Lils🐸

I’m a nerd that sucks A LOT but I’m still kinda cool

[gaybutawesome]

Get to Know Me! (Kinda)

Hello ^^ I’m finally making an intro post even tho I’ve been on this app for a while😅

My name is Lillie (call me Lils) -I’m American, bisexual, and I love consuming any content related to the fandoms I’m in✨

THINGS I LIKE:

TV Shows and Movies:

-she ra and the princesses of power

-the dragon prince/the dragon king

-the owl house

-stranger things

-gravity falls

-murder drones

-the amazing digital circus

-hellaverse

-arcane

-the gaslight district

-shadow and bone

-kpop demon hunters

-harry potter(movies)

-blue eye samurai

-jentry chau vs the underworld

-Steven universe

-how to train your dragon + race to the edge

-ever after high + monster high

-a series of unfortunate events

-the hollow

-my little pony

-nimona

-blue lock

-the Mitchells vs the machines

-laika

-trollhunters + 3below + wizards

-wicked

-camp cretaceous + chaos theory

-knights of Guinevere

Video Games:

-horror games😍

-five nights at Freddy’s

-mouthwashing

-marvel rivals

-doki doki literature club

-roblox

-dandy’s world

-chillas art

Other:

-harry potter (books)

-Sanrio

-Hamilton

-wicked

-ride the cyclone

-epic

-sonic the hedgehog

I probably forgot so much stuff but that makes sense for me

DNI:

-p-dos

-homophobes

-transphobes

-trump supporters🤢

-fatphobes

-racists

-sexists

-overall haters

-if you do not agree with my opinions; don’t interact

🧚‍♀️

I hope I can find some great moots on here🫶

❤️gaybutawesome❤️

[stay-the-knight]

[teathattast]

[charlesoberonn]

America has a weird relationship with cults where they’re terrified of small cults (or organizations they think are cults) but completely normalized massive cults that hurt many more people (eg: LDS Church, Jehovah’s Witnesses, the Amish, Scientology, most Megachurches)

[charlesoberonn]

To anybody asking if the Amish are a cult, the answer is yes, very much so.

They’re a high control group that isolate you from society. The cult decides how you dress, how you behave, who you marry and how. They control what you know, blocking all information from the outside world. They control how you feel and what you’re allowed to think with threats of both social and supernatural harm. They’re a cult.

[charlesoberonn]

The best method to determine if a group is a cult, in my opinion, is Steven Hassan’s (cult expert and former cult member himself) BITE model.

BITE stands for Behavior Control, Information Control, Thought Control, and Emotional Control.

The more points a group “scores” on the model, the more of a cult it is.

I think this model is the best one for several reasons:

It’s more nuanced than “cult” or “not cult” and doesn’t make false equivalences between groups

It’s versatile, applying to groups big and small, and cults of all kinds, religious, political, financial, etc.

It focuses on what’s important, which is what the cult does to its members, and those members’ experiences, and not on irrelevant details like how uncommon their doctrines are or whether they have a charismatic leader

[charlesoberonn]

This is a great example of Thought Control used by cults whenever they’re confronted with criticism.

[saxifraga-x-urbium]

#you might notice that there are a lot of similarities between cult techniques and those of abusive partners#and that is an important thing to be aware of

yah that goes in the post

[charlesoberonn]

The creator of the BITE Model considers abusive relationships to be two-person cults.

[forgotn1]

It’s important to note that almost every sect of evangelical christianity in the US today fails the BITE Model.

[alp-crispy]

This was the post that lead to breaking my JW mindset. Been a while since I seen it.

[charlesoberonn]

I’m glad I could help in your deconstruction, if only a little bit. I wish you all the luck in your journey moving forward.

[tuulikki]

And to highlight a key aspect of the “two-person cult” dynamic:

Not all high-control groups are religious. Secular cults exist.

I’d strongly recommend reading this brief bio of Janja Lalich. She’s a deprogramming therapist, but she’s also a cult survivor from a political cult.

[proudfreakmetarusonikku]

high control groups can also form in friend groups and online! any social group can theoretically be a high control enviroment that’s abusive. any group can be a cult if someone uses that group to control and abuse others.

[gaybutawesome]

Hello, how are you? I hope I am not bothering you.

I am writing to you as I am living through the hardest moments of my life. Hashem is slowly dying in front of my eyes and our children. He needs an urgent surgery, and I am helpless to save him.

Please, your donation and sharing of our story could be the reason my husband's life is saved! My children deserve not to lose their father.

Verified by @/gazavetters #53

@qamar2026

I can’t donate but hopefully someone else who sees this can!!!

[lesvegas]

you can only reblog this if you're not racist

[the-sweaty-toothed-mad-woman]

today’s the only day you can reblog this

“There Will Come Soft Rains”, Ray Bradbury

[makomoriz]

no i don't. cheers

[the-quasar-hero]

“Why does this character have to be Black?”

Why shouldn’t they be?

“Why does this character have to be a woman?”

Why shouldn’t she be?

“Why does this character have to be gay?”

Why shouldn’t they be?

“Why does this character have to be trans?”

Why shouldn’t they be?

“Why does this character have to be disabled?”

Why shouldn’t they be?

“Why does this character have to be fat?”

Why shouldn’t they be?

[paperandpencilsandskips]

MORE BLACK MAGICAL GIRLS MORE LATINA MAGICAL GIRLS MORE INDIGENOUS MAGICAL GIRLS MORE TRANS MAGICAL GIRLS

[i-am-the-oyster]

[beggars-opera]

The old school lack of transparency on tumblr is amazing because you assume the people you follow must all be equivalent to you and then you see someone write “I brought my youngest to college today” and someone else write “my mom wouldn’t let me listen to Ariana Grande when I was a kid” and then your head explodes

[formerlyanon]

and we need that! keeps us humble. 

[dabouse]

Then I'm just like WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU’RE AN ADULT

[tomboy014]

It goes the other way, too, because WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU'RE A CHILD?!!

[dabouse]

I'm 16, that's like, barely a child

[tomboy014]

I'm in my 30s. You are baby

[digitaldiscipline]

I'm older than both of you in a trenchcoat.

[kabretoss]

honestly one of the best things we can do for ourselves is realize that people of different ages than us can still be the same kind of person as us. it's humbling and it gives everyone involved a sense of continuity, and it busts those stupid generational stereotypes media is so fond of.

[fruitsaladchewits-deactivated20]

well, well, well, if it isn’t the feelings i’ve been trying to avoid 

[heyimcelery]

Mike Wheeler in every fic

[cookiescr]

Aha guess what I finished

[batmanisagatewaydrug]

always some new bullshit in the ocean

[local-demon-in-your-area]

Why is it always orcas or dolphins

Why can't a salmon do some bullshit for once

[batmanisagatewaydrug]

worry not ☝️ they're doing coke

[lesspopped]

please wear sunscreen!!! I've seen "fuck the beauty industrial complex" posts about complicated skincare regimens and am 100% with them except sometimes they mention sunscreen and no. no. absolutely not. sunscreen is a wonderful supportive friend who wants to keep you safe, and you should let her do it. throw out all your other cosmetics and skincare products if you want, but keep your sunscreen. and if you're not wearing sunscreen, start wearing it!!!! this is not about terror of aging, this is not about every tiny imperfection our fucked-up culture has made you feel insecure about, this is about protecting yourself from skin cancer. wear the damn sunscreen.

[enba-and-luka]