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Ick lemons (he/him) I am the most average Tumblr user :3

[vitiligo-is-not-a-trend]

Some of the repetitive questions here made me think "Do y'all need a visual guide?" So I did it.

If I did any mistakes in interpreting your many answers, please say! I will edit anything I need to for it to be actually respectful & accurate.

OH MY GOD THANK YOU THATS PERFECT

Do you mind if I add it to the FAQ (with credit of course <3)

[bitchautism]

here's two articles about how JK Rowling just posted on X an upskirt photo of Freda Wallace, a transgender woman, after deadnaming her and misgendering her repeatedly online.

JK Rowling deadnamed and posted 'upskirt' photo of trans woman on X

The wealthy author escalated a social media spat that resulted in posting a photo from a 2023 event at the Institute of Economic Affairs in

JK Rowling posts upskirt image of trans woman while begging to debate her - LGBTQ Nation

Rowling posted the picture taken from below because the trans woman, she said, was "refusing to debate me."

[epilepticsaints]

[if-you-see-gay-me]

[magnetictapedatastorage]

[heatandapathy]

Needs the last part

[captainscarletsc]

[scoundrellyfeline]

@heatandapathy you forgot the best part

[tsamired]

you are never living this down

[fleshdyke]

godawful post i made when i was 14. let me escape it please god

[richcrazydad]

Never!

[somecallmekay]

NOT EVEN IN DEATH

[ninanation]

Come to think of it, it really is insane that my entire country is burning alive and literally no one in the rest of the world cares. Thousands of Indians are dying every day from the heat, it's 45+ degrees in multiple areas, the government couldn't give two fucks, we're getting severe warnings and red alerts, and not a soul outside of South Asia is speaking about it because why would you ever care about brown people

[ninanation]

please keep talking about how Becky from Maryland doesn't like the rising gas prices. It's clearly the more pressing issue.

[creacher-art]

USA folks, that is a consistent temperature range hitting 113°. Death Valley temperatures. In Banda, it hovered between 116°-118° (47°-48° C) for a week straight.

This has been happening all month with little to no international media attention. Here are a few organizations you can check out for resources or to support:

ActionAid India

SEEDS India

GlobalGiving

Raise India (Project Tapan)

[garbage-empress]

I would also like to mention that Banda has significantly higher humidity than Death Valley even during the dry season so if those numbers aren't heat index adjusted, it probably felt even hotter than that.

[fuckyeahvintage-retro]

1950s Living room (via hgtv)

[neosporinwound]

I compare my art like how people talk abt Big Bang Theory.

Because yeah It's good, but not good enough to where it deserves all the attention & praise it's getting, y'know?

[icklemons07]

I feel that your art is spectacular. I admire how much you have improved with anatomy and I cant get enough of how you draw hair. I wish i was as good as you when it comes to texture, all my stuff looks plasticy lol.

Youre art is not Big Bang Theory to me, youre art is Soap.

[lubieee69]

[dankxsinatra]

[mopdog8]

[icklemons07]

A piece of writing advise i need to absorb is "kill the character, keep the consept." I need to stop treating character as if there were people and focus on what i want to get across with my writing.

For example: what is the horror of the situation? What is scary about [blank]? Why should the reader be scared?

Having the characters be "real people" or a blorbo of some kind always takes away from whatever I want to say. I keep adding unimportant details that clog up the story because theyre the time of details you note about a real person.

I need to keep the story focused and straight forward.

[icklemons07]

im really stupid so I fully thought that your name was ickle mons instead of ick lemons until I read nuclear Boy Scouts and saw the underscore in your ao3 user. kill me

Its fine anon lol alot of people think its ickle mons.

[strangestcase]

This is UNTRUE!!!! If you’re new to Catholicism you HAVE to listen to MEEEEEEEEE. Here’s my advice:

Leave

[redwyverndht]

really good and important tags

[creatingblackcharacters]

I came across this post in instagram about the 7 circles of whiteness and found it helpful. It’s a tool created by a mental health therapist, Alishia McCullough and I think it’s supposed to be American focused but applies everywhere

Circle 1 (white terrorist): brutal violence against Black bodies; racist and derogatory slurs; white nationalism; white separatism; actively targeting Black bodies;police brutality; lynchings; hate crimes; alt-right; most likely to be seen with a gun in a public location I.e a restaurant if their kids birthday party; maga; intimidation tactics; confederate flags; rigid patriotism; anti-take a knife; blue lives matter; kkk; founders and supporters of the prison industrial complex; uses white evangelical rhetoric to justify racism

Circle 2 (the post racial believer): talks about racial tolerance; “I have Black neighbors”; polices those Black neighbors; using language such as “colored” to describe Black people in the U.S; bootstrap theory folks; uses terms like “boy” to describe grown Black men; expects Black women to be the mammy; never feel “safe” around Black people; “I don’t see color”; “Obama fixed it”; believers of the “American dream”; constantly downplays Black excellence and uses the affirmative action card; white Eurocentric Christianity values, “we are all the same in the eyes of god”; white women clutching their purse or locking their cars when a Black person walks by; victim blaming; superior pity complex; may have a multiracial person in the family, that is they have white washed; expects Black people to jump and do things like carry their groceries to the car; uncomfortable around topics if race and thinks that talking about race issues creates division

Circle 3 (the oblivious instigator): cultural appropriation; loved white washed Black people; fetishizes and sexualizes Black men; white tears/fragility; micro aggressions; all lives matter; “reverse racism”; white saviorism; plays “devil’s advocate” and invalidates experiences of racism; social justice issues related to things that centre what they are going through; have no loyalty to Black people and will often sell you out if presented with the opportunity; “if you say it nicer, I might listen…you are pushing me away”; tone policing; “all white people are not bad”; elitish; entitlement; calling the police because they don’t feel “comfortable”; thinks that biracial children excuse them from racism; “I am a good white person”; big on authoritarianism/rule following; often uses the “n” word as a “joke” and calls you dramatic for getting upset about it; feels entitled to Black bodies, “I don’t know why you’re offended that I touched your hair without consent, it’s just hair”

Circle 4 (the needy ally): focused on “getting anti-racism right” (perfectionism); read “white fragility”, has not addressed their own; “I am above other white people”; white distancing to be an exception; arrival at anti-racism mindset; bragging on the few times they fought back against racism in order to gain approval; needing to center themselves in topics about race; need constant validation and emotional investment from Black people; often has white terrorist family members that they are struggling to change or convince; co-opting the work of poc and trying to make it their own I.e. white women and yoga; can admit to holding privilege, but refuses to be held accountable; race splaining; considers the trump election to be the epitome of when things “got bad”; needs to collect Black friends/tokenization; good “white” ally mentality; impulsive around racial justice often causes more harm; will often vent to Black people about their frustrations with politics, usually takes up a lot of space and leaves Black people emotionally exhausted and depleted

Circle 5 (the passive aggressive oppressor): white feminist; values white research and experience over the lives experiences of Black people; divisive and often tries to turn Black people and poc against each other; manipulative; intent versus impact; not paying for Black labor; abuses power to silence and control Black women; victimizes self when challenged around topics of race; degrades Black people who don’t agree with them; tokenizes poc and Black people; white narcissism; no accountability and very skilled at deflecting and gaslighting; loves whitewashed poc and Black people; comes across like they “get it”; expert versus listener/learner mentality; implements respectability politics; does not value building trust and rapport, but expects it from Black people; gatekeeper mentality; typically the face for anti-racism in their social circles; often loses the trust of Black people in their lives

Circle 6 (the do “gooder”): can be invalidating and engage in silver lining talk, “well at least…let’s look at the positives”; still supports harmful white people in their lives to maintain their social status/comfort; listens to certain Black people, but still do not center trans and cis Black women; overcompensating in allyship; speaking on behalf of communities; thinking they know what’s best for a Black person of community; views Blackness as a monolith; may be complacent in issues that cause discomfort; does not challenge institutions/problematic white people; “omg you are my Oprah or Michelle Obama”; uses political correctness/academia terminology; intellectualizes our lived experiences so that it has more “credibility”; plays up their marginalized identities to excuse their racism; seeks approval and self advancement; “you can always come to me” but does not have the tools to effectively support Black people

Circle 7 (the lifelong student): pays for all forms of labor performed by Black people; centres the most marginalized; actively engages in introspection and simantling racism in themselves; address racism at every institutional and systemic level; centres learning and research of Black people especially those with the most marginalization; knows that they never arrive; honors Black liberation and healing; not imposing on Black time (Black people need to be in spaces without white people as often as possible); strong understanding of racial trauma and their ancestral, historical and current impact; deals with white fragility with fellow white people; listens and challenges white saviorism; accountability/changed behavior; understands that reconciliation does not mean you are allowed back in that perosn’s life; uses privilege to be key makers versus gate keepers; constantly unpacking white supremacy and challenging white culture without approval; not expecting Black people to show up a certain way; knowing their mere presence is harmful; understanding that they will never fully be trusted by Black people, making peace with that

I do wonder why this is something you were worried about sending anonymously 😅

[thethreetomes]

What would you do if you were a queer Black teen girl in the 2010s midwest that suddenly became a witch after reading from an ancient tome?

Now you've got to fight monsters , face off against an evil that's after you ... and also two vampires have feelings for you ( and they dig each other a bit too) . Check out this Black Queer YA Coming of age Magical Girl Witch in the midwest story! The Three Tomes. Live on Kickstarter Card Captor Sakura and Sailor Moon x Twilight and The Vampire Diaries ( minus the racism).

Too often in media, Black women and femmes are seen as disposable. They're stepping stones on the path to the " true relationship". They're the side best friend, they're killed off for the narrative.. Too often in media Black people period are questioned for why they're in fantasy, or supernatural stories. " Why is a mermaid Black?" " Why is that dwarf Black?" " Why is that knight Black?" There's rampant biphobia and questioning of people's queer idenity as nonbinary or fear of being open about your Black queerness period... Too often in media our stories as Black people are only accepted if it centers our pain. Very rarely are we given opportunity in mainstream media to have our whimsical and fun coming of age stories without black trauma at it's core. Our history is part of us, but we can have our " Juno's " , our " Twilights" , our " Hunger Games" ...etc.. too. We are able to be and should be present in all genres and tell all kinds of stories. The Three Tomes aims to dismantle all of this. It's a Queer YA coming of age story about Tammy Harris, age 17. She lives in the Chicago Suburbs and is having her own adventure and dealing with grief and change through the magical lens of witches and vampires. The story centers on her, and a host of queer black and brown characters taking the lead. A Lesbian Witch, A gay Vampire priest, a gay Vampire villian, two bi, and pan vampire boys ( tammy's love interests) and Tammy's best friend who is nonbinary and black/indian mixed. Character Bios here Black people can be whimsical, magical and we deserve to be in fantasy stories.

Support The Three Tomes on Kickstarter as we push towards our stretch goals for full animation of scenes and episode 3. To check out episode one and learn more about the world of The Three Tomes. Check out THE MASTER POST here.

The Three Tomes: Episode 2 - A Vampire Romantasy Animatic

A queer YA coming-of-age story about a black teen witch girl in the 2010s, fighting monsters and falling in love with vampires.

[icklemons07]

I no longer like or trust the Glitch indie animation spheare. Racism, bigotry, terrable working conditions, and other issues have run rampent in glitch and affiliated projects and creators, such a Sir Peblo's "Spooky Month," for a long time now. I am not willing to reward them for this behavior. No matter how good or bad the projects themselves are, Im not going to give money, time, or energy to these projects. Im sick and tired of their nonsense and deeply regret supporting them in the first place.

[hagiomoto]

You have to be anti-war to care about climate change, and you have to hate the USA to be anti-war.

[cutecipher]

Briefing: Environmental degradation, climate change and genocide in Gaza — CRIN

The world is witnessing a genocide in Gaza. In addition to the extreme loss of life, restrictions on humanitarian access and forced displace

I don't know if this article is perfect since it's too long for me to fully parse right now but exactly as OP says it describes the way the "usa" backed "israel" is destroying the environment in Gaza.

Another article that goes over how the "us" military is one of the biggest polluters in the world, ranking above many entire countries:

The Environmental Impact of the US Military | Earth.Org

US military pollution is a significant contributor to climate change. If it were a nation, it would be the 47th largest emitter in the world

[qcharlie]

i wish we were able to talk about women's rights without someone mentioning how much they do or don't want to have sex with them. i don't care if you're a lesbian Stop finding worth in women purely from their perceived attractiveness

[qcharlie]

"I think women should not be expected to shave for societal respect / to avoid discrimination" "yeah🤤 i love bush" ok well that's not what we're talking about is it.

[qcharlie]

i hate how many posts about trans women deserving respect always devolve into "I love girldick" or "trans rights but I don't want to date a trans person" because that's entirely unrelated to the topic at hand. you should not respond to feminism with "YESSS I loveeee you because I see you as nothing but a sex object" you people sound like other men I get stuck talking with that end up saying "free the nipple so I can see boobies in public" and thinking they're feminists. why can't we just respect women regardless of your attraction to them or not. why does it need to be brought up in every conversation regarding their rights

[qcharlie]

hope it's alright to screenshot and add your examples <3 very well worded

[podcastwizard]

LIKES TO CHARGE REBLOGS TO CAST

[the-goddess-of-annoying]

you people aren't CASTING

[the-goddess-of-annoying]

NO