[lesly-oh]

little hug~

[linachuu]

wake up lightcannon nation

[theoneofwhomisblue]

[blossposs]

[crispylilworm]

[theoneofwhomisblue]

[theoneofwhomisblue]

[json-derulo]

I'm not gonna articulate this well, but there's this phenomenon I keep seeing on the left that I'll call "bean soup rhetoric," wherein someone fails to understand that they are not the target audience for a particular message, or just can't conceptualize why a speaker would craft their message differently to resonate with a target audience that doesn't already completely agree with them.

"The 'God Made Trans People' billboard is stupid! God didn't make me! I'm an atheist!" Okay. The billboard sits along a major highway in Kansas. We can deduce that the target audience is not you—it's the centrist evangelical Christians driving along that road who could probably be persuaded to become allies as long as we choose our words carefully and don't make them feel attacked for not already knowing everything about trans rights issues. Another one I see a lot is, "We shouldn't be talking about how right-wing legislation catches [privileged in-group] in the crossfire when [marginalized out-group] suffers far more!" I know. I agree with you. Which is why you and I are not the intended audience of this argument!

The entire point of rhetoric is to win over someone who doesn't already fully agree with you. In this case, let's say that someone is Jennifer, the moderate center-right mom in your neighborhood who doesn't really know or care about transgender issues but would be absolutely horrified by the idea of her teenage daughter having to submit to an invasive inspection of her body just to be allowed to play soccer. Tell her, "Banning trans students from sports will inevitably subject all student athletes to invasive gender-policing," or "Legal restrictions on gender-affirming care will make it harder for you to access the hormone replacement therapy you take to treat menopause symptoms," and she is more likely to question her existing beliefs and listen to the rest of what you have to say than if you lead with leftist talking points that she already has a calcified opinion about or which she thinks do not personally affect her.

Tailoring the argument to the things she already cares about does not mean we're forgetting that she has more privilege than most—entirely the opposite, in fact. A privileged ally can be extremely valuable. Jennifer votes in every election. And so do all the other ladies at her book club, and church, and in the PTA, and those folks listen to Jennifer. There's a reason both parties were courting suburban women so hard in the last election cycle! If we can find common ground with her on this, if we can get her calling her representatives and talking to her friends and phone-banking and door-knocking and making a stink, that's how the needle starts to move. If I can convince her to take her support away from the candidates who are actively restricting my rights and throw it toward those who want to restore and expand those rights...then I'm sorry, but Jennifer is a more valuable ally to me than the people who agree that the legal boundaries of gender ought to be abolished altogether but refuse to actually do anything except complain online about how both sides are equally bad because the right is trying to force everyone to drink the cyanide kool-aid while the left keeps serving bean soup and they don't like bean soup

[vaspider]

"Meet people where they are" is Activism 101, and people seem to be allergic to seeing that this is exactly that.

"Bean Soup Rhetoric" is a very good concept.

[miyuliart]

Trying to figure out how to draw armour. These are some of my notes I uploaded on patreon. A lot more to come since I really want to figure this one out.

[guerrillatech]

[insaneandlovingit]

You would not believe your ass

If ten million largemouth bass.

[trucywright]

When the actual academic scholarly book makes the tumblr meme post a reality.

[byjove]

If anyone is wondering why I was so pressed about the people pushing back on the iguana culling in Florida, let me tell you a rabbithole I went down:

There is a small island uninhabited island in the South Sea that is a breeding ground for many species of endangered ground-nesting seabirds. The island was used as a base for waling operations in the 1800s and rats were introduced to the island and they have thrived there for several centuries, feeding on the eggs of endangered birds. The island is a territory of Britain and there have been several large scale rat culling attempts and every time one is announced, there is pushback against it from so-called animal rights groups. I ended up in this rabbithole of people who think it is cruel to kill invasive species, even if they’re impeding the survival of endangered native species. One of the worst arguments I heard was ‘We should let nature take its course.’ when the problem is that the course of events is unnatural, humans have created a problem and it is our responsibility to solve it, as stewards of the earth.

I think it is important to note that sometimes doing a kindness to one animal (or species of animal) is doing a disservice to the whole world. Things that make you reactively uncomfortable like culling invasive species and deer hunting for population management are very important things for humans to do. Humans are not an ‘invasive species too’ in the same sense as the rats of the South Sea, we have a job to do and indigenous populations all over the globe have protected and shaped the ecosystems of the places they inhabited for thousands of years. We need to realize we are a part of nature too and we must right our wrongs where we can.

[byjove]

And also, there are rats all over this goddamn planet except for Alberta. There are less than 10k breeding pairs of some of these seabirds. If this specific small population of rats isn’t eradicated, entire species of birds could go extinct. Forever. The death of a few thousand rats or the extinction of entire species of birds.

[rappersdoingnormalshit-blog]

[st3fan00]

Why Wayne got socks in the jacuzzi

[whitegirlsaintshit]

those are his hooves you bitch

[dalooch]

twilight girlies

[thebigqueer]

like. heavy are the hips that wear the strap i guess

[strawlessandbraless]

This poll is in response to a post I just saw about a Business Insider article, and it motivated me to conduct a little experiment if you would indulge me

Which Generation are you in?

Silent Generation (1928-1945)

Baby Boomers (1946-1964)

Gen X (1965-1980)

Millennials / Gen Y (1981-1996)

Gen Z (1997-2012)

Gen Alpha (2013 - present)

Voting ended onApr 20, 2025

Reblog to stray further from gods light, and also for science 🧪

[liberalsarecool]

Performative feminism is a most annoying aspect of our times.

[aster-spiral-30]

It’s really bleak.

[only-tiktoks]

[xmagnet-o]

Spread this video

[kick-a-long]

spread this video for awareness.

to me it's counter intuitive that little person and dwarf are more acceptable so it's really helpful to know.

also spread this video to appreciate the fucking killer mustache on that one guy in the suit. holy shit, it's like a work of art.

[genericpuff]

ok so I volunteer once a week at a local food bank / boutique and today during my shift I found this ???

like if this is legit then i just paid 50 cents for what could be a first edition cookbook made and SIGNED by johnny cash's mom

i'm over the moon and the fact that it even happened so randomly was wild, like i was deadass working a 3 hour volunteer shift after missing my shift last week, i was meandering for a moment around the bookcase and saw there was a cookbook section, i flipped thru it and just. found this. an actual treasure.

i don't even care about the resell value of this, i'm legit just hyped about the recipes, you just KNOW there's gonna be some great stuff in here 🥺❤️ god bless you mama cash

[victusinveritas]