women's hearts are lethal weapons

did you hold mine and feel threatened? | mia | twenty two | ♈︎♓︎♋︎ | she/they | ⚢

[recurringflyingdream]

hey don’t cry. endless fluctuations of self forgiveness offering new flavors of relief ok?

[captain-price-returns]

[transmechanicus]

Revealing the ignorance of my youth here, but who is this and what is she known for?

[boybeetles]

Anita Sarkeesian, feminist who interpreted media under a feminist lens. She did a series about video games and she was the subject of targeted harassment. That was the start of gamergate

[flurrin]

Minor correction, the start of gamergate was based around a different reporter, Zoe Quinn, but they were both absolutely violently threatened over their involvement in video game criticism and development. A hate campaign was started by Quinn's ex-boyfriend when he wrote a post falsely accusing them of dating video game journalists in order to receive positive reviews on their own game, Depression Quest, which led other bad actors to accuse all women in the industry (Zoe identified as female at the time) of perceived sexual immorality. Anita Sarkeesian's brilliant Youtube series Tropes vs Women in Video Games (which everyone should watch, right now) sparked a particular nerve for criticizing popular games of killing and/or victimizing any important female character (there is a CHILLING bit that borders on ludicrous where she describes the plots of a seemingly endless parades of games as "In [title], [male player character's] wife dies, and you then have to rescue [his] daughter."). That series did actually make a huge change in the industry, especially when touted by progressive legacy developers like Tim Schafer (Monkey Island, Psychonauts), who went on to expand hiring in his company to front women and minority voices, but the shift didn't really show for a long time and echoes of the sexism that plagues the industry at its core are still rampant.

[boybeetles]

Thanks for the correction! I was like 8-10 years old when this all went down (2014-2016) so I only know vaguely about it. I’m still learning about this.

[thecoolguy24601]

Really insane found media

So, back when Dracula first released in 1931, it came with an epilogue where Edward Van Sloan (who played Van Helsing) basically reassured the audience that vampires exist. They apparently removed it out of fear it’d anger religious groups. After almost a century, it’s now available

[orbisonblue]

@hotvintagepoll

[hotvintagepoll]

@lazaefair these tags rule

[nikoisme]

I had a son once.

[mightdropdead]

back then i swore i was gonna marry him someday but i realized some bigger dreams of mine (WOMEN!)

[0kame-san]

The amazing dream circus🎪👁️👁️

I can't wait to see the new episode, but I'm also scared…….

[yesornopolls]

Do you have a tv show that you have watched every episode more than 10 times?

Yes

No

Voting ended onMar 20

[rocketbirdie]

[a-silly-poll-side-blog-yay]

you're permanently stuck in the last show that you watched, how is it going?

good

bad

great

awful

results

Voting ended onMar 24

[jugheadcentral]

RIVERDALE (2017 - 2023) s04e13: Chapter Seventy "The Ides of March"

[gansey-like]

this fanfic shit easy as hell

[probuccalfat]

there’s a phenomenon when it comes to enjoying a male character in a piece of media where it’s so much fun and i love my blorbo and i want to talk about my blorbo and read analysis of my blorbo but i realize very fast and very hard that the majority of fans made up a version of him that appeals to their horniness and it’s become the popular and standard interpretation and i do not care for that guy at all like i’d beat him with hammers actually

[bettyrightnow]

new tags game: what taylor swift song have you cried the hardest to

[lipslikethegardensofbabylon]

ouch

[natalias-pierogi]

Ok but fuck, I am so proud of them, especially of Dan coz??? 1. This whole thing must have been so hard for them and it's so amazing that their relationship survived all of that, 2. them outright forgiving everyone and having so much grace for their audience... Truly better than me, I would've said fuck it and disappeared from the internet a long time ago, 3. Them talking about it... Like FUCK I respect them, I'm proud of them, they're so amazing. And yes, the vday video getting leaked WAS a violation, and them addressing it is just... Idk, they're amazing.

I wish them only happiness and being able to do whatever they want. Like idk I'm just emotional, and I'm also proud of this community for making them feel like they can share this with us. I'm lowkey scared and very excited about what's to come next.

[setulose]

I think I might be about to send a deranged email

[setulose]

Couldn't find an email address so it was instead a deranged form submission

[setulose]

HUGE NEWS

[det395]

[knownqueerbaiter]

just watched the new dan and phil video and my takeaway impression is mainly that they are so, so generous and forgiving towards their fans. they would be completely justified in clamming up and never saying jack shit to anyone and i think the thoughtfulness and kindness in saying “we know that even for many of the people who were shipping us more aggressively and violating our privacy were just very excited young people who didn’t know the impact they were having on us, and we don’t want anyone to feel bad, so take this as a clean slate” is utterly remarkable

[knownqueerbaiter]

also, the way dan talks about how phil lit up his life about halfway through is one of the most loving things i’ve ever seen. truly. i am so happy for the two of them—that they found each other in the first place, and that they now are at a point where they feel comfortable sharing this