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[radicalgalaxxy]

fatima you’re not doing much to fight the idea of a monster baby by fingering a bullet wound in a dead woman ….

[radicalgalaxxy]

NO ONE WARNED ME ABOUT FROM SEASON 3 EPISODE 1

HELLO??

[sunshineghost-deactivated201508]

happy 4th of july ! :’)

[radicalgalaxxy]

she hasn’t posted/reblogged on her tumblr for over a year. is she okay. is she alive. if something happened to her i will kill myself. i can’t deal with the pain. i’ve literally had to use chatgpt as a therapist at times bc no one listens to me or cares or understands. i’m going to vomit. i’m going to dissociate now so i can get through the night without hurting myself. i want to go home but she’s gone.

[gendiebrainrotreceipts]

ough this is an unpopular take and i don't want to reply to that post that's going around because it makes a correct point about white men identifying into the aesthetics of oppression but all the (limited) polling done of trans people actually indicates that white people are actually slightly less likely to identify as trans than people of color are, at least in the us. even in the under-17 cohort, which has the highest rate of trans-identified whites, in the most recent study I could find, whites aren't the most likely group to identify as trans! obvs white males are gonna be the loudest voices in any room and a country that is majority white is gonna have a trans population that is majority white but trans identification is not, like, specifically or disproportionately a white people thing. none of which detracts from op's point. we just have stats for this stuff and should be aware of them.

That’s interesting

[radicalgalaxxy]

what’s the study, anon?

[my-organs-were-stolen]

Okay, tell me if I’m overthinking this and/or not the first person who has said this BUT after reading enough Harry Potter fanfiction I kept seeing a name pop up. Herpo the Foul.

Who is from like Fantastic Beasts I think? Idk I blacklisted any actual Rowling books and products ages ago bc of her personality and statements.

Now like who cares about this random dark lords name right? Except Herpo, if you kinda translate the letters/shapes of the letters to Cyrillic is well… the N word. The H in Cyrillic is like an English N. The r shape/г is a g. The p is equivalent to r… you get my point.

I’m not a pro at Cyrillic or Russian or anything despite knowing the alphabet but I saw mentioned once that that word in regards to black folks isn’t a slur and is just like how they refer to black people, though please correct me if I’m wrong.

Is Herpo’s name a coincidence? Probably????? But like of all the million combinations of letters, Rowling landed on that? For a dark lord and the guy who did the first horcrux or smt? And given her history with naming characters (shacklebolt?????? Wtf???????) I really have some suspicions.

Any thoughts and speculations on this are appreciated 😭

[joannerowling]

You people really will try to see evil in JKR absolutely everywhere. It takes SECONDS to google that "Herpo" is an ancient Greek word and that it is NOT spelled like that. It means to crawl, to creep - fitting for a wizard known for his association to snakes.

Also, Shacklebolt's job is PUTTING PEOPLE IN JAIL. You guys need to give it a rest already. JKR is not racist.

[radicalgalaxxy]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA op that is some fucking reach, i hope you stretched first

[inkandguns]

[lillytheaspie]

[radicalgalaxxy]

god, watching america’s sweethearts is a triiiiip. what a fucking cult. and the jesus freak shit was old even before they introduced us to reece 🤢

[losthavenmine]

Romeo + Juliet (1996)

[radicalgalaxxy]

think my gf darvo’d me tonight but maybe i’m just sensitive?

we were watching a game show and trying to answer the questions. we both got the same one wrong and she was like “i did x and it was wrong” and i said “i did y and it was wrong too.” she was like “so you just guessed?” and i said no, i counted the negative spaces in the picture. she kept pushing being like “so you made a random guess” and then “okay well you’re out cos you got that one wrong” so i said, “you’re out too then.” she said she wasn’t bc she worked it out and i just made a random guess. i told her i didn’t appreciate it but i was trying to keep it light.

i also said i’d started this new book and it wasn’t horror so could i tell her about it, and she groaned and went “ugh is it sci fi or fantasy cos i don’t care. oh, go on tell me.” i said it was fine, she got pissy and demanded i tell her. so i did while she half listened.

then the game show came back on and it showed another puzzle and she snapped, “do you get this one?”

i do get a bit passive aggressive sometimes i admit that, but i snapped back that yeah i did, which prompted her to ask me what was wrong and i said i felt like she was putting me down.

she told me i was acting like a bitch, so i stopped engaging. she told me i was being childish so i stopped and told her that i felt like she was mocking me and putting me down and she knows i’m sensitive about my brain so it hurt me.

she told me that she didn’t mean it in a negative way and she wasn’t calling me stupid, that it was my own interpretation of her words and it wasn’t her problem that i took it the wrong way. that being snappish at her wasn’t fair because she can’t manage my emotions for me and my aura when i’m upset about something is upsetting to her and that i get defensive over everything.

then i told her (again) to not ever call me a bitch and that respect is important and it doesn’t feel like she respects me. she said she just says shit she doesn’t mean when she’s angry, though she did apologise and promise (again) to not do it again.

this is so fucking exhausting and demoralising. part of me knows how fucked up it is, part of me thinks it must be my problem.

[goatboyunderthebridge]

NAHH BRO THEY MADE A TERF M&M

like she is giving me terf vibes, like she would yell at me for using a bathroom.

[neopetdestroyer]

In this house we stand for the flag

[autoscum]

In actual fact, the female function is to explore, discover, invent, solve problems crack jokes, make music – all with love. In other words, create a magic world. 

- S.C.U.M. Manifesto (Society for Cutting Up Men) by Valerie Solanas 1967

[gendiebrainrotreceipts]

I would love some perspective from other radfems on how to cope with no shaving, no makeup, comfortable clothes etc when you're not just a little unattractive, but overall ugly by society's standards. I wasn't dealt a good hand when I was born. Chronic diseases has taken a rampant toll on my body. The meds I take blow up my face, swells up my legs and causes blotchy, red spots all over. I've got a mangled scar on my leg from a car accident. I keep my head shaved since I can't deal with hiding the bald spots anymore, and I've got loose skin from years of emotional eating coupled with thyroid issues that I luckily have under control. No amount of weightlifting is gonna make the flabby skin go away, however, that's just my body now. A round face, no jawline, flabby skin and a mangled leg.

When I see photos celebrating women who don't shave or wear makeup they are always thin, naturally beautiful or awesome, cool looking women. It feels like their natural beauty is what allows them to be comfortable. When women like me allow ourselves to be comfortable we're offensive to society on a whole other level. When so few things about us can be made acceptable to look at it feels as if the few things we can control, like having hairy legs or a bare face, is a deliberate choice made in poor taste.

I don't shave or wear makeup anymore, but I feel like a monster. I try to embrace body neutrality and accept my body for what it can do, but it's hard. It feels as if I "owe" society a shaved leg to make up for its deformity. My choice to not do anything can only at best be seen as "brave", but beyond that most of what I get is pity, a "thank god I don't look like her" type of look. I certainly can't be the only one who struggles here.

Does anyone have any good advice

[radicalgalaxxy]

i don’t have any mirrors in my house that aren’t covered (i like using static film with pretty patterns) and i focus my attention on activities. when you become used to not seeing yourself and judging yourself in a bathroom mirror or full length bedroom mirror constantly it really helps relax your brain in regards to your appearance. once you can break the pattern of seeing yourself in an “unflattering” way it becomes a hell of a lot easier to accept yourself and be neutral about your body/appearance.

i dress very colourfully and that sometimes tricks people into thinking i care about my appearance but i just wear things that i like, and i like colour. it can be hard to find stuff i really like because i’m fat but there are some great online shops for my “style.” i don’t shave anywhere and i don’t wear makeup 99% of the time.

when i was neutralising my self-talk about my appearance, i would focus my attention on things other than my insecurities. make time to do things you enjoy (reading/hiking/crafting) every day and that + lack of mirrors will help you focus on things that aren’t how you look.

[denmark-street]

You're a fan of Jowling Rowling and Harry Potter and the Antisemetic Tropes series? How pathetic.

This line of reasoning seems compelling, but to foist it on Rowling and the Potter series seems unjust.  For one, Rowling does a great deal of borrowing in her stories.  She followed established conventions, endowing her dragons with fiery breath and wings, giving her trolls dim wit and powerful clubs, and her goblins with short stature, hooked noses, and greedy manipulation—archetypes that existed well before Rowling ever put pen to paper.  Perhaps Rowling drew her goblin based on the goblins in the Nineteenth Century poem “Goblin Market,” in which goblins lure and trick with “evil gifts.”  Or consider JRR Tolkein’s goblin—“A foul creature…slightly smaller, sometimes hunched over or appearing to walk and run with limps.”  Or just look up goblin in the dictionary and you find a definition that largely resembles Rowling’s creatures.  Perhaps the goblin character has its origins in anti-Semitism, but Rowling can hardly be convicted of unjust commentary for using a now-familiar Western literary character. Additionally, the debate over whether the goblin character has its roots in antisemitism is wholly unaligned with Rowling’s professed views on Jews. In 2004, Rowling visited a Holocaust Museum and compared the hated “mudblood” and “half-blood” terms used in Harry Potter with the antisemitic propaganda of the Nazis: “If you think this is far-fetched, look at some of the real charts the Nazis used to show what constituted Aryan or Jewish blood.”  Rowling has also gone on record saying that her evil character—Lord Voldemort—is modeled in part off of Hitler.  Both comments won her comments of praise from Jewish organizations.

Debunking the Harry Potter Antisemitism Myth

[a-room-of-my-own]

Random thought but if you ever think about doing Botox, have you ever seen the legs of someone who is paralyzed ? They’re extremely thin, because when you don’t use a muscle, it atrophies.

If you’ve ever broken a bone you may also know that it happens pretty fast, and also that your tendons shrink from not being used. That’s also why after a fracture you need to do physical therapy to get your joints to work painlessly.

Now if you paralyze your face muscles with a toxin they will also atrophy. What it will do is that you will progressively look gaunt and it will not be due to aging. But your surgeon will say it is and then will offer fillers.

Also, your bone density is also determined by how strongly your muscles work. If you paralyze your muscles your bones also grow thinner over time.

Finally, there’s a theory about facial expressions having an influence on the brain. It’s not only your emotions creating facial expressions, it’s also facial expressions creating some kind of feedback. If you paralyze your face, you may also diminish your ability to feel certain emotions.

So basically : don’t do it.

The way your skin ages is mostly genetic. If you want to age slowly there’s a few things you can do : sleep enough, protect yourself from the sun, keep smoking and drinking to a minimum.

[animentality]

[eliza1exe]

When I tell women that shaving contributes to the patriarchy, I'm not telling them to stop—I'm telling them to acknowledge that patriarchy has conditioned us to believe that our body hair is "unnatural" and "dirty." If body hair is unnatural, then why does it grow on our skin?

"Oh but I have sensory issues" I don't see men with hairy beards saying that. I don't see men shaving their armpits because of that.