nethilia's den of fabulousness

now performing: social justice and the blorbos Gen X-llenial. Socially Political Bard. Writer since the late 80s, publishing varies. Black queer pagan poly crafty demifemme. (She/Her and Zie/Zem). Founder of the American Girl Wiki. Pokemon/Story of Seasons/Animal Crossing/other vidya game player. Doll and Toy Collector. Fandom is awesome, do what you want with it forever, characters aren't real people. Queer is not a Slur. I will get as political as i wanna. I will also block liberally and based on shitty vibes or actions on sight, such as TERF, SWERF, and other such bullshit. tl;dr: an old black nerd with a tumblr and an attitude. Sheep go to heaven, TERFs go to hell.

[nethilia]

Broke: nice cover, don't ever crack too widely, read delicately

Woke: the cracks and flakes on the spine are signs of love

[pinayelf]

white europeans calling race an "american construct" when their ancestors invented it to justify chattel slavery always makes me feel insane

[goldenduckie]

Ok i know that too some people it will just look like a question mark but i am in love with this 🫪🫪🫪🫪🫪new 🫪🫪🫪🫪emoji apple added it dosent even feel real🫪🫪🫪🫪🫪🫪🫪🫪🫪🫪🫪🫪🫪🫪🫪🫪🫪🫪🫪🫪🫪🫪🫪🫪🫪🫪🫪🫪🫪🫪🫪🫪🫪🫪🫪🫪🫪🫪🫪🫪🫪🫪🫪do the peo🫪🫪🫪🫪ple know🫪 about🫪🫪🫪 this🫪🫪🫪🫪🫪🫪🫪

[airmetsierra]

It doesn't show up for me on desktop, but it does on mobile so

[penumbralwoods]

every time someone realizes they dont have to pick between being a boy or a girl an angel gets its wings btw. and also extremely loud cheering can be heard in the distance from me specifically

[penumbralwoods]

btw if you've ever wondered why i make posts like this and get really obnoxious about nonbinary positivity. this is why

and for all of yall that are still figuring it out or aren't getting the support you deserve:

[lliveonthesunn]

i get why people don't believe in marriage as a social construct but legally it is the best and easiest way to say "this is who i trust to take care of me when i can't take care of myself" and i'm so glad gay people fought for that right bc when shit gets scary at least i know im in good hands

[soundoftheirwings]

Gotta tell you guys something wild in the Chinese fan sphere

So some fanartist drew a “sexy” (read: booby) version of a (cartoon) character who is traditionally very non-sexualised. Fans of the character got mad about it because it’s kind of groundbreaking how that character is written and portrayed and this art totally ignores the entire point of the character. They demanded the art be deleted. In response to that other people said, well what the fanartist did may be distateful but they have every right to draw what they’re into. The two sides fight for days and each starts a harassment campaign and even report their “opponents’” accounts.

So far so typical. But things eventually come to a head and they decide that this will be settled by votes - not through a poll. Through donations to a children’s education charity via each side’s portal. Whoever can get the highest amount of donation wins.

And that is how this charity received over 1 million in donations in three days lol. Oh btw the “freedom of expression” side won by a landslide (960k to 40k)

[tlbodine]

From now on this is how all petty fandom disputes should be settled.

[thisisexorsexism]

Fastest block I've ever made because holy shit

this is exorsexism

[evil-lemon-shark-offical]

[image id: a answer post split into two screenshots.

Image one: ask “i promise im asking this in good faith but whats your issue with terms like transneutral?” Answer “because they're nonsensical and show a grave misunderstanding about what transfem and transmasc mean. they're not identity labels indicating your gender, they're indicators of the relationship between your assigned gender and the world around you. they help describe various sociopolitical implications of your transness, such as privileges and lack thereof, experiences, how you're likely to be treated within society, etc. these vary greatly depending on whether ur transfem or transmasc, so much of their use comes in the comparison of the two, such as describing privileges that transmascs have over transfems. every trans person is either transfem or transmasc, because every person was either assigned male or female. i am a neutral-gendered person, but i am transmasculine, not "transneutral". transfem isn't reserved for trans women, and transmasc isn't reserved for trans men; the terms would be completely redundant if that were the case. "transneutral" tells us nothing about anything that your actual identity label (nonbinary, agender, etc) doesn't.”

Image two: answer, continued “i do understand that the naming of the terms can feel bad or misgendering, but that's honestly a personal gripe. if they had different names would be great, but the words are not the important part, it's the usage and meaning of them. another issue i know people have with them is that, for nonbinary people specifically, they reveal your assigned gender. now, i would love to live in a world where it doesn't matter, or where we just aren't assigned anything, or where there isn't a huge difference in the way people, trans or otherwise, are treated based on their assigned gender. but unfortunately we do, and until then, they remain useful terms, especially regarding relationships and interactions within the trans community. (now, all of this is specifically about when transneutral/transneuter/etc are used in the same way as transfeminine or transmasculine. i obviously have no issue if they're being used in the same way as trans woman or trans man (though i would recommend adding a space between the words). but the post anon is referring to is about the former so)”

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[failure-artist]

all those words to say "there's only two genders" like any transphobic conservative would say.

[curiositysavesthecat]

Do you believe every single person who can speak has an accent, even when they're speaking their own native language?

Yes, I believe that

No, I don't believe that

Remaining time: 6 days 20 hours

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[imjunebitch]

"can mutuals dm" "can mutuals ask for your discord" girl, mutuals have an implied invitation to my wedding

[tired-fandom-ndn]

Sometimes "rarepair" means "you are literally the only person who posts about this on tumblr dot com" and you have to learn to be okay with that.

[kleefkruid]

Tumblr already has a personalization algorithm it's called my beloved mutuals who have great taste and only wish to psychologically damage me sometimes

[oflambandmoss]

being weird and full of love can save you

and it might save those around you, too

[pmamtraveller]

"Fat Tiger" by "Uncle Bum" (不二馬大叔).

[sycamorality]

op disabled reblogs but i really wanted this post on my blog again

[praxis-app]

join the praxis discord - sign up - github

[clearancecreedwatersurvival]

Moreover, overpopulation is an ecofascist myth specifically scapegoating ‘developing’ nations in the global south for climate disaster.

In reality, populations only rise so sharply as people begin to receive better access to healthcare and maternal and infant mortality in particular decrease. Eventually, as healthcare access is more evenly distributed through a population and people on a larger scale are able to access family planning care, the population stops increasing and levels out and decreases.

Which is why so-called ‘developed’ are all now manufacturing a crisis about population decline and not having enough bodies to fill out the labor force while simultaneously fearmongering about overpopulation in racialized groups. It’s eugenics shit.

[i-used-to-be-a-spy]

This video is almost 10 years old and is so good at educating against ecofascist ideas of overpopulation. Makes me angry 10 years later we're still dealing with eugenics

[headspace-hotel]

I LOVE THIS VIDEO AND I LOST IT FOR AGES AND NOW I FOUND IT

Everybody go watch Hans Rosling destroy ecofascism thank u

[succubusboyfriend]

you have permission to pick that 2 year old "abandoned" project back up. it's not mad at you for setting it aside. and maybe time and distance have helped ease or erase the things that made you put it down in the first place.

[stuckinapril]

I think part of getting better is complete ego death. Like you’re not above setting a timer for 5 minutes and focusing on a task. You’re not above doing a very simple 3 minute workout to start. You’re not above reading for 10 minutes a day when you first get out of your reading slump, even if you used to read for hours. You’re not above starting slow and then building up to where you want to be/where you once were. What you are above is total inertia. Doing something really is better than doing nothing. Radically accept where you are, radically accept your limits, and go from there. Don’t let your ego get in the way.