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Aquarius, Netflix watcher, cake eater, Lee lin chin enthusiast.

[mercuryfountain-deactivated2024]

The cultural impact of “boomer” as a pejorative has been disastrous and I’m not even kidding

[mercuryfountain-deactivated2024]

Gen z is not exceptional. Large swaths of gen z propagated Facebook-uncle tier misinformation to smear Amber Read for speaking out about their favorite pirate actor. People are convinced “deadass no cap on god” is “tiktok speak” and not butchered AAVE. Many are already starting to define themselves as a generation of work ethic and meritocracy, unlike those whiny debt-riddled millennials. It’s becoming humiliatingly clear that this generation is not exceptional, it’s not radical just by virtue of being young (and we won’t be young forever), and it’s not going to fix everything “once the boomers die out.” We are speedrunning the stereotypical “hippie to Reagan voter” trajectory of the boomers, whose counterculture at the time frankly puts ours to shame. So are you going to put in the work, or are you going to gloat about being young and special and then shit yourself when you turn thirty?

[arctichotch]

perhaps one of the worst things about this whole mess of hate towards amber heard is that so many people are convinced of her guilt because of the “tell the world” audio

when they have never taken it in it’s full context and choose to only acknowledge the part that satisfies their need to defend depp.

this is the full context of the tape. she literally says she feared for her life. why would she say that to johnny if they both knew it was a lie?

the whole reason she says the whole “tell the world” bit (also consider she never actually says “a man” , she says “man” and that is easily heard if you listen to the tape), is because she was shocked that the man who had spent the last 4 years abusing her, would turn around and say that she was the abuser.

she was shocked that he would call it all a fair fight because he lost his finger (which notice he doesn’t say anything about her cutting his finger off. weird since his excuse for not saying amber did it was “protecting her.” why would he need to protect her, to her?)

she couldn’t believe that anyone in the world would believe he was the victim when she had evidence stemming back years and couldn’t believe that he would even think about saying he was the victim.

conveniently, i never see depp defenders mention any of this. they see the “tell the world” bit and go blind. blatantly doing exactly what adam waldman wanted with his smear campaign.

why would amber say to his face that she thought he was going to kill her, if she was the abuser? if he never had that kind of physical power over her where she literally thought she was going to die?

[supeskenobi]

Despite the verdict in Virginia, he’ll never live this down. He appealed to three separate judges in the UK; and all three of them upheld the initial ruling. Johnny Depp IS a wife beater. Never let him forget this.

[number1girl]

it’s crazy that people think “women can be bad/evil too” is like a revolutionary new take that now needs to be said because feminism (which in their minds is “women are good”) has successfully run its course and and we need to swing back in the other direction to restore balance or something. as if the idea that women are evil wicked slutty resentful conniving gold-digging liars who take advantage of society’s sympathy towards them to manipulate situations to their advantage and fuck men over hasn’t been like a core tenant of misogyny since the dawn of civilization

[fcntasmas-archive]

That Trial is just another example of misogyny at its finest bc not once has a dv case gotten this much attention when the victim is a woman but the second you can turn a woman into the villain of a narrative and freely able to ~woobify~ your fave white boy again you take the chance in a second even though it’s been a) proven in court your bestie is an abuser and b) proven throughout the years to just be a lazy, violent, and unprofessional piece of shit

but let’s ignore that to make fucking fancams and memes out of a court case and be able to stan him again without feeling guilty for doing so ❤️ in ten years when all of this turns around on him again please do not include me in your false “we were all complicit” narrative!! and next time you post another meme making fun of and trying to cancel a woman in the industry, just remember hollywood and most of the public forgive and forget men who are constantly accused of abuse and harassment and a lot of these men still run hollywood thank you and goodnight

[killtheteendream]

I think what kills me the most is how strong she’s been through all of this - the fact she actually showed up today for the verdict while Johnny, having achieved all he wanted by destroying her life and reputation, fucked off to play in the UK with his midlife crisis band. I’m just in awe at how she can keep moving forward and find the will to live after everything she’s had to endure.

[number1girl]

it’s insane to me when depp’s supporters defend him and a normal person will respond like “he said he wanted to rape her burnt corpse and a bunch of other horrible shit….” and they’ll be like “🙄 sweetie joking or talking about something is not the same thing as actually doing it ✋ she’s the one who was physical!” and then still continue to make fancams of him and not only insist that he’s innocent but actually STAN him… even if he WASN’T an abuser (he is) you as a self-proclaimed “feminist” and/or “progressive” are still making heart-eyes at a man who joked about wanting to rape a woman’s burnt corpse?? are you fucking serious??

[number1girl]

the way in ten years when this situation has been britneyified people who are in my replies right now saying “umm did she not literally cut his finger off????” will be on twitter lecturing me about how “we were ALL complicit in the abuse of amber heard 😔✊” and people making youtube videos with “expert” analysis of ambers body language and facial expressions to prove that she’s a liar are gonna be making videos like “how johnny depp tricked us all 😳”… insanity. girl when that time comes speak for your fucking self because we were not ALL gullible misogynists

[m-interior-m]

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[duskissed]

[ryebreadgf]

i would rather die than market myself on linkedin. it's the modern day version of a peasant doing a little dance to convince the king to let him live

[redpandarascal]

I just wanted to share the Instagram announcement, because of the bit at the end.

Eric Carle’s Instagram is full of art, if you want to check that out. Here’s one I thought was nice.

[kattipatang]

Drop whatever you are doing and watch Oriented (2015) on Netflix. Possibly the most un-pinkwashed piece about queer Palestinian youth I have ever seen. 

[nooonbinaryyyy]

[ID: Several images of a young Palestinian man speaking to a room of people. He says, “I’ll start with a story that happened recently. A few months ago I receivec a call from a BBC journalist. He said, ‘We want your story. We’re sure you’ve suffered…’ So I said to him, ‘Wait a second… I think you’re speaking to the wrong guy. My parents know about me, and have accepted me, and entirely love and support me. So, I’m not what you’re looking for.’ So then he said: ‘Oh. Perhaps you can find us another Palestinian who did suffer?’ And that really irritated me, because it feels that Israel and the West have monopolized the concept of liberalism and being out of the closet. For the first part of this lecture I want to introduce a new Palestinian generation that you haven’t yet had a chance to meet.” End ID.]

[heroesneedalancer]

From the Wikipedia article on pinkwashing:

Pinkwashing is a term used by feminist theorists to describe the action of using queer rights to distract from violence or oppression by a country, government, or organization. In the context of LGBT rights, it is used to describe a variety of marketing and political strategies aimed at promoting products, countries, people or entities through an appeal to gay-friendliness, in order to be perceived as progressive, modern and tolerant. This phrase, in reference to LGBTQ rights, was coined by Sarah Schulman in her op-ed piece for the New York Times, “Israel and Pinkwashing”.

[mithli-archive]

[mithli-archive]

racists getting mad in the notes on this cute video I posted now lmao. the reason I posted it to begin with is because I was seeing too many posts about Palestine where people were talking about Palestinians as if they are a political problem to be solved and not human beings.

[jageunyeoujari]

“Lifestyle feminism ushered in the notion that there could be as many versions of feminism as there were women. Suddenly the politics was being slowly removed from feminism. And the assumption prevailed that no matter what a woman’s politics, be she conservative or liberal, she too could fit feminism into her existing lifestyle. Obviously this way of thinking has made feminism more acceptable because its underlying assumption is that women can be feminists without fundamentally challenging and changing themselves or the culture.”

— bell hooks, Feminism is for Everybody (via mahakavi)

[burndownpornhub]

published in 2000

[3840293843293-deactivated202211]

I can’t stand jokes about how young people are more politically radical than past generations cause they erase the history of activism, it just feels so disrespectful even if it’s a joke.....like bro you would be nowhere without the black panther party and other past liberation movements I hope you know this....

[miseryunplugged]

hi all, palestine’s going through a mass genocide right now and really needs help, here are a few ways you can do that

palestine children’s relief fund: provide urgent humanitarian care for children in gaza

anera: provide on-the-ground emergency relief

medical aid for palestinians: emergency relief for women and children, psychosocial support, disability help, other medical needs

doctors without borders: medical teams on the ground treating injured palestinians as needed

feel free to add on in the notes, notify me if any of the fundraisers listed arent necessary/actually helpful to donate to, and let me know if anything needs added on/modified

as always, if you cant donate then please share and spread awareness

UPDATE: this post has been edited to remove an organization by the UN (details in reblog by @petite-elf )

UPDATE: companies to boycott have been added due to the direct harm they cause towards palestinians (c. @/sleepallsummer, letstalkpalestine on instagram)

Caterpillar: Caterpillar bulldozers are regularly used in the demolition of Palestinian homes and farms and in Israel’s massacres in Gaza

HP: Hewlett Packard helps run the ID system that Israel uses to restrict Palestinian movement

Puma: Puma sponsors the Israel Football Association, which includes teams in Israel’s illegal settlements on occupied Palestinian land.

SodaStream: SodaStream home drinks machines are one of Israel’s best known exports.

Ahava: Ahava cosmetics are another of Israel’s best known export companies.

Sabra: Sabra hummus is a joint venture between PepsiCo and the Strauss Group, an Israeli food company that provides financial support to the Israel Defense Forces.

Motorola: Provides Israeli military, police, prisons and immigration authority with communication technology

For more information, see bdsmovement.net/boycott-hp, investigate.afsc.org, whoprofits.org