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@kindahazee
Trump is probably going to remove the TikTok ban shortly after his inauguration and secure a chunk of the youth vote.
Lol…literally lmao. Enjoy the propaganda👍
Remember, everybody, that Trump started this thing. He literally did. And now he's pretending to fix the situation he caused.
Everybody who thinks Trump is saving anything here is a sucker.
remember when elomusk asked one of his rocketship employees to give him sex favors in exchange for a horse
I think this tidbit should be more famous than his exploding cars. It's all I'll ever need to know. A real human man tried and failed to barter with a flight attendant for third base by offering to buy her a horse (that's what girls like, right?)
SpaceX paid a flight attendant $250,000 in severance after she accused Elon Musk of exposing himself and offering to buy her a horse in exch
every time I bring up the horse thing at least a few people haven't heard of it, so I think it's only fair to keep mentioning it for as long as I live
Thoughts About Today
When the loud ones speak up about things they have a problem with, no one bats an eye. They are expected to speak, to say things, say what is on their mind. When the quiet ones speak up about things they have a problem with, suddenly having a voice is an issue. No one wants the quiet one to have a problem. They want the quiet one to sit there and continue to be quiet. And why is it the people that claim they can take criticism are the ones that throw the biggest tantrums when someone calls them out on something problematic? What happened to "tell me when I'm doing something that bothers you"? Okay, I did and now you are throwing a tantrum. Make up your godsdamned mind!
perhaps some will disagree, but i think the world got worse when we changed the colour of the night
this is what i mean
Via @bulbaderp
To be clear, THIS is how nights of the future should be lit
This is bat friendly street lighting, which not only looks sick as fuck but allows bats to pass through without disturbance, as they cannot see red.
orange and especially white lights deter bats and prevent them from reaching feeding grounds at nighttime. Please if you can, write to your local council and encourage red street lights!!!!
Reblog if you’re 30 or older
This is an experiment to see if there really are as few of us as people think.You can also use this to freak out your followers who think you’re 25 or something. Yay!
…Older. :)
Reblog if you genuinely support asexuals
It terrifies me that there’s so much raging passion in the lgbt+ community that insist on marginalizing asexuals and implying that asexuals don’t deserve to have safe spaces. There’s still so much acephobia so I just wanna know which blogs are genuinely supportive and a safe space for asexuals
I know this isn't the theme of my blog but as 1.) a genderqueer person, who 2.) has a media studies degree, I want to talk real quick about JK Rowling, the idea of separating art from the artist, and why you literally cannot consume media created by JKR without contributing to real harm against real people.
First let's talk about Death of the Author, because I see a lot of people misusing it online. Death of the Author is a theory from postmodern literary criticism that basically says that an author's intentions and personal beliefs shouldn't impact how readers interpret their work. Basically, this means that the author's own interpretation of the work is just as valid as any reader's interpretation, and vice versa.
Critics who subscribe to Death of the Author believe a work should only be judged by what actually appears in the text, not by what the author later claims it "really meant." So if, for example, an author becomes radicalized after publishing her books and later claims that her racist, pseudo-fascist villains were secretly a metaphor for trans people, Death of the Author would tell you that interpretation is utter bullshit and doesn't magically become canon just because the author said it.
I see a lot of people online equate Death of the Author with the concept of "separating art from the artist," but these are separate concepts. Death of the Author just means that the author's own interpretation of their work isn't any more valid than the audience's. Separating art from artist means we as an audience can appreciate a person's artistic achievements without condoning all of their actions and beliefs. So, for example, I can appreciate that HP Lovecraft revolutionized horror fiction while also acknowledging that he was horrifically racist -- and me condemning his racism doesn't change how influential his work was.
Setting aside that there's a huge debate over whether it's even possible to separate art from artist, the main difference between HP Lovecraft and JKR is that Lovecraft is dead and has in fact been dead for so long that his work is in the public domain. That means no matter how many times I read his work, watch films based on his stories, or talk about his role in the history of modern horror fiction, he doesn't make a penny. Whether I engage with his work or not does not change the fact that Lovecraft is dead and is not getting any money from me.
JKR very much is making money off people engaging with her work, and she's openly using that money to hurt people. (See here, here, here) As long as she's raking in Harry Potter dollars, she is going to keep turning around and funneling them into hate.
I don't want this post to get too long, so here's a quick rundown of some of the defenses I've seen and why they don't work:
"I only watch the movies on streaming services! I've already paid for the subscription, so it doesn't matter what I watch with it." That's not how streaming services work. Streaming services track views to determine what content is worth throwing more money at. This is why "hate watching" makes no sense. Streaming services don't care if you like what you watch. They only care about how many viewers it brings in, and if something gets a lot of watchers, they're going to renew contracts, greenlight sequels and spinoffs, and give more royalties to the creator.
"I only watch the movies when they run on cable." Again, not how this works. Like streaming services, cable networks track views to determine what programs are bringing in the most viewers. The reason these networks run the HP movies so often is because they know people will tune in to watch, which makes them more money. They're going to keep paying for rights to run these movies until they stop bringing in viewers.
"I checked out the books from my library! I thought we were supposed to support our local libraries!" In general, yes, libraries are great, but they also operate on supply and demand. That means if books are consistently checked out and have a long wait list, the library is much more likely to order new copies to meet the demand.
"I grew up on Harry Potter."/"It's my favorite book series."/Other appeals to nostalgia. Thankfully, the HP books genuinely don't actually do anything that hadn't already been done well, if not better, by other authors. If you're craving fictional wizard schools, allow me to recommend Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett and A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin.
Last but not least, I want to remind everyone that JKR also publishes adult fiction under the pen name Robert Galbraith. Don't buy, rent, or borrow Galbraith books either.
if you're making a tumblr account and want to keep the default pfp, then i am begging you to please add a description or reblog something or make an intro post or do literally anything so people can tell you're not a bot/blank blog and don't block you!!
THIS. THIS RIGHT HERE!
This is how you do a blog up to where you can still read and NOT get blocked. This gives me all the info I need to know you’re not a pornbot/spambot.
Newbies to Tumblr, this is all we ask. Let us know you aren’t a bot!
Many thanks to you @livinginlilaccove - you get a gold star ⭐️ for your excellent blog setup!
Don’t need to know your age or even your pronouns but if you give us some kind of legit bio, that’ll tell me all I need to know that you’re human
Like this.
This is just fine.
It's funny, I don't always dream and I never really remember my dreams. But this time...
I had a dream with Loki in it. I don't recall the face or voice, but he had vibrant red hair and the name was clear as anything. I recall something about taking care of his family. I don't know what this could mean. I don't recall much else from the dream.
I don't know if it's because I follow a lot of Lokean blogs, a necklace I've been trying to wear more frequently, or my scant research into Norse mythology... But it felt meaningful this dream and often times my dreams have no meaning or are just nightmares. And I know what causes my nightmares already.
Dreams are mysterious to me always and this one is no different. I feel like I should take it in a literal symbolic sense. At the same time, I don't trust my intuition because my mental health struggles often throw me astray.
Maybe someone out there has insight? I don't know... I'm just gonna throw some tags on this that feel right in the hopes that someone can help because I am lost.
I think this is so neat and to all my trans followers - if you ever need help remembering just how valid and real you are, please look at this!
Colorizing queer and trans history
Happy Trans Day of Visibility to you all, trans people have always existed and will always exist, you're valid and loved and completely accepted with me and I support and love you to the moon and back and beyond.
So, I reblogged this a sec ago and then started reading (bad habit, I know). Something I’ve noticed is 1. we’ve been here far longer than people think. Trans people have existed for years and years and years. and 2. A lot of these people hit their 70s/80s. They were trans youth, adults, elders. Jackie Shane (1940-2019), colonel Amelio Robles Ávila (1889-1984), Stormé DeLarverie (1920-2014), Christine Jorgensen (1926-1989), and a few more in this source alone.
We lived. We were alive. We live. We are alive.
Happy Trans Day of Visibility to you all, dear friends. We are alive<3
Some pretty personal stuff
It's so hard for me to admit to myself I like someone in any way, even when that attraction has been there a while. I'm always afraid of both rejection and any confession changing things. I'm afraid that with rejection I won't be able to move on and get over the unrequited feelings. I'm afraid with the change that it will cause the dissolution of a friendship and I'll lose contact with someone I cherish.
I already know I jealously covet time with friends to the point that I have to stop myself and keep my emotions in check. Being alone in the frozen north doesn't help. I'm alone with my thoughts and all the time in the world to wallow in feelings of self-loathing. It doesn't help when in groups of friends I feel like I have to fight to be heard and understood.
I feel so much so deeply and that will never change. I don't know if it should, but I know it hurts me every day that goes by that I can't be honest with the people I care about the most.
Norse Animism is based on the notion that we can socialize with the world and that the world socializes in return.
Which means our relationship with anything is inherently collaborative. We are not just interactinv with things, but participating in their existence as they participate in ours.
PRACTICAL EXAMPLE:
Go outside
Grab some dirt
Feel it in your hands. What's it like? Is it dry? Wet? Sandy? Full of clay?
This is the story the dirt tells you of itself. And in my experience, cool shit starts happening when you get better and better at listening.
(No seriously, go get some dirt and tell me what it's like.)
My hand is now full of snow. It is cold and wet and heavy, which is not normal for this time of year. This time of year has been historically for dry powder and wind cold enough to freeze your skin in seconds
This snow is sorrow and loss.
I like this! Great start. Thinking of things in terms of an ecosystem—"This is unusual for this time of year"—is a big part of it.
The snow's telling you of an anomally with unfortunate implications. It comes with that feeling of grief. That's the socializing aspect at work.
Tried this with the wind last night, because I couldn’t sleep due to the noise it made outside my window as it passed through the trees. The branches kept thumping against the wall and my first thought was that the wind was angry. The gusts were 50km/h, after all. I listened for a little longer, and changed my mind. I know what an angry wind sounds like; I’ve been in blizzards before. This wind just had places to be, and simply had no intention of straying from that path. That path just happened to pass right by my house. There was nothing personal or emotional about it, and I was projecting that anger because I couldn’t sleep.
Funny enough, it was a bit easier to fall asleep after I thought through what the wind could be trying to say.
I feel sad that I don't even need to put my hand in the snow to know my area as I knew it growing up is not doing well.
There should be high snow banks on every village road and every highway I frequent. I should hear the sound of snowmobiles during all daylight hours, smell their exhaust when they pass by. The frozen lakes should have dozen more tracks and ice fishing huts.
Instead, there was green grass under the trees at Christmas time. Family driving by some of the lakes have seen wet snow from thin ice. A snowmobile derby that goes through my town has been postponed due to poor trail conditions. So many days this new year the temperature has been above freezing and there has been rain instead of snow.
The small part of the world I wake up to every day is changing, and not for the better. One of these days I'm expecting to wake up to migratory song birds during a month when they should either be long gone south or far earlier than they should be back.
The worst part for me is I have gone 2 to 3 winter seasons with just my running shoes. Granted I don't leave my house or village enough for boots, but the fact I can get away with just shoes at all tells me my winters have gone wrong.
Even though I'm not putting out to tumblr the things I get in return, I hope that one day I'll be able to look back at my posts and be proud of my journey.
It's just hard to journey and form a social network when you never learned how to make and keep friends growing up. This was decades ago, but the effects of my past still haunt my mind even knowing I can't change anything.
A new Day 1, all over again. But I know I can't beat myself up over it. So much has been happening in my life and it's made this change hard. Life has just been hard.
And that's okay. It has to be okay or I will never move forward with getting better for me. I just have to take it one day at a time.
Motivation is just the hard part. I find it hard to motivate myself for me. But now, I have to. I have to find motivation for myself so I can have a future.
PSA, but going, "Ew, men," and then saying, "But trans men are nice," is not only transphobic, but smacks of biological determinism.
"Trans man" means "a man of trans experience," not "a female who presents male."
Trans men and cis men are the same exact thing: Men. "Trans" and "cis" just describe the conditions that surround their growth into manhood.
Any overarching behavioral differences you see between cis men and trans men are the product of nurture, not nature. Our society raises boys and girls like they're two completely different species of animal, which results in two distinct profiles of behavioral development. Cis men would be just as "nice" as trans men if they weren't taught to ignore their emotional needs as kids.
(And that's not going into how some trans men are misogynistic assholes.)
So when you say, "Ew, men," you're talking about it all: Cis men, trans men, your favorite fembois, your beloved beefcakes, your anime husbands, and all your other blorbos of male persuasion.
Now don't get me wrong, the anger is justified, but it ought to be pointed at the right thing: The structure that terrifies boys into emotionally stunting themselves just so they can be considered boys, rather than girls.
"Toxic masculinity" is poisoned masculinity. Hold men accountable for shitty behavior, but blame its origins on nurture rather than nature.
sending so much love to all the mentally ill people who aren’t distracting themselves by working hard to the point of burnout because they literally can’t, to the mentally ill people who get burned out just from doing one task, to the mentally ill people who wish that they had the kind of depression that’s considered “high functioning” because even if that’s not a healthy way to live, at least we’d be able to actually get things done, to the mentally ill people who feel like a failure because it takes everything in you just to get out of bed much less accomplish anything more than just existing, I see you. I see you and I love you. You existing is enough. I know how hard it is, I know how hard you work just to not collapse at any given moment, and I know how awful it feels to see other people with similar issues as you still manage to accomplish things. You are not a waste and you are not a failure, you are simply a person doing things to the best of your ability, and it’s okay if that best feels like it’s not very much. It’s okay, you’re enough, you’re more than enough exactly as you are <3
