same as it ever was

[pitviperofdoom]

I try not to fall into the "I never liked their work anyway" ditch when an artist/creator reveals themself to be a terrible person

BUT

a feeling I do have and will stand by is "While I enjoyed their work overall I did have some gripes that I overlooked out of affection and whimsy, but now that my loyalty is gone and my affection tainted there is nothing holding me back from enumerating my many grievances, to which the revelations of the creator's shittiness may or may not provide a new and infuriating context."

[max1461]

Disgust has absolutely no ethical weight. If you are basing your ethical positions on the emotion of disgust you should stop, it is entirely unjustified and leads to a huge amount of harm.

[word-for-today]

Word for today: wisdom of repugnance

The logical fallacy that because something disgusts you it must be bad

[obscenicon-deactivated20231123]

this is probably the funniest example of a tumblr user simply not reading the post theyre reblogging at all

[steelblue8]

Reblog if you are a freak who is justifying their gross actions

[shovelwareyaoi]

the way the internet has eroded the barrier between creator and fanbase sucks beyond words and while most discussion of this puts the focus on the parasociality aspect i do think its equally if not more important to point out that most if not all creators would benefit greatly from logging the fuck off

[shovelwareyaoi]

if people read your work in a way you don't want them to or god forbid critique aspects of it that is not something you can stop nor should you try to sometimes people will discuss your work in a way that isn't 100% validating at all times and if you do not want that to happen you don't have to put it out into the world at all

[shovelwareyaoi]

like i don't know how but it feels like online at large has forgotten than criticism is a normal part of releasing a piece of media into the world it is perfectly normal for people to criticize or dislike something and yet every time something new and popular gets criticism you get thousands of bad thinkpieces that all look like this

[geniusbee]

these are getting weird

[fairycosmos]

good morning to the beaten and the damned only

[beansfrombeans]

[mercuryfountain-deactivated2024]

Gerard P Donelan

[mercuryfountain-deactivated2024]

I love the notes saying this femme knows exactly what she's doing and it's all part of her flirting technique. You get it.

[kyrianne]

More of his stuff and about him

[kyrianne]

[kyrianne]

[laslloronas]

My absolute favorite of his work

[smulnsander-deactivated20251211]

[strawberryamanita]

Lest we forget "The Quilt" (not as funny, but worth a mention)

[bigboobshaunt]

"There's only one bed" scenes but it's the fucked up repressed gay bed from Revolutionary Girl Utena

[averyterrible]

[spicymochi]

your month, your seal!

[phantomrose96]

You can be talking to someone and she'll be like, "Oh I made a silly mistake. Women don't deserve voting rights teehee." And you'll be like, "What." And she'll be like, "Oh I'm sorry! That must sound so bad out of context. No it's this Tiktok meme where, if you're a girl and you do something dumb, you say 'Women don't deserve voting rights teehee.'"

And you'll be like, "That sounds bad." And she'll be like, "No no. It's totally not that bad. It's just a meme. Men say it too. Like if a man does something silly he'll be like, 'I am like those women who do not deserve to vote.'" And you'll be like, "Does that make it better?" And she'll be like, "Well there was one guy who tried to make 'Men shouldn't vote' a popular meme. But it never caught on and also he got yelled at a lot."

And then you drop it there because like, you're harshing the vibe.

[wake-meme-up-inside]

God this makes me think of this screenshot:

"it minimizes you as a person" really wraps up my entire discomfort with the whole "oh but i'm just a girl" thing when used in most situations.

[aries-of-spades]

[cinematicnomad]

THE TERROR ▸ 1.05 first shot a winner, lads

[wearesofrederickcooked]

[caintooth]

you have to love trans women more than you hate transmisogyny, you have to love jews more than you hate antisemitism, you have to love Black people more than you hate white supremacy, you have to love Indigenous people more than you hate colonialism, you have to love the disabled and mentally ill more than you hate ableism, you have to love. you have to love.

[sineadparade]

wonderful graffiti at the pizza place

[reliablejoukido]

the action hero ever

[greelin]

did perfectionism ever truly protect you from harm or neglect as a child though. ultimately. Lol

[greelin]

[REALLY NORMAL AND WELL-ADJUSTED VOICE] well you never know maybe it COULD have saved me. if i ever actually achieved perfection. it could have happened then. if i was actually ever enough. Which i was not

[maudit]

[profeminist]

RIP Marjane Satrapi, author of the amazing graphic novels Persepolis about living during the fundamentalist revolution in Iran in the 70’s and 80’s. She also created the animated movie based on the graphic novels, which is where these gifs come from.

Gifset source

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[wheelzyx]

[dinovelvet]

[sharkinablanket]

[thefoolishkat]

and they are the bestest of friends