That Unicorn Looks Happy, Eh?

Ancient Canadian Millennial. Whole sort of general multifandom mish-mash for media with disappointing endings. She/her or they/them. Bring me your anticapitalist, pro-2SLGBTQIA+, pro-neurodivergent posts. Only fandom love in this house though I reserve the right to hate on the source material. Celebrating all the #tumblr holidays.

[fllooredbythelorddotcom]

[tpwrtrmnky]

Like. Look. Listen. I have taught introductory quantum physics at a university level, and I need you all to incorporate this into your trans advocacy: There are situations where you need to make a decision to prioritize being comprehensible to your target audience above being The Most Unassailably Correct.

[peppermintquartz]

You can try to teach a toddler about germ theory or you can get them to wash their hands because "yucky"

[tpwrtrmnky]

Teaching a toddler to wash hands because yucky when the Ethics Understander crashes through the roof. "STOP RIGHT THERE," the Ethics Understander shouts at me. "The disgust response is not a legitimate substitute for a considered value judgment, and in fact, weaponizing disgust instead of grounding those judgments in a more rigorous framework is fundamental to reactionary rhetoric!"

The toddler looks at me. "You are a fascist, auntie. I have seen the light and will now go eat chewing gum from the pavement, unless you can educate me on a rigorous framework on the microbiology of pavement chewing gum this very instant."

[tpwrtrmnky]

This is a hyperbolic example but here's a more real one:

You are trying to explain the trajectory of research on trans issues, and how the informed consent model came about as a wildly successful alternative to the gatekeeping model because time and again, people with clinical experience who actually cared about their patients found that just letting trans people transition was easier and the fear that it would lead to something bad was unfounded.

The Principle Understander is shouting at you that the medicalization of trans people is inherently unjust, and even the informed consent provider is still a gatekeeper, just a more lenient one.

You are already aware of this.

You are talking to someone who, as a first priority, needs to know what the worse gatekeeping model looks like.

The person you're talking to is asking "but isn't it good to give patients more time to think before making irreversible changes?" because they didn't hear the part where you explained that asking patients about their masturbation habits has nothing to do with anyone's safety. They missed it because the Principle Understander was on a tangent about the necessity of abolishing capitalism because paying for medication is bad, which again, yes but this is really not the time or place for that.

[wyf-of-bathe]

This has the funniest name btw.

[enbycarp]

Today, i was handing out flyers about an anti trans iniitiative that's going to be on the ballot that would require that schools perform invasive exams on girls before they can play in sports. This includes genital exams.

A guy came up to me to ask about it and said, "but this is to keep boys out of girls sports, right? "

I responded with, "that's what they're saying, but all girls who want to play school sports will be subject to this law."

The man asked for a flyer and i heard him discussing it with his wife afterwards.

I don't know for sure that he's going to vote no on the initiative, but i could tell he was upset at the idea of girls being forced to go though genital examinations, so there's a chance. But if i had choosen to argue with him about the fact that trans girls are not boys, he would never have agreed with me and would have been more likely to vote yes on the iniitiative.

[friday411]

Chapter 18 ~ Under Starry Skies

Star light, star bright, first star I see tonight Never in life had I seen such a sight!    It’s a dream to be wished   That I’d not know I missed Which has lead to my heart taking flight!

Captain “Corbie” Wiggins,  Baker Street Irregulars

-=<+>=-

A heartfelt thank you to all my dear readers!

It's never too late to start...

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[grungekitty-77]

Not that anybody asked, but I think it's important to understand how shame and guilt actually work before you try to use it for good.

It's a necessary emotion. There are reasons we have it. It makes everything so. much. worse. when you use it wrong.

Shame and guilt are DE-motivators. They are meant to stop behavior, not promote it. You cannot, ever, in any meaningful way, guilt someone into doing good. You can only shame them into not doing bad.

Let's say you're a parent and your kid is having issues.

Swearing in class? Shame could work. You want them to stop it. Keep it in proportion*, and it might help. *(KEEP IT IN PROPORTION!!!)

Not doing their homework? NO! STOP! NO NOT DO THAT! EVER! EVER! EVER! You want them to start to do their homework. Shaming them will have to opposite effect! You have demotivated them! They will double down on NOT doing it. Not because they are being oppositional, but because that's what shame does!

You can't guilt people into building better habits, being more successful, or getting more involved. That requires encouragement. You need to motivate for that stuff!

If you want it in a simple phrase:

You can shame someone out of being a bad person, but you can't shame them into being a good person.

[meontix]

>good boy

[doublecrossd]

Please, Captain, not in front of the Klingons

[bisho-s]

I had the feeling you wanted something more

[televisionenjoyer]

aos + tos // WHEN I WAS OLDER - Billie Eilish

[meontix]

>"hiii halloooo"

[lych-ee-00]

my favorite boys!!

[sidetrek]

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[blogstandbygo]

New fic - Living Rent-Free in His Head

Moriarty manages to swap bodies with Sherlock. Now Sherlock has to figure out not only how to get his body back, but also not get shot, blown up, or punched out by John in the process.

This is the first of eight chapters, to be posted weekly!

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[yalster54]

he's trying his best to nonchalant... 🚬

[helloliriels]

Lady Luck

by helloliriels

Sherlock huffed a silent laugh at the trite fortune cookie paper he held in his hands. 

Behind him, he heard a fellow patron snicker as well and he quickly turned around to see what he could deduce.

Read it here on AO3

The year is halfway over and I've managed to make my very first contribution to the 'Fortune Cookie Fic Collection' on ao3! Ahhhhgh!!

Feel free to jump in with your own one-shots, ficlets, or full-fledged stories anytime this year! Mostly just challenging myself to try something outside the box and to just WRITE! haha 🫶💕🥠but I'd love to have friends join me! (Plus who doesn't love a little luck?)

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[ceilingfan5]

Involuntary Veracity

Star Trek TOS, G, 10k

Summary:

Captain Kirk, Spock, and Bones are kidnapped, and their captors just want information. Instead of spilling Starfleet secrets when pumped full of truth serum, though, they reveal their own ways of getting around the truth and nothing but the truth... and perhaps a few more things they would have preferred to keep their mouths shut about.

Read it on ao3!

[beet1sm]

Never split a switch into the top and bottom or else both will eventually die.

[spirkevents]

♡

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