A Magical Menagerie

[truth-has-a-liberal-bias]

“Donald Trump’s anointment as some type of new Jesus Christ exists in the much larger context of how white right-wing Christian fundamentalists view Trump as a tool for their anti-democracy theocratic project. Likewise, Trump has no respect or sincere interest in “Christianity” and the Christian right: They are just a means for him to get and keep unlimited power. Calling Trump’s martyrdom “a symptom of a much larger—and much more dangerous—problem,” Candace McDuffie writes at the Root: “Nothing is beneath the right to cling to power and propping up Trump as a political sacrifice was perhaps a predictable move. Even though it’s obviously outrageous and ridiculously tone-deaf, it’s how conservatives have always moved—and it’s proven alarmingly effective.” She continues: “The irreparable damage conservatives have done to Americans in the name of religion continues to harm marginalized and vulnerable groups. Whether its laws that attempt to eradicate trans people, abolish women’s rights, employ deadly police forces or emphatically uphold the right to bear arms, Christianity has become the go-to excuse for Republicans to act however they like.””

— A fascist Jesus Christ: MAGA turns Donald Trump into a martyr (via wilwheaton)

[fiercetransgirls]

Sylvia Rivera calling out gays and lesbians for their trans exclusion in 1973 at the Christopher Street Liberation Day rally (x)

[theothersiiide]

Still relevant

[russianspacegeckosexparty]

And if I’m not mistaken, Sylvia Rivera was *specifically* addressing WHITE gays and white feminists here. She called out these middle/upper class white folks who strove only for assimilation while neglecting Black and brown LGBT people who were poor and struggling and languishing in prison. White Gays and feminists didn’t like the way revolutionary figures like Sylvia were “rocking the boat”

Specification is important here because antiblackness and racism are still rampant in the LGBT community and Black + brown LGBT folks have had to make communities of our own because white LGBT people ostracize us.

[powerbottombrucespringsteen]

[siderealscribblings]

you’re twelve years old and you break your father’s hand when he hi-fives you. the first thing you learn is that the smallest slip up can hurt the people you love. your (foster) father smiles and says it’s okay (it’s not). 

your parents are not your parents. the idyllic farming community that raised you is not your home. you’re a You-Don’t-Know-What from You-Don’t-Know-Where. all you know for sure is that you’re not human. 

so you can fly. so you can run fast. so you can lift cars. so what? why do you even have this power? what should you even do with it? 

your father said do what’s right, so that’s what you do. 

you stop a robbery. the man’s knife shatters against your skin and you see the same fear in his eyes that you saw in your father’s when you were twelve. you catch a falling child before it can hit the water. his mother looks at you like you’re a god. 

they love you, even though they don’t know you. the most powerful man in the world hates you because they love you. 

you wanted to write when you were younger. you wanted to tell stories that needed to be told. you never wanted to star in them. you never wanted super-geniuses and demi-goddesses looking to you for advice; like you have any idea how to handle threats to reality itself. you’re just a kid from smallville who’s trying to do the best he can with what he’s given. 

you try and get back to the farm as much as you can. it feels normal being back among the open wheat; where everyone smiles because you’re that nice Kent boy. 

when you were younger, you pretended to fly, hands out to your sides and running through the tall grass by the river. it doesn’t look as beautiful from on high; the details get lost and the colors of your hometown blur together from a mile above ground. 

the problem with flying is that it puts you so far above people you care about

[rimonoroni]

“oh but Superman is such a boring c-“ shut up shut up shut up forever.

[heartshop]

[vikkidc92]

[destinytomoon-deactivated202006]

I refuse to believe Elon Musk literally reposted art with no credits and when people said him to put credit he say ‘no’ and acted as a complety child i refuse to believe i saw that i refuse

[lambasi]

he did what

[destinytomoon-deactivated202006]

You hear me

[destinytomoon-deactivated202006]

BTW here is the original art

“Red Lips 💋 - My illustration of 2B #NieRAutomata #Illustration #Nier #2B #SquareEnix #Art #FanArt #NierAutomata2B #DigitalArt #DigitalPain

[officialfist]

Elon what the fuck

[officialfist]

UPDATE:

[birdscreaming15-deactivated2020]

[divineandmajesticinone]

that’s what being on tumblr is like

[samcahntent]

[everythingstarstuff]

[kaedien]

boot up, Bitch

[izhunny]

That reply is unexpectedly inspirational.

[babyanimalgifs]

His little fingers.. 

(Source)

[shitzpostz]

[afeelgoodblog]

I’m not crying you’re crying

[sasquapossum]

Every once in a while, technology does good things. It does things that resonate with us as *humans*, not machines or abstractions. I love stories like this.

[rozzwellie]

This video made me cry so I wanted to put it here

[catgirltitties]

[christopher-bryant]

[dancetillthemorningsun]

this makes me cry every single fucking time

[gruvy-grucie]

Oh crap... Yep, tears. Tears. Those are tears alright.

[snake-and-mouse]

Bruh how tf a halo cosplayer gunna make me cry... the actual fuck I aint even ever played halo.... bitch got me choppin onions up in here

[blobbynfriends]

PSA from Blobby. Something we should talk about more ❤️

[healthysharkshealthyocean]

Y’all, I can’t reblog this fast enough

[goat-yells-at-everything]

Fucking THANK YOU.

[omghotmemes]

See you in 1977

[randomslasher]

It is literally impossible to pick a favorite line from this because the entire thing is gold. 

[senatortedcruz]

Nicki Minaj this did not happen.

[desroubins]

[sweetenby]

Also just so everyone knows it’s incredibly likely Nicki Manaji does not believe this and is saying stupid shit on purpose to rile everyone up so they’ll not pay attention to the fact that her and her sex offender husband are being sued for harassment because the victim her husband assaulted is claiming they’ve been harassing her to lie and say she wasn’t assaulted. On top of that her sex offender husband was recently arrested for failing to file on the sex offender register when he changed states.

Nicki Minaj and Husband Sued, Accused of Harassing Sexual Assault Victim

Jennifer Hough said in a lawsuit filed in New York that the couple pressured her to recant her account of the rapper’s husband, Kenneth Pett

Nicki Minaj's husband pleads guilty to failure to register as a sex offender

Authorities said Kenneth Petty moved from New York to California and as required by law was supposed to register as a result of being convic

So yeah she’s been dumb as shit about the vaccines but I think we should pay more attention to this and not let them sweep it under the rug like they’re trying.

[kissmebluesexyvioletsme]

Update: the Health Minister in Trinidad said on the news tonight they “wasted time” in tracking down this claim and that there’s no connection to the vaccine and this person’s swollen testicles. When I tell you I HOLLERED.

[spicyhamsamson]

One thing I really appreciate about Into the Spider-Verse that I don’t see people talk about very often is how competent they portray Peter B as.

Like, in any other movie, you’d have a similar character whose live has become a mess, and they’re sad and kinda pathetic to look at, and when the time comes for them to step up, they just sorta…flop. They’re held back by everything, and they just become incompetent.

But Peter B is different. Yeah, he’s a sad, lonely, middle-aged man who cries in the shower while wearing a spandex suit…

But despite all that…he’s still shown to be extremely good at being Spider-Man.

He escapes from being tied up while still holding a casual conversation

He takes down Miles in less than 10 seconds.

He strolls along the side of a building like it’s nothing.

And when you think about it, over the course of the movie, he kicks a LOT of ass. He’s a badass super hero, despite his flaws.

You ever notice how, when he puts on the mask, his gut sorta disappears? That’s too big of a detail to be an oversight. That’s intentional. I mean, in-universe, it doesn’t make too much sense, but to us, it’s meant to show that it’s not holding him back from being a hero.

He’s not held down by everything. Yeah, he’s a jaded, depressed, mid-life crisis Spider-Man. But he’s still Spider-Man.

They easily could’ve made Peter B sort of pathetic and had him be more of a hinderance than a help during battles. But they didn’t. And I feel like that was a really good way to pay respect to the character while still showing that he’s a heavily flawed individual.

[prince-atom]

As @lyricwritesprose​ has pointed out, Peter B. is really really good at being Spider-Man and really, really crap at being Peter B. Parker.