Stubborn Idealism

Discourse is back, baby. 31. ♀️ ✝️ Evangelical.🌷. Pro-life. INTP. Writer. Neoclassical liberal. Anti-communist and anti-nazi. Against racism. 🚫GenAI🙅‍♀️. I tag for blog organization, don't @ me about it.

[keepersofthegate]

Shades of War: New today, March 30, 2026. Purchase now on Amazon: Help me (@evelynmlewis) get a head start on the algorithms! https://www.amazon.com/Shades-Valerian-Chronicles-Evelyn-Lewis/dp/1960686070

When timid but stubborn Daniel Grace gets signed on as a spy in the war against traitor Prince Ellatar and his space invasion, he thinks it is for his genius level hacking prowess. But the military may have had other reasons for choosing a first year Academy student to infiltrate Ellatar's palace.

Cassidia Reynolds is everything Daniel isn't. She's outgoing and emotive, with an unflinching belief in romantic ideals like Freedom and Destiny. When she sleeps in the forest, the magical Sylphs speak to her of a divine weapon that can save the planet from Ellatar's conquest. Driven by her visions, Cass runs away from her family's farm to join the Dralinian Army. Instead, she is caught up in the lives of Daniel and his team on their journey to Telel, where her tale may be darker than the one she bargained for.

Daniel's disdain for emotion cannot stop him falling in love with Cassidia. When she is captured by the enemy, he may have to take a page out of her book of fairy tales in order to turn his weakness into a strength. Please help me get reviews on the Amazon page up as soon as possible!

[lifeafterpsychiatry]

If you're comfortable accusing anyone of faking disability, you're not a real ally to disabled people

[teaboot]

One time when I was a kid a group of girls and I had to treat another student for hypothermia by ourselves because she had so many invisible health issues that the adults we asked for help didn't believe us. The student in question was actively hallucinating. When I finally ran for help the people I grabbed were slow as shit to respond, casually joking about how "dramatic" the person in question was.

The kid was picked up by an ambulance 30 minutes later.

Now as an adult working in security I get SO MANY folks- upper-middle aged mostly- coming to me to 'rat out' people they think are faking it.

I was once sent into a bathroom because a client demanded that the "fucker won't get out, so good drag them out"- I was NEVER going to do that, so I did a wellness check instead. You know who it was? A person recently released from the hospital after a car accident. They had a hole in their skull and major hearing loss. They couldn't answer the owner because they couldn't HEAR the owner.

Another time about a homeless man who got around town by kicking the ground from his wheelchair. "You know he doesn't actually need that thing, his legs work fine, it's just for pity points"- Oh, so he's not paralyzed, his wheelchair is performative? Funny story Dale, I actually know that guy, he was backed over by a truck and has chronic pain from his shattered pelvis. But sure, let's make him stand up and walk everywhere so nobody feels too bad for him and tries to help him or something.

"She doesn't need that scooter, I've seen her get out of it."

"Look how fat he is, because he just rides around and refuses to get up."

"She doesn't really need that cane- she comes here without it all the time"

Sincerely, truly, from the bottom of my heart- as someone who isn't physically disabled but hears this shit all the time- fuck off

[dymphnafrancis]

Please pray for me, I really want to find a new job.

[thatdamnokie]

[call-me-frosting-or-not-idc]

Nonstick broom

[call-me-frosting-or-not-idc]

Guys. Stop rebloging nonstick broom. This is just some image I made years ago and found in my photos recently. I don’t want this to get big I beg of you

[call-me-frosting-or-not-idc]

This is at 38 notes my good friend

[lifeofcynch]

💫⭐️here’s a spicy hot take⭐️💫

you’re not allowed to say you support boys and men who like ‘’girly’’ stuff if you think boys and men who like mlp fim are inherently ‘creepy’ and ‘weird’ and ‘gross’! it’s an amazing cartoon about friendship and harmony, and though it was originally made for little girls, little boys and also adult men (and women too but that’s not the focus here) found themselves loving it, and thus the brony fandom was born! probably because the writing, the characters, the plot, the world-building, etc was great! but then, as all fandoms do, the fandom grew a dark side with messed up people that mainly consisted of men. here’s the thing though! it’s not okay to assume that every man who likes mlp fim is some kind of creepy cp-drawing incel! let guys enjoy the horse friendship cartoon without being looked down upon for their gender! the term ‘brony’ is for those who are fans of mlp fim and create beautiful and amazing artwork, music, cosplays, and more out of it, or just watch the show! it should never be equated to the bad apples lurking in the fandom’s darker side! it makes normal fans very uncomfortable! i always get bad vibes from mlp blogs who have bronies in their DNIs. stop misrepresenting bronies! stop calling them freaks unless they actually are freaks! and stop excluding them from fandom content! let men enjoy and appreciate the cartoons that they love!

- a proud pegasister who loves the brony fandom (the good part of it anyway)

[thathighclassbitch]

Also the creator has stated several times that she supports adult fans (including bronies) and doesn't condone the bullying, harassment or overal bad treatment of them.

[lifeofcynch]

^!!

[misa-chan13]

Agreed ironically the only fans of this show that I knew in real life were both men

[theorangepdf]

getting fixated on something is funny because the first like week i have an insatiable need to tell everyone i know about it and spread the good word but by weeks 2 and 3 it becomes so intense and personal that even hearing it mentioned in public makes me sweat as if a dark secret was alluded to

[leseigneurdelorage]

I absolutely love when writers are like. Here is an insane premise. I will write it without shame and perhaps even with a lot of seriousness.

[leseigneurdelorage]

I am currently reading a book about a girl who will turn into an actual tree if she lays metaphorical roots anywhere. It is played straight as a rod. Love it so far.

[slyandthefamilybook]

I can't remember who said it but I saw a comment or tweet talking about hypocrisy that essentially said The Hypocrisy Is The Point. hypocrisy is power. it's the ability to set rules for everyone else except you. and if power is a virtue then hypocrisy is a virtue. it's why you never really get anywhere with "by your logic..." or "then wouldn't that mean...". it's not that they don't realize they're being hypocritical. they do it on purpose to prove that you have to listen to them and they don't have to listen to you

[arizonaconservativegal]

So disappointing to stumble on a list of book recommendations for people who liked [series I read recently and really enjoyed] only to realize every single recommendation is just "this book has a main character of color!" "this one has a disabled trans lesbian character!" "you'll love this character because they use neopronouns and are polyamorous!"

Really? Is that all the book has going for it? Because if it is, I think I'll pass.

[celticcanon]

I hate to be one of those "build a parallel entertainment industry" people, but I really do think that we might have to. Both agents and publishers are all in on pushing identity politics both in the stories they promote and in the authors they contract.

The following is an average wishlist that agents post when they want to solicit manuscripts from new authors:

Notice that this wishlist shuts a significant number of authors out of the publishing process before the agent even reads their stories. Now yes of course, this is an agent and not the publisher itself and of course it is up to the agent do decide what kind of stories they want to work with. Which would be fine if this wasn't somehow the majority of agents in the traditional publishing space.

The thing that blows my mind is that from a business perspective, people who don't want to have to filter for DEI topics are an enormous untapped market that is currently only being served by self-published who in a lot of cases really need the help of a professional editor and thus don't see a lot of traction, or reprints of books that are 20+ years old.

A publisher that could serve that market could sell a ridiculous amount a books to an absolutely starved audience.

Yet somehow they don't.

At this point, the lack of print media that is not specifically aimed at the left leaning audience has to be more than a business decision. It has to be ideological.

[greater-than-the-sword]

This is why I started @keepersofthegate ... not that I have published anyone's books but my own so far.

[greater-than-the-sword]

If you're a vampire who gets cured, but then turned back into a vampire again, you've been revamped

[aflo]

Attempting to locate a new Greek restaraunt using my gyroscope

[greater-than-the-sword]

Where are you getting utilitarian work skirts? I think I would like a couple of them

I have a long skirt that I think is made of wool. It's pretty faded by now. I've had it for years and years. However dirty it gets, it always washes up. No idea where it came from.

[eilooxara]

Oat milk was discovered much more recently than you may have known. Like many now-familiar technologies, it was found by accident during the Apollo program when NASA learned what a zero-g environment does to goat milk.

[bebemoon]

if you're not playing mermaids with me then i have to assume you're playing mermaids against me

[greater-than-the-sword]

You can be doing manual labor in the most grungy, utilitarian work skirt on earth and people will come up to you apropos of nothing and be like "oh a skirt! How feminine!"

[greater-than-the-sword]

I should start replying with "oh you're wearing pants, how masculine!" and see how they react

[coldinfluencerbeliever]

This is reasonable. I should start going up to women in skirts and telling them how unfeminine they look in them. If they do not wish for their skirts to be associated with their feminity, I should try to assist.

[greater-than-the-sword]

The vibe is kind of "yes I am a woman thanks for noticing"

I dont get offended but it is very baffling

[what-even-is-thiss]

My middle school gave you detention if you didn’t turn in your homework on time did I ever tell y’all about that

[bugsinks]

at mine if u were late for more than 6 days in a semester (not in a row, just 6 total) you got detention. crazy

[rosehipandholly]

I'll probably stand alone with this but if facing consequences for not doing the most basic things to be a reliable person, like being on time and doing your work, is considered crazy nowadays, let's just say that explains a lot.

(And no, I won't add obvious exceptions here, because I believe in the existence of common sense. If you want to get me wrong, that's on you.)

[what-even-is-thiss]

There’s already the consequences of getting a bad grade. When adults are late getting their stuff in at job they don’t get put in baby jail. They just face normal social and professional consequences of their actions. Why is it acceptable to add afternoon jail on top of the regular consequences when the person is twelve?

[greater-than-the-sword]

I believe in consequences, but come on now. And who is to blame when a middle schooler whose mom drives them to school is late?