Random Thoughts From A Random Life

18+, she/they, BLM, ACAB, autism acceptance Marvel, Umbrella Academy, JJK Manga/anime obsessed

[hail-dondus]

It looks like they’re dropping a teaser trailer for the new Harry Potter reboot tomorrow

Just a few important and gentle reminders:

🫶🏻 DO NOT WATCH THIS FUCKING SHOW 🫶🏻

If you claim you support human rights - not just trans rights but human rights in general - yet still plan to watch this show, unfollow me. You’re a fucking hypocrite and I don’t want you following me.

Do not watch it even if you’re hate watching it, it still contributes to streaming revenue and views!

The adults in this reboot of the franchise are FULLY accountable for choosing to do this show and accepting a pay cheque over supporting a minority group. Even if they claim they support trans rights, they’re cowards and don’t actually support them at all.

The kids do NOT deserve abuse or hate, whether it’s because you’re comparing them to Dan/Rupert/Emma or because you’re boycotting due to the author’s views. They are literal CHILDREN.

Your nostalgia over a children’s series about kids going to school is NOT more important than trans people being respected and having rights. As long as JKR is still alive, she profits off of this.

[demonicae]

And, just so you know, JKR profiting off of HP has DIRECTLY led to the disintegration of trans rights in the UK.

For example...

Transgender girls told to leave Girlguiding groups by September

It follows an announcement in December that transgender members would be banned from joining.

From yestersday. This follows on from the UK supreme court ruling last year that equalities laws would be based on 'biological sex only.'

That supreme court ruling got through, not because 'everyone believes in it.' But because JKR directly payed MASSIVE amounts of money into right wing thinktanks, politicians, and TERF influencers.

Harry Potter directly funds transphobia and anti-trans laws in the UK.

She pours her money into the J.K Rowling women's fund. Meaning Harry Potter revenue directly pays for right wing transphobic pearl clutchers to take trans people to court and to stamp out the rights of trans people in the UK.

It is also hurting cis women in the UK because now we're all fucking paranoid about being 'transvestigated,' being abused in public (for 'not looking cis enough') or being denied services because some snotty billionaire decided she gets to decide who is or is not a 'woman' (based entirely on her weirdo, white, billionaire-class definition of the word.)

[raenacreates]

It has been so long since I sketched anything, I feel so rusty! Going to try and get back in the habit.

[yuutaguro]

judge jury executioner

[unclefather]

[mattressblowoutsale]

(Chanting) ancient cheese with a deadly disease ancient cheese with a deadly disease ancient c

[sci-the-superb]

CAN WE STILL EAT THE FUCKING BOG BUTTER?

[dreamingofbabylon]

Fellas we’ve got ourselves 2 outta 3 ingredience for a legendary Grilled Cheese

[socialmediapeasant]

Grilled cheese!!!!

[dreamingofbabylon]

HELL YEA BAYBEE WE DONE IT !! GOD HERSELF GONNA GRILL US A CHEESE

[socialmediapeasant]

Tonight we dine like kings

[foointerrupted]

This is still my favorite post on this whole site

[emotions-oper9r-deactivated2021]

I’m here for the fossilized tomato

[unanuvola]

✨️ 0325: WRITTEN IN THE STARS ✨️

HAPPY ∞TH ANNIVERSARY STRAY KIDS ⭐️

[charlesoberonn]

Person in the year 5012: What is that program you're using?

Immortal: It's called Duolingo, it's a language-learning app. I gotta maintain my streak.

Duolingo: Gefeliciteerd!

Person: Why are you teaching yourself a dead language?

Immortal: *looks at their 1,093,835 days streak* It wasn't dead when I started.

[o6frog]

lee know as gojo & hyunjin as geto ★･:*+.

[theneverendingwaterfall]

My favorite 😍

[ghostwriterforeternity]

Think this is one of the only times that we see Five being frightened of gunfire. He’s always able to blink somewhere else. All of his other training went out the window for a moment. If Luther and Allison weren’t trying to grab him, he wouldn’t have known where to go

[myturtlespeedy]

This is a result of the inhumane decisions that members of this administration want you to be silent about in public for fear of a loss of “civility”.

[liukka]

The kid and her lawyer were about the only humans there. For fucks sake, they’re kids.

[tired-of-capitalism-deactivated]

HERE’S THE LINK TO SUPPORT HER WORK

[norvicensiandoran]

Updated link!

Support Our Work

[angelbabymikaa]

You seem to care a lot about trans people for being cis yourself

local internet dumbass discovers what empathy is

[charlioak]

they just came out with a new type of guy that freestyles about geological phenomena on reddit

[enki2]

[filthybonnet]

As a curator, all these people saying museum are expensive...the one I work at is $3 to enter. But there are also plenty of free museums in my area. If you are saying museums are expensive you need to open your eyes to the world of museums beyond big institutional ones. There are so many small, historical houses, historical parks, little art galleries, out there that are free or have small fees. There are also museums that have free or discounted days. There are museums that offer student discounts, senior discounts, military discounts, museums that offer free or discounts if you have SNAP benefits.

Almost all museum memberships have reciprocal benefits. It's a little more up front, but if you become a member at one museum (It's usually like $50 for a year) you get a membership card and there's usually a list of other museums that card will get you into for free.

Also you can always sign up to be a volunteer. Then you can look at the stuff all the time for free. I got my start 10 years ago as a volunteer, fell in love and made it my career.

[whetstonefires]

also lots of public libraries keep a stock of free museum passes at the circulation desk for check out

[thefunkyavocado]

Yes to all of this! If you live in the US and are on SNAP benefits, check out Museums for All's website. It provides a list of museums that give free and reduced entry with a valid EBT card. The museum where I work not only gives free admission for an EBT card holder, but free admission for all of the card holder's guests! It's such an awesome program that not enough people know about!

[brucebocchi]

absolute fucking king weird al encouraging proper means of watching his new biopic

[krwzprtt]

I'M SORRY YOU CAN'T WATCH IT, I KNOW YOU'RE UPSET

[wellwickedstuff]

Spirit Halloween is defrosting as we speak

[xkittyzo1]

[thememedaddy]

[the-bear-woman]

The Australian Ballet is doing Alice in Wonderland again and on one hand I’ve seen it before, and on the other, their Queen of Hearts has my favourite costume in anything every

[the-bear-woman]

It’s just this and her court pushes her around the stage on wheels and every act it gets taller until she towers over everyone

[the-bear-woman]

Also in act 3 (I think) it swings open at the front and her husband is sitting inside reading a newspaper

[the-bear-woman]

I saw this again on Tuesday so here are some things I’d forgotten about:

This is the only Alice adaptation I’ve ever seen that doesn’t cut the caucus race

The mad hatter wears taps throughout and it’s so jarring and surprising it’s perfect

The executioner shadows almost everyone who dances with the Queen

Lewis Carroll is a character in the ballet and becomes the white rabbit who leads Alice into wonderland which is bad and wrong because Carroll is the dodo but does work very well

They started dropping rose petals from the ceiling onto the audience when Alice looked through the door to the garden and it was utterly magic

The Cheshire Cat is made of about 10 different puppets that dance around the stage

Which reminds me Alice is styled after Alice Liddell rather than the John Tenniel illustrations

I don’t think the king of hearts actually dances he just wanders around looking confused

[paraphernaliawagon]

here’s a video

[paraphernaliawagon]

more. (btw this is a parody/reference to the very famous “rose adagio” from sleeping beauty)

[paraphernaliawagon]

the Caterpillar is pretty neat too

(all of these videos are from the Royal Ballet’s productions in 2014 and 2017)

[catrinecat]

Finally an adaptation that makes feel like I’m going to have stroke, it’s perfect

[themummersfolly]

This looks fucking bonkers, I love it.