Shivers Down Your Spine

Bisexual. She/them. Random venty shenanignas. Come on in and make yourself comfortable. If you want to see my art shenanigans you can now find it here: https://spookyscaryserif-art.tumblr.com

[supercantaloupe]

do you mind explaining some of the jewish!kristen stuff youve seen people talk about? i am jewish and Interested in what people have to say as during my watches i never read it like that but am totally willing to be convinced. if people were discussing it im either not following the right people or totally missed it. if you know of a good post you can point me to thats awesome too!! :))

i think a lot of what resonates with myself and other jewish viewers about kristen's religious arc is the fact that her journey is one that is entirely based around questioning things. questioning why the world is the way it is, what a deity should be or is, what does it mean to be a good or holy person. kristen in season 1 escapes what is very obviously a christian (evangelical)-coded cult, but personally i think what sets that apart from other cult survivor narratives and makes it more of a jewish convert narrative is that she never loses faith entirely. kristen never wants to stop beliving altogether, she just struggles to find exactly what to believe in, what resonates with her. she questions what to believe in, and she searches, and she studies, and she decides for herself what's right and good and actively rejects other deities to follow what she stands for.

the culture of questioning what is good/right/just/holy is deeply rooted and often encouraged in judaism, in my experience. i mean, we have an entire talmud and then some of rabbis and scholars arguing with each other over what every single line of scripture really means, and then some. i'm not a jewish convert, but i've read/listened to accounts from converts online who often say that they felt called to judaism in some way and then spend months and years studying and learning and working towards their official conversion.

kristen's journey in season 2 specifically being her following her doubts and questions until she finds what resonates with her personally (in her case, cassandra) calls to mind a lot of what i see in real-world judaism. the work she puts into sorting out what she believes in, standing against opponents, and working hard to reach her goal read as a conversion narrative to me. (hell, she even 'defeats' the big bad of season 2 through an act of lovingkindness!) obviously it's not a one-to-one comparison, since it's a fictitious and comedic actual play show, but that multiple jewish viewers have identified with kristen and her religious journey, i think it's a very valid and cool reading to view her as a fantasy jewish convert.

[fatmasc]

Hey i’m a fashion design student so i have tons and tons of pdfs and docs with basic sewing techniques, pattern how-tos, and resources for fabric and trims. I’ve compiled it all into a shareable folder for anyone who wants to look into sewing and making their own clothing. I’ll be adding to this folder whenever i come across new resources

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/16uhmMb8kE4P_vOSycr6XSa9zpmDijZSd?usp=sharing

[eyezehuhh]

Yekaterina Lisina 👀💦

[prince-luffy]

The face of a changed man:

[pisshandkerchief-deactivated202]

[sylvilagus]

she’s 6'9" and wearing platforms in every photo and what a power move

[sexycraisinthanos]

#IS . IS THE SECOND PHOTO EDITED OR ARE THE PEOPLE JUST LIKE 4’2 WHAT THE FUCK THAT LOOKS FAKE

She literally just looks like that

And she has matching friends

[gorgoroth-deactivated20220130]

[angelsarelistening]

very important add on: she has a lady dimitrescu cosplay instagram

[spookyscaryserif]

[fieropasto-deactivated20210613]

Twitter (2020) VS the Hays code (1930)

[hutchnstarsky]

Maybe the Hayes code wasn’t that bad

[solitarelee]

[solitarelee]

Imagine knowing this little about history. The Hays code we’re so apparently keen to bring back included the following:

“Miscegenation” (interracial relationships) were not allowed.

Sex hygiene and venereal diseases were not appropriate subjects.

Homosexuality was not to be depicted.

Ridicule of the clergy was not allowed.

Religion could never be depicted in a mocking manner.

Words like “God,” “Lord,” “Jesus,” “Christ,” “hell,” and “damn” could not be used unless it was in connection with religious ceremonies.

But yeah let’s fucking bring back the Hays code because sex is evil. You fucking lemmings. The point is that the Hays code was a horrible, immoral piece of bullshit that was only there to enforce white supremacy and Christianity on screen, and the reason people compare you to them is because of this absolutely brain-numbing tomfoolery.

[dressed-in-rain]

Good lord, we’ve really reached “maybe the Hayes code was good” levels of purity culture. Yikes.

[taksez]

Because of the Hayes Code, women were no longer portrayed as independent beings. Instead they were reduced to mere appendages to men. 

Some references:  Wikipedia,  The Hays Code Made Hollywood Hell On Earth For Women,  Uncensored: Gender Roles and the Dismantling of the Picture Production Code, A Series of Splices, The Origins of Classic Hollywood’s Male Gaze

[dressed-in-rain]

It’s driving me nuts because I can’t find the quote, but one of the rationales for the Code I read in a film history book was (paraphrased) “If it’s not fit for a child to watch, then it’s not fit for anyone.” And gosh, doesn’t THAT sound familiar…

[sachinighte]

Homosexuality actually could be depicted under the Hayes Code! By irredeemable villains!! Or people who died because of it!!!

If you’ve ever wondered why media has so much sh*tty stereotypes about homosexuality and villainy, or the bury your gays trope exists, well look no further than the Hayes Code and its wide reaching impact on generations of media makers! Our current rating system? Was actually an improvement on the Hayes Code.

Feel free to miss me with that bullsh*t, thanks.

[bidet-of-evil]

listen, film scholar here, entirely opposed to anything like the production code and all, but maybe some reading comprehension would be nice? like, the tweet literally says that if you want to include extended sex scenes, go right ahead, just don’t pretend it’s necessary for the story. and they’re right! there is SO MUCH completely gratuitous sex in media these days that is entirely unrelated to the story and only included for the horn factor, and it’s BORING. I’m sure there is a rare instance of it being in service of the story, but let’s be honest, nowadays that’s the exception. and i for one would enjoy an hbo production for adult audiences that doesn’t include sex for once! and i feel the same way about extended action scenes! I’m bored by them! they hinder my enjoyment! are you going to accuse me of being purity police for that too? nobody said anything about censorship! being sex positive and enlightened doesn’t require you to always want sex in everything! you get to have a preference! you get to not want sex if you don’t want sex! imagine that! comparing this tweet to the Hays Code is absurd.

!!!

again, to reiterate, Hays Code bad, sex scenes allowed, sex scenes not necessary for story.

[moomoozuzu-deactivated20220918]

Ya’ll be like “Shang was having a bi freak out, realizing he was into Ping”. NO HE WASN’T. He already knew he was into men. His bisexual freak out was when he realized Ping was Mulan and hey maybe he’s into girls too whatdoya know?

[moomoozuzu-deactivated20220918]

Legit you think a bi man who has always been in such a male-dominated space like the army hadn’t already figured out that he liked men? Come oooonnnn… It’s women he has rarely had contact with and has no idea how to talk to or flirt with (you fight good) I WILL DIE ON THIS HILL.

[moomoozuzu-deactivated20220918]

In “A Girl Worth Fighting For” Shang has zero lines I REST MY FUCKING CASE.

[gottalovecatss]

[moomoozuzu-deactivated20220918]

[socialjusticeace]

I am Looking at these tags my guy

[ID: Screenshot of tags that read:

ppl don’t like to imagine bi ppl coming to terms with being bi after identifying as gay bc they think that’s a downgrade lol. That’s why there’s like 100000 stories about cishets realizing they were bi and like 2 of gay ppl realizing they were bi.

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[katie-the-angel-witch]

[justsomeantifas]

call me ignorant but i genuinely don’t understand why sports have to be split up by gender.

[robobun]

@ everyone in the notes talking about physical performance: if that were the case, then sports would be divided by physical performance. that’s a thing you can measure. that’s a thing that varies by individual. a weak man and a strong man would be an unfair fight in boxing/wrestling/MMA, which is why they divide those sports up into weight groups based on physical performance. but they also further segregate them based on gender. chess is segregated by gender for no reason but sexism. if it’s actually about skill and physical ability, then measure those and separate people by those metrics. don’t do some bullshit gender segregation and pretend like men and women are inherently on different levels no matter their individual abilities.

[justsomeantifas]

💅

[aggrokawaii]

Remember that time a teenage girl struck out Babe Ruth? That’s fucking why. Men are afraid of being beaten by women.

[amuseoffyre]

Remember that time male swimmers were pulled out of training because Kate Ledecky was leaving them ‘broken’ by swimming better than them? Remember how she didn’t even notice, because she was busy actually training?

[notanadult]

Shooting is a sport that has no reliance on strength and so any allowance for gender variation is irrelevant. The last time there was a mixed competition (1992) a chinese woman named Zhang Shan won it.

[murderxbaby-deactivated20190102]

It’s often presented as for the benefit of women. After all, they’ll be heartbroken when they‘re hurt or bested by men.

Projection is a hell of a drug. 

[dick-graysons-left-butt-cheek]

[yungcrybby-anonymousbosch666]

this is why they drug test Serena like crazy. the believe no woman should be that good. let alone a black woman. and black women have always been considered “manly” and less feminine.

[iampikachuhearmeroar]

also can we talk about how surfing is segregated as well? like how the dude who won this years international surfing cup or whatever was given $30,000 worth of prize money, while the woman who won the women’s comp was only awarded like $16,000 of prize money???? or whatever it was. but I know it was either half or less than half of what the man won. like why can’t they get the same prize money and when they’re competing internationally in the same competition? they surely have the same level of skill and talent.

[yungcrybby-anonymousbosch666]

the pay gap in sports between men and women is fucking insane.

[torukun1]

The pay gaps, not to mention lack of sponsorships for women athletes who don’t look like models is insane. If you weigh over 250 pounds, no one will sponsor you. It’s why most female Olympic-class weightlifters live in poverty/out of their cars.

[shipitbabyonemoretime]

[intersex-mhacha-deactivated2020]

Reminder that in international (and usually national too) womens athletics anybody with 5m/mol of natural testosterone or higher is disqualified. (See legal case of Dutee Chand vs IAAF.)

Do you or somebody you know have PCOS? You are banned from international womens athletics because you are supposedly in posession of an unreasonable advantage in sports.

Folks disqualified for hyper-androgenism in womens athletics.

Francine Niyonsaba

Caster Semenya

Dutee Chand

Margaret Wambui

And more

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Why are those disqualified overwhelmingly black and brown? Because testing is case by case when an athletes performance “raises suspicions”. They overwhelmingly test athletes of colour, for being too fast and not meeting white expectations of femininity.

Racism and intersexism(discrimination against intersex people) in sports is abject evil. Desegregate sports.

[jeanjauthor]

All of this.

[claredevlingf-deactivated202207]

THIS!

[mittai]

The argument that ‘biological differences’ make coed sports unfair is bs, because then we’d be directly segregating by things like metabolism levels, testosterone levels, height and weight. Not sex. Take one example: Michael Phelps. He has an innately higher lung capacity (twice that of the average person) that gives him an advantage. A biological difference that gives him an unfair advantage. Technically, if physical differences are unfair, he should be disqualified.

[teravidi]

[spookyscaryserif]

Wise words

[longscarydream]

lifehack: when you see a Take One candy bowl in a restaurant, wait until noones looking and shovel candy into your pockets. god may judge you but his sins outnumber your own

[zerofarad]

“God may judge you but his sins outnumber your own.” We really need to start collecting and sourcing these Potent Quotables.

[citrusgroves]

I’ve been doing this for years

It’s all on a google doc of mine (x)

[silver-tongues-blog]

can you add this quote to the list? i feel it deserves a mention

When someone leaves your life, those exits… are… not made equal. Some are beautiful, and poetic, and satisfying. Others are… abrupt and unfair, but most are just unremarkable, unintentional, clumsy. ~Griffin Mcelroy

[witch-apologist]

THE SPY KIDS QUOTE IS FROM SPY KIDS 2

[dovewithscales]

[that-house]

Untitled.

i made a comic in google slides for some ungodly reason

[that-house]

the long-awaited sequel, Untitled #2

[that-house]

Untitled #3 explores the formulaic entertainment mass-produced by the pawns of capitalism. Or I just wanted to say ass. One of the two.

[that-house]

Untitled #4: the plot thiccens. also there’s a plot apparently

[that-house]

Untitled #5. This whole comic is 23 strips long, and I’ll be doing daily uploads until it’s all posted. Thanks for the great response y’all.

[that-house]

Untitled #6. Okay so firstly, HOLY FUCK Y’ALL. I did NOT expect this comic to get notes, let alone fanart. The most recent strip will always be linked at the bottom of my pinned post, so you can check there to see if you’re caught up.

[that-house]

Untitled #7. Not much to say here. I hope you’re having a good day!

[that-house]

Untitled #8. The true plot begins.

[that-house]

Untitled #9. The Creator can possess Red because I, like Red, have a phenomenal ass. That’s it. It’s not that deep.

[that-house]

Untitled #10. *slaps roof of blue square* this bad boy can fit so much fucking existential despair

[that-house]

Untitled #11. Bet you didn’t expect the ass jokes comic to come to this now did you

[that-house]

Untitled #12. Red is fucking pissed at me. sorry buddy

[that-house]

Untitled #13. I indeed cannot have a comic without characters. Well played, Red.

[that-house]

Untitled #14. Red has his priorities straight.

[that-house]

Untitled #15. It would be funny if this were the last strip but I promise it isn’t. I put too much effort into the end of the comic to stop it now.

[that-house]

Untitled #16. Nice try, Red. Nice try.

[that-house]

Untitled #17. The paradox of omnipotence perpetually vexes me :(

[that-house]

Untitled #18. Let’s not have any ambiguity: Red’s dead. Hey, that rhymes! Neat!

[that-house]

Untitled #19. While strip 18 coincidentally did fall on April Fool’s, it wasn’t a prank. This comic has two characters now. Remember when this comic was about ass jokes?

[that-house]

Untitled #20. Three more strips to go. Holy shit.

[that-house]

Untitled #21. ass haha

[that-house]

Untitled #22. What am I going to do? Who knows… Find out tomorrow at roughly 8:30 AM EST!

[that-house]

Untitled #23.

[spookyscaryserif]

I’m not crying...

[pigeonpastels]

when i started writing this comic, there were courses on duolingo for klingon and dothraki, fictional languages that are only spoken by characters on television shows who don’t exist, but the course for yiddish, a language spoken by jews – real, living, breathing people – for generations, didn’t exist until april 2021.

in 2017 a jewish employee at the anne frank museum was asked to put a baseball cap over his yarmulke. yeah, you read that right – an employee who worked in the house anne frank and her family hid for two years was asked to hide his judaism when he came into work. 

what i’m saying is goyim are trying very hard to pretend jewish people don’t exist anymore, and it’s safer for a man to tattoo a swastika on his face than it is for me to wear a necklace with a symbol of my culture on it.

[alwaysbewoke]

[dreamyblackchild]

White folks ain’t going to reblog this. They want their version of MK Jr. that only said “I have a dream”. 

[shinra-makonoid]

Guilt tripping white people into reblogging stuff isn’t going to make you have more allies, just saying.

[dreamyblackchild]

It’s not about guilt tripping. 

It’s about white people, even well-intentioned white allies, being too comfortable in their privilege and not learn more about the complex beliefs of civil right leader MLK Jr other than his “I have a dream” speech. MLK Jr. talked extensively about American Imperialism, Capitalism, and White Fragility/Complicity throughout his career and activism, which most Liberal white allies won’t share because they’re too comfortable with the white lies they were taught in schools. 

[linguaphiliax]

Reblogged.

[ephemeralharmony]

totally agree, however that is still guilt tripping lol

[alwaysbewoke]

here’s the hilarious thing about calling this “guilt tripping.” the psychological definition of a “guilt trip” is an UNJUSTIFIED feeling of guilt induced in someone else. um, what about anything here said about white people that’s “unjustified” or baseless? we’ve got over 400yrs of evidence to back up our statements about white people. we even got studies, research and stats. none of which shows what @dreamyblackchild said to be false.

The research suggests that when intolerant white people fear democracy may benefit marginalized people, they abandon their commitment to democracy.

Whites See Racism as a Zero-Sum Game That They Are Now Losing

Martin Luther King and the ‘polite’ racism of white liberals

White Americans long for the 1950s, when they didn’t face so much “discrimination”

What Exploiting a Whitewashed MLK Says About You lmaoo white people love to act like we don’t have centuries of examples of who they are. always want to act brand new. like this suspicion and mistrust of your character isn’t earned every fucking day by your behavior, your treatment of black people, native people, brown people, by who you vote for, who you support with your money, who you tone police, your “jokes” and more. foh!  like there isn’t a trail of dead black, native and brown bodies in your wake. we watched y’all whitewash the fuck out of mlk’s legacy (AFTER KILLING HIM BTW) and then tried to use that whitewashed version to limit our fight for liberation and justice to just the acts your comfortable with, the acts that result in our heads being based in while you sit around and NOT CHANGE one single thing about yourselves and then have THE FUCKING NERVE to say that calling out your typical behavior we’ve seen for decades now “guilt tripping?” fuck you.

the one other thing i know about “guilt tripping” is that it only works on people with a fucking conscious. foh!

[alwaysbewoke]

Like MLK said…

[movedtocinnimani-deactivated202]

black history month is coming to a closeeee but i have something that’ll help you draw black characters in any month! if it was helpful then hey… here’s my kofi 😏

[tiktoks-for-dead-pope]

[shitonthesewallsray]

This is it. This is the bi experience.

[nessa-harp]

Attention!!! SCP Animation channels have been stealing designs/low key tracing artwork from small SCP content creators.

The right is my art.

While SCP Animated - Tales From The Foundation used a different pose, the design is pretty much identical. Same Greek dress, white freakles, faded brown fur, hooves, and antlers. (keep in mind that I accidentally used the wrong deer species. The fact that they didn’t correct this is very telling.) The only thing that wasn’t copied was her hands and hairstyle.

This is an ongoing issue. Here’s the Twitter thread that better explains this situation/gives more examples of art thief from these types of channels. I am not the only victim of this, so please spread this around because this is absolutely shameful and should not even be happening.

[stjepan-sejic]

yesterday was a funny day on twitter XD

https://twitter.com/GailSimone/status/1061786484028596224

[summeryewberry]

There’s been an update:

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Aaand another update:

[summeryewberry]

Update #3:

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Update #4:

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Update #5:

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Update #6:

[ruffboi-mags]

oh good we finally got there

[physibear]

THIS IS MY FAVORITE THING EVER

[moku-youbi]

It got better!!!

[whitepeopletwitter]

[quantummindclassicalheart]

To clarify, they are bisexual, not lesbians:

https://twitter.com/fancy_foxtrot/status/1205747696813756416

[slumberinggirl-deactivated20210]

Still iconic

[lynati]

WHEN DO WE GET THE COMIC SERIES AND/OR MOVIE?

[dirtydirtychai]

It keeps getting better:

Bonus:

[nerdygaymormon]