[prsephonies-deactivated20200815]

when i was a teenager it felt very revolutionary to be cruel to myself. like some kind of slow passive protest against how much everything hurt. i starved myself of sleep and food and tenderness because it felt right. it felt sharp and angry and radical and i wanted to be those things. adulthood is the realisation that the world is already working to cut into you well before you learn how to do it yourself. caring for yourself and others is the real protest

[friedegg]

[friedegg]

[whats-your-name-man]

[cowboyhats]

Michelle K, I Know I Deserve More

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[afrofade]

New Yorkers after you make eye contact with us more than twice

[grawly]

This is literally the only good comment on this post

[asmeesh]

The wildfires have been turning the sun red where I live.

(There's a story that goes with this. Read it here.)

[sisyphusshrugged]

good morning kings let’s push this boulder

[lolt64]

bad news about the boulder everyone

[aaays-and-bees]

Good morning kings let’s push this boulder

[bum-ju]

anyways, japanese imperialism is not a thing of the past and still exists today. japanese propaganda is in the little things, and to end it you have to recognize them. stop glorifying the rising sun flag. pay attention to how japanese media treats its korean characters as opposed to the white ones. be on your guard when anyone or anything implies that japan is in any way superior to other asian countries. above all, listen to and support any poc who has been affected by japanese imperialism.

[bum-ju]

you can reblog this post instead of liking it btw

[trainsinanime]

The most egregious example I’ve ever seen was the anime (based on a novel series, there’s also a Manga) “Gate” (full name Gate: Jieitai Kano Chi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri, sometimes abbreviated Gate JSDF here in the west. The story of it is that a gate to some standard magical fantasy realm opens in the middle of Tokio. It becomes the heroic duty of the Japanese military to invade that fantasy realm with massive force, and take over governing of it, because the people there are portrayed as weak and their leaders as evil and they can’t do it well themselves. Oh, and the other countries of the world are all jealous of this new colonial empire that Japan has. It is 100% blatant pro-imperialist and pro-military propaganda, and it uses all the standard anime tropes to do it. Lots of waifus, cat girls and so on. It’s not good by any means, but it’s fascinating to see that people are still making such frankly scary propaganda, clearly aimed at a young audience, and how it works.

Oh, and this is very recent, the anime came out in 2015. And apparently the Japanese military, instead of being embarrassed by it (I’d argue that the use of the JSDF in that anime is actually unconstitutional), used it as recruitment material.

This is only the most egregious example, and it was still a massive hit in Japan. Obviously more subtle variations of this are going to be even more common. That’s definitely worth keeping in mind.

[halloweentual]

if a work of fiction doesn't make me think intensely about each character's personal tragedy with that specific ache in my heart whenever i space out then what's the point?

[eatyourfacecat-deactivated20250]

Men really believe that they’re the only ones who feel lonely and alienated and also that it’s the responsibility of every individual woman that they encounter to fix it

[blackgirlsreverything]

[afronerdism]

White women terrorize people in spaces like these but people ignore it to talk about white men

[zonnesproetje]

i love being on trains this is literally where im meant to be <3

[vergak]

[valtsv]

"my child is fine" your child's favorite trope is a tough old warrior who could kill a man with their bare hands in over a hundred different ways grudgingly adopting a small reckless child they grow to love and protect with their dying breath

[valtsv]

your child has 15 fictional dads better than you

[gale-gentlepenguin]

It baffles me how some people cant condemn the authoritarian regime in Cuba. OVER 60 YEARS of people suffering under it. Explain to me why you cant do it. Does it shatter your romanticism of communism? Well sorry that MY PEOPLE dying in the streets from starvation, police brutality, and disease messes with your political discourse.

WHY THE F*** IS CUBA'S SUFFERING A DIVISIVE POLITICAL ISSUE?! THIS SHOULDNT BE HARD!

Have the US blockades done damage to Cuba? Yes.

Should the blockades be ended? Yes

Will ending those Blockades result in the end the horrible atrocities commited on MY PEOPLE?! Not for one second! Because IT isnt the reason why its happening. This has been happening for so much longer than people realize.

Cuba has been suffering for so long and ALL opposition has been BEATEN down, disappeared and silenced. Now the regime is weakening, Cubans are rising up. Cuba wants to be free of this regime. Any cuban that has FLED from Cuba, that lived in cuba, they know the true horrors there.

It breaks my heart to see people and groups that claim to fight against authoritarianism, that fight against police brutality, that fight injustice can simply say "Its the embargo's fault" and cant condemn the actions of the FUCKED UP AUTHORITARIAN REGIME.

[myzuer]

Mushroom

[braininvaderc]

chat blanc or not, i want to see adrien snap. i want to see adrien staring sadly at nino and alya in class, even if he knows that as adrien he doesnt have a reason to be mad. i want to see chat noir not showing up at patrols because he cant stand looking at ladybug anymore (it’s too painful, suffocating)— for not telling him about important decisions, for keeping secrets from him. i want to see chat completely snapping when he finds out that ladybug told alya her identity because by this point everybody seems to know each other’s identities except him, who had been there since day one. how loosely and freely nino told him about their secret identities while adrien has been strictly quiet for years about his because those were the rules, damn it. even if he didn’t like them, he respected them, and now those rules seem to be optional (they’re not, marinette will be angry when she finds that alya told nino anyway despite the trust mari placed on rena). adrien is bottling up everything and he will explode soon. let that boy be angry and heard. he has every right to be. it’s either that or ladybug and chat noir must have a serious conversation, alone, even though by this point i doubt chat would tell her anything.

[spacebeige]

White Feminism

[guerrillatech]

[aidashakur]

You've healed too much to let anyone bring back an older version of you.

[telltaletypist]

telling gay men that they are allowed to love each other freely, openly, and passionately will always be more important than reassuring insecure straight men that they can hug their bestie without being gay

[telltaletypist]

the solution to men withholding love and affection from each other out of fear of being perceived as gay is to remove the stigma around being perceived as gay, not to “no homo” male affection