Anyway, here is an old art I didn’t post here because it is cringe. I guess I won’t be posting art here for a period, drawing is too tiring and time consuming and sometimes it is just like a waste of time especially when I’m going through inner turmoil recently
Recently I’ve noticed that the house fandom is quite different from other fandoms- by that I mean the focus on purely sticking to intellectual discussion and very grounded (inside the box) views. Another user on tumblr made a very good post about this stuff earlier so I’m sort of inspired by them to write this, as this user said, some people in the fandom are so against people, particularly teenagers and more often than not neurodivergent people, enjoying their ‘blorbos’, having head canons, making cute art of non canon (usually queer) ships, yumeshipping, making OCs, OC x Canon and various AUs they deem ‘weird’. The fandom does have a problem with puritans and puritan attitudes- shooting down anything that isn’t 100% mundane. Most fandoms have moved past the whole 2012 Cringe Culture Era, but it seems a fair chunk of House fans have not. I get it’s an adult piece of media for mature audiences, but so is Saw, South Park and Mouthwashing- look at their fandoms. The reality is, a lot of these angst shows attract neurodivergent people, mentally ill people, traumatised people, and teenagers. As a neurodivergent person suffering from PTSD and recovering from depression, I take comfort in shows like House because it offers a form of escapism. I guarantee that other people enjoy the show for the same reasons. When you clown on someone for making a ‘weird’ but ultimately harmless headcanon, fanfiction, artwork or ship, you could be poking fun of a person who’s just trying to enjoy something. You would likely not say that to their face- I’ve left high school and as an adult, it’s generally considered rude to make fun of people unprovoked.
People get annoyed and complain about too many headcanons that ‘don’t fit’, unrealistic AUs, and ‘ugly’ art. Let’s be real here- the show itself is a work of fiction. There’s no way an American hospital would drop millions of dollars on a department that turns a negative profit. House would be in jail for a very long time and many of the doctors would not have their medical licenses. The show is fiction. The AUs are no more unrealistic than whatever is going on in canon.
Guide so people know how to act:
(Piece of art you think is ugly)- scroll
(Headcanon you don’t like)- scroll
(AU you don’t like)- scroll
(OC you don’t like)- scroll
This isn’t 2012. Cringe culture is fucking dead so stop trying to keep it in this fandom. Let people enjoy things
Leaving a fandom before the source material goes to shit but still hearing about what's going wrong with it from the friends you made when you were into it feels like standing on a lifeboat after a shipwreck and seeing your friends still in the water fistfighting the man eating sharks circling around
(this list is mainly ways non-locals can donate but by extension offers a lot of resources and places to volunteer in the Twin Cities + there are specific ways to donate time under the cut which can be adjusted to your local neighborhood)
full credit to cataloo from r/minnesota [x]
🩵Immigrant support
Immigrant Defense Network – coalition of 90+ groups organizing rapid response and collecting evidence.
Immigrant Law Center of MN – free immigration legal representation to low-income immigrants and refugees.
COPAL – advocacy, organizing, phone hotline. Focus on Latine community.
Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee (MIRAC) – education and protest organizing.
Interfaith Coalition on Immigration – advocacy, aid, events.
Monarca MN – training and phone hotline.
Unidos MN – education, protests, advocacy.
Center for Victims of Torture – advocacy and mental health services for immigrants and refugees.
International Institute of Minnesota – refugee resettlement group that provides support and legal help to vulnerable new-to-country families.
Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota – offers services to refugees, including legal aid to non-citizens.
🩵Food support
If local, food donations are welcome, otherwise monetary donations help these types of orgs source what is most needed
VEAP
Second Harvest Heartland
Every Meal
The Food Group
Meals on Wheels MN
Find a local food shelf
🩵Mutual aid funds & community support
Community Aid Network
Twin Cities Trans Mutual Aid
Leo's Tow (Venmo @leostowingmn) is towing cars back to families if a car is stranded when someone is detained.
🩵More links
MN50501 Mutual Aid Linktree – well-organized list of various Twin Cities groups.
Mplsmutualaid Linktree – many neighborhood and individual GoFundMes listed here.
Mpls.St.Paul Magazine – see Food Drives and Fundraisers.
Stand with Minnesota – extensive list of organizations, mutual aid, and crowdfunding campaigns.
🩵Donate blood
Memorial Blood Center declared a blood emergency on Tuesday, Jan 13. MBC is the blood supplier for both tier 1 trauma hospitals in the metro area (Hennepin County Medical Center and North Memorial Health).
American Red Cross
🩵Donate food or other goods
Mpls.St.Paul Magazine – see Food Drives and Fundraisers.
Volunteer your time (under the cut)
🩵Mutual aid
Reach out to your neighbors – especially if you know they are staying home right now – and ask if they need groceries or toiletry items. Offer to pick up prescriptions, give rides, or shovel their driveway. If you know them well, bring them a treat that you know they'll enjoy. Or just ask them how they're doing and let them know you are there to support.
Connect with any of the orgs above and see if they are looking for volunteers.
Connect with a church or mosque in your area. From u/MuddieMaeSuggins: "I know a lot of regular Redditors are not religious (myself included) but like it or not this is a where a lot of community organizing happens, especially in immigrant communities."
Connect with your local school's admin office and/or their PTA. It's ok to reach out even if you don't have kids at the school. PTAs are organizing mutual aid for school families, safe rides, school observers.
🩵Activism
Find an official protest or other event via Indivisible, 50501, FREE AMERICA, or MIRAC. Students at many high schools are staging walk-outs; if your local school is doing this, reach out to school leadership or the PTA and ask how you can support as a community member.
Join the effort to stop Hilton from housing ICE by booking hotel rooms and then cancelling at the last minute. This action can be done from home! The effort is being organized by Sunrise Movement, who are telling activists to target specific hotels one-by-one. More info: SHUT DOWN HILTON
Find people in your area who are actively monitoring ICE and/or stationing themselves in high-traffic areas and ask how you can help. Check for local FB events where people are organizing and just show up.
At minimum, read the COPAL Handbook before you go out to observe. The DFL, Monarca, and other orgs have been hosting online trainings for constitutional observers (though these fill up quickly).
When you see ICE in action, start recording. Be as loud and as disruptive as possible: honk your horn, set off your car alarm, blow your whistle. Let people know that ICE is in the area. If you see someone being detained, try to get their name and a phone number to call their emergency contact.
If you do not feel comfortable observing ICE in person, there are ways you can support from home. Just ask the people who are organizing in your area. I have social anxiety, and I had never participated in any kind of political action before this past Saturday. If I can do it, you can!
Local organizers are requesting that people who help monitor ICE DO NOT participate in 1-to-1 mutual aid efforts, as these can put the families you are helping at risk.
If you have friends/acquaintances who are sympathetic but not politically active, reach out to them. Show them that they're not alone in feeling helpless. Pick a few low-commitment actions from this list and do them together.
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