Screamo Fan ¥ 19 yr old trans girl (she/her) ¥ Mostly posting whatever I want but I'll try to post music ¥ I will reblog trans and lgbt stuff so if you dont like that you can easily just stop following
Because the existence of billionaires is predicated on the exploitation of human labor and unsustainable environmental harm. That level of wealth hoarding is harmful to economies, as it reduces the amount of money in circulation. No one person, no family, could ever conceivably even SPEND a billion dollars anyway, and it is inherently immoral to accumulate wealth so narrowly while so much of the world lives in abject poverty.
Better then to create a wealth ceiling, a point at which all wealth over a certain point is taxed at or very near 100% to incentivize people to actually spend their money rather than hoard it, stimulating the economy and bettering the lives of far more people. Better even still to create and regulate economic systems that protect workers and the environment in a way that such extreme levels of wealth accumulation aren’t even feasible.
The problem with this is that it reduces the incentive to actually do fiscally well. What’s the point of starting a business if you can’t become wealthy?
No one is saying you shouldn’t have a nice house, we are saying that having multiple really, really ridiculously nice houses while your employees are either homeless or at serious risk of becoming homeless is immoral.
Let’s say you have a badass job. A great job. You make $100 AN HOUR. You work 10 hours a day ($1000 A DAY), 5 days a week ($5000 a week!!!), every week ($20,000 A MONTH), thats $240,000 Every Year.
It would take you 4,167 years to make a billion dollars.
If you were making, for the sake of argument, $25 million a year, you could live a life of extreme luxury. Even then, it would take you forty years of spending none of that money to amass a single billion. There are multi-billionaires out there. No one needs that kind of money.
Currency came into existence to simplify trade. It was meant to make things easier and better for society. When a single person has more than they need, even more than they would need for an extravagant lifestyle, they’d completely unreasonable. Money isn’t meant to be hoarded for status. I honestly think billionaires are addicted to money.
srsly tho this is absolutely a thing that dudes do all the f***ing time
like where if he knows a girl doesn’t necessarily want to give him a hug, he will trap her in this position in front of witnesses where she has 2 options- both of which are undesirable for her, while simultaneously desirable for him
if she doesn’t want to hug him, whatever she does, it will suck for her.
she can 1. say nah and be the fucking asshole in front of other ppl or 2. forsake her corporeal boundaries and allow unwanted intimate contact
Story time.
One day I was on the MAX (basically a giant street car that goes all over the metro area) on my way to meet up with a few friends. I didn’t look at anyone, I didn’t speak to anyone, I just stood to the side on my phone making sure I wasn’t going to be late to my meeting.
Out of no where, this guy comes up to me and starts to chat me up. Me, being who I am, am absolutely terrified to tell this guy to f*** off. He was at least half a foot taller than me, and was way too bulky for me to fight back. So I suck it up at humor him, say hello. Before introducing himself or asking me for my name, he asks me out on a date. Not wanting to piss him off I try to make light of the situation and I laugh, telling him that my boyfriend wouldn’t like the idea, but thank you for the offer. He just shrugs and says, “He doesn’t need to know.”
At this point I’m scared out of my mind. There’s this guy who, after seeing me run two blocks to catch the train, comes up to me and has made it perfectly clear that he wasn’t going to leave without getting something out of me.
I deny him a second time, saying, “I don’t even know you’re name. We’re strangers, I don’t know you.” He finally introduces himself and asks me for my phone number. I tell him I don’t give my number out to people I’ve just met and he says, “Fine, but at least take mine so we can meet up later.” So he watches me plug his number into my phone (which I deleted as soon as I knew I was safe and away from him) as we’re pulling up to my stop. I tell him I need to leave and switch trains and he tells me, “Oh, I’ll wait with you. I don’t have any plans, so I’m in no rush.” It’s important to note what at this point he had previously told me that he was late to a job interview, but he has all the time in the world because he still hasn’t gotten what he wanted from me; a yes.
I get off of the train and he follows me, and waits at the platform with me for over ten minutes until my train arrives, asking me all sorts of personal questions about where I live and where I was going that day. As soon as the train pulls up he grabs for me and says, “Do I at least get a hug before you go?”
I was terrified. I was embarrassed. This dude, who before even asking me for my name asks me out on a date and then continues to harass me after I tell him I have a boyfriend, asks me for a hug only fifteen minutes after meeting. People around us were staring at me, as if I was being rude for denying him, and every inch of me was mortified. I wanted to run, but I felt like if I had done that he would have chased after me and things would have gotten worse. So I did, and he squeezed me so tight I felt like I was going to burst. It took me a good ten seconds to get him to let go and I ran to the train car just as the doors were closing. He was trying to get me to miss my train so I would have to wait with him even longer. I would have been stuck there for over a half an hour until the next train came by, and the platform (aside from the few buses coming by) was now COMPLETELY EMPTY. He knew EXACTLY what he was doing and he knew EXACTLY how to get me alone with him.
People, if you are in a situation like this do not feel obligated to give in. If someone is making you uncomfortable and asks to touch you in any way, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO SAY YES. Make excuses, be blunt, just straight up say ‘no’. If possible, go to someone else near by who you think can help you and ask them to help you. It’s important for guys to learn that they can’t get what they want just by asking over and over again.
I got lucky. But not everyone does. Please, everyone, Be Safe.
So I was on the transit bus alone one time. This was my first time riding, and so already I was PETRIFIED. I sit down, pull out my ipod, and begin to play some games. This guy sits down next to me, and begins trying to have a conversation. I don’t really respond, I don’t even look at him, just give half-hearted “mhm”s and “oh”s, as I don’t want to be rude if he was just striking up a friendly conversation. He then asks me on a date.
Now, as I stated before, I already was absolutely petrified. My heart stopped and I didn’t know how to answer. So I just didn’t. He didn’t let up and I could feel his eyes on me. I quietly stammer out a “no thanks” and my stop HAPPENS to be coming up, so I pull the string thing to let the driver know I want to stop there, and once we stop and the doors open I get up and he asks me, “Well, can I at least have a hug before you go if you won’t go on a date with me?”
This makes me break. There are now people staring, as we are the only people standing up and not getting off… So I just start crying. Hell, I am bawling almost instantly. He looks so fucking freaked out and people are now getting up to come over and comfort me/question him. I don’t stop crying, and he keeps trying to comfort me by touching me, and people are yelling at him for that.
AND THEN. AND. FUCKING. THEN. THE GOD DAMN BUS DRIVER. A VERY EASILY 6 FOOT BURLY MAN. COMES OVER TO US. PULLS THE GUY AWAY. AND KNEELS DOWN. HE THEN ASKS, IN THE MOST CALM VOICE, “Did you request the stop?” I very slowly and shakily nod, as I am still crying my eyes out. He then asks, “Do you want to get off?” I give a quiet “mhm” and nod once again, and he offers me his hand. I take it, he stands up, and he escorts me off the bus. He asks me questions such as where I was going next, if I was going to meet someone shortly, if I was going to transfer buses from there. He was very polite and waited for me to answer the entire time, and my friend (who I was going to be meeting there) showed up. He asked me if this was someone I knew, I said yes, and he said alright, have a good day. He then told me- and this is something stuck in my mind forever, so it is word for word-
“If some guy EVER starts harassing you like that again, do exactly what you did there. Cry. Cry and scream and have a temper tantrum. Not only will it throw him off, but it will get others to notice. They might not interfere, they might, but you will have gotten their attention and if you happen to go missing the next day the search for you will be a hell of a lot easier because everyone in that location will have seen you screaming and crying with a guy now very awkward with his actions. They will know. That is what my daughter did, and three days after she went missing she was back in my arms. I pray for you and every other person like you who has this done. You stay safe now, okay?” And after I began blubbering again, I nodded and he left.
So this is the second lesson for yall. If you can not have the courage to say no or make an excuse, cry. Let out those sobs and tears and cry your heart out. Because it is going to make people notice and make people aware.
Also, as an additional tip (in case you cannot cry on command or such), you can say, “No, because you’re creepy/creeping me out” and if he persists or tries to laugh it off, say “I do not want to be touched” and look at one of the strangers/persons that is watching.
It:
1. Gives them a sense of urgency in the situation, as the eye contact is a way to make them feel as though you are personally asking for their help and it is now their obligation to help.
2. Contains words so that if you’re in a public place but people aren’t necessarily watching, then they (as natural evesdroppers) can overhear the attention-grabbing words and then notice the situation. Note, this does NOT mean that they will come for help, but you might be able to look someone in the eye (as previously mentioned) or just get some people’s attention.
3. It shows that you have fight in you. As with rapists, those who are physically aggressive (ie. these huggers) choose women they see as an easy target. The moment you show them you are going/willing to fight them, they are less likely to continue. Sadly, this is not always the case, but every little bit helps.
Hopes this also helps, guys, and I’m so sad that this has to even be a post we need.
Dudes who follow me: 1) reblog this 2) don’t be the creepy guy who asks random women for hugs 3) be aware of your friends or random creepy dudes and call them out if they act gross towards girls/womem
Tbh it's stupid how this is actually reality. There are actual dudes out there that ask strangers they met 2 minutes ago to go on a date or ask for hugs from random people its just mind blowing. Like there are so many dudes who are so stupid that they forget common courtesy towards strangers. Its even more stupid when there are guys like this that complain about not having a relationship but their only methods so far of actually trying to look for a date is to be generally creepy to random people. They even do this shit online. I was on a dating app and I had a guy message me hi and something was off about him. I guessed right because 2 hours later he messages me again saying "oh so youre not gonna reply then, cool" like he's trying to guilt trip me. 2 more hours pass and he calls me a stuck up bitch. Like do cis men not know how to act towards strangers?? It dumbfounds me how this can happen to literally anyone and how its 90% of one group of people that do it. Some may say otherwise but you actually look at the whole picture cis guys dont know how to act socially especially when it comes to talking to others about dating and such. Some dudes really think they'll get a date if they show a dick pic or show a picture of them shirtless after a workout. We need to educate them when they are teens because you're so awkward when youre a teenager and you pick up habits like this of not knowing how to actually be courteous to strangers. And yeah I get that both of these stories could of lead to a kidnapping and/or rape but this shit happens daily in modern society and dudes think that it's okay to act like this because no one tells them no. Please if you have children educate them when they are 13 or 14 about stuff like this before they get stupid ideas in their head and think its socially acceptable to be aggressive towards anyone.
like cis ppl are genuinely so fragile all i said to them was ‘hey, what you said here made me nervous. you were equating gender with genitalia when you said this, i doubt you meant it in a bad way, but i just wanted to make sure that you don’t actually think that gender and sex are the same thing, i hope you can understand why i got worried’ and they were like GOD I DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY DO U MAKE A BIG DEAL OUT OF EVERYTHING WE WERE JUST HAVING FUN GOD I WASNT BEING TRANSPHOBIC YOU’VE RUINED OUR NIGHT like alright glad you didnt mean it the way it came across but i’m glad we’ve had this conversation so i know to never speak to you ever again in my life
Oh Lord, a wet blanket trans person who thinks everything is political and all cis people are out to get them. Remind my stealth ass never to hang around you IRL.
LMAO. I love when cis ppl say something to try and be cool or mean but then leave such a huge hole open and get burned so harshly. Also love when they take everything at face value or expect everything we say as trans people to be political. Like bro bizzarolord none of this is political and no where does this come off that they think every cis person is after them. Actually read next time and dont expect all trans people to hate cis people. God cis people are fragile, bizarrolord proving the point further lol.
Hey all time for another music based list! This time in doing 5(and a half) really great midwest screamo bands.
What's midwest screamo you ask? Well it's pretty simple. It's the twinkly insturments of midwest emo mixed with screamo vocals and it is probably the best fusion genre to exist. It may not seem like it at first but the screamo vocals mix so well with the nice twinkly riffs.
So since I enjoy it alot why not share with others this beautiful fusion genre and really help boost this sound to many others. For context the vocals can be kind of harsh because its literal shouting of the lyrics so I'm going to post 2 emo oriented bands, 2 screamo oriented bands, and 1(and a half) mix band(s). Hope you enjoy :)
#5 (emo oriented) Snowing
This band is really good for getting into midwest screamo. They have a majority emo sound but have a nice easy screamo vocal style that's not that abrasive to get into. If you were to get into screamo I would definitely start with snowing then work your way into the actual screamo genre.
"Fuck Your Emotional Bullshit" is a good album to start with.
#4 (emo oriented) Algernon Cadwallder
Another great band that shows they can play the nice softer sound of emo and have screamo parts in it but still keep the twinkly sound. They are harsher sounding than snowing but also change up their feel song for song more than snowing. So if you want more variety out of a emo heavy midwest screamo band then you probably should listen to Algernon Cadwallder.
I reccomend "Some Type of Cadwallder" and "Parrot Flies" as stater albums for them.
Algernon Cadwallader - Spit Fountain Album ''Fun EP''
#3 and 3.5 (mix) Midwest Pen Pals and Merchant Ships
So I know I said only 5 bands but I felt like I had to talk about both of these bands because they are so similar yet different. They are fronted by the same person and have the same guitarist but Merchant Ships is the more matured wiser version of Midwest Pen Pals. I would say these 2 bands is the peak of Midwest Screamo in my opinion. They mix the riffs of Midwest emo with screamo vocals and feel so well that its almost criminal. They definitely capture the feeling of being young and not knowing what to do with your life and not wanting to do anything anymore.
Midwest Pen Pals only released one ep "Inside Jokes" and a good starter for Merchant Ships is the album "For Cameron"
(A little blurb on what makes screamo oriented different from emo oriented skip this paragraph of you just want to see the next band)
So what makes the screamo oriented bands different from the emo oriented ones? Well it's the vocals and the focus on them, all the other bands ive posted before focused more on the instruments over the vocals. The screamo oriented bands put more focus on the shouting vocals over the instruments whether it's louder vocals or an effect on the vocals making the vocals be more noticeable and stand out alot more.
#2 (screamo oriented) Boy Problems
Boy Problems is a very hard band to get ahold of their entire discography (sometimes even individual songs which is why theres only one link). They released like one ep of 5 songs all recorded basically live and had a few splits with other bands then just split off. But they truly encompass the sound of Midwest Screamo with their not so twinkly insturments and very screamo vocals.
The only ep released by Boy Problems is "Summer Tour Songs"
#1 (screamo oriented) Flowers Taped To Pens
This is a band that is basically screamo and is referred to as screamo but still have a midwest emo feel and sound. They are very vocal heavy with basically shrieking and yelling as their main sound with the instruments playing basically backup to the vocals. They will sound rough on your first listen and they will sound like they can't sing but trust me it grows on you fast.
FTTP changed their sound around on their other works so I can really only reccomend their self titled ep "Flowers Taped To Pens"
All of these bands are really great no matter how much they sound like emo or screamo they are all deserving of all the praise in the world and really moved the careers of the people in them
Sadly though every one of these bands are broken up and gone. Some play reunion shows for one night, like snowing and midwest pen pals, others just fade away gone for probably ever. But yet their sound still prevails and still goes on strong.
in 2019 we’re bringing back 2009 scene culture. everyone dust off your knee high converse. get out your hot topic band tees. dig up your rubber bracelets. i’m buying 27 cans of hair spray as we speak. i’m making you a cookie and i’m gonna fucking eated it
Verizon is leaving the engine of internet culture to sputter and die, and its communities to scramble for a new home.
The Vox article that I was interviewed for is up and running, and it contains some serious fuckign information about this whole fiasco.
Information that tumblr just straight up refused to provide to its userbase at all.
Unsurprisingly to those of us watching this website deteriorate over the last year, this full content purge and ban has been in progress for a solid 6 months. The date got moved up because of the child porn thing, but it was always coming for us.
Equally unsurprising: Tumblr’s management and ownership are absolutely destroying the actual staff working on it. The company has been hemoragghing senior staff without so much as a token attempt to keep them in place. So the drops in site quality are real, and wil probably only be getting worse.
Truly astonishing is the fact that apparently this crap was supposed to “double” the userbase by the end of next year. Boy, howdy, that’s not gonna work out well for them.
Then they’re def gonna let Tumblr die on the vine when it doesn’t pan out. It’ll take a few years but mark my words, this is going to work out about as well as when Rupert Murdoch bought MySpace and everybody left. Also, fuck Verizon forever.
I mean, there are already mutuals of mine reporting that they can’t see this post, only a “post was deleted"notice on my blog, and I’m the OP.
So, whatever your suspicions are, I suppose mark them as confirmed.
You kiddos have no idea how groundbreaking this was. Like there’s a reason THE lesbian website for a billion years was called After Ellen. She changed everything.
oh man you know that feeling that’s like kind of an ache right between your heart and your stomach? like nostalgic knowing of pain? that’s how the scared look in Ellen’s eyes makes me feel.
Look at her hand too and how nervous she is. Every gay and lesbian person knows this feeling, because we know there are assumptions and consequences and there’s no telling how someone will react.
You can see the moment where she’s like “I can’t just like and make up a name. I can’t just pretend that the person I felt a deep connection with doesn’t exist.”
the day is december 18, 2018. i type a post and use ‘👀’ in the text body. the emoji too closely resembles nipples (female presenting) and i am immediately executed
Someone told my ex-dad (not a sex thing; he just disowned me) that I’m trans and now he’s threatening to come to work and make a scene, and I know I should be upset, but like. What’s he gonna say exactly? And to whom? Because imagining a haggard and likely shitfaced Pennsylvania construction worker barging through the grocery store like, “HEY!!! THAT BROAD-HIPPED 5'3” EFFEMINATE KID WITH THE CONSPICUOUSLY BIZARRE NAME WHO SPEAKS IN A CARTOONISHLY AFFECTED CARICATURE OF MASCULINITY AIN’T GOT NO DICK!!! YOU GONNA BUY SCRATCH OFF TICKETS FROM SOME KINDA DICKLESS ABOMINATION??“ is wild. What’s it going to accomplish? Or is he gonna call my manager? “HELLO, I’D LIKE TO REPORT A FRAUD IN YOUR DELI DEPARTMENT. THERE IS NOT SAUSAGE AS ADVERTISED.” What the fuck.
Odds are he’s more embarrassed of having a trans ex-kid than I am of being outed at work, so what if I go to his job and tell everyone I’m trans first? What then, coward?
This is exactly the struggle I’m having with my own mother right now and honestly? i sort of did that, but at the church i grew up in. my mom was like “oh so what if i tell the whole church youre trans” as if she had forgotten that nearly everyone who goes to my church is actually gay, like elderly retired gay couples, so i was like “haha okay,” and told everyone.
And lemme just say, watching a 5'2", 87 year old gay man stop my mother mid-sentance to say “Actually, I think he prefers to go by Aiden now.” was the BIGGEST dick energy ive ever seen.
i am a japanese person here to confirm that yes she is trans if you watch the episode and know everything being said there is literally no question that she is trans. the fact that she is trans is also relevant to the plot/her death. any “trans jokes” made in the episode only further emphasized how “Masao” was not a fitting name for her at all, and how she truly is Lily, always will be, and tbh, always has been. there’s no “liberty with the subtitles” japan has an LGBTQ community and I won’t stand for these ignorant westerners erasing that.
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