What Fools These Mortals Be

Thirty-something. She/Her. Amateur fake geek girl. Working Adult TM. Regrets life choices.

[bitchesgetriches]

The “Elite” Myth and the GoFundMe Outrage

When friends of Eric Dane and James Van Der Beek organized GoFundMe campaigns for their families, the backlash was swift and predictable.

[queer-as-city-folk]

I hate American Labor because what do you mean the child bombing plane factory is union while the grocery store I go to every week would probably close down if the workers there tried to unionize

[isuggestrevolution]

i have a suggestion

[queer-as-city-folk]

I doubt that making the union bosses girls will fix anything

[valenalentine]

[merildae]

so i am nearly done with “the sea of monsters” and it is evident that percy is the master of sass, but i think annabeth can hold her own in the sass arena pretty well.

[thespoonisvictory]

people misunderstand what ‘gifted kid’ actually means but it’s ok it’s fine it’s cool it’s good

[thespoonisvictory]

it’s not about actually being gifted, it’s about an initial higher scoring on standardized testing that means little to nothing or being good at learning in the way elementary and middle school wants you to, so you get marked as ‘advanced’. in reality, maybe you had faster development in certain areas, but the issue with being a gifted kid isn’t that “everyone told me I was so cool and special for reading and then I actually wasn’t :(” it’s “I wasn’t properly taught to handle things not coming easily to me, but the adults around me were counting on me not being a ‘difficult’ child in school.”

people who use it as some weird bragging method or interpret it that way are ignoring the way a lot of school systems force certain roles on students to simplify the learning process. If your kid doesn’t need to take notes to understand a science concept bc they get it naturally, well that’s good, but now you’re not teaching them how to take notes and they’re not learning that important soft skill. but because ‘gifted’ kids are easy and don’t show that they’re falling behind in learning in other categories that are harder to quantify, they eventually fall behind after that catches up to them. It’s about the failures of a one size fits all school system trying to compensate in the worst way possible.

[jabberwockypie]

And also the thing where ‘gifted’ kids are super likely to also be neuroatypical, which they don’t get screened for because they appear to be doing well in school. Or “You can’t be ADHD/autistic/etc, because you’re doing so well in school!”. Or being shamed for developing mental health issues/generally not being able to keep up with school work later, because you USED TO BE able to do it just fine.

Or the assumption that just because you can read well or you like math class, you’re somehow more EMOTIONALLY mature than your little kid brain is actually capable of being.

Or gifted kids whose parents and teachers put immense pressure on them to Do Great Things and Save The World and you’re like. “I’m 10 and I have no idea how to do that, but everyone is saying that’s my job?”.

[swordplease]

This is the best “gifted kid” post out there. I never took notes until college because I didn’t have to, snd when it got challenging I had to literally teach myself note taking at age 18. It also fucks with your perception of asking for help - you’re advanced, you’re competent, you should be able to understand every topic easily. Asking for help/going to office hours/asking for a tutor feels like failing when you were praised in your early years for not needing to do that.

[doomhamster]

#no one cares how smart you are as an adult they only care about the things adhd makes you bad at <- @elspethdixon, quoted for truth.

[my-dailydreams]

[riotdyke]

Man, remember when Free The Nipple was a thing and there was an actual substantial amount of feminists who believed even public nudity wasn't inherently sexual and now if you date a short person hundreds of anonymous idiots online will call you a pedophile.

[mukwooyoung]

I’ve been talking with the artist of these, Andyliongart and he’s so sweet and so talented and gave me permission to post them here!  You can find his work here on DeviantArt or over on his Instagram @ andyliongart  

[privygrid]

that... that's... the opposite of what i'm trying to do here...

[penroseparticle]

"Pride is not a party"

Yes the fuck it is, stop being a baby

Yes pride is a riot and a fight and yadda yadda yadda but you are not revolutionary for sucking the joy out of queerness. Sometimes, pride is a party. It is a celebration of the fact that we are here, we're queer, and we're not going anywhere. And that is just as important as throwing bricks and fighting cops, actually.

If your activism doesn't allow you to enjoy the fruits of your labors you will burn out babe. Go suck some dick. Hit on that lesbian. Get the faggy haircut!!! Dance, for the love of god.

[penroseparticle-memorial]

#stop being dead it's pride and we're sharing your post again (via @lookninjas)

[vetchtibbles]

I wish they made it even marginally possible to get a job like I’m so fucking sorry I don’t have a rare but also highly demanded skillset, an agreeable disposition, and the ability to survive off of three nickels a week I’m soooo sorry

[ashstfu]

[the-sassy-owl]

Tfw you idolize your girl so much you literally confuse her with Aphrodite…

Not even a headcanon lol 💀 Percy’s view of Aphrodite is already like 90% Annabeth when he’s like 14. I just imagine it gets worse as they get older, ESPECIALLY after they get together 💕

[anarchistmemedistro]

[sacredwhores]

Christina Hornisher - Hollywood 90028 (1973)

[anarchistmemedistro]

[visenyaism]

the whole point of the Kingsguard is that they’re unbelievably fucking washed like zero heroic deeds on the board just morning noon night overtime fraud aura farming. Complicit in every act of patriarchal violence of the monarchy. Not even that good at fighting. Hypothetical victories only. Like “noooo Arthur Dayne would’ve—” except Arthur Dayne lay down his life to stop a pregnant 15 year-old dying in childbirth from seeing her big brother on her deathbed and then got fucking hosed by teenage Ned Stark and his gay best friend who does not hit 5 foot two. “Ohhhhhh aemon the dragonknight” kept his sister in that damn cage for decades and then died in the service of his brother which is dickrider behavior. Bystanderan Selmy? Washed.

[ladycliostarr]

Jamie Lannister was the only one to stop fucking Aerys and he was fucking 17 at the time. Told no one probably because he trusted none of the idiots in charge of shit to not use the fucking wildfire. Let his name and honor be tossed in the gutter. Rest of those fucks were grown ass men who fucking did nothing to stop that madman.

Then his crazy ass sister fucked literally the whole kingdom up. Fucking Cersei.

[marinecorvid]

he pushed a 9 year old out a window

[ilynpilled]

[oceanux]

did anyone order some.... dad!cup 👀