Mica the Cult Leader

♤ she/her ♤ cat enthusiast & fanartist mostly in the CBS Ghosts fandom atm

[flayedsheep]

Nigel to the writers of Ghosts

[hailraykin-deactivated20230814]

Reblog to give mutuals a break from whatever they're been going through

[json-derulo]

I'm not gonna articulate this well, but there's this phenomenon I keep seeing on the left that I'll call "bean soup rhetoric," wherein someone fails to understand that they are not the target audience for a particular message, or just can't conceptualize why a speaker would craft their message differently to resonate with a target audience that doesn't already completely agree with them.

"The 'God Made Trans People' billboard is stupid! God didn't make me! I'm an atheist!" Okay. The billboard sits along a major highway in Kansas. We can deduce that the target audience is not you—it's the centrist evangelical Christians driving along that road who could probably be persuaded to become allies as long as we choose our words carefully and don't make them feel attacked for not already knowing everything about trans rights issues. Another one I see a lot is, "We shouldn't be talking about how right-wing legislation catches [privileged in-group] in the crossfire when [marginalized out-group] suffers far more!" I know. I agree with you. Which is why you and I are not the intended audience of this argument!

The entire point of rhetoric is to win over someone who doesn't already fully agree with you. In this case, let's say that someone is Jennifer, the moderate center-right mom in your neighborhood who doesn't really know or care about transgender issues but would be absolutely horrified by the idea of her teenage daughter having to submit to an invasive inspection of her body just to be allowed to play soccer. Tell her, "Banning trans students from sports will inevitably subject all student athletes to invasive gender-policing," or "Legal restrictions on gender-affirming care will make it harder for you to access the hormone replacement therapy you take to treat menopause symptoms," and she is more likely to question her existing beliefs and listen to the rest of what you have to say than if you lead with leftist talking points that she already has a calcified opinion about or which she thinks do not personally affect her.

Tailoring the argument to the things she already cares about does not mean we're forgetting that she has more privilege than most—entirely the opposite, in fact. A privileged ally can be extremely valuable. Jennifer votes in every election. And so do all the other ladies at her book club, and church, and in the PTA, and those folks listen to Jennifer. There's a reason both parties were courting suburban women so hard in the last election cycle! If we can find common ground with her on this, if we can get her calling her representatives and talking to her friends and phone-banking and door-knocking and making a stink, that's how the needle starts to move. If I can convince her to take her support away from the candidates who are actively restricting my rights and throw it toward those who want to restore and expand those rights...then I'm sorry, but Jennifer is a more valuable ally to me than the people who agree that the legal boundaries of gender ought to be abolished altogether but refuse to actually do anything except complain online about how both sides are equally bad because the right is trying to force everyone to drink the cyanide kool-aid while the left keeps serving bean soup and they don't like bean soup

[vaspider]

"Meet people where they are" is Activism 101, and people seem to be allergic to seeing that this is exactly that.

"Bean Soup Rhetoric" is a very good concept.

[flayedsheep]

Ghosts but awesome (furry edition) Meet Isaac Higginhoof 👀 can't wait to make more of these!

i really like how the entire fandom agrees that isaac would be a horse 🤣

also. that little doodle on the top left is a reference to one specific video of brandon farting, LMAO

[seaslugsapphic]

Man the vibe on the nisaac side of tumblr has been depressing lately. All I have is not even half finished sketches for y’all.

[gabe-dasha]

It's been almost 48 hours. I have processed the finale. I'm past my grievances. I've ran out of the conventional stages of grief and I'm currently on the secret 6th one. It's time for memes

[gabe-dasha]

Alternatively

:)

[the-ineffable-time-lady]

I was bored and this happened.

[pridoo]

watched three seasons of cbs Ghosts over these busy weeks at work and I couldn't help but draw them,,,, they were so cute… good thing I'm great at ignoring canon! lalalala 🫡

[justthundergale]

Happy (late) Ace Day!!!

Spent 5 hours yesterday on this cheesecake, but I regret nothing >:))

Sending cake and hugs to all fellow aces out there 💜

(Recipe credit below cut)

Since I had a bigger form (21cm) I decided to double the ingredients. Admittedly I also used a different cheese since that’s what worked for me in the past (just a 1 kilo bucket of cheesecake cheese), and pectins instead of Agar Agar, because that’s what my local store had.

[flayedsheep]

Hi nigel fandom I want him to let his hair down!! I had a dream about it and wanted to bring this to life!!!

[flayedsheep]

more isaac shenanigans for your consideration

[flayedsheep]

PATIENCE!!!! PATIENCE!!!!

[atleasttheyvegotstars]

guys guys guys there’s not just gonna be a film there’s gonna be press and bloopers and behind the scenes and podcast interviews and IM GONNA CRY

[johnny-depp-is-loved]

[suspiciouslynotapastor]

Struggling to put into words how big this is.

[lydiahosek]

Attempt to get copyright on wholly AI-generated art gunned down by US Supreme Court

As game developers continue to argue about the value of generative AI tools, some genAI inventors are trying to claim for copyright on their

"Thaler's lawyers complain that if the Copyright Office's reign of terror continues unchecked, it 'will have irreversibly and negatively impacted AI development and use in the creative industry during critically important years.'"

GOOD.

[seaslugsapphic]

HES LITTLE NOW

[ihadtofindyou]

didn't even make it to hopital...

[the-reblog-squad-deactivated202]

Reblog if you don't use Generative AI to write fanfics/original fics or to create fanart/original art.