[coconutcows]

Please if you come to send a message asking for help, please do it through asks, not direct messaging, there is a high chance I will not see a message through Direct Messaging

I don’t ignore people on purpose and I feel ashamed at missing so many messages from people needing help. I’m pinning this in the hopes I don’t miss anything from anymore people, much love and,

Freedom soon for all of Palestine 🇵🇸

[mortalityplays]

"Oh I've never heard of this fandom, I'll need to give a couple of episodes a try" SHOW you have never heard of this SHOW. repeat after me: I've never heard of this TELEVISION SHOW.

[jadeazora]

I do treat mine as collectibles depending on the plush (like my Eternal Flower Floette plushies or my Trainers plushies), but I really hate what scalpers, collectors (not the ones who do it for the love of the series, mind you), and investors have done to this franchise, man.

The cards were annoying enough. Don't set the barrier of entry on merch too high for kids, the franchise is mainly targeted for them. They should be allowed cards and plushies and whatever the hell else too.

[coconutcows]

I can understand if there are specific, high end lines of merchandise that are expensive or limited like some statues but come on those are very general looking plushies!!! What is wrong with people, how can they really feel fine putting age limits to keep out the exact demographic the franchise is aimed at

[beholdingslut]

in absolute tears about the pride module at my work

[dikdikpronouncedxylophone]

[bigfoots-biggest-fan]

HOLY SHIT GUYS, I WAS INSPIRED BY THIS POST TO TRY MAKE THE SONG AND YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE THE SCREAM I SCRUMPT WHEN I DRAGGED THE TRAINING AUDIO OVER THE BACKING TRACK AND IT LINED UP PERFECTLY

Visit Original Link

Tempted to actually put this on spotify so I can secretly stream it at work...

Tagging @batshit-auspol because as an Australian you're the only big account I know who might share (sorry).

[punkrorschach]

happy first day of pride everyone

[art-res]

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[art-res]

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[coconutcows]

Quick question, so like when was the general consensus that “Enby” is an infantilizing term and why???? It was the main term but now all the sudden I’m seeing it called infantilizing and childish over “Enben” which I’ve never heard before. Enby is literally just a phonetic spelling of the acronym for Non Binary and to avoid using NB which can also be used to mean Non Black.

But just when and where did this come from???

[eroscestlavie]

I need to stop replying to “how do you make friends in your 30s?” threads because all my answers boil down to “you have to want to know people instead of have friends” and I don’t think people wanna hear that

[eroscestlavie]

It’s like. People can tell if you don’t really like or connect with them. If you aren’t truly enamored with someone you will have a hard time coming up with activities to do together to deepen the friendship. Because you don’t really like that person that much.

[bideogaymes]

that Natasha doll shit that’s big in Asia rn (China, Indonesia, Korea, etc.) is emblematic of why we say antiblackness is global. abusing a Black baby doll to relieve stress, in violent and pedophilic ways, & then going out of their way to take pictures of irl Black, African, and half-Black Asian children to brag that they found the “IRL Natasha doll”? and comments under posts on Xiaohongshu saying they want to “punch” it (an irl Black child) up?

and in Spanish speaking circles online they sharing gore pictures of dead African babies in online chats so much it has a label named “BND”? Another Black teen was murdered recently by an Asian American store owner convinced he was stealing despite putting items back. He shot him in the back.

yall dont deserve nothing from Black people in any part of the diaspora, irdc. this shit makes me so angry but the demands for an expectation of actionable organizing and dismantling of the white supremacist project that is the US is laid at our collective feet and no one else’s is so crazy to me. how are Black ppl supposed to generate trust for nonblack ppl that hasn’t been demonstrated in a sustained, recent, manner, without us having to force the rest of the world to see us?

Idpol is divisive until it’s time to self adopt the moniker of the Global South and that often doesn’t include & backseats Black African exploitation/extraction. it’s hella transparent how nonblack leftists only mention Sudan, Congo, Somalia, etc. as afterthoughts to their awareness and solidarity posts focusing on Palestine but feel entitled to call Black leftists “zog slaves” for not making dedicated media to the issue they feel the most important, regardless if to these Black leftists making Black issues their focus and niche.

fucking crazy so many of yall got the nerve to posture moral superiority.

[bideogaymes]

i didn’t say every East Asian did or does support this, nor did i specify East Asia at all.

[bideogaymes]

the video is even worse. these Chinese and Asian social media users are actually going to remote African villages to film themselves abusing, terrorizing, and humiliating Black children.

One clip shows a Chinese man holding a young Black girl on his lap and having her repeat sentences in Chinese. she doesn’t know what she’s saying but the captions show him having her say, “ I have no value. I’m just a retard.”

im sick to my stomach.

editing to add youtube video link:

[toiich]

Debbie Harry on The Muppet Show (1981)

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[elfdyke]

i dont think fandom people who only think about male characters and only create content for male characters are like horrible misogynists but i do think they often have some shit they need to unpack. like how can you , for example, play life is strange and the only thing you come away with from that is you want nathan and warren to fuck nasty. how can you watch birds of prey, and the only thing you come away with from that is you want roman and victor to fuck nasty......... like idk! idk! i just find it strange especially when people will engage with media Specifically about women and then put no effort in to empathize or care about them, sometimes even going far enough to say they HATE the female characters and that theyre bitches... IDK!!!!

[elfdyke]

this post sucks, the craziest people are flocking to it and just airing themselves out. what the fuck are you talking about. what do giraffes have to do with this. youre insane

[mushroomjar]

[Image Description: A screenshot of tags that say: consider: I grew up with like 99% of strong figures in my life being women, not to be that person but like men are much more mystical and interesting to me bc of that, like listen I know giraffes may be exotic and beautiful and fascinating to you but they're my parents and neighbors and teachers, and I'm much more interested in that gross rhino you grew up with, cause I know jack shit about rhinos, idk, I think you can think that female characters are interesting and well written and not create stuff for them, and also men hot, (shrugging emoji), but also I mostly engage in media that's mostly about men so. End Image Description]

[transmasc-is-life]

'Why does every nonbinary person want top surgery' I dunno maybe because having visible breasts immediately makes everyone assume you're female and only female, and therefore put you into a binary. Also why are you assuming every nonbinary person has breasts.

[aropride]

i don't like how some trans people talk about elliot page as if Looking Like Elliot Page is the worst possible outcome for a trans man, or at least an undesirable one. first of all some people look like elliot page and that's fine. second of all. if i was elliot page it would hurt my feelings to see people go "i'm transitioning to look like a REAL man not elliot page." and elliot page is probably not reading posts mentioning him online but trans men who look like him and trans men who might look like him post-transition and trans men who want to look like him are reading those posts and it probably doesn't make them feel very good . i think making a specific trans man the face of Trans Man You Don't Want To Look Like Because He's Too Feminine(?) is really mean actually

[liquidstar]

the only unproblamatic anime boy is alphonse elric. hes never done a damn thing wrong in his life ever.

[cuteghosts]

Attempted alchemy’s one and only taboo?

[liquidstar]

he just wanted to see his mother smile again you heartless monster 

[princessmossy]

Then what did ed do so wrong?

[liquidstar]

edward was a little bitch

[creaturefeaturecommando]

"Canceling" was also an AAVE term that originally meant "We ain't fucking with this person anymore because they're weird with weird and questionable beliefs" and white people took it and tainted it to mean "You're trying to ruin someone's life, how dare you make someone take accountability for their actions !" like they really thought that saying "Hey this person is racist, maybe you want to think twice before giving them money and support" is a bad thing and that says a lot more about them than it does about us

[exquisite-peculiarity]

"Get well soon" is hard to hear when you know you won't be getting better.

(Reposting because I made some changes!)

[vioqueenofmushrooms]

Hey if you have a chronically ill friend who is housebound, I'd like to take this opportunity to remind you to make contact with them. See if you can visit them (offer to sit in their room with them, tell them they don't need to worry about how clean it is), offer to bring them a meal or help with tasks they can't do themself, offer to go with them to a doctor's appointment, if they can leave the house sometimes let them know that the next time they have the energy they're welcome to come lie on your couch.

Housebound people feel free to add your own input, my housebound friend was able to visit recently and I was reminded of how isolating it can be for her. I love you and you deserve to get to see people in ways that don't hurt you more than they have to.

[blog-from-bed]

I just had a thought for an addition. I find it very difficult that I basically need to be lying down almost all of the time. And when people want to visit it's very embarassing to have to say "I'll need to lie down on the sofa or be in bed".

Even if I do make myself explain this, I still end up pushing myself to sit upright because of their reactions to this. Because they don't feel comfortable talking to someone who is lying down and make that fact obvious.... and then have a flare up from overexerting myself.

This has happened multiple times when people say they want to do me a favour and visit me. And ends up causing me discomfort, pain, and makes it a negative thing for me instead.

So, if you know that this is also difficultly for them like me, reassure them that you don't mind if they need to lie down, even for the whole visit. I personally would appreciate this a lot if people did this