Ripley's Believe it or Die

Occasionally an art blog. He/They/It/28

[caterwhauling]

Let me sleep I'll be better when I wake, I promise

[chortlebot]

before someone screenshots this and posts it elsewhere this is me

[clawcakes]

PREV TRUTH NUKE

[youngerfrankenstein]

To put it very bluntly.

You will always make a better impact helping people who need it than trying to hurt people you think deserve it.

[prettycottonmouthlamia]

It's just really funny, the only outward support I've seen for people with it/its pronouns are...the trans women I've seen with it/its pronouns. That's it. I don't use them as much as I should because the "queer community in real life" generally looks down on them.

[prettycottonmouthlamia]

Like one of the things that's been talked about for years is the difficulty in getting people to work with neo-pronouns, and that's still true for the record. But when you're a trans girl who wants to go by it/its a lot and everyone around you has internalized "it/its is a thing bigots use to dehumanize trans people they don't like", they don't suddenly act all cheery when you use the terms for yourself.

[phorusrhacidae-lesbian]

the sheer number of times a tme queer person has gone "idk it would be dehumanizing to call them that" about me while i am right there and do not use they/them pronouns under any circumstance is uh. a little bit maddening. and even when it isn't that it becomes very noticeable when people actively go out of their way to never use pronouns for you whatsoever. really makes a girl feel loved

[sitronsangbody]

Half the backlash to fat lib content essentially boils down to "I can't believe you're FORCING me to not be mean to you"

[sitronsangbody]

Thin people are absolutely relentless with this. "But I have to TELL them!" "I can't just not SAY something!" "We can't just PRETEND it's fine to be fat!"

They really seem to think the main reason people are fat is because we're simply drowning in approval and no one has been brave enough to inform us that it's better to not be fat, actually

[specialagentartemis]

I genuinely think it's related to what I observe about singleness, virginity, and ace/aro topics: people's entire worldviews are threatened by fat liberation. And having your worldview challenged is scary... especially because so many people have put so, so much personal effort into Not Being Fat, so much self-hate into gaining weight, so much self-denial of food they like and forcing themselves into activities they hate, to avoid being fat.

And fat liberation says "It's okay to be fat!" and fat people say "I'm happy being fat and I don't try to become skinny!"

And it scares people that that is an option. It scares people to think that they have sunk so much time, so much effort, so much misery into avoiding being fat. And this person in front of them is just... not even trying. Rejecting the game. Saying You Don't Have To Do That.

If they accept that they didn't have to do that... then they made themselves so unhappy, for so long, for no reason.

They want their effort, their unhappiness, to have been worth it. To have meant something.

So they have to believe that being fat is wrong, bad, gross, a moral failing, and the only reason anyone would be happy that way is if they just don't know better. Because the other option is to realize and admit that they suffered unnecessarily for years and it meant nothing at all.

[paperstorm]

Wait I’m sorry parent/child incest fic?????? Why does that exist? Why do you KNOW that exists?????? What the fuck 🤢

I feel like you can sort of tell how long (or not) someone has existed in fannish spaces by how outraged they get about things like this. Like rings in a tree trunk lol. I've been in so many fandoms. At least one, but often multiple at the same time, since I was a teenager. I've seen just. Everything.

Sex pollen. Mpreg. Incest. Monster fucking. Tentacles. Pairings like Snape/Hermione that would be crazy abusive and illegal if they were real. Wild kinks. The babygirlification of all kinds of villains. So much RPF (the 'I sincerely believe they are secretly a couple' kind and the 'this is fictional but it's fun to imagine they're in love' kind.)

You learn to just scroll past shit you don't like or unfollow people or filter tags. The tldr of fandom is that humans are weird as fuck. And creative, and unhinged, and traumatized, and talented. And amazing. And every single thing that you clutch your pearls about 'well surely someone doesn't want to read/write THAT!' - someone does. Probably lots of people do. And those people are perfectly normal. In their offline lives, they're parents and siblings and they have jobs and friends and they go about their lives and they don't cause any harm. And that's the sticking point. There's this really concerning, frankly highly Evangelical idea that if someone enjoys the wrong kind of fiction, they are obviously a Bad Person. But nothing is that simple, and thought crimes aren't real, and you definitely have some thoughts or ideas that someone else would find fucked up. You don't have to like every kind of fic that exists. I certainly don't. But shaming people for their harmless fantasies about fictional characters is so boring. I saw Goody Proctor enjoying a Toxic Ship! Good for you, I'll alert the pope.

[sea-salted-wolverine]

Hey. Heyhey. Do me a favor real quick.

If you don't already know you have issues doing so, squat down real quick. Bend your knees all the way and touch the floor. Just make sure you can do it. Okay? For me? And then stand up all the way and make sure you can balance on one foot.

Like. You don't need to blow it into some huge thing. Just. Make sure all your bits and peices still work the way you think they do.

[sea-salted-wolverine]

Can you turn your head to look behind you without twisting your shoulders? What about standing on your toes? If you sit down on the floor can you get back up without using your hands?

If there was ever a tumblr post worth sending to your mom, it's this one.

Just saying, bodies are a use it or lose it kinda thing.

[sea-salted-wolverine]

okay so every time I see this post crop back up in queues and notifications I end up thinking about it. Because I made the post and even I'm still doing the thing where I read the post about maintaining range of motion in my delicate meatsuit and I nod and hmm and think yeah that's a good idea and then dont move from where I'm curled up shrimp style staring at the nightmare rectangle.

So like. Thinking real hard about moving doesn't count as moving. Major bummer. Anyways. Joints.

[francesderwent]

reblog this and tag with a food you no longer have access to (closed restaurant, state you moved away from, ex’s mom’s cooking, etc) that will haunt you until your dying day, mine are the spicy chicken sandwich on the employee menu at the fine dining restaurant I was a prep cook at, and the onion bagel from the kosher place down the street from my house when I lived in the city

[rowlfthedog]

[miscling]

here's a secret about consent: you don't have to like something to consent to it. in fact, you probably consent to six unwanted things before breakfast, so why not let your domme do that one thing that drives her wild that you're not really into?

[innumerable-voices]

Kink education voice: This actually isn't bad or harmful and it definitely isn't rape. You really can consent to things you don't like or even things you actively dislike. If you're not really into feet but your partner is crazy about them doing foot stuff won't hurt you and it'll make your partner happy so why not. Hell you might even learn something about yourself. As misc is saying above; we do things we don't really want to every day, what different does it make if those things are sexual.

[innumerable-voices]

We're not talking about coercion we're talking about doing something nice for someone you care about

Also there's a balance to be found here but if you never engage with something that makes you uncomfortable you'll never grow or learn, so like, maybe just stick that class out or let that domme strap you, and maybe you'll learn something important or maybe your comfort zone will expand a little

[june-egbert-official]

consent is about being okay with a thing you are engaging in. not liking it.

sometimes your partner likes something you don't and that's fine. if it's too much or actively making you uncomfortable, you can use your safe word and you two can do after care, but if it's just not your thing there's nothing wrong with doing it.

like you're not gonna say it's coersion or rape to describe your partner dragging you to a painting night that you don't want to do, right???

[exclipsensfw]

purity politics

(reposting this because tumblr deleted my blog funny enough for nsfw)

[exclipsensfw]

Someone sent me anon hate then reported every single one of my posts because of this post

[mercymornsimpathizer]

counterpoint to that poll: what was your favorite assigned reading in high school??

[anxious-alto]

With the lack of SNAP benefits in the US hitting in a few days, welcome to No Snitch November. If you see somebody taking food? No you didn't. Taking formula? No you didn't. Taking diapers? No you didn't. When the government turns their back on our neighbors, it's our job to protect them.

[lelif]

the beauty of life

- // @fairycosmos // ? // - // @cassidyshotchocolate // - // - // elsie de wolfe// @podencos // afternoon on a hill, edna st. vincent millay// rien ne va plus, margarita karapanou, tr. by karen emmerich// - // - // @ annalauraart on instagram// culpable, joy sullivan// - // @ jordanklancaster on instagram// @ niall.breen.comics on instagram// agatha christie// @plasticlove1984 //sweeter than fiction, taylor swift// the summer day, mary oliver

[fernsnailz]

sonic expo last month made me realize i've missed drawing these guys..

[gvalesdraws]

All that is gold does not glitter,

Not all those who wander are lost;

The old that is strong does not wither,

Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,

A light from the shadows shall spring;

Renewed shall be blade that was broken,

The crownless again shall be king.”

[chronictranssexuality]

"you don't owe anyone anything" You are a tar pit. Speak for yourself. I personally owe the cafe employees my dishes put away and my friends a listening ear and small scared insects a cup and a gentle trip outside. Hyperindividualism is a rancid infection borne of capitalism and willfully misinterpreted therapyspeak and I will defy it by continuing to be kind regardless of whether or not it benefits me personally