⋆｡‧˚ʚ ❀ i’m rebecca, i’d love to be friends ❀ ɞ˚‧｡⋆
in general:
⋆˙⟡ i’m 18
⋆˙⟡ my pronouns are she/her
⋆˙⟡ i’m bi and somewhere on the ace spectrum
⋆˙⟡ i’m an infp, a february aquarius, enneagram 8
⋆˙⟡ please don’t bring any drama or any negative energy anywhere near my blog
⋆˙⟡ please don’t spam my dms asking for money, i cannot donate though i am happy to extend my support
tv & movies:
⋆˙⟡ stranger things - my fav show, byler, lumax, and jancy are my fav ships
⋆˙⟡ heated rivalry
⋆˙⟡ mcu (wanda, bob, bucky, and loki are my favs)
⋆˙⟡ dead boy detectives
⋆˙⟡ bridgerton (tranchaela my queens)
⋆˙⟡ the bear
⋆˙⟡ teen wolf (i hate sterek though, don’t @ me)
⋆˙⟡ adults fx
⋆˙⟡ gilmore girls
⋆˙⟡ ted lasso
⋆˙⟡ shrinking
⋆˙⟡ heartbreak high
⋆˙⟡ shadow and bone (NINA AND MATTHIAS :()
⋆˙⟡ shameless
⋆˙⟡ most sitcoms (brooklyn 99, parks and rec, the office, new girl, superstore, abbott elementary, modern family)
⋆˙⟡ my fav movies: the breakfast club, top gun: maverick (but for the gayness though), grease, 10 things i hate about you, the bikeriders, good will hunting, the perks of being a wallflower
music:
⋆˙⟡ some of my favorites artists are: 5 seconds of summer, luke hemmings, calum hood, noah kahan, balu brigade, taylor swift, chappell roan, renee rapp, olivia rodrigo, conan gray, maisie peters, role model, sabrina carpenter, djo, finneas, ashe, magdalena bay, billie eilish, dua lipa, lizzy mcalpine, noah kahan, lorde, wasia project, one direction, louis tomlinson, harry styles, niall horan, ruel, madison beer, and florence + the machine
hobbies:
⋆˙⟡ art (watercolor, oil painting, graphite drawing, digital art but bad)
⋆˙⟡ reading - i read a lot but mostly romance or romantasy. some of my fav books are: the once upon a broken heart series, i’ll give you the sun by jandy nelson, the six of crows duology, everything by emily henry, and most things by abby jimenez
⋆｡‧˚ʚ ❀ and that’s all!! i’d love to be friends, feel free to message me anytime! ❀ ɞ˚‧｡⋆
America has a weird relationship with cults where they’re terrified of small cults (or organizations they think are cults) but completely normalized massive cults that hurt many more people (eg: LDS Church, Jehovah’s Witnesses, the Amish, Scientology, most Megachurches)
To anybody asking if the Amish are a cult, the answer is yes, very much so.
They’re a high control group that isolate you from society. The cult decides how you dress, how you behave, who you marry and how. They control what you know, blocking all information from the outside world. They control how you feel and what you’re allowed to think with threats of both social and supernatural harm. They’re a cult.
The best method to determine if a group is a cult, in my opinion, is Steven Hassan’s (cult expert and former cult member himself) BITE model.
BITE stands for Behavior Control, Information Control, Thought Control, and Emotional Control.
The more points a group “scores” on the model, the more of a cult it is.
I think this model is the best one for several reasons:
It’s more nuanced than “cult” or “not cult” and doesn’t make false equivalences between groups
It’s versatile, applying to groups big and small, and cults of all kinds, religious, political, financial, etc.
It focuses on what’s important, which is what the cult does to its members, and those members’ experiences, and not on irrelevant details like how uncommon their doctrines are or whether they have a charismatic leader
#you might notice that there are a lot of similarities between cult techniques and those of abusive partners#and that is an important thing to be aware of
It’s tricky with parenting, because parents have to control their children’s lives to start with, since newborns are incapable of taking care of themselves.
A healthy parent will gradually relinquish control as their child grows and becomes more capable. And even while they’re in charge, they will treat their child with honesty and transparency and respect. They’ll prepare their child for independence, giving them the tools they need to live their own life.
A culty, abusive parent will go far beyond the level of control that their role requires. They will use manipulation and undue influence, taking advantage of their child’s naivete and malleable mind for the parent’s own benefit and agenda. They will continue to exercise this control well into their child’s adulthood, possibly their whole life.
(source) its so funny how actual Greek and Homeric scholars are talking about this movie vs the fact that people on tumblr are acting like Nolan personally dug up Homer's actual bones and pissed on them
I bought a neat little sweater based on Ghostbur when I was super into DSMP. It’s hideous, and I found a better one a week later that I wasn’t allowed to buy because I already bought the ugly one.
I feel like a lot of people have had bad experiences with an unrequited crush and project their own feelings onto Will. Will does not think that Mike is evil. Will would never need to “escape” or take a break from Mike. Will would never resent Mike or hurt him out of spite. There IS no spite. They’re best friends.
There was no big fight between them. Mike has never hurt Will on purpose and Will knows that. I’m sorry that someone hurt you, but you are NOT Will. Your toxic crush was NOT Mike. That’s some weird, made up agenda that you’re pushing.
Will adores him. He’s not some incel that insults his crush the second his feelings aren’t returned because he feels entitled to Mike’s love. He respects Mike as a friend first and foremost. He would NEVER let his own feelings get in the way of their friendship. He thinks that his feelings are his own fault. He wouldn’t punish Mike for that.
