Hi.

Welcome. Here, this is my blog. My name is Lex and I was originally here for bands but then stuff happened and now I post anything from politics to the latest memes.

[lastoneout]

Sorry we really went from free the nipple, take back the night, slut walks, and ending gender/sex segregation in sports being fucking milquetoast feminism 101 concepts to fucking girl dinner and "I just worry about fairness if we let trans girls play against cis ones" and "it was right of that woman to call the cops on a black man for existing near here in public during the day time because men are all violent monsters" and "radical feminism isn't transphobic we just need to kill all men including trans ones those oppressive traitors" and I will legit never be able to be normal about it. What the FUCK happened. I'd say I wonder what the feminists of my youth would say about this but I'm one and lemme tell ya I want to throw up. Go fucking read bell hooks or do something else useful please because all of this learned helplessness, gender essentialism, and transphobia dressed up as feminism is actively holding us back.

[the-transfeminine-mystique]

Like, our stance towards exclusionary theology should not be “well actually if we look in the Bible we can see that it never actually forbids being gay,” but instead “how fucking dare you presume to delimit God’s love? What blasphemous arrogance could have possibly led you to where you are? When did you start worshipping your own image in place of the Divine?” 

[lierdumoa]

Tell them “Your god is petty and cruel, because your god is a false idol you created in your own image.”

[jaylor]

he’s literally rigging the election and next to nothing’s being done about it what the actual fucking living hell

[jaylor]

HE’S LITERALLY TARGETING USPS IN BLUE AREAS WHERE HE LOST THE LAST ELECTION

[casually-ananarchist-tomato]

If you feel unsafe about voting in person (because, y’know, we’re in the middle of a goddam pandemic) but now fear the USPS will be unable to deliver a “mail-in” ballot in a timely fashion….

1. Request a mail-in ballot.

2. Do not mail it.

3. Google your supervisor of elections to see where you can drop off your mail-in ballot. It’s usually NOT THE POLLING PLACE.

All states allow this! Here is what you’re accomplishing by doing this:

1. Your ballot gets in on time no matter what happens to the USPS.

2. You don’t have to worry about standing in long lines and risking infection. You’re just stopping by to drop it off.

3. You voted! Hooray! I have no doubt Trump and his supporters are doing to try to call into question the legitimacy of mail-in voting (which is more enthusiastically embraced by Democratic supporters, especially now.)

Also, when you drop it off, find out how to track it online to make sure it is verified. California, Oregon, Washington, and Colorado have systems that can track your ballot just like tracking a package from Amazon.

All CA vote centers (which are open for weeks to a month before election day) have ballot drop-off boxes too! Many government buildings have them as well, so there’s no need to wait until election day when it’s crowded to drop them off. The list of drop-off sites is always posted on each county’s voter info website.

This is important! This election is crucial! Get out and vote! We! Cannot! Afford! To! Get! Complacent! This year, every vote matters!

[politicalsci]

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[apparentlyeverything]

all of these people are leftists, btw

[apparentlyeverything]

if it’s not clear to everyone, that first one is very obviously an antisemitic image drawing on a longstanding trope of equating Jewish people to rats. Pete isn’t Jewish, but this isn’t the kind of picture you’d find if you randomly searched up a drawing of a rat to make something like this

[obsidianthunderwolf]

Source?

[apparentlyeverything]

are you seriously asking me for sources for the fact that antisemites like to compare Jewish people to rats? Have you studied anything about the Holocaust? Literally you can just google those terms and find thousands of historical and current examples.

[obsidianthunderwolf]

No I’m asking for a source of the rat pic being antisemitic. Where’s the proof.

[apparentlyeverything]

what do you think? why are they in the exact same pose? 

[obsidianthunderwolf]

I asked for a source on the pic of the rat. Not a different pic in the same threat used by an entirely different person. You called that drawn art of a rat wringing it’s hands together was meant to signify antisemitism. I’m asking for a source to back up that claim. Please provide said source.

[jewish-privilege]

Der Sturmer. The 25-point program. The Eternal Jew. The propaganda arm (and also every other person) in the Third Reich. Aalst, Belgium. Al Jazeera. European history. The Alt-Right and White Supremacy’s The Happy Merchant meme by Nick Bougas.

There are your sources.

[l0dge49]

jewish person: hey this picture is pretty clearly based on antisemitic cariacatures, i’ve had to see a lot of these and know them from experience

gentile: BUT WHERE ARE YOUR SOURCES. SOURCES. SAURCES. WHERE 

[apparentlyeverything]

Just to be clear, I have one Jewish grandparent but my parents aren’t Jewish and neither am I. Comparing Jewish people to rats, and using this particular pose is an extremely well known antisemitic trope, and the people demanding sources and claiming this is irrelevant are doing so in bad faith. And again, I’m not suggesting that Pete Buttigieg is Jewish or that everyone calling him a rat is being antisemitic, but that this picture is clearly an example of an antisemitic caricature, and the fact that it’s coming from someone on the left *should* be a red flag 

[jewish-privilege]

Yup.

[terulakimban]

Buttigieg has strayed into some questionable territory with regards to antisemitism, and even without that, I’m no great fan of his politically. But the combination of “the rat”, posing it to evoke “the happy merchant” and throwing those together as people start to accuse him of stealing an election through dubious connections and mysterious funding? That is antisemitic shit. And tying the lot of them together uncritically and going “yep, this is reasonable political discourse because that’s what They -whoever your “they” is - do” is the kind of thing that sets of major red flags for a lot of Jewish people, and many of us are already concerned about rising antisemitism from multiple political directions. If you’re having to rely on stereotyped slogans to criticize figures you don’t like or agree with, you’re not thinking. Thinking is important.

[jewish-privilege]

Also, it’s not just the antisemitic imagery and dogwhistles; they called him a homophobic slur. Let’s not just skip over that.

[starship-goldfish]

The economic realities of Baby boomers versus Millennials 

[c-bassmeow]

that comment has had me thinking for days… like im reblogging this shit a week later from my likes cus its the PERFECT analogy 

[childhoodruiner]

[deceive-remade-deactivated20171]

we mcfreakin lost her, doctor

[jehovahhthickness]

[moon-priestesss]

This is what I’ve been saying.

[peteneems]

[sunnyharley]

Legends only

[maybe-itdoesntmatterr-deactivat]

Reblog for wholesome good luck

[ofide]

send this to freaks on the internet

[ashenwaste]

Brennan: That’s a child!

Man offscreen: Technically, he’s 475 years old.

Brennan: THEN WHY DID YOU DRAW HIM LIKE THIS?!

[lotad]

[mystic-mamaa]

Thoughts on Frozen 2

The ANIMATION was some of the best I’ve ever seen. Absolutely stunning

All the references to the first movie was a nice nostalgic touch

HONEYMAREN

Elsa is the bridge between the two worlds...so she’s the avatar???

I ship the hell out of Elsa and Honeymaren

Idina Menzel man can she fucking SING

I KNEW Elsa was the 5th spirit I just knew it

Olaf struggling with getting older & all its hardships I felt that

Cried like a mf baby when Elsa made Anna Queen

Honeymaren needs to be a significant part of frozen 3

Show Yourself is now on repeat...that entire scene was cinematic greatness

Lost my shit when Sven started talking

Did I mention Honeymaren?

[enlightenednaturex]

Things to not forget about Frozen 2:

*spoiler alert*

Kristoff showing little boys & girls that the boy doesn’t always have to be the hero. He steps back and lets Anna be the hero she is.

Kristoffs main dilemma being how to profess his love for Anna while proposing showing little boys it’s not weird or wrong to express your feelings

Elsa & Anna continuing to show the strength and power of sisterhood

Elsa never being pressured marry or find romantic love showing that’s not nescessary to be a great hero & Queen

Anna showing that it’s okay to feel sadness with “The Next Best Thing” & that hero’s feel sadness too

Showing that Anna is just as powerful as Elsa even without magic, further showing the bond of sisterhood

Olaf further understanding the world as he gets older just like a child would

Not having a textbook movie “villain “ but further exploring Anna & Elsas family, their sisterly bond, peace, and love

[notevenlxvely-deactivated202101]

someone start a petition. like right now. please.

[stimman4000]

it’s really interesting how in cop shows it’s only ever the Bad Guy that won’t let police into their house without a warrant, asks for legal counsel, refuses to talk to police, won’t let themselves be searched without probable cause, or exercises their legal rights at all. wonder who that could possibly benefit

[truly-fantastic-me]

“wouldn’t you rather earn something than have it just handed to you?”

Yeah when it comes to actual awards and fancy goods, but when it comes to basic needs, basic human decency, and accomodations, those things should always be handed to people. No one should have to “earn” those things.Value people as people, not base it on how much they produce. 

[mythiass-deactivated20230515]

yeah but that creates a severe dependency that could be exploited easily, and creates a slippery slope @musical-clarity

[thebaconsandwichofregret]

Actually studies show that people who live in places with universal income (who are given money with no strings attached just for being citizens) do far better work than those who don’t and are more enthusiastic to do work.

This is because they still want nice things and will work for those but the part of their energy that was devoted to worrying about if they have enough money to pay the rent and bills this month is now freed up to do other things.

Some people will always be lazy and take advantage of the system, but they are always a tiny percentage and it seems ridiculous to me to punish the majority and severly hamstring their abilities just because a handful of people will simply live of basic income rather than work.

[tiwaztyrsfist]

It’s been tested a couple times. In Canada, in some European countries, and the results are always the same. There are two groups of people who show a statistically significant (Greater than one half of one percent, or 1 in 200) increase in Not Working and living off the guaranteed income. Parents of Children under school age, and full time students. Among ALL other groups, employment actually INCREASED. Why? Because guaranteed minimum income means that homeless people can get at least a basic low end apartment. It’s hard if not impossible to get an above board job without a permanent fixed address. Also more people were able to have and maintain a BANK ACCOUNT. It is often hard to get a decent job without an account that can accept Direct Deposit for paychecks. Also, lost work time due to illness and injury decreased across the board. It turns out if people are getting a decent amount of money each month they can A> afford to eat better, and B> obtain decent medical attention both preventative and emergency. Crazy right? So why hasn’t it caught on? Because it doesn’t directly benefit the people in power, and it increases THEIR PERSONAL taxes, their CORPORATE TAXES, and thus decreases their PERSONAL INCOME. So, because Jeff Bezos and Alan Greenspan might fall from making 100 billion dollars a year to making 99.8 billion dollars a year, it’s a hard NO and we can all fucking die.. The End.

[mirrorfalls]

tl;dr

[space-is-out-there]

TL;DR : people work better when they are living