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Patroclus and Achilles as portrayed in The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller ✨

#this deserves a million notes #this is exactly what they look like in my mind #tsoa

and that’s on being Stanley Cup champions

@lumosinlove

I know I promised o’knutzy edits and they are coming, I just struggle to find pictures I like enough, also I’m sure I’ll have more cup edits bc I LOVE IT

#good thing my fictional team won #my real team hasn't won is over 50 years #lumosinlove #sweater weather #sweather weather lumosinlove #coops #wolfstar #social media edit #yes dumos profile pic is lunqvist #Marauders #james potter #remus lupin #Sirius Black #pascal dumais #yes sirius' caption is a rwrb reference

rolingstones-moved

instagram edit: remus lupin x sirius black (harry potter)

“he was christmas morning, crimson fireworks and birthday wishes” - raquel franco

#insta edits are my fav #wolfstar

star-anise

My girlfriend and I talk a lot about our different generations of queerness, because she was doing queer activism in the 1990s and I wasn’t.

And she’s supportive of my writing about queerness but also kind of bitter about how quickly her entire generation’s history has disappeared into a bland “AIDS was bad, gay marriage solved homophobia” narrative, and now we’re having to play catch-up to educate young LGBTQ+ people about queer history and queer theory. It gets pretty raw sometimes.

I mean, a large part of the reason TERFs have been good at educating the young and queer people haven’t is, in the 80s and 90s the leading lights of TERFdom got tenured university positions, and the leading lights of queerdom died of AIDS.

“Excuse us,” she said bitterly the other day, not at me but to me, “for not laying the groundwork for children we never thought we’d have in a future none of us thought we’d be alive for.”

freedom-of-fanfic

“the reason TERFs have been good at educating the young and queer people haven’t is, in the 80s and 90s the leading lights of TERFdom got tenured university positions, and the leading lights of queerdom died of AIDS.”

aphilologicalbatman-deactivated

thank you for giving me a good reason to finish my dissertation and try to make it in the academy

brs-love

Wait, idk LGBTQ+ history, but they died of AIDS cause, what, hospitals refused to treat them or…?

star-anise

Oh heck yeah.

When an epidemic happens, public health agencies spend millions of dollars trying to understand what happens: Why are people sick or dying? What caused it? Who else is at risk? Government health departments like the Centres for Disease control and private companies both invest hundreds of millions of dollars into preserving public health. This happened in 1977, when military veterans who all attended the same gathering began to get sick with a strange type of pneumonia, with 182 cases and 29 dead, and the CDC traced the illness to a bacterium distributed by the air conditioning system of a hotel they all stayed at, and in 1982, when seven people died of tainted Tylenol, and pharmaceutical companies changed the entire way their products were made and packaged to prevent more deaths.

Meanwhile, the AIDS epidemic took six years to be recognized by the CDC (1975-1981) because at first the only people dying were intravenous drug users, which is to say, heroin addicts; when it was recognized, President Reagan’s government pressured the CDC to spend as little time and money on AIDS as possible, because they literally didn’t think gay lives were important. So yes, hospitals refused to treat them and medical staff treated them as disgusting people who deserved to die, but also, there was very little funding for scientists to understand what this disease was, what caused it, where it came from, how it spread, or how to stop it. The LGBTQ+ community had to organize and fight to get hospitals to treat them, to fund scientific research, to be legally allowed to buy the drugs that kept them alive, and to have access to treatment. An effective treatment for AIDS wasn’t found until 1995.

And it’s ongoing; a lot of the difficulty of fighting AIDS in Africa is that it’s seen as “the gay disease” (and thanks to European colonialism, even African societies that used to be okay with us were taught to think LGBTQ+ people are bad). Even now that we have medications that can treat or prevent AIDS, they’re incredibly expensive and hard to get; in 2015, New York businessman Martin Shkreli acquired the exclusive right to make a drug that treats an AIDS-related disease, and raised its price from $13.50 a pill to $750 a pill.

Here’s one history on what it was like to have and fight AIDS, one history on how politicians responded to the epidemic, and if you can get a copy of the documentary How to Survive a Plague, it’s a good introduction, because it’s about how AIDS patients had to fight for their lives. A lot of these histories are imperfect and incomplete, because privilege played a big part in whose lives and deaths were seen as important–Poor people, people of colour, trans people, and drug addicts were less likely to be able to afford or access medical care, and more likely to die without being remembered; histories often tend to focus on straight people who got AIDS through no fault of their own, and then white cis gay men who seem more “respectable” and “relatable”.

I mean, people who will talk about how homophobia led to neglect of AIDS still find ways not to mention that AIDS isn’t just sexually transmitted; it’s hugely a disease of drug addicts, because sharing needles is a huge way the disease spreads. But because society always thinks, oh, drug addicts are bad and disgusting people and of course criminals, that often gets neatly dropped from the histories, and it’s still hard to get people to agree to things that keep drug addicts alive, like needle exchanges and supervised injection sites. But if you want my rant about how the war on drugs is bullshit used to control poor people and people of colour, and drugs shouldn’t be criminalized, you’ll have to ask for that separately.

elfwreck

They died of AIDS because

Hospitals refused to treat them, and when they did get admitted, treated them like dirt so their will-to-live was eroded - refused to let long-term partners visit them, staff acted like they were disgusting nuisances, etc.

Very little funding was put into finding causes or cures - AIDS was considered “god’s punishment” for immoral behavior by a whole lot of people.

Once causes were understood (effective treatments were a long ways off), information about those causes weren’t widely shared - because it was a “sex disease” (it wasn’t) and because a huge number of the victims were gay or needle-drug users, and the people in charge of disease prevention (or in charge of funding) didn’t care if all of those people just died.

Not until it started hitting straight people and superstar celebrities (e.g. Rock Hudson) did it get treated as A Real Problem - and by that time, it had reached terrifying epidemic conditions.

Picture from 1993:

We lost basically a whole generation of the queer community.

psychoactive-teratogen

As a current AIDS survivor, this is really important information. I was diagnosed not only HIV positive in 2014, but I had already progressed to an AIDS diagnosis. Knowing how far we’ve come with treatment and what the trials and tribulations of those who came before cannot and must not ever be forgotten. Awareness is the number one goal. I often speak to the microbiology students at my university to explain what it’s like to live with, how the medications work, side effects, how it’s affected my daily life, and just raise general awareness.

Before my diagnosis, I, like many others, was clueless to how far treatment has come. I was still under the belief my diagnosis was a death sentence. Moving forward, even if only one person hears my story, that’s one more person that’s educated and can raise awareness.

I believe it’s time for us as a society to start better education of this disease. The vast majority of the people I’ve spoken to are receptive to the knowledge of my status, and I’ve received lots of support from loved ones, friends, and total strangers. It’s time to beat the stigma.

smallswingshoes

This is slightly off-point, but as for the cost, I wanted to mention that some pharmacies have specialties that let them get special coupons/programs and stuff to save money.

A bottle of Truvada (a month supply commonly used for treating this) is at least $3,000 out of pocket and insurance doesn’t usually take a lot off of that. But the pharmacy I work at is an HIV specialty and we always get te price down to less than $10.

If you’re on HIV meds and they’re ludicrously expensive, ask your local pharmacy manager if there are any local HIV specialty pharmacies that they know of. They might be able to help.

mycroftrh

I think it’s important to emphasize that, while the diagnosis is no longer a death sentence, it is also true that people dying of AIDS because of homophobia is not history only.

My brother’s first boyfriend was kicked out/disowned by his parents for being queer, got AIDS, couldn’t afford treatment, and died. He died in 2019, at around 20 years old.

In 2019.

Barely more than a kid.

Of a treatable disease.

Because of homophobia.

Because his parents cared more about not being associated with a queer person than they cared about their son’s literal life.

AIDS is not just history. Neither is homophobia.

madgastronomer

Back to history: When AIDS patients held die-ins, they went to hospitals, lay down in front of them, and literally waited to die.

specificfuckery

carnivalseb

If you’re young & either queer or queer-adjacent, think about the number of people out of the closet you know your own age & think about how many you know your parents age. They’re not stamping us out of the mould any quicker these days than in the ‘60s, except in lockstep with population growth. I think, growing up, my picture of relative numbers of queer people & straights was unavoidably impacted by the number of empty seats at our table. That might be the case for you too. The number of elders you never got to meet.

Remember this when people talk about how small the LGBTQIA+ population is. That it’s “such a small percentage of the population to be catered too”. Remember this and tell them, “that’s because homophobia killed them”.

purplepints

This picture of the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus is often included with the “The men facing the camera/in white are the surviving members” but it leaves out something extremely important:

By 1996, all of the men facing the camera in the picture were dead.

Every.

Single.

One.

Eric Luse, the photographer, said this in a more recent article :

By 1996 the obituary list was almost 50 names longer than the entire choral roster. All of the positions plus four dozen more, gone. The obituary list continued to grow, too. The cost and availability of any treatments in the mid-late 90s continued to cause more death.

If you were queer in the 80s and 90s, you knew someone who had it and knew people who died from it. Period. I cannot stress the impact this had on the queer community and those of us who were alive at the time, and I know the scope of it is almost unimaginable to younger people today.

By 1996, there were NO surviving original members of the SFGMC. You need to know that when you see this picture.

Dozens of the men turned away from the camera here in this shot were also dead alongside the men in white. It is vital to recognize that.

There is no hope in this picture, it isn’t a display of a lucky few who avoided death. There is no “Well at least some of them survived” because no, they didn’t, and this time was so fucking bleak and painful it’s astonishing that anything got done. They’d march one week and die the next. Their friends would bury them in the morning and march in the afternoon. This went on for years.

Bigotry and hate and ignorance killed generations of queer people. It speaks to the sheer resilience of the community that from that all but state-sanctioned genocide, we have gained so much ground in the last few decades. Much is owed to the people who refused to stay quiet and who fought even on their deathbeds, so please consider learning about LGBTQ+ history as a way of continuing the fight and showing respect. Many of us coming of age at that time didn’t have that opportunity, and made it a point to learn and get involved as teenagers and young adults because we saw what we were losing.

Sing for two.

bethtothefuture

To really get a scale of it all, look up the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt. It’s a memorial to celebrate the lives of people who have died of AIDs related causes.

It was first created because many of those who died of AIDs didn’t get a funeral or a remembrance service so it was one of the only ways the community could remember their lives.

It has around 49,000 panels representing the lives of more than 94,000 people.

It is 1.3 million square feet and weighs in at 53 tons.

It’s so large that it’s been split up into three parts in order to display at the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

Here’s a digital picture of the full quilt:

#this is SUPER important history #and one that doesn't get discussed enough

pettypendagrass

Not so common knowledge.

#!!!!!!!

yennefer

“What’s a Wheezy?” “Your Wheezy, sir, your Wheezy – Wheezy who is giving Dobby his sweater!” “What?” Harry gasped. “They’ve got… they’ve got Ron?” “The thing Harry Potter will miss most, sir!”

#brotp

knockturnallley

“‘What’s that?’ he snarled, staring at the envelope Harry was still clutching in his hand. ‘If it’s another form for me to sign, you’ve got another-’ ‘It’s not,’ said Harry cheerfully. ‘It’s a letter from my godfather.’ ‘Godfather?’ spluttered Uncle Vernon. ‘You haven’t got a godfather!’ ‘Yes, I have,’ said Harry brightly.’

#MY HEART #don't look at me #sirius #harry #dogfather

marleyyandme

a new netflix series (part I) (part 2)

#vibes #edit #marauders

tiktok has brought back the classic marauders fancasts

and I’m fine w them but I feel like I need to post what I imagine them like

put some glasses on this man and he is james freaking potter

that my friends is sirius freaking black (although admittedly I also imagine him being half-Thai 👀)

I am aware these men are not teenagers but I just imagine them younger okay

ps I don’t have an image in my head for remus or peter

#marauders #fancast #sirius black #james potter #irrelevant #but #I feel like this fandom suddenly has so many more ppl #and I've been here (while not here here this blog is newly maruaders themed) for over a decade #and i thought I should spread my ancient wisdom #lol

andruwminyrd

modern marauders meets social media. they were inseparable.

#social media edits are legit my FAVOURITE thing #edit

peniswakt-deactivated20210717

"Twin Towers Collapse as Tensions Continue Between Terrorists and Civilians"

peniswakt-deactivated20210717

for those not familiar with what's going on in nova scotia rn: local white fishermen have been terrorizing the natives for using their (legally guaranteed!) fishing rights and so far the rcmp have done basically nothing to stop them, and the "fire" mentioned in the headline was an act of fucking arson.

#SUPER RELEVANT!!!!!!

ceo-of-regulus-black-deactivate

Regulus Black shows up only for a few lines in the Harry Potter books and yet he manages to be a deeper and way more interesting character than Snape.

But y’all aren’t ready for this conversation.

#I would die to protect reg #text

grjsha

Remus Lupin and Sirius Black

𝑶𝒖𝒓 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒅𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒔

#LOVE THIS EDIT IDEA OMG SO COOOOOL #edit

mischief-marauders

Regulus Black being a death eater but quitting when his house elf was in danger

#iconic

eucalyptus-sage

bitches saying "always" better be referring to peeta and katniss "stay with me" "always" and not that gross greasy dude who was so obsessed with a girl he couldn't move on decades later

#forever relevant

wizardnem

another art block means another wolfstar

#this is my favourite wolfstar art of all time #I mean ALL TIME #I think about this daily #wolfstar #art

maraudersandlily20

Characters playing among us as a prompt?

Marauders Play Among Us (feat. LilyPetal, AliceInWonderland, and more)

(Youtuber Marauder AU)

PadFoot: Hello Everyone, and welcome back to another week of gameplay. Today, the Marauders are joined with some of our best friends from different platforms: LilyPetal, Marchinnon, Dorky, AliceInWonderland, and FranklyFrank

LilyPetal: Hello!

Marchinnon: Happy to be here.

Prongs: Yes, indeed, we’re lucky to have them on our gameplay this week. Because today we’re playing Among Us. That’s right. The boys and I have been playing this game nonstop for the past week and figured it was about time to show you all how terrible Wormtail is at it.

Wormtail: I resent that.

PadFoot: but he doesn’t oppose, because he knows it’s true.

Prongs: We all know the rules, it’s like Mafia or Werewolf, just online. Basically there are killers and innocent people and the innocent people have to guess who the killers are before they themselves get killed. It can be tricky and has started many many fights between us boys since we started playing.

Wormtail: Prongs didn’t buy me dinner because I killed him one time.

Prongs: I stand by that decision.

Moons: Alright boys, that’s enough chitchat, huh? So, as you all know, the Marauder boys all live in one house. In order to make things a bit more fair, we have all chosen a different room in the house so we can’t cheat. Hopefully March and Dorky will do the same?

Marchinnon: Dorky is in the kitchen, I’m in our bedroom.

Moons: Noted. Alright then, we’re playing the smallest of the maps, since it’s Frank’s first time and we wanted to go easy on him.

FranklyFrank: I hate all of you. Let’s do this.

5-4-3-2-1

#this shit is HILARIOUS #I love among us #oneshot

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