Frankie

I like to write I guess (they/she/he) (19)

[killingmoon]

this is so upsetting, PLEASE rb to spread awareness

[omniscient-omniromantic-deactiv]

PLEASE, PLEASE REBLOG THIS, WHETHER YOURE JEWISH OR NOT.

THIS IS A SUPER IMPORTANT PART OF OUR HISTORY, DONT LET IT GET DESTROYED.

[tinyshe]

Construction firm withdraws lawsuit to evict synagogue in Uzbekistan - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

The nixing of a plan to building luxury apartments on the site of an Ashkenazi congregation of Tashkent followed an international outcry.

perhaps help take steps to stop them now from future attempts...

[feefal]

A ghost stegosaurus visiting their newly discovered bones. They’re so happy you found them!

[cressidascowper]

@lgbtqcreators creator bingo: typography ↳ GRETA GILL in A League of Their Own (2022- )

[wentzy]

jess misses her hit on purpose btw. if you even care,

i'm talking about this moment here, where lupe tells esti to do a double steal. now whether jess heard or understood what lupe said i don't know, but you can see that she still catches on to what they're doing before the pitch is thrown. so i think that when jess swings, she misses that ball intentionally, here's why.

some context for those not as familiar with baseball, jess is the team's shortstop, which is a position well known for having very strong all around players. meaning, there's a really really good chance she's going to hit whatever comes at her. especially this late in the season. the other team knows this, especially because jo has no doubt told them, and jess knows that they know this, so she uses it to her advantage.

now if jess were to hit that ball then she puts herself, lupe and esti all at risk of being out. if she doesn't swing then she's not in the way of the catcher, who will then have a much easier time throwing the ball out to jo at third base to tag lupe out. so instead, jess swings. and in the time that the pitch was thrown the other team would've had to go from covering the areas closer to their bases to prevent a possible steal, to then covering their wider fielding areas in the likely event that jess would hit the ball that she is currently swinging for. and then when jess misses, the other team has to quickly rush back to again try and cover that double steal, while their catcher also has to get enough space around jess to make a clean throw to third once jo is there to catch it. and they of course were unsuccessful.

if you watch jess' swing carefully you can see that it also just looks... really weird. it's too slow, her swing scoops down and there's just no power behind it. it looks fake tbh, which is strange for such a strong player. and when she misses she doesn't look upset or frustrated in the least, despite having just struck out. she's excitedly watching the double steal play out and cheering on her teammates when they pull it off. she sacrificed herself and an out to move her teammates further along, leaving them in the capable hands of shirley, who then brings lupe home before the inning is over.

[livstarlight]

When I tell you I YELLED

Ricky Bowen, bi chaos personified

[annewritesfic]

Caring for each other while ill with Kateva? :)

“I am not sick.”

“And I’m calling bullshit.”

“I’m not!”

“Do I need to record your voice and play it back? Full offense, you sound like shit.”

“I sound fine.”

Eva crosses her arms, giving Kate that look that she both loves and hates. The one that means Eva is seeing right through whatever new bullshit Kate’s come up with, which she didn’t buy for even a second. Kate crosses their own arms and glares at her, trying valiantly to stifle the cough that’s creeping up her throat.

“Look, can we just go already?” they ask. “We’re gonna be late.”

Eva pulls her car keys out of her pocket and locks her car. “Ha. We’re not going anywhere tonight.”

“What? But you’ve been dying to see this movie-”

“And you sound like death.” Eva steps into the house, closing the door with her foot and shooing Kate a few steps back. “No wonder you didn’t pick up when I called you on my way here.”

“I’m fine,” Kate protests. “Please, can we just go?”

“I already told you no.” Eva kneels and starts untying her shoes. “C’mon, there’s no way you actually want to go anywhere tonight. I know you probably feel like shit, right?”

Kate wraps her arms around themself, biting the inside of her cheek. The thing is, Eva is totally right (like always). They’ve been coughing all day, it feels like someone scrubbed her throat with steel wool, they’re exhausted despite having done nothing today, and she’s pretty sure that by the end of the night, they won’t be able to breathe through her nose anymore. The thought of sitting through a movie feeling like this isn’t exactly the most enticing thing in the world.

But Eva’s been so excited for this movie. She’s been looking forward to its release for weeks. Kate won’t ruin that for her, just because of a stupid cold. They can muscle through it.

“Eva, please,” she tries again. “I know how bad you wanted to see this movie-”

“Okay, stop.” Eva stands up and puts her hands on Kate’s shoulders, sort of forcing them to look her in the eye. She has that expression again, the I know you’re lying, so cut the bullshit already expression. “Look, I know what you’re doing. You feel bad about being sick and us not going out tonight, so you’re pretending to be fine even though you feel like shit.”

Kate looks down, unwilling to look her in the eye, because Eva always sees right through them. She’s still wearing their high tops, and Eva is wearing dark blue socks with white dots like stars.

“But the whole point of going on a date,” Eva continues, “is going somewhere together, not whatever it is we’re going to do. And if you need a rain check, you are completely allowed to take one, even if I have to force you, because I’m clearly the only person in this room who gives a shit about your health.”

Kate can’t help smiling a little. “Too bad you don’t care about your own health a little more.”

“Oh my God, are you really bringing this up now?”

“There is no way the amount of caffeine you consume on a daily basis is healthy, particularly not for a teenager-”

“And you can yell at me for that later, like you do every morning.” Eva lets go of Kate’s shoulders to take both her hands. “But right now, please, let me make you stay home and rest. We’ll go see the movie another night, I promise.”

Kate sighs, faking exasperation. “Okay, fine.”

“Thank you.” Eva shakes her head a little. “God, you’re so fucking stubborn.”

“Says you.”

Eva kisses Kate’s forehead, then jerks back with a gasp, almost like she’s been burned. Kate starts to ask what’s wrong, but Eva drops their hand to feel her face with the back of her fingers, her expression alarmed.

“Jesus fucking Christ, we’re definitely not going anywhere any time soon,” she says. “Do you know where any thermometers might be? You’re burning up.”

“I really doubt it’s that bad-”

“Nope, shush.” Eva slides an arm around Kate’s shoulders, guiding them towards her room. “You look so cute, by the way, and I love your outfit and appreciate that that is my t-shirt, but now you need to go put on comfy clothes and get the fuck into bed right fucking now, and I am going to go make you hot tea and try to track down a thermometer. Maybe a number for your concerningly high temperature will finally convince you that you are, in fact, sick.”

Kate leans into her. “You’re bossy.”

“I am actively taking care of you, you little shit.” Eva takes her arm back and pokes Kate’s shoulder. “Shoo, go change.”

“Yeah, I’m going.” Kate glances back with a teasing grin. “Bossy.”

“Ugh, and I can’t even get mad, because you’re sick.” Eva throws her hands in the air, starting to turn to leave. “I’m going to go make you tea, because I’m a good girlfriend even when you’re being mean.”

Kate leans in the doorway, crossing her arms. “Hey, Eva?”

Eva looks back, one hand on the stair railing. “Hm?”

“I love you.”

Eva softens, a genuine smile creeping onto her face. “I love you too.”

Kate closes the door behind her, unable to hide a smile as they grab a pair of sweatpants from the basket of clean, unfolded laundry in the corner, and one of Eva’s hoodies from the back of their desk chair. She can hear Eva’s footsteps in the kitchen, and even though there’s still a tiny part of them that feels guilty, it’s being drowned out by the part of her that loves Eva so much for stubbornly taking care of them, no matter what, even when it means skipping a date that they’d been planning for ages to sit at home and let a sick Kate sleep in her lap for most of the night.

[ghostlypawn]

yall say euphoria is unrealistic but at my high school this girl literally killed two of her teammates because they werent good enough cheerleaders for her liking, pinned the murders on a freshman, and then a few weeks later locked the rest of the cheerteam in a room where she stabbed another girl in the leg and admitted to the murders before being knocked out and arrested

[capucineimaginaire]

[kakooshi]

I think there are people that help you become the person that you end up being, and you can be grateful for them even if they were never meant to be in your life forever…I’m glad I knew you, too.

“Knew,” huh?

Bojack Horseman Season 6 || Final Episode

[halles-comet]

“Wouldn’t it be funny if this night was last time we ever talked to each other?”

[dumdumdiddle]

[dcookechild-deactivated20240522]

IT'S A CROSSOVER

[godtierhoroscopes]

This the Blue Florida of prosperity Reblog for 4 years of good luck

[dhaaruni]

And furthermore… COME THROUGH BLEXAS

[finnglas]

NEW SOUTH BLUE SOUTH LET’S FUCKING GOOOO

[alwaysbewoke]

[alwaysbewoke]

never too early to start reblogging this

[missjonesie99]

^^^ well, Halloween candy was on shelves like 7/31 so this is right on time.

[spellbookbitch]

The middle right girl in the Asian one looks ready to throw hands I’m in love

[leigh-mccoy]

Please don’t wear sacred Native dress too

[bellygangstaboo]

[msladyjay]

GO 👏 THE 👏 FUCK 👏 OFF. Also, the American educational system is trash. I applaud this child’s parents for giving her a voice and standing up against bias authority.

[fridakahloblvd]

(Can someone caption this?)

[nico-incognito]

Classroom full of mostly black and brown students:

Black student: [unintelligible—and then]  …and then throwing everything away beneath it because it doesn’t pertain to you. I’m sorry —

White teacher: —you know what, I’m sorry -I’m sorry…

Black student: —No, no, no…I let you talk -I let you talk, you’re gonna let me talk.

[Other students gasps]

White student: Go ahead. Finish.

Black student: I’m sorry that this is the way that it is. You’re right, it is fucked up. But white people control everything…and that’s not fair. And when anybody, any other minority tries to say anything about it or change it, we’re complaining or we’re ungrateful or all this other stuff because we still have this or that. But then you say something about ‘Oh, I don’t want—there’s too many Latinos and there’s too many—’

White teacher: I didn’t say that—

[Various students disagree]

White teacher: I said I want to control the border!

Black student: You said you don’t want this to turn into a Latin country because there’ll be too many 

White teacher: I did not say that.

[Various students disagree]

Student 2: You said you want to preserve the American culture.

Black student: There is no American culture. American culture is EVERYTHING.

[Various students agree]

Random: Mayonnaise!

[Students laugh]

Black student: And because you are white and so closed-minded, you refuse to accept that, you refuse to accept—

White teacher: Don’t tell me I’m closed-minded—

Black student: Everything you’ve said to me is closed-minded.

White teacher: Just because I don’t agree with you doesn’t mean I’m closed-minded.

Black student: You don’t need to agree—I -I’ve had conversations with people that don’t agree with me, but if they at least listen and try to accept—you’re not accepting the truth.

White teacher: Why do I have to accept what you think is right?

Black student: You need to accept the truth! Not what I think is right, what is actually happening right—

White teacher: Well, let me tell you what I think. You said white people have been in control of everything….who is the president of the United States right now?!

Students: A black man!

*Various sounds of incredulity*

Black student: WITH A WHITE CONGRESS! WITH A WHITE SENATE! WITH WHITE EVERYTHING ELSE! HE DOESN’T HAVE THE CONTROL OF EVERYTHING!

Random: GO OFF 

Other Random: GO OFF–

*The class is in an uproar*

Random student: YOU ARE SO PRIVILEGED THAT YOU JUST DON’T SEE IT!

White teacher: Do we have to yell?!

Black student: Yes, because I’m mad.

[suitepetite]

Reblogging for the captioning. Thanks!

[imthebadguythatsfine]

Yes QUEEN oh my god she’s such a role model

[gogomrbrown]

We really are a police state.

[mybigfatgaylife]

It’s worse than that. That wasn’t a rubber bullet, that was another tear gas canister–you can see it a few seconds later in the footage when the camera pans over to the advancing cops.

And they shot him in the crotch with it.

If I were feeling charitable I’d say that the cop who fired the shell was aiming for center of mass and miscalculated the distance and hit the guy low.

But I’m not feeling charitable. It’s clear that was a deliberate malicious attack designed to hurt the guy as badly as possible with the weapon at hand. The goal was to cause him pain and intimidate bystanders.

[megamindmutual-deactivated20191]

this really is dystopic, isn’t it?

[gunshyghosts]

Shout out to the dude who came and helped him up

[fucktheflagandfuckyou]

THIS IS WHY YOU BLACK BLOC. WHEN EVERYONE IS MASKED AND IN ALL BLOC, IT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR THE POLICE TO TARGET INDIVIDUALS LIKE THIS

MASK UP, COME IN BLOC, BE PREPARED, YOU. COULD SAVE SOMEONES LIFE

[toloveviceforitself]

Also get to know your street medics and maybe buy them a drink later. They’ll often be the ones picking you up and making sure you’re good after this shit happens

[shortandsweet]

does anyone know what this graphic says in plain text please thanks

[ikuharaisabitch]

How To Do It: Black Block Tactics

Allow demonstrators to take action without fear of immediate identification. If you choose to wear a mask, wear it right.

Cover Up It is not enough to half cover your face. Even if you get away, the police may use photos or videos to charge you later. Cover your hair, face, arms and hands. Cloth gloves are the best. Take out piercings. Make sure there are no identifying features on your clothes, shoes or backpack. If you bring any materials with you, wipe them down first with rubbing alcohol first to get the prints off. Don’t bring anything you don’t need. Stay Tight If possible, come to a demonstration with a small group of people you trust. Choose your crew based on shared intentions, not just friendship. You’re here to have each other’s back in the streets and follow up if one of you gets arrested or hurt. Strangers needs to protect each other too. Stay physically close, do not spread out, so that if police try to enter the crowd, you can “accidentally” get in their way. The front of the march might need to slow down while the back catches up. Stay moving, though: a tight, mobile crowd is difficult to surround or disperse.

Plan Your Exit Always wear “civilian clothes” under your hoodie so you can de-bloc and blend in a crowd or smoothly walk away. Keep an eye out for danger zones and escape routes. If things heat up, stay calm and act decisively. Commit to your exit when you decide you’re done. Sometimes you have to sprint and hide; sometimes you just step onto the sidewalk and remove your mask. You can de-bloc in the middle of a friendly crowd if you’re sure you are well-screened. Keep It Quiet Bragging and storytelling are natural but they are easy to use against us. If you have to talk, choose someone trustworthy who was with you in the streets. Don’t post anything on facebook you wouldn’t show to a cop. Same goes for Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr. Remember the police will read your texts and call-log if they arrest you. Never, Ever Snitch If arrested, invoke your right to remain silent. Name, address and no more. Captioned under request.

[shortandsweet]

thank you!!!

[libraryogre]

Ok, here’s a thing to remember: the cops do not give a shit about anyone’s rights. They hate your right to remain silent. They despise your lawyer. The only thing cops give a shit about is getting *caught* violating your rights… And then, only if it has consequences.

Do not trust a cop. Do not give them anything. Ever.

[frognonbinary-deactivated202412]

i’ve been doing my homework on how to break into a writing career and honestly. there’s a Lot that i didn’t know about thats critical to a writing career in this day and age, and on the one hand, its understandable because we’re experiencing a massive cultural shift, but on the other hand, writers who do not have formal training in school or don’t have the connections to learn more via social osmosis end up extremely out of loop and working at a disadvantage. 

[frognonbinary-deactivated202412]

like, i didnt know about twitter pitch parties!! i didnt know about literary agents and publishers tweeting their manuscript wishlist, in hopes that some poor soul out there has written the book they really want to read and publish!! this isnt some shit you learn about in school! you really need to know the ins and outs of the writing community to be successful! 

[frognonbinary-deactivated202412]

for anyone interested, here’s what i’ve learned so far in my quest for more writing knowledge:

1. Writer’s Market 2019 is a great place to start– it gives you a list of magazines and journals that you can send your work to depending on the genre as well as lists a shit ton of literary agents that specify what genres they represent, how you can get in contact with them and how they accept query letters. this is a book that updates every year and tbh i only bought it this year so i dont know how critical it is to have an updated version  

2. do your research. mostly on literary agents because if you listed on your site that you like to represent fluffy YA novels and some asshole sends you a 80k manuscript about like…gritty viking culture, you will be severely pissed off. always go in finding someone who you know will actually like your work because they’re the ones who will try to advocate for you in getting published.

3. learn how to write a query letter. there are slightly varying formulas to how you can write an effective query letter. you’re also going to want to get feedback on your query letter because its the first thing the literary agent will read and based on how well you do it, it could be the difference between them rejecting you outright and giving your manuscript a quick read

4. unfortunately, you’re gonna want to get a twitter. Twitter is where a lot of literary agents are nowadays, and they host things like twitter pitch parties, where you pitch your manuscript in a few sentences and hashtag it with #Pitmad #Pitdark, some version of pit. a lot of literary agents and publishers will ALSO post their manuscript wishlists, which is just the kind of books they’d like to represent/publish, and they hashtag this with #MSWL (it is NOT for writers to use, only for agents/publishers)

5. connect with other writers, literary agents, publishers at book events. you will absolutely need the connections if you want to get ahead as a writer. thats just kind of the state of the world.

[promptsforthesoul]

[lupine-dreams]

Important info is important -.-

[frognonbinary-deactivated202412]

UPDATE: so i just got signed by an agent bc of twitter pitch parties. for any aspiring writers, you dont HAVE to go the twitter pitch party route, its just another way to get noticed a bit faster 

[multiple-characters1-acct]

Rebloging for my own benefit, but anyone else who wants to be a writer needs to know this too.