Rising from the Embers

Like a phoenix, I'm rising from the embers and trying to be a better, truer me. The archives hold who I was, this is who I am. Pisces confused Aries, 28, ISFJ(sometimes P), just trying to find my way through this rough place. If you want to take a peak at my slightly nerdier self (I try not to bombard you with much of my fandom love besides Disney here), head on over: Reallybadnerd

[harrypotterhousequotes]

GRYFFINDOR:

“ESMERELDA: You mistreat this poor boy the same way you mistreat my people! You speak of justice, yet you are cruel to those most in need of your help! FROLLO: Silence! ESMERELDA: Justice!”

–Tab Murphy (The Hunchback of Notre Dame)

[harrypotterhousequotes]

HUFFLEPUFF: “… no person is your friend (or kin) who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow and be perceived as fully blossomed as you were intended. Or who belittles in any fashion the gifts you labor so to bring into the world.” –Alice Walker

[thecollectibles]

Mermay 2020 (part 2) by Faith Schaffer

[real-horse-facts]

horses made me transgender

[real-horse-facts]

Story time to explain this

-there’s a horse where I work named Lucy who HATES men

-like “bite your face off” levels of hate

-enter me, who’s been having gender thoughts but not really realizing what that means

-I’d been avoiding Lucy because I quite like having my face not bitten off thank you

-Then one day I forget that she hates men and I go into her stall with her to clean out the poo

-She Doesent Hate me but I don’t think anything about it because I don’t remember that she’s sexist

-Someone walks by and comments on how she never lets any men in there

-“ha ha weird”

-internally I’m screaming “holy shit holy shit holy shit”

-thoughts that I’ve been having suddenly start to make sense

and that’s how I realized I was a girl

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Assigned Female By Horse

[braingospinny]

A Horse Girl, If You Will

[bellossom]

obsessed w blunt headed tree snakes

[bogey-chan]

[a-ffection]

[harrypotterhousequotes]

HUFFLEPUFF: “Your heart beats approximately 104,000 times in a day and each one of those heartbeats is far too valuable to waste on comparing yourself to another. You were given your heart’s unique rhythm to dance to your very own beat. Not to the beating of anyone else’s heart. Just your own.” –Nikita Gill

[revolutionarykoolaid]

[seriesofnonsequiturs]

Lin Manuel Miranda; Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson; Terry Crews; Fred Rogers

Taika Waititi: Powerfully creative, Knows himself, Good humored, Takes his work and his relationships with other people seriously, Intentional as a creator

John Mulaney: Publicly supportive of his wife and other women in his life, Crafts humor without taking cheap shots at people, Supportive friend, Willing to laugh at himself yet confident

Andy Samberg: Uses platform and humor to publicly call out toxic masculinity and white privilege, Self-aware, Willing to cede the floor to others, Good friend

Will Smith: Very intentional about what type of actions he takes as a husband and father (if you haven’t watched him on The Red Table, you should), Good humored and professional, Dedicated to his craft putting in the hours and energy, Generous with his emotions and vulnerability, Responsive to others emotions and vulnerability

I read somewhere that one aspect of Toxic Masculinity is believing that being part of a “We” will erase the “I”; that selfhood is threatened by relationships with other people. It reads then that Healthy Masculinity (indeed, healthy people in general) create a “We” that enhances the “I”; that we can become more powerfully ourselves through relationships with other people. 

All these men listed (and many more unlisted) live this type of energy, the one that builds connections without fear of losing the self - and in fact builds the self more with the building of connections. 

[theother-will-grayson]

This version of this post is important

[bookofmirth]

I don’t understand how people just read one genre, like bitch imma read about magic and dragons and then go over here and read about space and then mayhaps I will venture into the present timeline and read about someone in a city I recognize going through stuff I understand like The Social Media and then I will hop back over to the 18th century because I love me some corsets and relentless gossip from society bitches

[artofdisney]

Disney ‘Renaissance Era’ concept art as posters

[blogging-at-your-funeral]

[lessdanthree]

what drugs were they on when they made this

[meanmisscharles]

Cab Calloway rotascoped!

[badgyal-k-deactivated20190901]

Whoever thought of this was drinking absinthe

[protectblkwomen]

Thanks, Now I have nightmares

[brunhiddensmusings]

this was long before cartoons were ever thought of as ‘for kids’, the target audience of this one was roughly 20-40 betty boop cartoons featuring cab calloway singing, yes, but slang has changed so much you dont realize he was singing about opium, sugar daddies, death, weed, sex, booze, and gambling back when gambling was nearly as tabboo as sex and drugs. ‘minnie the moocher’ where cab calloway is a dancing walrus is specifically about someone who does literally everything on that list but die

most of the animation studios had their ‘thing’ to make their animation stand out, disney had fluid motion linked with quality music, warner brothers had top notch dialogue with carefully crafted facial expressions, MGM had comedic timing down to the individual frame that no live action comedian could dream of achieving, terrytoons had the budget of a ham sandwitch and a fistfull of nickels fleischer studios however had authentic jazz and heavy toned subject matter, often crossing the line of what we think of as ‘cartoon violence’ into realistic

[peathefeary]

idk why this is making me so emotional???

[mcloveleigh]

I love this. I’ve always had a love for cartoons

[melaninondeck-deactivated201907]

Cab Calloway, he was a legend performer and entertainer, although he’s listed as a jazz singer he did much more with his voice, his singing style and delivery was very unique. Cab (with his band) was the first black artist to sell over a million copies of a single record and he paved the way for many artists to come. Happy Black History Month.

[tombliboos]

everything would be much easier if ya’ll started Kondoing the media you consume

ask yourself “does this spark joy” everytime you watch something and if the answer is “no” drop that on the spot and go on with your life

[howglorygoes]

nothing but the kondo minimum

here in my condominium

[systlin]

“No" is a word that must never be negotiated, because the person who chooses not to hear it is trying to control you… Declining to hear “no” is a signal that someone is either seeking control or refusing to relinquish it.”

— Gavin de Becker, The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence (via resurrectionofannabellee)

[lizclimo]

[prokopetz]

Today’s aesthetic: keeping the same tab open in your browser for three solid weeks because you’re definitely going to get around to reading and/or acting on whatever’s in it any minute now.

[hereafteryyh]

This is a personal attack.

[kyraneko]

Don’t talk to me or my 67 tabs ever again.

[metapianycist]

im in this photo and i don’t like it

[satanhomie]

Have we ever discussed the fact that 2001 - 2012 Disney channel’s shows all had strong female leads, with the exception of Zack and Cody but they had a black man in charge, a smart poor white blonde girl and a dumb rich Asian so still beautifully diverse.

Disney was 100% female empowerment and showed diversity. Who did they employ to create the shit they have today?

[ashkenazi-autie-deactivated2014]

Of the shows with girls as leads, two of them were POC and their heritage was actively acknowledged throughout the show. We have a Wizards of Waverly Place episode featuring a quincenera and we have That’s So Raven, which actually did a lot to talk about body image and addressed the issue of antiblack racism.

[silenthill]

Not to mention Zack and Cody had a working single mother (a divorcee at that!!) who was respected, strong, and amazing. Also a PoC bellhop who was a crucial role and in nearly every episode, and whose heritage was always known and respected. That’s So Raven had a lovely and diverse cast of friends/family, tackled topics that every teenager faces, like stress from school and work, body positivity and racism that runs in our country, all while still having banter that was classic in Disney. This also doesn’t even brush on the animated series that Disney had at this time, like Lilo and Stitch, The Proud Family, Kim Possible, and American Dragon Jake Long, which all had either strong female leads, PoC, or a mix of both.

[kirianthedivorce]

Listen I would die for Jameela Jamil

[kirianthedivorce]

I just… love her… so much we don’t deserve her

[kirianthedivorce]

When you’ve got low self esteem and are having a bad day

[robdowneyjr]