it doesn't matter

adult | politically hypersexual | anti-imperialist | nonwhite | communist | death to usa | good people dni

[lessperson]

discord is arewerealyet

[ilynpilled]

ah.

[dogboybruisebait]

A local bar is doing like a puppy girl/cat girl rave type thing and they have plastered all over it “not a kink event, this is not pet play” and I’m like are u fucking kidding me…

[xenasaur]

this event is pet serious

[strawberrycamel]

we really should be calling it fanworks, not content

[strawberrycamel]

I'm here for fun and community not to rp a mega corporation's underpaid social media intern

[fairycosmos]

my 1 wish is that people believe me when i say i'm doomed. then they can stop saying things like it's going to be okay. love you SO much diva but it's simply not due to the reality we live in

[frostbitfawn]

I hate rgu fan's refusal to accept the idea that the show is racist. anthy is a south-asian coded racialized character who unfortunately plays into a lot of stereotypes associated with south asians. the only reason we know she is south asian is because of the bindi on her forehead. akio as the representative of the patriarchy is south asian and plays into the "brown rapist" stereotype. the only reason anthy and akio were racialized was to Other them. to say that the show is a thoughtful depiction of racism and colonialism is to give the show far more credit than it deserves. to say that race is a blind spot in the show is doing much the same. that's not to say that any analysis of utena through the lense of race is worthless, it actually adds to the show's critique of the structures of oppression. especially since racism is kind of inseparable to them. but that analysis can go hand in hand with acknowledging the show's inherent racism. a lot of south asians, including me identify with anthy as a character and they have given a lot of excellent meta that enriches the show but i don't want anyone to use that fact as a card to deny her orientalized depiction.

to add to this, a lot of rgu fans who try to analyse the show through a racial lense will impose western ideas of race onto the characters, this feels like ignorance of the very idea that racism can exist beyond the white/poc dichotomy and it's racism within itself. every character in the show is japanese in a japanese setting, anthy and akio are racialized due to being the only south asians in a majorly japanese setting. any analysis of utena that doesn't take this fact into account is worthless.

[communist-due-to-complaints]

Could you describe in more detail the nature of their orientalist depiction? I think I'm ignorant of the nuances here and I'd like to learn.

[frostbitfawn]

the only reason we know anthy is indian is because of the use of bindis in anime to indicate a character being indian. as bindi = hindu = indian. Ignoring that there are a lot of south asian countries with hindu populations. Also, there is no other indication of them being indian through cultural signifiers. I have already talked about their racialisation being used to Other them and akio playing into the brown rapist stereotype. the only reason anthy was given brown skin was because she was inspired by lalah sune from gundam, which to my knowledge is a pretty racist series in itself. there is also the curry episode, where india is depicted as a wilderness filled with african elephants and no people beyond poachers

[lessperson]

lowkey i have been on a pokemon spiel lately (jaking off to them like crazy)

[sailatina3]

Pokémon isnt very great to play but I goon to the characters

[lessperson]

i may have a favorite pokemon but i also have a least favorite. gholdengo i will never forgive you for not only looking like a fornite character but also your bland preevolution and being meta and being the 1000 pokemon on top of that? the greed disgusts me

[desmolbean404]

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Remaining time: 5 days 13 hours

[sailatina3]

Heh....

[yakourinka]

unrestrained summer fun

[flamewarp]

1: She is clearly physically restrained 2: I don’t think this is taking place in summer considering all the ice and snow and fell winds and such 3: I do not believe she is having fun

[beatcroc]

imprisoned winter agony

[maidthings]

it is kinda funny how the eurocentrism of VS just straight up makes the game worse. climates that aren't like those you see in europe don't have any of the technologies people who actually live in them used historically, so they're basically uninhabitable

[kaijuyuri]

i like how all cats regardless of species can either look rlly badass and cool or just incredibly silly stupid

[kaijuyuri]

my proof

[calamity-corner]

no afab baby you don't have a "transfem headmate" words mean things

[goatstrogen]

"if you're abused just tell adults" what if i was seen as the abuser? what if everyone believed i deserved it bcs of how i behave? what if it was the adults that diagnosed me with "awful child disorder" and medicated us about it? what if the meds made us complicit?

kill yourself

[jessiewithaj]

i did. the adults didn't listen and my dad hit me more for it. i told my mom and she told my dad and he hit me more for it. i told my school and they told my dad and he hit me more for it.

see a trend here?

[tofu-rebecca]

seeing "protect the action figures" as a response to "Protect the dolls" is maybe the most insulting thing I've ever seen, to both trans men and trans women.

[tofu-rebecca]

First of all, the term "protect them dolls" exists because trans women, and especially trans women of color, are killed disproportionally. you are literally "all lives matter"-ing this. Secondly, can we stop this stupid fucking trend of giving gay/trans men the worse version of something that already exists for women?

[tofu-rebecca]

I still remember having to explain to a lesbian that the term sapphic comes from a real poet who was a lesbian and had droves of love poems about women and is so influential her home is what lesbians are named after and "acheillian" comes from a guy from a story who might've fucked his friend.

[tofu-rebecca]

"The mlm flag is only so ugly because its the lesbian flag but with boy colors" ok well that's lame as fuck actually

[suziewoosy]

Literally !! get ur hands off my things get ur own !!!

[tofu-rebecca]

hey thank you so much for these tags @killrockstar because this is literally it

[breathing-tutors]

My biggest hugs for indonesian transfems who are affected the most by the rising anti-lgbt sentiment, of course, the one thats obviously fostered by the state to distract the fact that they cant govern for shit. Literally yesterday 15 women in Bogor got hatecrimed for being visibly queer. We are fortunate that the fundraiser for them has reached its goal very quickly, but while money helps the recovery process, its still wouldn't erase trauma. I really hope y'all are taking care of yourself