The Monarch of Tangents @mallowmelancholic - Tumblr Blog

”This portrayal of a marginalized group was wrong then and is wrong now” and “This portrayal of a marginalized group was very progressive for the time period and paved the way for more representation while likely limited by factors outside of the creator’s control” are two statements that can and should ABSOLUTELY coexist and be kept in mind when interacting with older media

lemonylemus

Great example

#text

cheaphalloweencostume

“be gay do crime! but sex is yucky and crime is wrong!” ass website

cheaphalloweencostume

okay, we managed to get through the “you can be gay and not have sex” part, and im feeling charitable and i wanna talk about the “do crime” part

so many responses of “its nice that you’re privileged enough to be able to steal from Target willy nilly!” and that’s not at all what this is about. like, yeah, shoplifting and loitering and graffiti and breaking the rules is, obviously, part of “do crime”. but they’re not parts you have to do.

would you help someone get an abortion where it was illegal?

would you help a trans friend get healthcare that had been criminalized?

would you shelter someone fleeing persecution, even if the law said not to?

would you help a gay couple stay together when the state decided their relationship was unlawful?

instead, would you report someone else for breaking the law? will you snitch on your hungry neighbors for stealing food? on your homeless neighbors for sleeping where they’re able?

would you break laws to protect someone you love? a community you love? yourself?

#text #lgbtq

possessedpasm

I can finally use my computer again!!!

Anyway here's a Bird

possessedpasm

Please, sit... Let him sing you a song....

#inspo

mmmmmmrmn

#deltarune #undertale

sillyzlaurr

DARK SANCTUARY

#deltarune #undertale

gluebottles

Candyland 1984/1997 board

sideblogtointeract

DYK that's was the point of the game? It was invented by Eleanor Abbott for children hospitalized with polio. The disease would effect mobility among other things so Candyland focused instead on bright colors and engaging illustrations rather than complicated gameplay to encourage the imagination of bedbound children. This post, and this comment, is a testament to Abbots genius in when she made this game.

Although Candy Land started in a polio ward, its connection to the infamous disease was kept secret for 50 years. Its steady rise in popular

#text

vizreef

Tomy Omnibot mk II Tape Cassette Recorder / Toy Robot combo (Japan, 1984)

The Entirety of Tumblr from Tumblr has been Chucked in to the ocean! You're all wet now.

goldenretriever-boyfriend

princes with a thousand enemies

clocking out

Per @spoonstrek

Little AI

I see that "learned helplessness" is the hot new psychological term getting wildly misused. the phrase you're looking for is "weaponized incompetence," babes

batmanisagatewaydrug

weaponized incompetence is when your partner does chores shitty on purpose so that you stop asking them to do chores. learned helplessness is when you've experienced so much trauma that you've developed the mindset that you can't meaningfully change your situation and have become accordingly passive.

if your partner is exhibiting learned helplessness they aren't manipulating you, they're displaying a trauma response.

#text