Hopelessly Optimistic

in a word: ? 22 | they/them | t4t enby butch

[libraryogre]

This is peak public librarian.

[gallusrostromegalus]

Yeah every librarian I know would, upon learning thier library is haunted, attempt to sign the spectre up for a library card.

[lacefuneral]

aren’t all rats technically “rat bastards.” i mean they don’t have a concept of marriage

[lacefuneral]

post canceled i forgot that mr. ratburn got gay married. my apologies king

[verbix]

mushroom releasing spores

[were-ralph]

Mutuals do this

[dash-n-step]

the english language is truly a wonder

[scribeofpnakotis]

all hail william the werewolf, proto-enby

[vestiges-of-light]

[scarpology]

[autisticexpression]

[lesbiankermit-moved]

i feel like my continually deepening preference for identifying with terms like transsexual, dyke, faggot, is in part because theyre the least likely to be marketed back to me by old navy

[midiport]

my doctor told me I have sisyphus

[plaguedocboi]

It’s insane how many organs will just Make Rocks if left up to their own devices. Kidneys. Gall bladder. Pancreas. Tonsils, what’s that about???

[plaguedocboi]

[mar64ds]

I love how muppets walk I wish I could walk like that

[mar64ds]

[gayrandalgraves]

wait now I'm curious. if your mutuals could come visit you right now what would be the first thing you'd show them from your town/city?

[huffylemon]

the penis that the virgin mary statue illuminates onto the local catholic church every night when they shine a light in her

[huffylemon]

[exitwound]

you’re telling me this soil is a top…

[drupelet]

you're telling me this rock is a bottom...

[c3po]

if i was a frog i would always be saying “wow, that’s just ribbeting”

[c3po]

wow! that’s just ribbeting.. please do tell me more

[wormbus-art]

That tender slavic gay shit

[driveintheaterofthemind]

Bert And Ernie At The Gay Rodeo

[tired-fandom-ndn]

Anyway.

For those of you aren't aware and aren't involved in NDN circles, the Supreme Court just declared that tribal territories and reservations are part of states and are under state jurisdiction, including in regards to charging someone and putting them on trial in state courts for crimes related to the tribe (as opposed to this being left up to tribal courts), undoing decades of precedent for the separation of tribal and state governments.

In a few months, the Supreme Court is also going to be giving a verdict on whether or not the Indian Child Welfare Act, the only thing keeping indigenous children with their families and communities instead of being "adopted" (trafficked) to white Christian families at every chance, is unconstitutional. This act is also dependent on the belief that tribes are sovereign nations and that giving our children to people outside of our tribes is akin to the US government taking Canadian children in the Canadian foster system and trying to adopt them out to American families.

If the ICWA falls, we're going to see a modern Sixties Scoop, with Native children being stolen from their tribes and families and cultures and assimilated into white Christian society. This is not only traumatizing for the children and their families, it's also a form of cultural genocide that has been used against us before and has devastating effects.

There are family members I never knew because they disappeared into the foster system as children.

This is the beginning of what's going to be wave after wave of attacks on indigenous sovereignty and tribal governance. The Supreme Court, even with a Democratic majority, has historically decided against upholding indigenous sovereignty and tribal protection. We're seeing genocide and forced assimilation become federal policy again.

[cottoncandysecretlair]

U.S. Supreme Court expands state power over Native American tribes

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday dramatically increased the power of states over Native American tribes and undercut its own 2020 ruling

To be clear, the court today holds that Indian country within a state's territory is part of a state, not separate from a state," Kavanaugh wrote in a decision that scholars of Native American law said was a major departure from longstanding precedent.

Just to reinforce the reality of this, this isn't some small potatoes, only once in a while relevant ruling. This affects the sovereignty of Native lands.

Not sure what I can say aside from the fact that this shit is disgusting.

[tiktoks-for-dead-pope]

[farisyawritesfic]

This is the funniest fucking thing I’ve ever seen.