doubly funny that I saw a compilation of all the corporate accounts like "aw thanks elmo, we're doing well" meanwhile all the flesh and blood real human people are extremely not okay
Waiting in a parking lot of an Old Navy/Nordstrom strip mall, realizing I will literally never be as effortlessly chic as all these 40 something soccer moms.
I'm a writer. Not an author. To some, this means I'm an amateur, unpaid, I haven't made a living, not a professional, as a writer. Which is true. I haven't submitted my work to some part of the industry and sold my work. However, I'd like to think that I can review and look at bodies of work and go "WHAT THE HELL" about storylines, about movies, television, books, and wonder the showrunner, the author, the storyteller was thinking.
Certainly a lot of fans were thinking that when the final season of Game of Thrones happened. (Oof.) Certainly a lot were thinking that about Lost. I imagine some may have that when the final book of Outlander comes out (I honestly wonder how she's going to wrap that storyline).
(Speaking of Outlander: many called out the writers for chickening out on the finale and you know what: I agree! This will come up later.)
Now... some of you will be going: "Where is Raye going with this?"
Because a lot of The Boys fans and some "Jensen Critical" folks and some "Jensen Antis" have been... unfairly... going after Jensen for the recent season of The Boys. I say unfairly because, look, he's the actor. He's not the Executive Producer (hi Karl!), he's not the showrunner, he's not the writer. He's just the freaking actor.
I don't care if Eric Kripke has a fucking hard-on for Jensen. I do not. I don't care if he's quipped about providing a job for Jensen for the rest of his natural life. I don't care if he thinks Jensen walks on the goddamn fucking moon.
Eric Kripke is the goddamn showrunner. He needs to act like it! He shouldn't have been using the final season of The Boys to prop up Vought Rising like this. He shouldn't be blatantly trying to tie in the spin-off like that--it was wholly unnecessary.
More, he did a crappy job of it. The sheer quality of the show was steadily going downhill ever since season 3. There. I said it. He chickened out in having Soldier Boy de-power Homelander in season 3--that would've been one hell of a gorgeous storyline to see how Vought scrambled to figure out what to do with their Golden Boy, how Homelander dealt with being some ordinary human being for the first time in his life, and so on, as well as how Kripke shot himself in the foot with giving Soldier Boy one hell of a massive power in the first place--and then season 4 was just... a mess. Kimiko should never have been given her voice back in season 5 (I said what I said). Butcher went from being a vengeful husband and trying to rescue Ryan to... whatever the hell happened to him in seasons 4 and 5.
Everything sank and sank fast. And none--and I repeat, none--of it was Jensen's fault! He didn't ask for Soldier Boy to be flanderized in this way! Homelander should never have been made to have been in love with Stormfront (please! There was no way he fell in love with her!), he became this pathetic manchild that whined about everything and suddenly was desperate for Soldier Boy's approval? Riiiiggghhhhtttt.
Again. None--none--of it was Jensen's fault. But somehow, it all was! Because....
Because....
What? Because once upon a time, he fucked up and backstabbed part of the Supernatural fandom? I can understand part of the antis and some of the Jensen-Critical's thinking on that, even if I disagree with part of it. But not the rest.
There is zero evidence that he suddenly somehow made Kripke do all this. None. He has not said a single word about this in any convention panels that we've heard and seen. Not in interviews. Kripke hasn't indicated it either.
Is Kripke messing up by trying to tie in Vought Rising in the final season of The Boys? FUCK YES. That's just bad storytelling. It's about the founding of Vought and shouldn't have much tie in. I feel he should've left Bombsight and V1 and those tie-ins in Vought Rising, not in The Boys. Or wrapped it in one episode in a pretty bow. Not prolong it for episode after episode after episode. Seven episodes with very little resolution for a great deal left to do and bad flanderization for so many characters had me wanting to chuck my laptop at the screen.
Even if Jensen did beg for some importance, Kripke is the fucking showrunner. He should've kicked Jensen and said "Fuck no." Period.
So quit with the goddamn Jensen blame and put it where it belongs: on the fucking writers, on their lord and master, Eric Kripke.
Y'know what, let's go back.
I'm told that Kripke wasn't intentionally trying to tie in Vought Rising to the show. I dug up an interview where he said precisely that. (Dated May 4, 2026.)
We can disagree all we want, but that was Kripke's intention. (Supposedly.) So... was he backpedaling because of the complaints? Because of the rising negativity? A mutual and I investigated a bit. My moot found this interview (Dated May 14, 2026):
Translation:
Is this Kripke doing damage control over all the uproar? The only one who'll ever be able to answer that is Kripke. He's the showrunner. He controls the endgame.
Not Jensen.
Showrunners need to be able to complete the game of chicken. The showrunners of Outlander failed that and chickened out. GRRM of A Song of Ice and Fire (Game of Thrones) has an obvious favorite of Jon Snow and is too chicken to kill his darling.
Writers (authors) need to be brave enough to pull the trigger. Do the brave thing. Do it for the substance. Not shock and awe.
It's as though Kripke is using the satire excuse as a shield for bad writing, among other excuses. It's pretentious, it's superficial and, worse of all, it's lazy. It's like he went the path of ouroboros--he went full circle and ended up embarrassing himself.
Eric Kripke says they "want to go deeper, not bigger"
He claimed he wanted to go deeper instead of bigger. But he didn't go deeper. Butcher was shallow. Homelander was pathetic. Soldier Boy was a shadow of his season 3 self. Kimiko wasn't what she used to be. Hughie and Starlight were "WTF?" Mother's Milk was uncharacteristic. I could go on.
Kripke.
The blame goes to Kripke.
I risk sounding like a goddamn broken record at this point. All of them need to quit their behavior and point the blame on Kripke.
top gun is great because tony scott was like “i want to make a movie about sunsets” and the us navy was like “No you’re gonna make recruitment propanganda for the navy” and val kilmer was like “the studio has tricked me, juilliard trained val kilmer, into being here, so i’m going to portray a closeted homosexual” and tom cruise was like “i’m in a ray bans commercial!”
went to a queer literature collection at the museum of edinburgh and was Not expecting klingon condoms in the hiv/aids section. Seven year shelf life (for vulcans) is my favourite part
woah @vaporousvicariousventi i didn't know that that's so interesting :0 french culture is so beautiful and polite, and i really respect how much they all love their mum <3 it's so heartwarming, wish we could be more like them in this country 🙄
Tu as tout à fait bon, c’est pour rester aligné avec les cousins du Québec et leur très coloré vocabulaire dit de « sacrer » ( ils n’insultent pas, ils ne sont pas vulgaire, ils sacrent, c’est un verbe )
Inutile de faire l’exemple mais pour la cause : esti, tabarnak, colice, chris ( après la mère, le fils … ), ciboire, calvaire, ( et toutes variantes avec saint-quelquechose ie: saint-cimonaque )
These dudes are fucking legit. They don’t just show up one day in court, either, they actually make friends with the kids and let them know they have a support system and that there are people in the world who care about them and will always have their back. And less important, but also cool, is that the few times a couple of them have come into my cafe, they’ve been super friendly and polite and when I told one of the guys that I noticed his Bikers Against Child Abuse patch and wanted him to know how awesome I thought he was because of it, he got kind of shy and blushed and said, “The kids are the awesome ones, we just let them know they’re allowed to be brave.”
The source is long, but so, so good. These men and women are available in 36 states, 24 hours a day to stand guard at home, in court, at school, even if the child has a nightmare. Many of them are survivors of childhood abuse as well, and know what it’s like to feel scared and alone.
In court that day, the judge asked the boy, “Are you afraid?” No, the boy said.
Pipes says the judge seemed surprised, and asked, “Why not?”
The boy glanced at Pipes and the other bikers sitting in the front row, two more standing on each side of the courtroom door, and told the judge, “Because my friends are scarier than he is.”
Bikers Against Child Abuse was founded in 1995 by a Native American child psychologist whose ride name is Chief, when he came across a young boy who had been subjected to extreme abuse and was too afraid to leave his house. He called the boy to reach out to him, but the only thing that seemed to interest the child was Chief’s bike. Soon, some 20 bikers went to the boy’s neighborhood and were able to draw him out of his house for the first time in weeks.
Chief’s thesis was that a child who has been abused by an adult can benefit psychologically from the presence of even more intimidating adults that they know are on their side. “When we tell a child they don’t have to be afraid, they believe us,” Arizona biker Pipes told azcentral.com. “When we tell them we will be there for them, they believe us.”
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My parents are a part of this organization and they are metal af
They go on runs to protect the child if they feel even the slightest threatened no matter where. If the child needs them to go on vacation with them, they do. Bikers come from across the nation to watch over and take shifts for these kids. And the best part is once you’re adopted into this family as a BACA kid, you’re always one. Even when you’re 40 and the perp gets released from jail, they’ll come meet with you and find your best options for avoiding the person and maintaining the life you’ve built for yourself. Once a BACA child, always a BACA child. In Florida, there’s 100% rate for identifying the perp based on the child’s testimony. Why? Because BACA stands with the child and supports the child so they feel comfortable enough to point out their attacker.
What’s better than a badass biker gang being on your side???
NATIVE AMERICAN CHILD PSYCHOLOGIST WHO IS A BIKER AND NAMED HIMSELF CHIEF HELL YES I’M HERE FOR THAT AND BIKERS BEING BAD ASS TO PROTECT KIDS. HELL YEAH.
Guys? This post changed my life. I saw this post. Forever ago. And thought it was only in america… and wished desperately that they could help me. But then I saw it again, during a bad episode, and checked their site. They aren’t just in the USA
They’re in Canada as well and probably other countries. I met and talked with a native guy who runs the place near me. His name is Shaman. I got in, and I’m considered a BACA child now. Despite being 17, turning 18 when I talked to them. They spent time with me when my abuser was over, they gave me therapy resources. They give you something called a ‘level 1′ where they go to your house with as many bikers as they can, i shit you not a solid 20-40 bikers came from even out of province, and met me. I got to choose my biker name and I got a vest with patches on it and my name on it. They all hugged a Teddybear before giving it to me, and told me if I ever felt the BACA bear was running out of love, to give them a call and they’d refill it for me, and then I got a ride on one of their bikes. Just a day or so ago I went to an annual party with them and they we ate food one of them cooked and had a lot of laughs.
I’ve never felt as loved as I did being a part of the BACA family. They also gave me dog tags with the names, and phone numbers of my 2 workers. So I can call them whenever I feel scared.
BACA is an absolutely wonderful group that will do everything in it’s power to help any child whos been abused.
And it doesn’t end when you’re 18 either. As long as you get in contact/get your level 1 before you’re 18? you’re ALWAYS a BACA kid. I’m 18 now and they still invite me to parties, ask me if I’m okay, and are there for me. They’re still trying to find me resources for therapy.
BACA has changed my fucking life.
I hope you all can read this, and reblog it knowing from someone who fucking been with them, that they are absolutely amazing.
Had seen this before, but never realised that this is on an international level - there’s even a contact address close to where I live (in Germany), very cool (though hoping the only use I’ll ever have to make of it is for donations) ❤
I am anti abuse in so many ways. I’m a survivor of child abuse and domestic violence. I would’ve loved to have had such an organization when I was a child.
I’m glad they exist now.
Sharing to spread the word and hope to one day donate to them.
I sent this to my father who’s a biker and was looking for a club. I thought it was right his alley, my father took paramedic classes for the fuck of it you know, helped when he could.
Based on his experience, the Montreal chapter is a bit uptight. Also, expensive. But he liked it, had to drop it due to fees.
Also, they do some kind of background check, you don’t become a BACA just because you put the money and have a bike.
Send this to all your biker friends too, they might want to do some goods and meet new friends.
A growing online trend encourages women to quit their jobs, run the home and defer to their husbands. This “tradwife” movement urges a return to traditional roles and, when researchers in the US recently set out to examine what kind of men support it, they expected to find a cohort fond of old-fashioned chivalry.
The reality, they say, was rather different.
Among young American men, the strongest predictor of support for the tradwife lifestyle was not gallantry but hostility towards women.
“We were taken aback,” said Dr Rachael Robnett, a psychologist at the University of Nevada, in Las Vegas, and lead author of the study. Her team had thought that men drawn to the tradwife idea would display what academics call “benevolent sexism” — a belief that men should protect and provide for women. This seemed to them to fit with an ethos where he earns and she cooks and cares for the children.
Instead, statistical tests found that the strongest predictor of male support for tradwife lifestyles was “hostile sexism”. This involves overtly negative beliefs about women, including that they manipulate men, exaggerate discrimination and should not expect equal power.
People who are high in hostile sexism may believe women try to manipulate and control men, often through sex.
The study, which was published in Psychology of Women Quarterly, also found that men drawn to tradwife ideals often believed that women were essential to their emotional fulfilment, and that intimacy was something only women can provide. “It suggests that men [who support tradwife lifestyles] rely on women for intimacy and resent that this is the case,” Robnett said.
The findings sit uneasily with the movement’s image on social media. Online, tradwives are often depicted in settings of domestic bliss: scenes where women stay at home and bake bread, surrounded by broods of smiling children.
“What these images don’t illustrate,” Robnett said, “is the significant financial and personal autonomy that tradwives yield.”
The findings are based on a survey of 595 American men aged 18 to 29. Participants were asked about their attitudes to roles of men and women and the tradwife lifestyle, as well as their levels of different forms of sexism, religiosity and background characteristics.
The researchers then used statistical models to identify which factors best predicted support. Hostile sexism emerged as the strongest single factor.
The men in the study differed substantially in how they viewed tradwife arrangements. Some described them as a way of imposing structure on modern life. Others were much less positive. Robnett says she was struck by how many respondents called tradwives “lazy”, suggesting they were opting out of work while enjoying the benefits of their husbands’ labour.
