Does anyone notice / There's a corpse in this bed?
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Leto | they/them/xe/xyr | black lives matter | free palestine | terfs kill yourselves | Sideblog for social justice posting - my main is lesbianwyllravengard
I'm gonna try to compile a list of resources for the genocides and humanitarian crisis going on so people will at least have a place to start so they can stay informed
Each place will have a link and then just click on the link to go to the resources. If yall have any you wanna recommend say it under the post of that place
Pls reblog the original posts so more people can see what’s been added
there’s a cultural obsession with labelling all female authors as unintelligent or otherwise only capable of accidentally stumbling into brief moments of genius in their works that we need to start pushing back against
“I was always bothered when people say, ‘I cry to your music, it sounds like a diary, it sounds so personal,’” Mitski says. “Yes, it is personal. But that’s so gendered. There’s no feeling of, ‘Oh, maybe she’s a songwriter and she wrote this as a piece of art.’”
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feel like it's related to the phenomenon mitski's discussing here - if women's art is only seen as unfiltered diaristic emotion then of course it can only ever be accidental genius, never created with intention and thought
This is definitely ‘a discussion for another day’ type of post but I can’t help think about how much criticism Qatar copped for its hosting of the World Cup (and some of it was very valid) but instead of focusing that criticism of Qatar on its use of migrant slave labour to build those stadiums, a lot of it was the same racist projection of Qatar being homophobic and anti-women due to being an Arab/Muslim country but these same western liberals are silent over the US hosting the World Cup despite also being misogynistic and homophobic! That’s not even including everything happening with ICE etc, its funding and complicity of the genocide in Palestine, bombing Iran etc like…
flanagan isn’t the first but the deep urge to softening margaret and vindicate her is both misogyny and abuse apologia; people can not only not fathom the abusive mother as real, pretending margaret is an extreme caricature and saying she had a point in beating her child, saying her period was a divine punishment and locking her in a closet for hours until she pissed herself. theres a benevolent misogyny is assuming women are naturally maternal, thats they are wired that way especially in relation to their girl children. margaret doesn’t want to ‘protect’ carrie, not genuinely, its control and she treats jesus as a weapon against carrie. the more we keep trying to pinpoint margaret’s religious mania to actual reason, the more we expose how little we care about abused children.
what causes carrie to snap is the idea of her having to go back to her mother, to have to stay in that house for another second but she still wants her mother to love her because that’s what children want, to be loved. that doesn’t mean margaret genuinely cared for her, she loved carrie as an object to abuse not as child to love. denying your child knowledge of their body is abuse, calling your child a whore is abuse, isolating them from people is abuse, self harming in front of your child to control her is abuse. margaret deliberately keep her daughter naive so she could only rely on her. king writes an abused child’s relationship with their abusive parent with such sympathy for the child, it’s weird seeing adaptations fall into ‘the abusive parent had a point.’
Soccer can unite people across the world — but also bring out the worst in them.
"The World Cup is a global stage for Black excellence that has led to unforgettable moments, like Cape Verde’s goalkeeper Vozinha becoming a national hero and France’s Kylian Mbappé dominance.
For Black fans, watching Black players win can feel like their own victory. “It’s like a very long-distance family reunion,” said Greg Jackson, an Atlanta-based co-host of “For The Culture UTD” podcast, about watching games with fans across the Black diaspora. “Being able to see that all up close. This feels like this is a part of me.”
During matches, players scoring goals can unite people under one identity –– but it can also bring out the worst in humans, particularly toward Black players and fans.
After the Argentina vs. Cape Verde match, FIFA, soccer’s global governing body, said it was investigating an incident in which racist abuse appeared to be shouted at Black U.S. YouTuber Darren Jason Watkins Jr., better known by his handle “IShowSpeed,” by a supporter in the stands. In a separate incident, Paraguayan senator Celeste Amarilla posted a since-deleted racist screed against France’s Kylian Mbappé. Mbappé later condemned her as a “despicable woman” that is “unworthy” of her position.
Kyle Carr, a Wisconsin-based soccer fan, said he expects what happened to IShowSpeed to happen to other Black fans in the stands too. “It’s just really upsetting that he faces that in the biggest stage,” he said.
To share the range of experiences, HuffPost asked a variety of Black fans to share the unique joys and frustrations with being a Black soccer fan during this year’s World Cup."
Black Fans Share The Radical Joys And Frustrations Of Watching This Year's World Cup, by Monica Torres
It's been rough, even from the outside, but there's been a lot of joy, too! I been rooting for everybody Black, and I will continue to do so 🩷
a week into artfight i would like to give out the following reminders: it is okay if you thought you were going to participate but ended up not having time. it is fine if you started out enthused and then lost steam. you do not owe anyone revenges. you are not 'behind' and you are not letting anybody down. it is a silly little game for fun. do not forget this.
It's a bit depressing that "saying the n word no matter when or where on the planet you are or how you identify is a bad thing" has been a months long, multiple instance, multiracial discourse in 2026. It's the same ass argument we were having in the 1960s. How are we as a society not doing better than the "Whites Only" ancestors 😭 Martin didn't dream of this 😭
Black user: "you shouldn't say the n word, that was offensive, and if you do you should apologize to Black people."
Nonblack user: "you're just bullying my friend because they're queer/trans/neurodivergent/French/Latino/loves cartoons!! You're a cop, a thought police!! You're the REAL racist! This is akin to a lynching!!"
Friend with a T-shirt on that proudly says "my favorite character/tv awards/sports team/fandom loves saying "n*gger": "YEAH!! you're a BULLY!!" 😑
The backlash was a major lawsuit from 9 tribes alongside other lawsuits from advocacy groups like NDN Collective. You can support NDN Collective by donating to them here.
i think a lot of the people who say that warning posts are useless drama-starters that only exist to further harass marginalized/vulnerable people would have more plausible deniability if those type of posts didnt spring up literally every single time a black user pointed out that a white user is racist
Black tumblr user: this user is racist, here is proof, and i would prefer it if those who willingly interact with this person after knowing this to keep their distance from me
dashboard for the next 4 days: when you make a callout post for someone you have murdered them. it is the same thing. it is the exact same thing as taking a life. you have killed them forever and you have blood on your hands.
Her name is Gazal Dhaliwal and she’s a screenwriter. She talk about her life here and here.
She’s the writer for Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga, an upcoming Indian coming-of-age romantic comedy-drama with a lesbian couple.
She was also the dialogue writer for Lipstick Under My Burkha, which depicts the secret world, including the sex lives, of four small-town Indian women.
She contributed to the screenplay for Wazir and Qarib Qarib Single.
Hey, we’re in line for some absurd temperatures here in the southwest this week. This is very important to know and keep in mind. Be safe, stay hydrated, stay out of the sun as much as you can.
Additional you can also put them on your palms, also, make sure to always use a light towel or kitchen paper and don’t put the ice bags directly onto your skin!
