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grelliam

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potatodemon-beesensible

Okay yes this is really useful actually I’m keeping this pinned.

skribblegurl

some people think writers are so eloquent and good with words, but the reality is that we can sit there with our fingers on the keyboard going, “what’s the word for non-sunlight lighting? Like, fake lighting?” and for ten minutes, all our brain will supply is “unofficial”, and we know that’s not the right word, but it’s the only word we can come up with…until finally it’s like our face got smashed into a brick wall and we remember the word we want is “artificial”.

heywriters

I couldn't remember the word "doorknob" ten minutes ago.

bumblewyn

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breelandwalker

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sirowsky

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weavemama

DO NOT SUPPORT SALVATION ARMY

jackharknessday

I can back this up. It isn’t only their shelters.

I have a family friend who worked at our local Salvation Army headquarters as a a secretary. This particular office took all the Christmas donations for children in need, put them in a warehouse, and on a designated day the staff and their friends picked through them all, taking whatever they wanted. She saw people hauling away bikes donated for specific families. Some local children had hundreds of dollars of gifts donated in their name, and on Christmas they received three cheap things, items likely not even from the person who sponsored them.

My friend quit, and I’ve not given them a dime of my money since then.

Do not give to the Salvation Army.

gayfeatherfiend

Do Not. Give. To. Salvation. Army

rab-it-deactivated20231030

My turn.

I’m a wildfire and disaster logistics specialist.

I deal with a lot of agencies who provide disaster relief.

I used to say the Salvation Army’s disaster services were the one (literally the ONE) good thing they did.

They would come in, set up a canteen trailer, make and pass out hot coffee and donated food in a disaster, usually being one of the first agencies to get there and the last to leave.

Then I found out.

Every time they did this, regardless of if they were actually invited or deployed by the agency in charge (usually FEMA, sometimes others) they would SELF-DEPLOY. Meanjng they would just show up. Ok. That’s not TOO bad, sometimes agencies have to take initiative and get there before the red tape is sorted out. BUT. They, after they left at the end of the incident, they would send FEMA or the host agency a BILL. They used one or two paid employees (usually the driver of the truck and a supervisor); and many VOLUNTEERS, but they would bill for EVERYONE’s Labor at standard federal rates. They would bill for the food they distributed even though it was all donated by another agency or private parties. They would bill for the coffee they made and the supplies. Except they would use electricity from the shelter location, water from donations or from the shelter, and in many cases, they would get the coffee and industrial filters DONATED, but bill for them at retail prices.

Don’t FUCKING give to the Salvation Army.

knight-of-vengeance-deactivated

The Salvation Army is also ass to the workers. A good number of people join it, naively thinking that it’s doing good, and end up leaving cynical and beaten down. The management is hostile, if not outright abusive, and demand some ridiculous hours of it lower to mid-level staff. Don’t support these people.

fisharescary802

Unsettling update

oldearthaccretionist

Find better local charities and shelters and give to them instead!

moonybyte

Also just for even more horrific context on the original twitter thread?

Salvation Army reached out to Milknmuffins and asked what shelter she’s at with the promise to address the abuse in it. She…ended up saying where she was. She was thrown out onto the street. It’s also all on Twitter.

They invited her to a personal talk so she could explain the situation in person.

And then they threatened her with a screenshot of a rape-threat made supposedly by her:

And then threw her out into the street while claiming she broke house rules that

So yeah, the Salvation Army is a bunch of entitled assholes that will treat the most vulnerable like shit if they dare try to do anything that makes them look bad

supernovafirefly

The “Fuck Salvation Army” posts are making the rounds again, so conisder this your reminder: Do. Not. Give. These. Assholes. A. Single. Fucking. Penny.

Do not support them in any way, shape, or form.

eagletrekkie

‘Tis the season to say FUCK the Salvation Army.

punchspeedchunk

If you see the timestamp and think ‘maybe the Salvos got better in the last 8 years’ no. No they didn’t. Actually they got worse. DON’T GIVE TO THE SALVOS. THEYPISS ALL THEIR MONEY UP THE WALL ON THE CORPORATE END AND DO LITTLE TO NOTHING TO HELP WHO THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO HELP.

fancysheepnacho

slut-4-remuslupin

Look, I hate Peter as much as the next person, I’m not about to defend anything about his character, and I’m also not trying to criticize or be a choosing begger here; all these amazing fic writers, they’re out here doing god’s work, giving us wonderful content for free, they can obviously do whatever they want!

But does anyone else get this weird, gross feeling about how when Peter is made fun of, or talked badly about in fics, it’s almost always about his weight?

Something about it is just really doesn’t sit right with me. Maybe it’s because I was one of the ‘fat’ girls growing up in high school who was constantly made fun of for her weight (although looking back, I wasn’t even remotely overweight, and not only thinking that someone wearing a size 6/28w jean is ‘fat’, but actually regularly making fun of someone for that is wild to me), and because I’m someone who’s genuinely struggled with their weight since then due to health issues, but I just feel like it’s so unnecessary, and honestly it kind of gives off fatphobic vibes.

And look, I really don’t think that most of the people who do this are fatphobic, and I also don’t actually think they realize how it comes off. But something that I’ve noticed is those who HC Lily (or other characters, Lily is just the most common one) as Plus-Sized/Curvy never do this, it’s exclusively those who’s only plus-sized character is Peter.

And honestly, I don’t think there’s anything inherently wrong or fatphobic with Peter being the only plus-sized character and being a crappy person/being made fun of in fics. Make fun of him all you like, Peter hate is honestly really fun to read! And the occasional joke about it is one thing, if it’s written right. I’ve laughed at some ‘fat Peter’ jokes, they can be really funny when they’re executed properly. The problem is when the biggest/only thing that he gets made fun of for, is his weight, or how much he eats. Especially when there’s so many different ways that you can insult someone; call him stupid, call him oblivious, call him a Rat, a prude, a snake, clumsy, shy, literally anything else.

But when Peter is the butt of every joke, and the punchline is always him being fat, to me, it goes from being funny, to really giving off bully vibes. And especially in a fandom that promotes inclusivity, and where we should be sticking together to support each other, it just leaves a bit of a sour taste in my mouth.

meremythos

skinny lily evans? okay.. well i guess everyone can hc what they want. i just- i don’t think she’d choose that lifestyle. she’s canonically james potters wife… aka the hottest coolest seventeen year old in hogwarts… don’t you think he’d would want a girl with a little meat on her bones? no, i get that we need more skinny representation in media, it’s just that she’s a mother yknow? lily potter is a kind pretty gorgeous green eyed Wife and Mother, so maybe we can make another character tiny and frail.

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ladyshinga

Really wish we'd, on the left, stop laughing and assuming this is ACTUALLY about strippers. I'd be willing to bet this ISN'T about some one with the actual job of stripper being somehow hired and sent to a school, that indeed DOESN'T happen - instead it will be used to target any female teacher who, like, wears a bikini on social media one time. She'll be called a "danger" to children and fired, as a cover for the fact that she's pro-queer or too far left or doesn't support ICE enough on that same social media. The bikini pic will just be the legal tool used to ruin her life

ladyshinga

A friend helped me out by looking up the actual bill and YUP, it's to target queer people and sex education. NOT. STRIPPERS. STOP MAKING IT ABOUT THE FUCKING "STRIPPERS".

theshampyon

Anyone who thinks ladyshinga might be off track, here's the breakdown.

Actual bill name: Stop the Sexualization of Children Act.

Purported purpose: "to protect children from being exposed to explicit material in the classroom".

How it's sold in the press: "Ban strippers and porn from classrooms!"

Actual text of the bill: Expands the meaning of "sexually explicit content" to include the words "or involves gender dysphoria or transgenderism".

Not and. Or. Meaning "involves gender dysphoria or transgenderism" is in and of itself enough to be classified as sexually explicit.

Actual result: Illegal to mention the existence of trans people or admit to being trans in a classroom under threat of being prosecuted as a child sex offender.

igrab

Actual result: Illegal to mention the existence of trans people or admit to being trans in a classroom under threat of being prosecuted as a child sex offender.

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thewisewill80sbyers

hot take but parents breaking things of their children specifically to hurt them because they're "fed up" of them being children and misbehaving and that want to "teach them a lesson" is emotional ABUSE and never justified, your child would be good if you were a caring and good parent and even if they had psychological problems unrelated to you if you were a good parent you would never think of doing that and would instead try to get them help to get better. You're a shitty person that should have never had kids in the first place and I hope that you understand that the only thing you're "teaching" them with that behaviour is that they can't trust you to give them autonomy and think of them as your possession instead of thinking of them as people under your supposed care

#child abuse tw