular belief, the argument that abortions are killing babies did not always exist, it was just an argument crafted when the Republican party needed another social group to oppress for political points

[axolotlife]

Of course it was Reagan

[lizluvscupcakes]

Why’s it always Reagan?

[corporationsarepeople]

And this absolutely did become an issue in response to school desegregation. The “moral majority” right wing coalition was formed by Jerry Falwell, Paul Weyrich & others when segregation academies and even universities like Bob Jones lost tax exempt status. They called it an attack on their religious freedom.

While this was the start of the politically organized religious far right, Weyrich was smart enough to know that they needed another issue to mobilize conservative voters on a larger scale.

In the late 70s, there was a lot of hostility to women’s rights among conservatives, as well as a lot of change. The ERA was being ratified by states, colleges were going coed, and women were even legally allowed to get credit without a man co-signing for the first time. After Roe v Wade, there was a spike in the recorded number of abortions (as anyone would expect because they weren’t recorded when illegal), and this made conservative audiences a prime target for a new political propaganda.

Politicians teamed with (primarily conservative segregationist) pastors all across the country with graphic videos about the sin of abortion, and the epidemic of wicked women killing unborn babies. Never mind that just a few years earlier almost all of these congregations didn’t even consider abortion a sin, just something that those “foreign” Catholics opposed. This was a major campaign, and was purely political. Its purpose was to get Jimmy Carter out of office and replace him with a Republican.

It worked. And we’re still living with the monster they created.