[renthony]

It's blowing my mind how many people have been in my notes over the past 24 hours telling me that they had no idea Steven Universe got shortened by the network.

Like, holy shit, Cartoon Network did such a good job hiding their own homophobia that people genuinely have no idea what happened.

Cartoon Network shortened Steven Universe, and threatened to cancel it outright until Rebecca Sugar begged them for enough time to at least wrap up the core plot. Sugar and the rest of the crew spelled this out explicitly in the tell-all "End of an Era" art book, which is what you should go read if you want more detail & context.

Cartoon Network's homophobia cut SU short and screwed the writers out of the time they needed to give proper nuance and depth to an extremely ambitious story.

Whatever critiques you want to make of the show should keep that in mind.

[dinovamp-deactivated20221121]

Is this potentially why the show’s ending is felt by many (including myself) to be rushed and ill written? I mean, if they are being pushed to end the show due to homophobia, then that would in retrospect make sense. The resolution had felt extremely forced and didn’t make much sense for them to be so quickly willing to apologize and everything, even when they would have found out about Pink Diamond.

[renthony]

This is exactly why the ending was so rapid. The art book spells this out explicitly. The Homeworld episodes were supposed to be their own entire season. We were supposed to get episodes about all of the Off-Colors. We were supposed to get much, much, much more detail on the Diamonds and their dynamic, and significantly more time for them to have emotional and story arcs.

Literally all of the things people say "felt rushed" felt that way because they were rushed--but they were rushed by the homophobic network, not by the writers.

[jesperfahey]

someone: whats your favorite [insert literally anything here]

me: *forgets everything i’ve ever enjoyed* uhhhh

[godoforeos]

[djorkus]

[gay-otlc]

If we didn't have butches then everything would be terrible and pointless. Thank you to butches for existing.

[naturalkillercyborg]

[kaijuno]

Thank you for being you Danny DeVito

[spacelazarwolf]

growing up fat means never dancing.

not even necessarily because you’re self conscious of it anymore, but because you just…don’t know how. people laughed at you and mocked you for running, jogging, climbing, stretching, and yes, dancing. so now you just have no idea how to do it.

the music comes on and you can feel the energy in your body. you want to move, the beat makes it’s way into your bones and you want to shake it out, but you can’t. you don’t know how.

you’re in the middle of a club, surrounded by thin people in tight shirts and short skirts, throwing their hands in the air and around each other and side to side, and you wish you could do that. you want to so badly you feel like you might cry. but the beat is stuck in your bones.

you’re late for work, but you can’t run. not because you can’t actually run, but because you’ll be out of breath, and the breath is stuck in your bones. you’re at dinner with your friends and your body is tense and you want to stretch, but you can’t because you’ll contort your body in a way that isn’t pretty, and the tension is stuck in your bones. you’re having sex and you want to enjoy it but all you can think about is what’s jiggling and what’s bending and are they even enjoying this, and the pleasure is stuck in your bones.

you want to dance. you want to dance so badly you might die. but the beat is stuck in your bones.

[qunari]

I'll never forgive tumblr for being so quick to shit on the concept of "queer platonic" relationships bc even outside of asexual/aromantic relationships, the bond I've shared with other queer women in a non romantic, non sexual way has been wildly different and more intimate than any friendships I've ever had with cishet people, even when we're not as close as my cishet friends. the fact that y'all were like "relationships are strictly within these categories there is only familial, platonic, sexual, and romantic" like yall pls 😭 queer connection and bonding is so much deeper and more complex than that. get offline and connect with some of your community i beg

[qunari]

hope you don't mind me adding your tags on, but yes, exactly this. its actually talked about among sapphics pretty often as like a hallmark middle school/high school experience to have a super close female friend who you did not have a specific crush on, but were somehow closer than all your other friends with, and ultimately lost in a way that felt like a breakup despite the platonic nature of the relationship.

and society is going to respond with a lot of bullshit like "you mean its just friendship" or "you mean it was a crush" bc it lives in a binary where you're either in a romantic/sexual relationship, or you're friends; and it's bc they cannot comprehend that the feelings we experience do not fit neatly into their pre concieved boxes, just like how being queer never did that either.

[pathologising]

[swag-smartwomenabolishgender]

[6thlovelanguage-deactivated2020]

dark green is a nice color. underrated

[hesitating]

ladies and gentlemen, Phtalo Green

[thatll-do]

““In terms of who leaked it and why, it seems much more likely to me that it comes from the right in response to an actual or threatened defection by one of the five who voted to overturn Roe,” he said. “Leaking this early draft makes that more costly for a defector because now people will think that they changed their vote after the leak in response to public outrage.””

—

A Supreme Court in Disarray After an Extraordinary Breach

This is 100% political. SCOTUS is not about interpreting the law in a way that respects public opinion and decades of precedent. This SCOTUS majority is composed entirely of Evangelical Christian white nationalists who are imposing their authoritarian rules on a country that did not vote for them.

(via wilwheaton)

[wizardbait]

Everyone should read The Power Worshippers by Katherine Stewart! It’s an eye-opening insight into the Christian nationalist ideological movement, how it rose to power, and how it’s working right now to destroy the wall between church and state. We need to recognize the Christian nationalist movement for the very purposeful and well-oiled political machine that is if we’re going to make any kind of purposeful counterattack against it. Here’s an incredibly relevant quote from it:

“In order to achieve political unity around abortion, the leaders of the emerging Christian nationalist movement understood, it was also necessary to change the deep frame of American religion. So that is what they set out to do. The modern pro-life religion that dominates America’s conservative churches and undergirds a variety of their denominations is a political creation.” 

[pussyhoundspock]

the best thing that we can do right now to fight for abortion rights is donating to your local abortion fund, especially in states with “trigger laws” or laws that will immediately take harsh measures to shut down abortion rights as soon as roe is overturned. If you don’t know your local abortion fund or states with trigger laws, here’s one in Texas, one in Louisiana, one in Georgia, one in West Virginia and one in Mississippi (all states with such “trigger laws”). There’s so many more beyond the handful i just listed here but times like these are the time to donate and support the incredible work that these organizations do for their communities. 

[hellyeahscarleteen]

Protecting Yourself from Criminalization for Self-Managed Abortion — OARS

Self-managed abortion (SMA) with pills is very medically safe and effective throughout early pregnancy, but there is a significant risk of criminalization in many U.S. states. While it is impossible to fully eliminate the risk of criminalization when having or planning to have an abortion at home, t

[kickerofelves]

Leave no online footprint of searches or purchases. Digital Defense Fund’s abortion privacy guide is your go-to resource for this. Using private browsers, two-factor authentication, encrypted messaging, strong passwords, etc. is critical. Google searches have been presented as evidence in an SMA trial before. Do not leave a digital trail.

Use the medications properly to prevent interactions with healthcare providers. The pills are very effective, but they have to be used right. Carefully follow the instructions provided on the How to Use Abortion Pill website. Note that misoprostol tablets should always be taken by dissolving them under the tongue. Do NOT insert misoprostol vaginally if you are self-managing an abortion. While this is medically safe, it can leave incriminating pill remnants that can be detected in the vagina during a pelvic exam if you end up needing to seek medical care. 

If it’s not an emergency but you need expert health advice, use a free calling service like Google Voice to call or text the Miscarriage + Abortion Hotline at 1-833-246-2632. Medical complications are very uncommon with abortion pills, but they’re not impossible. The M+A Hotline is safe to use and is staffed by trustworthy clinicians who volunteer their time to help those who choose SMA. Do not use your own phone number to call as this will create a record that is visible to your cell service provider. 

Don’t disclose any information about SMA to emergency room staff if you do need to seek medical care. This is how most people who are arrested for SMA are reported. Healthcare providers are almost always who calls the police in cases of SMA criminalization. Contrary to popular belief, HIPAA does not protect your private health information from being shared with police if you are suspected of doing something that could be considered a crime. If you believe you need to seek urgent medical care, do not hesitate to go. Say “I think I’m having a miscarriage” and provide your symptoms. Do not mention any use of or purchase of abortion pills. There is no widely available test to detect misoprostol in your bloodstream. If you do not disclose it, there is no way for a medical provider to tell the difference between a medication abortion and a spontaneous miscarriage.

Do not talk to the cops. Period. Do. Not. Talk. To. The. Cops. If you are questioned by police you should state, “I am exercising my right to remain silent, and I wish to speak with an attorney.” Do not speak again or nod in response to a question. Contact the Repro Legal Helpline as soon as possible for expert legal advice: 1-844-868-2812. Do not agree to questioning or speak to any law enforcement official without a lawyer present.

[dazedrhapsody-deactivated202307]

FYI—https://mobile.twitter.com/nwlc/status/1521308477586563073?s=21&t=BOh_ykOx3i3FdB_nI4hqVQ

[headspace-hotel]

so mad that our takeaway from the mask thing hasn't been "wait, so we could have been getting like 80% fewer colds and viruses this entire time?"

[headspace-hotel]

We really just accepted that "yeah, every several months we just feel like shit and do nothing but lay in bed for a week while so much snot pours out of our face holes that we have to keep 27 wads of tissue within arm's reach" even though the solution was not only simple and easy but also offered infinite possibilities for fashionable accessorizing. I hate it here

[neverwonderneverremember-deacti]

[mwagneto]

i haven't seen a single sponsored post but i HAVE seen at least a dozen screenshots of sponsored posts. as it should be