freedom is from the within. @littlevirago - Tumblr Blog

"There's millions of Tumblr users" to you. To me There's only about 12 and we all reblog the same five posts from each other

seananmcguire

Occasionally someone will bring a new post into the ecosystem, and those days are VERY exciting. ENRICHMENT!

headspace-hotel

Y'all

Im not on tiktok and never have been, but I downloaded RedNote just to see what is up, and I am witnessing something truly amazing

The Chinese user community is giving the American tiktok refugees an overwhelmingly warm welcome, meanwhile the American users seem to have collectively agreed that not only will they not let the app be taken over with English and they will provide Mandarin subtitles for everything, they are LEARNING MANDARIN. Ive scrolled through so many videos of Americans offering greetings in Mandarin to try to acclimate to the new environment and be respectful, and speakers of both languages are posting lots of tutorials on language basics and internet slang in Mandarin

My God, there is an AMAZING outpouring of curiosity and delight among everyone to learn about each others cultures and daily lives. People are posting videos of landscapes, cities, towns, and natural areas in USA and China, posting recipes and traditional foods, vlogs of everyday life, and reaching out to find people with similar hobbies.

And it's not just young people! There are loads of videos from middle-aged American guys who have come to post about fishing or motorcycles and are now happily chatting with Chinese users sharing the same interests using Google translate

One American guy who was like. in his 60's had a comment on one of his videos that was like "Red Neck?" and he replied "Yes!" and I just about fucking lost it

Also the Chinese users love, and I mean LOVE, Luigi Mangione. He is apparently broadly adored in China. There is SO much fanart and SO many edits.

There are many threads initiating Chinese users to ask questions of American users about the USA, and vice versa, and everyone on both sides is clearing up a lot of misconceptions. Some of the questions I saw a lot from Chinese users were: "Is it true that American parents kick you out of the house as soon as you turn 18" (not often, but sometimes) "Do you all really wear shoes in bed" (NO!!! Apparently a lot of characters in American sitcoms are shown lying in bed with shoes on which I never noticed before!) and "are there really guns everywhere" (yes).

For the most part Chinese content creators seem just overwhelmed by the sudden influx of hundreds of followers that are super enthusiastic about what they're doing. A lot of them have made posts about how initially they thought the uptick in follower count was some kind of error, or that there was some kind of joke or prank, but then they realized the interest and enthusiasm was genuine and now they're welcoming all the newcomers.

I found several posts by Chinese users saying that this felt like a really profound historical moment, where these previously separated worlds are suddenly smashing together and suddenly there is freedom to learn about each other's cultures and connect. One of them said something along the lines of "This is a 21st century Tower of Babel and even though I'm an atheist I hope God lets this tower stand." OUGH MY HEART.

The app itself works a little bit like a video-based version of Pinterest. It's not really my thing so I probably won't be on there long term but it's been amazing to see what's happening.

thisisalovestry

file -> phrases that are going to shift something in me forever

insomniparty

thesapphicunited

My mom said we can have a revolution if it’s okay with your mom

gean-grey-blog

Favorite thing about the Red Note shenanigans: Mongolian ranchers suddenly gaining a rabid following of American horse girls and being like "we knew you had cowboys but we didn't know you value and love horses as friends like we do, this is excellent"

Mongolian rancher 🤝 American horse girl synergy I guess

thedogopera

OUT: Emily in Paris 🇫🇷 🙅‍♀️

IN: McKinleigh in Ulaanbataar 🐴 🇲🇳 🛖

hug-your-face

via @swatercolor [insta]

vaspider

So… I got a notification from the State Department at like 8 PM Pacific that my passport was approved, and I was quietly thankful and stunned bc my legal gender in Oregon is listed as X, or undeclared, and that's what's on my passport. I'm pretty sure someone(s) worked late to get the X passports done today.

I was already really grateful to whoever in the Seattle Passport Office worked late to get these things processed on the last Friday before That Man gets back into office... and then I got a notification that my passport shipped at fucking midnight Pacific and whoever got that shit out the door so it couldn't be picked up on Monday and like, denied and shredded?

They're my fucking hero.

vaspider

So... I heard from a friend of 20+ years who works for the State Department who confirmed to me in so many words that they can assure me, without specifics, that "all of the suppositions you have made here are true."

So... yep. Passport folx at the State Department really did work incredibly long hours this week just... shoveling every passport out the door (and prioritizing the ones that might be A Problem come Monday) and yes, they did On Purpose make sure that all of them weren't just DONE but MAILED and out the door and in the hands of the USPS so that they can't be told to pull those passports back and deny/destroy them.

This also means they got the OK for the mountains of overtime from the Biden administration to get that done.

This is what I mean when I say that the Good Work is often not glamorous and that we have to prioritize things which actively and immediately better the lives of our siblings. The State Department worker who was still in the office last night at midnight Pacific time stuffing my passport into an Express Mail envelope and making sure that it was in the hands of USPS has done more liberatory work for the trans movement than 100 people endlessly auditing the language others use to describe their lives ever will.

These next years are gonna be real hard. Find something tangible to do for yourself and others, however small, and do it as hard as you can.

whistlsworld

Merry Xmas 🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩🎄⛄❤️

TO TEN SEZON.

winx club + name origins

skania

Can I just say I LOVED the way Cersei just crumbles when she sees Jaime because it was so many things at once and so unbelievably human.

She kept it together through the entire episode up to that point. Kept in her tears and her fears and stood her ground. Then tried to keep her voice from shaking and her knees from trembling as she escaped. Hell, she even kept her face straight when she walked past Sandor and Ser Gregor.

The entire Red Keep is collapsing around her and she must have been so scared but she still kept it together.

And then she sees Jaime and she instantly lets it all out because this is the one man and person she loves and trusts to see her weakness in the entire Kingdom. It’s even that she chooses to let it all out, it’s instinctual because this is Jaime. And she never thought she’d see him again. The last time she saw him, she drove him away and watched him walk away from her to join her enemies.

And yet there he was, unexpectedly, miracously. And she is so happy and so relieved despite how frigthened she is.

She is so happy that for a moment she even forgets that it’s all falling apart around them and only focuses on him, on the fact that he’s hurt, on the fact that he’s bleeding.

Honestly that might very well have been my favorite scene in the entire episode because the sheer relief in their faces when they see each other still alive is so palpable. It’s like yeah, it’s all crashing down around them but it’s okay, they’re together and that’s all that matters.