Poptarts, Rainbows, and Women (Oh My)

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[poptarts-and-rainbows]

𖥔˚⊹₊✧⋆About⋆✧₊⊹˚𖥔

a reintroduction after hiatus

tumblr is my scrapbook

adult, 30s

blog established: April 2012

queer lesbian 🏳️‍🌈

she/her/they/them/hey fuckface

mixed white and Mohawk

interests/what to expect: nature photography, I follow the seasons (Northern hemisphere) - travel - aesthetics: cottagecore, goblincore, cozy, witchy, pink - books - space - art - cats - politics (U.S. focused) - leftism - anticapitalism - 2slgbtqia+ - human rights - climate change - mental health/neurodivergency (ADHD, MDD, BPD, ASD) - scifi - fantasy - writing - whatever media the hyperfixation latches on to at the time

fandoms (in apx. order of probability to reoccur): Marvel/MCU, Star Wars, Studio Ghibli, GoT and HoTD, Criminal Minds (Jemily), The 1oo, Supergirl, Firefly, A24, Sailor Moon, Mike Flanigan, Grey's Anatomy, Once Upon a Time (SwanQueen), LoTR, She-Ra, AHS, Glee (Brittana), regrettably and formerly Harry Potter

I'm better at tagging than I used to be, but keep your expectations low (fandom has always been tagged though)

personal tag: tory talks

[yenvengerberg]

did you mean: your favorite artist's favorite artist (insp) HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHAPPELL ROAN!

[luvvvie]

by kelly pringle

[thundergrace]

Republicans and their influencers keep calling the SAVE Act a "voter ID law". They use polls exclusively on "voter ID" to claim it's popular. Voter ID is a popular common sense voting policy that requires a state ID to vote. It's already a thing. No one has a problem with that.

The SAVE Act, however, is NOT a "voter ID" requirement. They know if they spelled it out no one would support it.

During Kamala's campaign when she was seemingly doing well with women due to the reproductive rights platform issue, men on the right were going all in on "we need to repeal the 19th amendment"

And here's one of the earliest bills proposed. As usual, they're throwing immigrants under the bus to get it done. They're claiming millions of undocumented immigrants vote in national elections when it's illegal and a lie (when challenged on the matter, a pundit once claimed 77 undocumented immigrants voted in the last ten years. This is the best they can do). They're using that lie to justify disenfranchising 70 million women and anyone who can't afford a passport, pretty much.

It costs money to replace an ID, get a copy of your birth certificate and obviously to buy a passport.

This is a poll tax.

[thundergrace]

Unfortunately, this has just passed the House. I believe it will need to pass the Senate now.

I can't believe I have to say this, but if you can afford it, please get a passport as soon as you can. This will likely pass the Senate as it's a republican majority. They'll rush it into law immediately in order to rig midterms.

[goyangi-deactivated20251013]

the goal for this year and for every year is to be kind and also to stop being scared of literally everything

[ethanmaldridge]

The darkest nights are over. May your new year be filled with guiding light and good stories.

[attorneytrash]

to this day possibly one of my best ideas. someone get me a pitch meeting with the hallmark channel

[sanseterrer]

End of November

[solradguy]

Has anyone on here posted about the 2026 Wāhine Toa Firefighter Calendar full of buff firefighter women where all profits from sales go towards Breast Cancer Cure yet because, like, look at it

Initial stock has sold out but they're doing preorders for a second run that goes until November 10th (2025): https://www.breastcancercure.org.nz/calendar/wahine-toa-firefighter-calendar-2026

[bromia]

wind and gray sea

salt creek campground, olympic peninsula, wa

canon ae-1 / portra 400

[lokihiddleston]

When you like posts on tumblr, you get a pumpkin animation. Oh, it's so much fun! 🎃 👻

Edit: you have to add #halloween / #spooky for example so that it works in your reblogs.

[t4tstarvingdog]

“start your free trial now” what if i told u i am already experiencing trials. and the cost is more than i can bear

[sevdolo]

[demigoddessqueens]

Fun fact. Columbus' behavior was so fucked up, it sparked a investigation by the Spanish government and even people in his own time thought he was a brutal greedy tyrant and a right monster of a human being.

Deserved!

[helenvaughans]

[flurrin]

DefunctTV's episode on The Puzzle Place lays out how the Rodney King riots informed public funding to help increase awareness of diversity in kids for the sake of a brighter future. And for someone who grew up in conservative homeschool, I can absolutely say it had an effect. I had these books growing up as well, and TV shows like this gave me a strong foundation in relating to people outside of my immediate circle.

[noccolibroccoli]

As someone who works in children's library services, those kinds of books absolutely still exist, and in fact we're seeing more and more children's books about global cultures written by people from those cultures rather than by (well-intentioned) white outsiders. The problem isn't that those books dont exist, it's a question of access and visibility.

The kids who come into my library with their parents and check out the books about holidays around the world, or about immigrating to a new country where you dont know the language, or about the lived experiences of indigenous communities, or about a little girl getting bullied for wearing hijab? The kids who come to storytime and listen to my coworkers read books like "All Are Welcome?" and then sing songs about the colors in Spanish? They're getting those messages loud and clear. Streaming services and broadcast channels still feature kids shows with diverse protagonists and explain things about different cultures.

But it's so easy to curate your experience now that if you only want to show your children white Christians in the media they consume, you can do that easily. You just monitor the media they consume, keep them away from libraries ans bookstores (or, as is the case with some parents ive met, you strictly limit what theyre allowed to check out; I've had parents forbid their kids from reading a pokemon manga because it was "exotic") and only buy books and media that reinforce your worldview. You don't let them watch PBS, and it's easy not to if you just have a streaming TV that doesn't receive broadcast signals.

And this has been the case for decades; it's just much, much easier (and normalized and encouraged) now.

Also: I work for a large, well-funded system in a progressive state. With libraries under attack by the current administration, increased book challenges, and increasing political polarization, many libraries may not have the funds to purchase those books or feel safe displaying them publicly. Or they may have just straight-up closed due to lack of funds.

There's also the low-level background radiation of white supremacy inundating people (especially kids) online and through social media that leads them to radicalization but that's a whole other can of nazis.

[virtualgirladvance]

[nature-travel-photography]

Crater lake national park,Oregon - Author: Dazecandled