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That’s what I like about us, you keep things unexpected.

jane fonda got arrested the third week in a row at climate change protests. this time with ted danson

Legends only

For everyone complaining about how these two can get arrested and it won’t affect their careers, you’re right. It most likely won’t hurt their careers. That’s why they keep going out and doing it. They’re using their platform to their advantage. They’re both white, of an older generation, and famous enough to be recognized. They’re holding their generation accountable and making an effort to show up and enforce change. This isn’t them advertising a TV show or some bs, they’re there to help

s-n-arly

This is a very good way to use your privilege.

amusedmuralist

Jane Fonda has been involved in protest since the America Vietnam war

weaselle

Jane Fonda’s activism did, in fact, hurt her career, and she’s out there risking it all again. She wasn’t just involved in protest since the Vietnam war (tho that is what did her career the most damage, some lawmakers were actually calling for her to be tried for treason over it)

She was already under government surveillance before that for her support of the Black Panthers and her show of solidarity with two separate first nations re-occupations (Fort Lawton and Alcatraz).

She’s not being silly or doing a bit or pulling a PR stunt. She’s just not letting the cops scare her. Because this is far from her first rodeo.

thebibliosphere

Jane Fonda’s mugshot from Nov. 3, 1970.

She was arrested on trumped-up drug smuggling charges, which an officer later admitted was their only way of booking her because god damn Nixon wanted her arrested for her anti-Vietnam War activism. The FBI and the CIA, and the NSA had been surveilling her for months without her knowledge.

If there is any celebrity whose activism is not empty lip service, it’s Jane fucking Fonda.

thearrogantemu

Another unfinished thought:

The Lord of the Rings isn’t just a blend of narrative styles, it’s a melding of narrative paradigms. The Elves are in a tragic story; events that involve them are characterized by beauty and sorrow. The Men are in a heroic story; their elements are weakness and strength. The Hobbits are in a comic story and their elements are fear and comfort.

Further: Merry and Pippin, having spent most of their story with Men, get an ending in the heroic paradigm: triumph, coronation, social order restored and renewed. Sam gets the hobbit ending: marriage and homecoming. And Frodo just walks straight off into an Elvish story.

jemaine

this man won an oscar for screenwriting and it shows

rastraea

I imagine this is how Joss Whedon sounds when he writes

shiroskeith-blog

Next time antis are being, well, antis, show them this:

latining

So a child came to you with concerns and criticism, and rather than ignoring said criticism because it wasn’t relevant to the fan work (taking your word for this), you decided to belittle them and imply their parents should be monitoring their internet use.

Cool. Cool thing you did there. Cool way for an adult to treat a child.

I wonder how they’re going to respond the next time they see something fucked up in fandom, or worse, experience it. Like the rampant sexual harassment and assault at conventions. Do you think they’re going to talk to an adult? Or do you think they’re going to internalise it as just part of the fandom and their fault for showing up?

But hey, you sure showed that middle-schooler.

villainislemony

cameoamalthea

If a child came to OP with concerns and criticism about adult content they shouldn’t be viewing, then their parents should be monitoring their internet usage because they aren’t obeying rating based restrictions.

If a 12 year old snuck into see Deadpool or It and then complained to the threats about it, the theater would probably call their parents and report them for sneaking into an R rated movie.

Ratings are their for a reason.

Also, ‘talk to your parents/other trusted adult’ if something upsets you is good advice. OP is telling them they need to talk to an adult, their parents, not a stranger on the internet.

ardwynna

If an adult has a problem with a child’s behavior offline, a light warning and speaking to the parents is how it goes, nothing odd about that. But online, as much as we would like to have an adult conversation about how little Timmy needs to stop peeking in neighbor’s windows because he’s not ready to understand swinging and pony play yet and besides he’s breaking the law, we have to interact with the children themselves in a more direct fashion. We have to rely on them to ask their parents to step up and parent, and that’s more responsibility than some of them want to handle.

What I do find ironic about this entire situation is that the children don’t hesitate to demand that the adult fans treat them like the children they are, but when we do, they’re upset. They don’t want, “The sign means ‘stay out’ Timmy,” or “I’m going to have to talk to your mother, Timmy,” but “Pour the booze down the toilet, babyproof the house and turn the whole world into a Zero Tolerance zone because Timmy exists.” For a group that’s so staunchly anti-kink, they’re very into ageplay and topping from the bottom.

untitled23343

“…the children don’t hesitate to demand that the adult fans treat them like the children they are, but when we do, they’re upset.”

T H A T is the fucking truth right there. I get sick of hearing “I’m a minor, it’s your responsibility as an adult to protect me from seeing bad things!!” and then when my response is “stay away from my blog, stay away from my AO3, and if you aren’t old enough to be seeing occasional porn then tumblr isn’t a good place for you because it’s a poorly designed website and you’re gonna stumble on that shit”, then I’m still not doing my job.

what the fuck do you expect me to do? I really wanna know. other than tagging and slapping big, obvious warning labels on anything I post, I want to know what I’m expected to do to protect minors with internet access.

animenutcase

See, what I think is happening is that they REALLY want to not have to see the age-inappropriate things they PERSONALLY don’t like, without having to put in any effort to avoid said things. If their parents start monitoring their computer stuff, they won’t be able to see the age-inappropriate stuff they DO want to see. After all, if NSFW stuff is properly tagged, they shouldn’t have been able to see it in the first place unless they were already looking for NSFW things, right?

roselinbooks-deactivated2021032

This.

Warnings are posted for a reason. As a content creator, the extent of my responsibility is to appropriately rate and tag things that have potentially upsetting content. Avoiding those things is the responsibility of the consumer, not the creator.

If I forget to tag something, by all means, let me know! But don’t complain to me when something tagged with tw: gore contains graphic violence.

megpie71

Once again: this is a kid walking into the front bar of a pub, and being shocked, shocked, I tell you, that alcoholic beverages are on sale. (Oh, and how dare the bartender tell them they’re going to have to present ID in order to be served!)

If you choose, of your own accord, to go into the adult place marked with the sign saying “adults only” and to click “yes, I’m an adult” on the warning that pops up before you get to see anything, then yes, the site owners are within their rights to presume you are capable of dealing with whatever shows up as a result.

vickytokio

This is still a subject that never fails to baffle me, especially since it’s so new. Fifteen years ago, it didn’t work like that and I am honestly curious about how did it change…

pattinsonsupremacy

i have two heroes

drafthearse

have a new mug that I'm enamoured with like really enamoured and I just was taking it out of the dishwasher and before I put it in the shelf I said "hi baby" with like pure and childlike joy and then gave it a kiss. and like I didn't plan to kiss my lovely new ceramic mug but I did kiss it and I do love it and it's nice to have a spacious cream colored mug with a weird looking cat hand painted on it by someone like it makes me happy it's a small object and I smile when I see it.

drafthearse

this is the mug btw.

homokommari

america got superheroes and japan got magical girls. i think america is the clear loser here

homokommari

if i got rescued by a superhero id be like "theres a 50% chance u are a secret billionaire, go kill off bezos if u really wanna help me". if a magical girl rescued me id be like "thank u girl, good luck on ur math test!"

homokommari

oh but if spiderman saved me i'd be like "thank u boy, good luck on ur math test!"

sketchesbyceebee

Claudia in my TDP series! I’ve had this sitting open for ages because I didn’t know how to do the magic effects. So, after many tries, this is what I’ve settled on. Hopefully Soren won’t take quite so long, but who knows, I’ve got too many wips right now

horsefriend

putnamspuppeteer

For those who don't know: Ikumi Nakamura is the woman who was senior artist on Bayonetta, and designed the titular character along with Hideki Kamiya. Their greatest moment of bonding was over their insistence that Bayonetta keep her glasses on at all times. Nakamura cannot go to horny jail. She is the warden.