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look. i don’t think my stretch marks are beautiful. i don’t think they’re tiger stripes or natural tattooos. i don’t think my acne is beautiful. i don’t think the bags under my eyes are beautiful. i just think they’re human. and i don’t think i have to be beautiful all of the time in order to be accepted and loved and sucessful. i don’t think every small detail of my outer appearence needs to be translated into prettiness.

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fun fact: this POV is actually called “body neutrality” and it’s SO MUCH more accessible/realistic for a lot of people. it’s based on the idea that the way we look is the least interesting/important thing about who we are, and that our bodies are worthy of respect regardless if they fit the mold of the current beauty ideals.

verohallinto

Literally the first thought I had was käänteiskentauri

thatdisasterauthor

This is version 1.0, which he made years ago, and it sadly fell apart due to being made of cardboard and left in the rain. Due to the popularity of the video, though, he’s raising money to make a new, robust version. It will be strong enough for someone to ride the horse portion, and it will have storage inside the horse body. If you go to his TikTok (@kylescheele) there’s links for how to support the project.

strawberry-crocodile

I hate to break it to self-identified “radical feminists” but saying “men are inherently violent and predatory, women are inherently innocent and good, and which category you fall into is determined solely by your crotch” is not, in fact, a radical countercultural idea, that’s just patriarchy. Thats like a third of the Republican platform. You just added pure self interest (maybe I and people who look and act like me shouldnt be oppressed) and decided that you’re some kind of dangerous rebel. You’re not. You’re just regurgitating shitty old conservative ideology that you internalized.

lmaonade

sometimes when i’m cooking i adjust the heat a little but for no discernible reason. just because it matches the vibes to do so

typhlonectes

whydoeseveryonethinkiamaskeleto

is this a magical girl weapon

thoodleoo

when you think about it tho pliny the elder is kind of the funniest guy in the world like. he wrote all these books about natural history that he was wrong about where he confidently claims things like “some animals only have blood during certain parts of the year” and then when mt. vesuvius erupted and destroyed pompeii and herculaneum he said “oh mt vesuvius is exploding? let me go check it out” and then he died

mycroftrh

the man was committed to science. he wasn’t very good at it. but he was committed

awesome-bamon

John Boyega has been accused of everything from being a pervert, sexual predator, black brute who was fixated on white women and who was obsessed with Daisy Ridley and who wanted to get into Daisy Ridley’s pants. And many people in fandom repeated this rhetoric and spread it around and believed in it with no proof or evidence. And with Daisy Ridley only ever expressing that John has been a good friend to her.

Yet Daisy Ridley giving interviews expressing her appreciation for the friendship that she has with John, didn’t stop some people from a particular fandom to believe in the allegations that they were spreading about him. Even to the point of declaring themselves the “protectors” of Daisy, stating how they were concerned for her safety and well being around John and that she needed to stay away from him or that they needed to get her away from him.

He has been accused of being a threat to Daisy and this same fandom has often spread around the rhetoric to try to paint him as a man who had abusive and violent tendencies. As some spend a full year trying to convince people that he was a threat to the safety and security of women in some form.

Many either repeated or believed in these accusations without any solid proof or evidence. And without Daisy Ridley ever saying anything about John being a threat or danger towards her or making her feel unsafe.

Now that Adam Driver has actually had a woman come out and accuse him of violent/aggressive behaviors, some in this very same fandom who were quick to believe the accusations against John that didn’t have any solid proof or evidence. Are now saying that they need more solid evidence before they are willing to believe the 76 year old woman who accused Adam Driver of violent behaviors on set.

And then there are others who are rushing to say that this woman is just lying on Adam and that she is looking for fame or just wants to ruin his career. This is more clear evidence of racism reflected in fandom. Some of those who were eager to make John Boyega out to be a predator or abuser (Not caring about how this unproven accusations would impact his career). Are now clutching their pearls asking people not to rush to judgement. As they are worried about Adam Driver being “Canceled” or his career being impacted in a negative manner.

As those who are quick to believe that the black man is some violent threat towards women, are now saying that they can’t fathom the fact that their white fave can be capable of the violent or aggressive behaviors that Adam Driver is accused of.

Fandom racism is those who expressed “concern” for Daisy Ridley’s safety around the black actor when she only has let it be known that he is a good friend to her. But, then quickly dismissing the woman who has spoken out against Adam Driver.

prismatic-bell

On top of which, I’ve heard Boyega speak out about the unfair treatment of his female coworkers, especially Kelly Tran, even when he knew it meant he would be attacked on social media. I have never heard the same out of Driver. (Actually, I’ve never heard Driver make a statement about anything at all.)

The man WHO ACTUALLY STOOD UP FOR WOMEN is being accused of violence against them. The man who stayed silent to protect his career—or perhaps because he neither noticed nor cared—is being defended.

Sounds about white.

phantomrose96

Tumblr can’t be swapped for other social media website because Tumblr is the only one whose whole base humor is derived from the art of pretending to be a dumbass.

Like if you get a fact wrong on Reddit, the “well actually” crowd will ooze from their mansplainer holes and I think if you pull that shtick on Twitter someone will use it to win a political argument against you that you weren’t even a part of.

Only on Tumblr can you start a sentence with “well sweaty I have 9 Ph.D. :))” and immediately have the upper hand over any clown trying to reasonably correct you.

unyanizedcatboys

smooth sharks holds this website together like atlas holding up the sky

champagnemoon

body positivity has largely failed because people started arguing for attractiveness and romantic prospects instead of respect and dignity

carewitchproject

this is truly the best summary of what all of this SHOULD be about

roach-works

i hate seeing ‘all women are beautiful!’ when the issue is ‘all women have inherent worth as human beings regardless of who you like to look at’

marisatomay

imagine getting a call from ronan farrow and, instead of immediately hanging up, you talk to him for two hours.

marisatomay

anyway since so many people are missing this on twitter — the point of these articles isn’t to humanize terrorists or claim that she’s just a mom who randomly stormed the capitol one day — it’s that she along with countless others have been radicalized by a right wing propaganda machine that starts with qanon and ends with the former president simply because they logged onto their facebook accounts every day and were fed lie after dangerous, racist, bigoted, conspiratorial lie, until it melted their brains, isolated them in a time already so isolating, and they were unrecognizable to their families.

the bigger story here isn’t the individuals — it’s about what platforms like facebook did to people. what they’re still doing to people. for every one person who stormed the capitol, there are a hundred more, just as radicalized, who didnt. and they’re waiting.

dudeinthestacks

I feel seen.

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tumblr users how are we feeling about bullying musk off this platform before we even knew it was him

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im so sorry that this is how you had to find out that elon musk was thecybersmith

tania-grey

This isnt funny and this meme of bullying Thecybersmith needs to stop. I dont care if the darker timeline is a joke account, it's not funny when you are perpetuating the bullying of actual individual people.

Please.

Just stop it.

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so i shouldn't compare elon musk and human pet guy because it would be insulting to the human pet guy???