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He/They, 18, Mixed. Art blog. Transmasc Boydyke, video game fanatic who barely does anything with their ocs. DNI Proship, TERF/Transmed, anti-woke

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Reblogging this with MORE examples because!! I need to save up for college now that I got accepted into an art school overseas and french bureaucracy is stupid so my parents might not be able to come with for a while and I need money to buy stuff like food and supplies saved up.

[do-you-have-a-flag]

I point to a sign that reads "STOP GIVING THE WORKS OF JK ROWLING TIME AND MONEY"

especially ahead of the new series trailer, tapping the sign that reads "DO NOT HATEWATCH"

[thewickedbohemian]

but maybe a better strategy would be to suggest another fandom with a better reputation but similar vibes to what Harry Potter fans like about Harry Potter (ranging from that kind of coming-of-age narrative to a sorting system people can "make their whole personality"/world that one can easily insert themselves into) and that people read/watch/play that instead as the people you're trying to convince are just gonna be turned off by your negativity

[do-you-have-a-flag]

hi, i was a harry potter fan from the ages of 6-28, if anyone understands how hard it is to emotionally move on from this specific beloved childhood franchise and cultural phenomenon it would be me.

it's been 6 years since j.k rowling started doubling down on her transphobia. (if we mark her mask off moment as her 2020 posting)

people have had six years to come to terms with it and find alternatives, there have been multiple video essays podcasts and written journalism about all of this, there are so many lists of alternatives including contemporary to the series and current fiction. even as early as 2022 people were renaming real world social groups/sport formed around their hp fandom to distance themselves from her work.

i wasn't even particularly negative, i said "stop spending money here" that's neither critical to the source material nor the fans. and not spending money isn't even an active action it's passive inaction, very easy to do.

also as someone who grew up with the book phenomenon and the films, you cannot reproduce the phenomenon that it used to be. you can find other things that give you joy but that was a very specific pop cultural time and event. the new show not only funds the cultural relevance of and bigoted political actions of rowling, it's also just inherently flawed in conception as a work of nostalgia that will always fall short in both quality, phenomena, and fandom culture.

I'm not coddling adults or teens who are tempted to engage with hp because i respect that they have the capacity to change their minds and expand their own tastes. it's not my responsibility to spoon-feed people alternatives.

I'm saying stop giving her money

i'm saying stop giving the franchise cultural currency via streaming attention

i'm saying the real people who are being made unsafe due to the transphobia and racism of j.k rowling are and always will be more important than nostalgia and fandom

I sound harsh because i was being blunt, if that comes off as negativity that puts some people off then that's okay.

there are much more hand holding options out there, (i myself watched a few video essays years ago deconstructing the bigotry of the novels and the messy relationship between fandom on identity and fiction versus personal ethics. because i needed discussions to process my own personal emotional response to letting the franchise go)

but with my own post I would hope that at least some people go "actually yeah this isn't worth my time and money" about the new show.

because it's okay to feel some negative emotions if it reminds you not to do something you actually feel is wrong.

ultimately @thewickedbohemian it's okay that you don't like my two sentence post as an approach to addressing the entire harry potter fandom. I would encourage you to visit/revisit any works that make you feel the same kind of magic that people are looking for and compile a list yourself to share, it's a good exercise and does help give people a place to start. it's not something i did with this post, it can be something you do with your own post, feel free to tag me in it and i'll reblog.

but again, i'll say it:

"STOP GIVING THE WORKS OF JK ROWLING TIME AND MONEY" "DO NOT HATEWATCH"

here's some places for people to donate

https://mermaidsuk.org.uk/?form=donate

https://transactual.org.uk/change-actions/ https://www.peoplesfundraising.com/donation/support-transactual

https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/scottishtransalliance

[do-you-have-a-flag]

Self reblog because she continues to put her money and power towards stuff like this

https://www.thenational.scot/news/26277881.jk-rowling-urges-gender-critical-groups-sue-amnesty-international/

Stop giving her time and money

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Low effort comic featuring the paidintern twins

Yeah, I- I don't think it works like that, Meera.

[dat-soldier]

Life Story

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You're listening to

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102.3

*awawa*

Real Princess FM

*tea pouring*

Where we play nothing but the most proper music

*window opens*

*dramatic sigh*

This isn't your queen's station

*Imagine Dragons- Radioactive starts playing*

[tastylemonbread]

posts i think about: thursday edition

[anarchapella]

Please fucking lie to your employer. Like they don’t need to know your mental health issues or what drugs you do. Ffs

[thecolorsfucked]

its not lying if its to employers or cops

and look up ur rights on what they can and cannot ask u many places ban asking about ur record and transportation status and things like that resources will also tell u how they reword sketchy questions so ur prepared

[mixingpumpkins]

Hey. Take it from a former HR person… this goes double right now. I just spent some time putting in some job applications myself (not for HR, lol) and got about 15 interviews. And idk if it’s because of COVID uncertainty or if places just don’t fucking care anymore because they know people are desperate for work, but the amount of straight up illegal shit my interviewers asked me was appalling. (That’s not even counting the questions that were technically legal but clearly fishing for information they’re not legally allowed to ask.)

A tame example? Two questions into a phone interview, the guy on the other end of the line asked: “How old are you?” I said “Excuse me?” - giving him a chance to rethink that. He didn’t. “How old are you?” “Sir, you are not allowed to ask me that question.” “Well, I want to know. I’m asking.” “And you’re legally not allowed to ask me that. I’m not required to tell you my age.” At that point, I guess he managed to remember an old HR bulletin or something (I hope to god he wasn’t actually HR himself), and he said, “Well, I need to know if you’re over the age of 18.” (Which is what he should have asked in the first place… or not, since that was in the application that he could have read.) “Yes. I’m over the age of 18.”  And we moved on. Two questions later, he tried another illegal question. I called him on it again and ended the interview, citing that a workplace with such a clear disregard for the law, especially upon first contact with a potential employee, was not going to be a good fit. (They offered me the job anyway, lol. I didn’t send a thank-you or a response.)

At a different interview, the majority of questions were “fishing” questions - just looking for that info they’re not actually allowed to ask. (This person was also either not really HR or an HR person who was exceptionally bad at their job.)

I could tell they were getting frustrated when I dodged answering the personal stuff, and they actually got extremely upset when I mentioned later in the interview (re: less relevant work experience) I had worked in HR. They were super flustered for the remainder of our time, and I watched them skip over questions on their sheet they had clearly planned on asking. They KNEW they were being sketchy and were counting on me not knowing anything about HR - or my rights - and so they got upset when I did. These were super tame examples. I’m begging you, if you’re job searching right now, PLEASE know your rights. Please know what interviewers are allowed to ask. Please don’t volunteer information or elaborate more than you’re required to about personal things. Save your words (and everyone’s time) by elaborating why you’re good for the position/what you can do. I may create a resource list on this shit later but PLEASE PLEASE KNOW THIS STUFF BEFORE YOU TALK TO AN EMPLOYER. This goes for anywhere you’re interviewing as well as your current employer. This also goes for HR. HR may be the person you go to when shitty stuff happens, but that doesn’t mean they’re your friend (or competent). They don’t need to know your age (beyond 16+, 18+, or 21+, depending on the job). They don’t need to know your medical history. (For the love of god, do NOT answer the “have you been diagnosed with depression?” question.) They don’t need to know if you have kids or whatever. They don’t need to know a LOT of those things that may appear on an application, including your veteran status, whether you’re on/have been on unemployment, etc. They’re not entitled to know specifics about your transportation (unless you’re using that transportation for the job, like Uber/delivery drivers). Look this up for your state/the job’s state. Beware questions like “What year did you graduate?” if you’re like me and don’t put dates on your resume (I just put amount of time spent at employers, not dates of employment). They’re fishing for your age. It’s “Oh, you know, 100 years ago,” if you feel comfortable making a joke, or “About [generic number, like 5 or 10] years ago” if not. Also beware things like the “What do you do in your free time?” question, even if you already work there. This is not a friendly getting-to-know-you question. This is a basis for judgement. Not up to an invisible standard? They’re going to be biased against you for pay raises, promotions, etc. Mention kids/lots of family/social engagements? That’s a tick against you for not being the kind of person who lives to work (yes, it’s gross and stupid). Mention lots of solitary things? Cool, that’s their mental note to ask more from you because you’re “not doing anything anyway.” By all means, be friendly with your coworkers/talk about shared interests if you want, but it is none of your boss’s business, and be aware what could get back to them.  Don’t. Tell. Employers. Shit.

[bitchesgetriches]

We wrote up a handy list of those illegal questions here:

10 Questions You Should Never Be Asked in a Job Interview 

[intj-confessions]

Hopefully people already know this by now, but I saw way too often back when I worked in retail. Don’t add your coworkers or boss on social media. Yes, your coworkers too. You don’t want to accidentally say something to them or have them see a post and mention it to your boss. I’ve seen it happen.

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I havent drawn the truck kids in a while...

Characters:

“Rasberry” Lupei: 12 years old. A child from the underground bunkers, who winds up on the surface after being being swept up by an underground river during an earthquake. A snarky, angry smart talking brat with a bad attitude but has a heart of gold and a wild imagination. Apart of a secret experiment by the government, but doesn’t even know it.

Soren of the flowering hills, Youngest son of the leader Darius: 10 years old. A young surfacer boy with a myserious disease that makes him constantly emit psychic energy at the sake of his own body. Very quiet and shy, but extremely sweet and caring despite his constant fatigue. Rasberry’s de facto best friend.

“Sammich” of the flowering hills, eldest daughter of the leader Darius: 16 years old. Soren’s older sister, former village belle, a great trapper/gatherer and decent cook. Ran away with Soren after her parents tried to exile him as well as marry her off to another villages leader. She’s loud and boisterous, always making jokes and trying to raise everyone’s spirits. She still has her serious moments especially when the others are in danger.

Feliz Garcia: 18 years old. A chilled out, wheelchair bound former bunker human. Was abandoned by his teammates after an injury left him without use of his legs. Extremely smart and cunning, trying to make himself a radio to contact his bunker and get him back home. Has a crush on Eve.

Eve: Young adult. The leader of the truck kids, who brought them all together. Serious and silent, of unknown gender, age, and species. No one has seen under their mask and lived to tell the tale. Has a deep love for their truck.

[coffee-without-anesthetics]

to be honest any discourse ever in the wider trans community on tumblr makes me wanna go "ok now what about systems. how do systems fit into this wonderful categorization you've got going on. you don't know any systems, you say? think long and hard about why that is. really. sincerely"

[coffee-without-anesthetics]

#REAL #also not just trans discourse tbh. any qieer discourse #queer* #like y'know the mspec lesbian discourse? #completely fails to take into account plural experiences

EXCELLENTLY BROUGHT UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[oddball-1-2]

OH OKAY IF YOU'RE BRINGING MY TAGS HERE I WILL ELABORATE!!!

i actually made a post alluding to this, but something about the mspec lesbian discourse that always interested me was how often i saw systems being pro mspec lesbian compared to singlets, who were more frequently against them. more specifically — it interested me to see how many systems (ours included) heavily benefited from the label due to the complexities of attraction and gender that comes with being plural, and how many singlets just never considered this to be a possibility.

queer singlets tend to have this mindset that your queerness needs to be "clear cut" in a way that often erases plural experiences from the equation — because plurality, suprise suprise, can cause many complications when it comes to identity. singlets want your identity to be chopped down in a way which is palatable and easy for them to digest — any sort of complexity which would require them to stop and try to understand experiences aside from their own is something they tend to be heavily against.

[nongunktional]

ive never wanted to send a death threat over a game before

[nongunktional]

tautological wordle answer

[nongunktional]

[minovskyy]

posts that make you open wordle

[minovskyy]

[chryza]

Oh boy better go try today’s wordle

[chryza]

WHAT THE FUCK

[chryza]

[psychic-waffles]

We're at the "JK Rowling is personally funding litigation to try and destroy AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL" stage of rabid UK terf brain.

Screenshot via Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net on bluesky

Tldr Amnesty International, global human rights organisation, published a report called 'A growing threat: the anti-rights movement in the UK'. In it is detailed, amongst others, a whole bunch of transphobic groups and organisations, including Beira's Place, JK Rowling's trans exclusionary sexual violence support service. JK Rowling threw a shit fit and got Amnesty to take the report down by threatening libel. This was obviously not enough, because you can't appease a fascist, so now she's going to bankroll a bunch of lawsuits anyway through the JK Rowling Women's Fund.*

You can read an archived version of the report here, please save it and share it.

*Not so friendly reminder there is no way to engage in the wizard books without enabling this shit.

[stormemes11]

Colorful OC Asks

a big collection of questions based on color language! all questions under the cut 💕

❤️ RED ❤️

1. What is the easiest way to make your OC angry? 2. What aspects of a person—appearance, personality or otherwise—are attractive to your OC? 3. Does your OC enjoy sex? 4. How important is the concept of strength to your OC? 5. Is your OC vengeful? 6. Are people afraid of your OC? If so, is that fear warranted? 7. What would others consider the most attractive part of your OC?

🧡 ORANGE 🧡

1. How would your OC describe themselves as a child? 2. Does your OC embrace or suppress their emotions?  3. What first impression do strangers get from your OC? 4. Is your OC a risk-taker? Do they take well-calculated risks or are they impulsive? 5. Is it easy for your OC to step out of their comfort zone? 6. Does your OC hold others to the same standards they hold themselves to? 7. What is your OC’s favorite season?

💛 YELLOW 💛

1. Is your OC an optimist or a pessimist? 2. How energetic is your OC? 3. Does your OC lie easily? What scenario(s) would justify lying in your OC’s opinion? 4. Does your OC have many secrets? Would they ever tell a person these secrets? 5. Does your OC have a strict morning routine? If so, what is it? 6. How cautious is your OC? 7. Is your OC humorous?

💚 GREEN 💚

1. Does your OC get jealousy easily? 2. Does your OC believe in the concept of luck? 3. How much does your OC enjoy nature? Do they enjoy being outdoors? 4. What is your OC like when they’re sick? Do they try to push through it or are they completely bed-ridden? 5. Is world peace something your OC believes is possible? 6. Is your OC generous? If so, is their generosity conditional? 7. How adaptable is your OC? Are they open to change?

🩵 CYAN 🩵

1. Does your OC get stressed easily? Are they cool under pressure or are they easily made anxious? 2. What brings comfort to your OC (person, place, object, etc.)? 3. How easily distracted is your OC? 4. Is your OC more humble or arrogant? 5. Does your OC like to swim? 6. Are your OC’s decisions influenced more by their head or by their heart? 7. How observant is your OC and how much does it affect them? Are they clueless or nearly paranoid?

💙 BLUE 💙

1. Is your OC confident in themselves? 2. Is your OC comfortable letting others see them cry? 3. How independent is your OC? 4. How trusting is your OC and does it have an effect on their relationships? 5. Does your OC have a comforting presence? 6. Can your OC stand up for themselves? 7. Is your OC structured or do they go with the flow?

💜 PURPLE 💜

1. What is one of your OC’s biggest dreams and do they believe that dream will come true? 2. How affluent is your OC? Does their level of wealth matter to them? 3. Does your OC daydream often? 4. Does your OC have any artistic hobbies? 5. Does your OC have a commanding presence? 6. Is your OC book-smart or street-smart? 7. Is your OC stylish? How much do they care about the clothes they wear?

🩷 PINK 🩷

1. Does your OC like traditional romance? 2. How playful is your OC? 3. What is your OC’s favorite love language? 4. How good is your OC with children? 5. Does your OC believe in soulmates? Have they ever thought someone was their soulmate? 6. Does your OC have a favorite flower? If so, what is it? 7. How easy is it for your OC to empathize with other people?

🤎 BROWN 🤎

1. Is your OC reliable? 2. What animal do your associate with your OC? 3. How protective is your OC? 4. Is your OC polite? 5. How much does your OC enjoy traveling? 6. Does your OC abide by the rules? 7. Is your OC a homebody? Are they consistent with doing chores?

🩶 GRAY 🩶

1. How forgetful is your OC? 2. Is your OC open to compromise? 3. Has your OC ever thought about having children? Do they believe they’d be a good parent? 4. Is your OC emotionally open with the people around them? 5. How mature is your OC? 6. What is one of your OC’s happiest memories? 7. How helpful is your OC’s advice? Do others come to your OC for their advice?

🖤 BLACK 🖤

1. How far will your OC go to achieve their goals? 2. Does your OC have a strict bedtime routine? If so, what is it? 3. What is one of your OC’s greatest fears and how much does it affect them? 4. Has your OC ever broken a promise? 5. Is your OC comfortable at fancy gatherings? 6. What does your OC have nightmares about? 7. How well does your OC sleep?

🤍 WHITE 🤍

1. How much does your OC care about cleanliness? 2. Is your OC religious? How do they feel about religion? 3. Will your OC take care of someone while they’re sick? Are they good at it? 4. Is your OC a perfectionist? 5. Has your OC ever upended their life and restarted from square one? If not, have they considered it? 6. Does your OC idolize their past? 7. Does your OC enjoy the simple pleasures? Are they satisfied with the bare minimum?

[anonyymoose]

stage 1 of liking media: yeah this thing is pretty good!

stage 2 of liking media: haha remember when blorbo bleepus did that thing that was so funny

stage 3 of liking media: huh this one song is kind of blorbo bleepus… if you think about this other song is also kind of blorbo bleepus

stage 4 of liking media: blorbo bleepus is really interesting… here’s a sensible analysis post

stage 5 of liking media: FUCK. THE CHARACTER. THE CHARACTER IM HAVING A CHARACTER ATTACK

stage 6 of liking media: well let’s see what ao3 has to offer!

stage 7 of liking media: everything goes on my character playlist. this song with no lyrics is about blorbo bleepus exploding a building and looking really cool. if this lyric was an entirely different sentence it would fit perfectly

stage 8 of liking media: who wants to hear about these characters new pronouns and mobility aids

[ozempicofficial]

[sawed-on-shotgun]

unfortunate truth of reality is that oftentimes 15 year olds will say/do/believe some stupid bullshit because they are 15 but telling them that they believe that because they are 15 is probably the most counterproductive thing in the entire universe

[sawed-on-shotgun]

i remember being 15 and wanting literally nothing more than to be taken seriously and listened to and every thought and feeling i had was dismissed because i was a hormonal teenager. i was well aware at that point that a lot of the things i felt were probably because i was a kid, but that didnt make any of it less real, and being dismissed because of my age 1. did not help 2. did not make me feel better 3. made me angry at and untrustworthy of adults because they refused to listen to me. teenagers are people. kids are people. one of the only major things separating them from adults are experience and wisdom. they have like. you know. interiority

[sawed-on-shotgun]

like in YOUR mind you may think youre being helpful by going 'well you're a kid, its not really a big deal, youre okay, youll get over it' but that does not register as "helpful affirmation that everything will turn out fine and the only reason im upset is because of something out of my control so its better to just try and come to terms with it" it registers as 'adult dismissing my real tangible problems and sadness and anger because of my age and inadvertently calling me stupid'

[crabussy]

hi transfems. love you. I hope everyone is kinder to you as time goes on. I hope people scrutinise you less. I hope people listen to you more. I hope people just let you live your lives. trust that I am by your side okauy? we're in this together. I won't ever forget it and I hope you won't either. everybody else I love you too. let's be there for each other.

[crabussy]

group pouncing on sunny in three minutes

[crabussy]

girl watch out a mammal behind you

[crabussy]

not sure if she’s paying attention

[crabussy]

group sunny pouncing has now concluded. no sunnys were harmed in the making of this epic saga