the fish

she/her | 20 | hailing from baguette land

[liluite]

heya, this is my main (personal) blog! i art sometimes (#my art) but mostly reblog stuff.

multifandom (Pokemon, Fire Emblem, Danganronpa, YTTD, RPG maker horror, Vocaloid, Heathers, ...idk man)

feel free to ask for my discord if we're moots!

[blackfairypresident]

people wonder why i want sex work decriminalized. because when an adult consents to sex in exchange for currency, i deserve to be protected if im assaulted. if i agree to set terms and a client violates me, they should be prosecuted without me or other sex workers fearing for our own freedom

now i cant do anything. i just have to block his number, keep doing survival sex work and pray i dont get hurt anymore.

please support your local sex workers. protect us. help spread our voices.

[ryan-sometimes]

What’s funny about being goth or punk is that kids generally aren’t scared of you. When I’m all dressed up with the big hair, dark makeup, and spiky clothes, little girls in particular treat me like I’m a disney princess

[ryebreadgf]

it has been said a million times but every now and then I still get so emotional about how girls and young women legitimately run the music business with their tastes and still everything they like gets ridiculed and dismissed as frivolous. watching a boy band documentary rn and like yeah. the beatles would be nothing without adrienne from brooklyn. genuinely nothing

[inkskinned]

how eerie to hear they're going to remake carrie. how eerie to hear they have made the mother into some kind of gentle well-meaning figure.

carrie is almost explicitly about the cycles of abuse. it is almost explicitly about how women and girls are taught to reproduce the patriarchy. it cannot be isolated from either message.

it shows cruel teenagers not as a random whacky plot point but instead to highlight that we are taught to mock other girls for not being fuckable; lest we ourselves be considered not-fuckable. we will eat our own kind to survive. nobody helps her because to help carrie would be to turn against the patriarchy.

carrie's mother has experienced abuse at the hands of her husband and religion not as a "sad backstory" but instead because it lampshades her behavior when she then turns and abuses her daughter while citing that same religion. we are forced to ask the question: what is the difference between the patriarchy and religion? aren't they both systems of control? we often see mothers as being the "ultimate" in innocence and kindness - but this book challenges that narrative. abusive mothers exist, and and always have. abusive women exist and always have. white women, after all, love voting for donald trump.

men are almost absent from the book, but their presence lingers. it feels almost like the red mark made after a slap - the men do not have to be there; the women will continue to abide by the rules without question. it is a devastating, haunting condemnation of the notion of feminine fragility. it accurately asserts that women are cruel, are capable, are power-hungry - and often are hiding behind perceived innocence to mask that cruelty. the abuse carrie experiences rests in a doubled betrayal: it is because of another woman. the supposed "sisterhood" is revealed to be thin, a guise of equanimity that is only offered to the "right" type of girl/woman.

many of us were not the right type of girl.

to go back on these main and obvious themes of the book - to rewrite the mother as some caring and sad creature is... a curious choice. i can't explain it, but it feels almost like censorship to me. it refuses a deeper meaning of the book (and one that questions the patriarchy) in favor of the incredibly thin plot of "what if scary girl had scary powers." i literally don't even know what level of misogyny it is that we have to defang everyone around her in order to tell her story. i'm baffled by it.

in the era of trad wives endlessly posting abusive content of their children online - the adaptation had plenty of meat to modernize her mother. in the era of AI and revenge porn and social media - there's a huge amount of space for a competent writer to play around in. after all, if the abuse is recorded and posted to media - and as the audience we're watching it without interfering - the story is now about us. it asks us who we are comfortable bullying.

it's okay if you feel like you don't have the writing chops to talk about how many religions are abusive and tacitly enable domestic violence. it's okay if you feel like you couldn't write a believable teenage bully. it's okay if you're just interested in "scary girl has scary powers."

but maybe, i don't know, choose a different fucking story?

[asteroidtroglodyte]

Quick shout out to the Down syndrome kid from my after-school program back when I was in grade school. Like yea he had the usual issues but he was a sweetheart and quite funny; and one day both his parents showed up at the same time to pick him up and I had the experience of meeting a family of genetically disabled people that had jobs and a home and a kid in school and it was a profoundly normalizing experience for me like I couldn’t take eugenicists seriously after that because like “no they totally can have whole entire meaningful lives with marriage and children and work and hobbies have you not met Dennis??” Anyway quick shout out to Dennis you were a real one

[redstonedust]

i feel like lately every time it gets warm the local news is like "this is HISTORIC heatwave reaching the highest temperatures SINCE RECORDS BEGAN" so yknow thats probably a normal sign for the enviroment. this seems fine. dont worry about it.

[dollhair]

Something about the bastardization of the story time and time again proves that nobody in power really cares about the people who would resonate with King’s Carrie White. A girl so ugly and repulsive she’s been removed from her own story. The societal need for women and girls to be constantly perceived as attractive is what fuels a fair amount of her torment in the book, but that person isn’t even allowed to exist on the screen. We cannot empathize with her; it isn’t allowed. It’s fascinating to me.

[tourfilm]

living under a rock is so fun i love watching a movie that’s been famous for decades and being like wow this is so good.. did you guys know about this

[iwillneverwork]

Make yourself using this picrew and tag who you want!

@meadow-roses (Meadow!) @loftwingofcrimson (Lo!) @unknown-art-loverr (Lo friend!) You wanna join? :3

[sarkastic1515]

omg you look so cool @nccflame thank you for the tag!!!

I love the night sky so so much❤️‍🩹

tags!!: @imnotafraidtodisappear @the-aricher @talesofruby01 @waytoomarvelobsessed @wallyblack1925-offical + anyone who wants to do this its so good!!

[imnotafraidtodisappear]

thanks for the tag!

npt: @redwinesupanover @foundheaven013 @yourlocalchronicdaydreamer @i-love-my-gays @bumbylbee @sufferingfromsimp @qu4k33 :)

[redwinesupanover]

thanks for the tag! the markiplier bg is my favourite thing ever icl

@too-sapphic-to-function @stxrrstruckk @youngjusticerulez @yoursleepdemon @your-fav-idiot-lesbian @andimissmylovergirl @natalies-ghost + open tags

[andimissmylovergirl]

ty for the tag!!

tags: @eldest-daughter-syndrome @blackmercure @myosotis-elinora @corviddionysus777 @coquette-maul @suasidol @lOvelyly @prosperoisadiva @obsessive-procrastinator @redwinesupanover @thatfantasynerd @your-local-book-hoarder @genderenaissance @the-broken-stargazer @star-froggie @divyasoup

[coquette-maul]

Ty for the tag hehe!!!

@idonthaveagoodideaforausername @leo-a-nb @imawritingzombiez @fluffypotatey @liliesareblooming @kyokoliveswithsayaka and anyone else i've forgotten/anyone who would like!!

[leo-a-nb]

Ty for the tag!!!

I haven't dyed my hair in a long time so it is just blonde

@astrophelthegremlin @moris-i-cant-move-it-anymore and whoever else wants to participate

[moris-i-cant-move-it-anymore]

Just got a new haircut

@idiotspage @tazova @lyricamaxing @bandsandwristbands @oliversillyboi-reblogs @y1f4 @jaedyn-here

[y1f4]

Thanks for taggin’ me, Moris.

Thought I could stop using my persona in these for a while,, decided to just make— well, me.

(also, couldn’t forget the monster… 🫧)

@shedletskyyy @jaedyn-here @justanxiousandcaffeinated @theannoyingparasite

[justanxiousandcaffeinated]

yayaya!! tysm sumar!!

it's me!! n what I would wear!!!

@jaedyn-here @muffinstuffins11 @prime4vel-primat3 @theswedishcatlord1o1 @theannoyingparasite @shedletskyyy @smileyfacerr @askthesonnellin0s @mr-showtime-17 @maydaize @callmen1cc @m

[theannoyingparasite]

IM A FREAKINF CHUD TS MADE ME LOOK SO NOT VERY FLILIPIPO (filipino)

This outfit was from when I was at a christmas party and some mfs mistook me for a teacher- 💥💥💥😠😠😠

Anyways here's like a one handful of moots..

@jaedyn-here @puppetthephighter @askthesonnellin0s @prime4vel-primat3 UHHH WHO ELSE DO I KNOW😨😨

I swear I'm not European guys IM NOT LEGIT IM A TAGALOG SPEAKING PINOY😭-

[jaedyn-here]

are you sureee,,,,…. /j

anywho take my idiot alien persona which is sort of inspired off of myself while still adding stuff that isnt from irl me lmao

at first i didnt wanna keep the eyelashes until i remembered i have ridiculously long princess eyelashes i dont fucking know man 😭😭 TAGS UNDER CUTTT

@aedynlikesgreen @star-mochi-art @shadownymphette @annax-and-a-lot-more @duckiedoodlezzz @alex-gator-ade @soninevermind @boredomtransartist @theslothfullayzelle @xsallysaltsaltx aaand anyone else i forgot this is all i remember atm sorry.. and open tags to whoever else wants to join

[aedynlikesgreen]

Hehehehe

@annoying--moth @v1-bestmachineever @itsaboon + open tags (too tired to rember rn)

[itsaboon]

yo aedyn we chose the same shirt lol

@discountedparadox @twoastricts @natavinsmoke06 @notsticks-notsticks @vaguelyhumorousbeans @minnow-pop

[vaguelyhumorousbeans]

@gmtgab

[gmtgab]

ty for the tag:) super fun

hmmm @mattieandthescouts @jupitersaturnn @detectivelions @versussystem thats probably enough... + open tags ... /notforcing to anyone but its really fun lel

[detectivelions]

Thanks for the tag oomfie!!

I had to cheat my haircut because it's overgrown rn so I did what it's supposed to look like-ish

Side note I didn't know we did these things on Tumblr too so I'm really happy it's really fun

Tagging @raymanbutdark @jesterferret @memomnemo @raelstorm because I don't want to bother and I'm close to you guys so I think it's okay cbxjwcjkd

[liluite]

yo that's cool hair Dan! also yeah dw u can tag me for anything lol (i'm just gonna reply with my personal account for this one tho)

this picrew doesn't capture how fucked up my hair is, it actually looks like the aroace flag rn. also eyesbrows are for the weak.

open tags who whoever wants to do this!

[byjove]

WHY DIDN’T I KNOW ABOUT THESE GUYS

[byjove]

Without fail, every time a woman is talking about how she does not want to have children and never wants to be pregnant and how medical professionals, romantic interests and family members keep trying to bulldoze her decision and keep expecting her to change her mind because motherhood is something that is expected of all women and it is abhorrent to think a woman could not desire it, a random mother spawns in the comments to be like “Well, actually, you never know! I didn’t want children and then I got pregnant and I realized I love being a mama and I have five little babies now! Could happen to you! 🥰”

Sister, keep that to yourself or make your own goddamn post, you are ignoring that woman’s central concern and belittling her, you don’t even think you’re doing it. Formerly childfree women who ended up having children and loving it are like detransitioners in the sense that there is nothing inherently wrong with changing your mind about having children or realizing you were mistaken about your gender identity but immediately weaponizing your indecision to tell people that the barriers to healthcare and the violations of their bodily autonomy and the way society ignores that person’s wishes is actually okay because you were wrong. Some people do know themselves.

[phleb0tomist]

so many people ive known have pushed themselves to burnout trying to deny their disabled reality, skipping accommodations, skipping rests etc. and the world convinces them that the solution to their burnout is to push even harder. it’s a huge tragedy. i know social pressures make it tough but i want more disabled people to make things easier for themselves where possible, to opt out of things that harm them when possible, to quit while they’re ahead. be that person today! protect yourself where you can! take micro breaks while doing your hobby. get that shower chair. sit to brush your teeth. lie down in the middle of the day, even if only for 5 mins. these things add up and it’s so worth it.

[phleb0tomist]

happy disability pride month! ACCOMMODATE YOURSELF TODAY!

[muppetshow2026]

to be honest im really sick of the fact that fat people are supposed to suck it up when other peoples worst fear is looking like them

[bebsi-cola]

abelds have this funky ability where they hear disabled people say they "can't" do something and instead of hearing "can't" as in, cannot, they hear "i can if i push myself and i just don't wanna". which is really interesting!

[bebsi-cola]

people in my notes mentioning that people don't respect the fact that they can't do certain things without heavy consequences and ableds want us to beat those consequences for their convenience. and that's true but i do mean that people who say that they can't do something need to be taken at face value that it's just not possible to do at all. i want people to respect the literal meaning of "i cant'" because it's often dangerous otherwise. like people will straight up put a disabled person into situations that are harmful or incredibly dangerous for them being they assume "can't" means "i can a little bit". and when that thing is "I can't eat [allergen]" or "i can't walk at all" and you get stuck with food contaminants or at the top of a half flight of stairs they assumed wouldn't be a problem then that can actively, seriously, literally be harmful and dangerous

[osakanone]

As a kid my mom taught me that I had to go full HAL 9000 and say "I'm unable to do that, <name>" in a gentle but grave voice and then when they say "why?" I can drop "because I'm disabled".

When they ask I say "Because I don't have the capability to do that safely, and if I'm hurt, I will be hurt for many weeks, months, or years. Do you want to take the blame for my injury?"

Most stop here.

Some look at me like I have three heads because not every disability is visible obviously.

Fine, gloves off: I then ask to borrow their hand, and I rub the ridge in my skull and explain my traumatic brain injury and the process of recovery.

I take a slightly sadistic joy in doing this, because I am giving the person in question a physically intimate experience they can never forget that will make them think twice about treating someone this way.

Almost always people back off when I ask to borrow their hand and I say "I'll show you".

Its a trick my mom learned from her mom, when she would explain about her back muscles and how some of them were just gone due to cancer, and how others were in permanent pain.

If you cross the boundary of language into something else, it overwhelms the other person and they almost always back down.

When it stops being abstract, it stops being something they decide they're in control of because it becomes real to them.

When they don't, other people socially pressure them to.

Its a dick move, but it works.

It has served me extremely well.

I do not like having to do it, but it works.

I am so glad I almost never need to do it anymore.

[prokopetz]

You know, when I've remarked that a lot of the responses to my posts feel like people are just plucking out keywords they think they recognise based on the shape of them and replying to what they imagine the post says based on that, the possibility never occurred to me that this is actually how many American schools are currently teaching kids to read.

[prokopetz]

Like, my assumption this whole time has been that when folks go "I misunderstood this post that says [thing] as saying [unrelated thing] because I mistook [word] for [completely different word that happens to start with the same letter]", that was a bit. What do you mean they're teaching kids a reading method that's tailored to produce this exact error?

[buggyhuman]

Three cueing. Once you learn about it, a whole lot of very frustrating online discourse with US Americans makes so much sense 😭

How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers

For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have

[woodsfae]

If you were taught to read with the three cueing method, and now struggle to read fluently, you can still learn to read properly!

-> Phonics For Adults <-

If you're a teenager, you can still use this resource.

[keepinventory]

sees art with thick smooth line art: ah yes i want my art to look like that

sees art with sketchy thin line art: ah yes i want my art to look like that

sees lineless art: ah yes i want my art to

[keepinventory]

…… this isn’t my post. i didnt makethis post. why does it say i made this post

[faunlord]

not to be boring and solve the fun mystery but it says that bc it’s a “chat” post, not a text post. which used to not include the OP’s username, so tumblr assigned you op I Guess (source: i made this post in 2014)

[keepinventory]

thank you for giving me custody of this post 🙏 i just picked it up from elementary school and tomorrow it has soccer practice