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Okay yeah maybe it’s time for me to delete tumblr too.

I just think everyone should take a moment to consider the question "what is your visual shorthand for cruelty?" and then follow it up with a critical "and who taught you that?"

specific examples include but are not limited to

why is an evil timeline character design disabled? (why do the heroes go through equally punishing battles and never lose an arm, a leg, an eye?)

why are the futuristic scifi terrorists uniformly darker skinned? (why are the heroes so much lighter?)

why is the greedy boss fat? (why are the heroes skinny?)

why is the criminal mastermind heavily scarred? (why is the brooding, traumatized hero unscathed?)

why is the predatory creep a bearded person in a dress and makeup? (why are none of the heroes trans women?)

who taught you that this is how things are?

how long do you plan on repeating it?

canonkiller

guys the point is "reflect on how you have learned bigotry through exposure and you parrot it in your own works and in the fandoms you engage with without self awareness" not "tell me, specifically, what random motifs you think are evil"

canonkiller

on the flipside, to everyone adding notes about hooked noses, turbans + headscarves, nonwhite features and cultural clothing in general, mental and physical disorders, and surely others I've missed in recollection: you are entirely right and should say it.

pathofone

Not here to argue but number 3 is because historically being overweight was a hallmark of the upper class. To be fat was a privilege that most poor people simply could not afford. The greedy boss is fat because he is greedy, this is literally one of the most cut and dry examples. Equating being fat with a moral failing is a much newer concept.

#oh my god someone in the replies is crying about villains having cold and pale skin becuase they personally have anemia #becuase we all know authors use that to remind people that anemics are evil #certainly not becuase corpses and well known for being cold and pale….#at what point do we draw a line?#are villains not allowed to be scatterbrained becuase that could be poor ADHD representation?#are they not allowed to be despondent becuase it might hit too close to home for depressed people?#tumblr users try not to cry victim hard mode 💀

gazehaven

glowcowboy

does anyone wanna hold hands until we feel a little braver

its-your-mind

the reblog map is all of us holding hands btw

beautifulterriblequeen

We are each other's night sky. No one is alone here.

dear-ao3

night sky continues to get brighter. theres always people here for you

keepingitneutral

"Toybox," Aldona, Goa, India,

Courtesy: Grounded

shybeing

William Mann

socialistexan

I've never seen trad wives explained so perfectly. "Non-nude fetish content for sexist men"

jellybeanium124

there's a jewish story about a rich man who goes to his rabbi to ask him about building an orphanage, and the rabbi is like "yeah duh go for it!!" and then later the rich guy comes back and is like "actually I've decided not to... I was just doing it for my own image and not coz I cared about orphans" and the rabbi was like "bitch the orphans don't care why you're building the orphanage!!!" and sometimes I wish I could say that to lefties who haven't unpacked their christian upbringing. sometimes motives don't matter!! who give a fuck why a politician wants to do a good thing? bitch the orphans don't!!

spockwithacat

The thing with using 🍇 instead of just saying rape is that if you really need to avoid censors you could use phrases that already exist like forced upon or violated or something else. 🍇 is genuinely the worse possible thing to use when talking about a serious topic and no I never want to see anyone use it when talking about something that happens in real life. It’s genuinely so stupid

pathofone

I am so fucking tired of seeing the terms “graped” or “unalived”. Like sure, if you’re a content creator who relies on views for income I can understand dancing around the specific words to avoid censorship. But Joe Schmoe with 30 followers on here doesn’t need to do that. Say the word! Unpack why you’re so afraid to use it! Never once have I been censored for loudly talking about rape and suicide. There isn’t some secret internet mafia waiting to cancel you for using bad words. Most TOS don’t give a fuck as long as you’re not fetishizing or glorifying the topics!

loveridden1999

if billie eilish donating 11.5 million dollars for food inequity & climate changes is performative activism then i think we need more performative activism

loveridden1999

i don't ever ride for her like that but all she said was why are you a billionaire? donate some, and i don't see how that is controversial at all. not only did she say it in presence of mark zuckerberg but also there is no female popstar among the top 50 billionaires but if the shoe fits!! also this is not to say millionaires are inherently good people but then the outrage & knee jerk reaction to defend after she called out billionaires is certainly interesting!