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[hollysotps]

also this acc is probably dead forever bye

[hollysotps]

i regret some of the choices i made for this blog... ignore my dumb ass past posts on this dumb shit

[fandomsandfeminism]

Fun Fact: You can (and should) always include well written LGBT+ people in fiction, no matter what the setting is

Because, amazingly, LGBT+ people have always existed, everywhere, forever. We have always been here.

[johnkuzlak]

Or you could not and focus more time and energy actually making a story better as opposed to trying to fit characters X, y and z in because some whiney punk cares more about the diversification of the characters than the plot or setting, or trying to find the best words to capture your target audience.

Don’t get me wrong. If the story has a gay character or two, I’m not going to complain (unless it’s non-lesbian porno), but it doesn’t automatically make the story better. It just complicates thing unnecessarily.

[fandomsandfeminism]

See, and here’s your problem. You are viewing anyone who isn’t straight, cis, white, able bodied men as EXTRA and superfluous. As not the default, and thus totally unneeded.

And you’re wrong. It’s not “all for the sake of diversity” to include a diverse set of characters. That’s REALISM.  What is pandering, unrealistic bullshit is having stories with impossibly homogenous casts of cis, straight, white, able bodied men.

[rappu]

[shoopsi]

he has 3 speeds

[angelrecipe-deactivated20180602]

Give me a heartwarming Christmas movie about Satan traveling around the world every Christmas to deliver presents to all the young kids and kids with learning disorders and disabilities who misspell “Santa” on their Christmas letters every year

[eccentricmisseclectic]

And Santa’s all like, “You know, I can handle a few spelling mistakes, I got this,” and Lucifer is like “They’re addressed to me, fuck off, I’m doing it.”

[incurablenecromantic]

Lucifer being protective of his fanmail is ceaselessly entertaining.

[tobedelete-deactivated20200711]

What is it about the black ratchet girl stereotype that makes them so dislikeable to society?

They shout, drink, party, act “trashy”, are annoying, up in your space when you don’t want them to be, and are always looking for sex or a fight.

I don’t know if you noticed but if you think about it that description fits frat boys too but nobody says anything about that because they’re typically white and male

[for-marginalized-bw-only-deacti]

[laethecreative]

Mmmmm… [sips tea] If I didn’t know better, it would seem as if misogyny and racism are collaborating against WOC.

[sailorjah]

no not woc its BLACK women. the ratchet black girl stereotype is somethin tht effects Black women negatively to control what we do and how we act and how we are treated in society. not all woc just Black women.

[song-of-the-spheres]

DEAR RESEARCHERS OF TUMBLR

You know what’s awesome?  Research.  You know what’s not awesome?  Not being able to get access to research because it’s stuck behind a paywall and you don’t belong to an institution/your institution doesn’t subscribe to that particular journal.

FEAR NOT.

Here is a list of free, open access materials on a variety of subjects.  Feel free to add if you like!

GO FORTH AND LEARN SHIT, MY FRIENDS.

Directory of Open Access Journals- A compendium of over 9000 journals from 133 countries, multilingual and multidisciplinary.

Directory of Open Access Books- Like the above, but for ebooks.  Also multidisciplinary.

Ubiquity Press- Journals covering archaeology, comics scholarship, museum studies, psychology, history, international development, and more.  Also publishes open access ebooks on a wide variety of subjects.

Europeana-  Digital library about the history and culture of Europe.

Digital Public Library of America- American history, culture, economics, SO MUCH AMERICA.

Internet Archive- In addition to books, they have music and videos, too.  Free!  And legal!  They also have the Wayback Machine, which lets you see webpages as they looked at a particular time.

College and Research Libraries- Library science and information studies.  Because that’s what I do.

Library of Congress Digital Collections- American history and culture, historic newspapers, sound recordings, photographs, and a ton of other neat stuff.

LSE Digital Library- London history, women’s history.

Wiley Open Access- Science things!  Neurology, medicine, chemistry, ecology, engineering, food science, biology, psychology, veterinary medicine.

SpringerOpen-  Mainly STEM journals, looooong list.

Elsevier Open Access-  Elsevier’s kind of the devil but you might as well take advantage of this.  Mainly STEM, also a linguistics journal and a medical journal in Spanish.

[lesserjoke]

Also, remember — there is a wide world of researchers out there, most of whom don’t give two figs about paywalls. Let people know what you’re having trouble accessing, and you’d be surprised how quickly a copy will find its way to your inbox. And if you do belong to an institution with a library, check out their interlibrary loan system, which is a more official way of getting things from behind a paywall at no cost to you.

[infiniteglitterfall]

Also: your local, non-academic library may be able to request materials from college and university libraries through their own interlibrary loan system. For example, the a Oakland library can request materials from universities at least as far away as Reno and Los Angeles.

[hellyeahblackmodels]

ph: Eugenia Carolina

[blankslate]

posting this everywhere bc it feels important

[homojabi]

[a lot of survivors have to fight to NOT have empathy for their abusers bc we have been manipulated into having tht emptahy in order for the abuse to continue, therefore being outraged and angry and lacking empathy for abusers is a radical and healing act for many of us]

[cryptovalid]

This is so important I’m so sick of being told I have to be the better person. I am the better person by default, I demand the right to be and behave like I’m in pain.

[naamahdarling]

“I am the better person by default,“

Yes.  This.

If someone abuses and brutalizes you, that’s, uhh, not even remotely the same as being angry with them and wishing they would fall off a cliff.

[its-a-bi-vy]

So fucking true in my own personal experience.

[theabusediary]

This is so important.

[the-classiest-url-blog]

For everyone who tells me I should have a relationship with those people in my life because “everyone deserves a second chance” lol

[norsenaturetolkien-deactivated2]

Incestual Realization Of Han Solo 

literally crying with laughter.

[estrogenpatchnotes]

This was at least twice as funny as I thought it was going to be.

[gmbencompetence]

I’m seeing a thinkpiece on why Jessica Jones will beat Supergirl and, like…

*Grabs Megaphone*

Women are not subject to the rules of Highlander! There can be more than one female-led superhero show! They can serve different demographics and interests! Stop pitting all women against each other in some sick, subtly sexist Battle Royale!

*puts down Megaphone* … *picks up Megaphone*

Did anyone lose a Megaphone? I found this one and it has the name Brittany on it but I’m not Brittany, so like…

[thethemefrom90210-deactivated20]

can you imagine being this aggressively ugly

[trapcard]

my thing is deadpool has literally always been sexually fluid so like i don’t understand why people are just NOW getting mad lmfao.

[the-fandom-feminist-deactivated]

The Homosexuals™

[rainfelt]

Deadpool, to Thor: “I really find you very attractive did I say that out loud OH THANK GOD A DISTRACTION”

This is one of the tamer examples, and is not how you “compliment” guys unless you would like to be dating them.

Also the writers said “omnisexual” like four years ago, but this dude didn’t freak out then because he’s a fake geek boy.

[misandry-mermaid]

Straight man: *sees a gay* Straight man: What is this anti-heterosexual propaganda?!

[crooked-antler-man]

Have these assholes ever even picked up a Deadpool comic?!

[mcgarrygirl78]

Apparently not.

[fag]

[heartlessharless]

5 ways to increase/decrease suspense in your writing

Suspense is one of the trickier parts of writing to manage effectively because, as the author, you can’t experience your story the way a reader does. If you don’t have enough suspense, it can be difficult to keep your readers interested. If you have too much, frustrated and stressed-out readers might throw your book against the wall. Too much suspense can even backfire - if you try to keep your readers constantly on edge, they can stop taking things seriously and the end result is as though you never included any suspense at all.

So how can you tell if you’ve reached the right balance? Unfortunately, I can’t answer that for you. Some things really do require feedback from honest and insightful readers. Once you have that feedback, however, there are easy tricks to adjusting the level of suspense without a drastic re-write. Here are my five favorite methods.

Promises and Payoffs

INCREASE SUSPENSE by promising something huge and then giving your reader something unexpected. To borrow an example from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, imagine a teenage boy and girl sneaking into an empty building. Everything from the costumes to the lighting is designed to make you uneasy about the girl’s safety but, in the end, she’s the vampire. Give the audience something sensational and they won’t be disappointed that you didn’t deliver on what you originally promised.

DECREASE SUSPENSE by promising less than you plan to deliver. For example, if you plan to kill off a character as they walk through a dark alley, let them worry about being mugged rather than murdered. Not only is it less suspenseful, the payoff is more shocking.

Characters are Crucial

INCREASE SUSPENSE by shifting the focus to a character who’s more involved in the action or one who has more at stake. Even if you have a single POV character, another can come in and demand that character’s attention, along with the readers’.

DECREASE SUSPENSE by focusing on a character who’s more concerned with a secondary goal. Subplots are a fantastic way to give your readers some room to breathe.

Calm vs. Chaos

INCREASE SUSPENSE by cutting back on the action. Suspense flourishes in the quiet moments when your characters have time to think and to anticipate what may be in store for them.

DECREASE SUSPENSE by giving your characters a big, exciting mess to deal with. Even when that mess causes more problems and puts more pressure on your characters in the long run, you’ve still created an oasis where both they and the readers are too distracted to worry about how the big picture will pan out.

Devil’s in the Details

INCREASE SUSPENSE by concentrating on the details of the setting. Horror movies are great at this - every creak of a door, every shadow across a wall keeps the audience immersed in the experience and tense with anticipation.

DECREASE SUSPENSE by breaking the “show, don’t tell” rule and allow exposition to help you move things along. You don’t need to take readers through every aspect of your story in excruciating detail. It’s okay to gloss over some things and it helps readers relax because they know you’re not going to be springing any surprises on them just yet.

Ticking Time-Bomb

INCREASE SUSPENSE by imposing a deadline that your characters struggle to meet. It’s one of the oldest and most obvious tricks in the book, but very effective.

DECREASE SUSPENSE by allowing your characters to believe that the deadline has been met or pushed back. If they (and the readers) believe that they’ve accomplished their goal or bought themselves more time, it relieves pressure and allows everyone to relax until the truth’s revealed.

[briennesjaime]

Life is suffering. It is hard. The world is cursed. But still, you find reasons to keep living. 

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