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[swishyfins-blog]

youve heard of tide pods being “forbidden snacks” but may I draw your attention to

the forbidden jell-o

[thecoggs]

So apparently last year the National Park Service in the US dropped an over 1200 page study of LGBTQ American History as part of their Who We Are program which includes studies on African-American history, Latino history, and Indigenous history. 

Like. This is awesome. But also it feels very surreal that maybe one of the most comprehensive examinations of LGBTQ history in America (it covers sports! art! race! historical sites! health! cities!) was just casually done by the parks service. 

[tarastarr1]

This is really great??

Chapter 1: Prologue: Why LGBTQ Historic Sites Matter by Mark Meinke

Chapter 2: Introduction to the LGBTQ Heritage Initiative Theme Study by Megan E. Springate

Chapter 3: Introduction to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) History in the United States by Leisa Meyer and Helis Sikk

Chapter 4: The History of Queer History: One Hundred Years of the Search for Shared Heritage by Gerard Koskovich

Chapter 5: The Preservation of LGBTQ Heritage by Gail Dubrow

Chapter 6: LGBTQ Archeological Context by Megan E. Springate

Chapter 7: A Note about Intersectionality by Megan E. Springate

Chapter 8: Making Bisexuals Visible by Loraine Hutchins

Chapter 9: Sexual and Gender Diversity in Native America and the Pacific Islands by Will Roscoe

Chapter 10: Transgender History in the US and the Places that Matter by Susan Stryker

Chapter 11: Breathing Fire: Remembering Asian Pacific American Activism in Queer History by Amy Sueyoshi

Chapter 12: Latina/o Gender and Sexuality by Deena J. González and Ellie D. Hernandez

Chapter 13: “Where We Could Be Ourselves”: African American LGBTQ Historic Places and Why They Matter by Jeffrey A. Harris

Chapter 14: LGBTQ Spaces and Places by Jen Jack Gieseking

Chapter 15: Making Community: The Places and Spaces of LGBTQ Collective Identity Formation by Christina B. Hanhardt

Chapter 16: LGBTQ Business and Commerce by David K. Johnson

Chapter 17: Sex, Love, and Relationships by Tracy Baim

Chapter 18: LGBTQ Civil Rights in America by Megan E. Springate

Chapter 19: Historical Landmarks and Landscapes of LGBTQ Law by Marc Stein

Chapter 20: LGBTQ Military Service by Steve Estes

Chapter 21: Struggles in Body and Spirit: Religion and LGBTQ People in US History by Drew Bourn

Chapter 22: LGBTQ and Health by Katie Batza

Chapter 23: LGBTQ Art and Artists by Tara Burk

Chapter 24: LGBTQ Sport and Leisure by Katherine Schweighofer

Chapter 25: San Francisco: Placing LGBTQ Histories in the City by the Bay by Donna J. Graves and Shayne E. Watson

Chapter 26: Preservation of LGBTQ Historic & Cultural Sites – A New York City Perspective by Jay Shockley

Chapter 27: Locating Miami’s Queer History by Julio Capó, Jr.

Chapter 28: Queerest Little City in the World: LGBTQ Reno by John Jeffrey Auer IV

Chapter 29: Chicago: Queer Histories at the Crossroads of America by Jessica Herczeg-Konecny

Chapter 30: Nominating LGBTQ Places to the National Register of Historic Places and as National Historic Landmarks: An Introduction by Megan E. Springate and Caridad de la Vega

Chapter 31: Interpreting LGBTQ Historic Sites by Susan Ferentinos

Chapter 32: Teaching LGBTQ History and Heritage by Leila J. Rupp

[internationalbatofmystery-deact]

I encourage you to all document this and back it up. Protect our history.

[swishyfins-blog]

was jumanji: welcome to the jungle as mediocre and dry as I thought it would be yes? would i lay my life down to protect any and all of the characters?

yes (with emotion)

[brainstatic]

Kylo Ren really is a great example for how sci fi/fantasy writers should tailor their worlds to fit the times, so it could resonate with the actual audience reading them. There would be no point in making a Hitler villain anymore, because we’re not afraid of Hitler, we’re afraid of the 25-year-old malcontented white boy who fondles Hitler memorabilia while sulking in his room.

[plain-flavoured-english]

Somebody pointed out to me that the First Order aren’t coded as Nazis, they’re coded as neo-Nazis, which is worse, because these are people who looked at horrific historical atrocities with the benefit of hindsight and went, ‘Yes, that’s exactly what we should do again, but this time more’

People complaining that Starkiller Base is a rip-off of the Death Star and that Kylo Ren is a whiny emo fanboy don’t realize that this is exactly the point

[phoebefashionarchives]

Cleo Sertori in Every Episode of H2O: Just Add Water – 1.02 Pool Party

Lewis, there is something you should know. You know how I’ve been acting…strange. Don’t freak out but…Lewis, you have to help me. Don’t leave me. I really need your help. Lewis, please.

[vvatervapor]

Important question: What is the most vaporwave car

1992 geo metro with this graphic on it

[vvatervapor]

I’m so confused why is this post making its rounds now it’s from 2014 lmao

[swishyfins-blog]

it has a very subtle 2018 tone to it

[britneyshakespeare]

[setheverman]

i ate 6 sandwiches in like 4 minutes and now i can’t move

[aroptua]

I can offer mouth to mouth.

[setheverman]

don’t you dare extract any of my sandwiches

[verylostpenguin]

Me: i love books! I love them so much! I am such a bookworm!

Friend: cool! How many did you read this year?

Me: OK, so here’s the thing

[rawringthroughthetwenties]

This is calling me out specifically isn’t it

[batwizard]

anyone else live under the assumption that they’re constantly doing something wrong

[tiptoe39]

How about the assumption that everyone’s just being polite and any minute now they’re going to snap and let you know how awful you are

[andalusiapunk]

Everyone who reblogs this post, please read about the psychological phenomena of Childhood Emotional Neglect.

[emile8]

Oh, fuck.

[dingo-the-dog]

Oh, fuck.

[rosslynpaladin]

Yeah them’s the signs of deprivation or abuse. Be safe dear friends and get help. You deserve to be happy.

[jumpingjacktrash]

please note that your parents needn’t have been bad or cruel for you to have this problem. mine were ‘absent’ in that my dad was incredibly stressed out at all times (he worked in weapons technology during the cold war, and there was no such thing as a psychologist with a high enough security clearance to understand his troubles, even if he’d realized he needed help) and my mom was chronically ill. so even though they loved me very much, and validated and supported me as much as they could, i understood that i could end up facing down a sea of troubles solo at any time, because they simply were not capable of being there for me as much as i needed.

thanks to their love and good life lessons, i didn’t quite fully internalize the assumption that i was really doing something wrong at all times. but it was an axiom of my existence that i could be blamed for something, or run afoul of someone’s bad mood or bad behavior, or be misinformed, or in general something could be going wrong right now and i was not guaranteed to have any good options.

the illusion of a just world was shattered for me at a very young age. on the one hand, that’s good because the just world fallacy is the root of all evil. but on the other, the existential horror of knowing that justice is fake can be really fucking hard for a 9-year-old to deal with.

tl;dr: if this sounds like you, but your parents weren’t abusive, don’t dismiss it out of hand. if your parents tried their best but it wasn’t enough, the results can be the same.

[kropotkhristian-deactivated2019]

[supticnarration]

the best Depression Thing is wanting to be healthier so u drink more water but. alas. now you have so many cups/plastic water bottles in your room. who’s gonna clean that up??? not gonna be me

[supticnarration]

on a completely unrelated note all of you are invited to my Cup Fortress

[requiem-4-a-drink-deactivated20]

hope your pets stay healthy in 2017

[rotg-fan-page]

I almost didn’t blog this and felt guilty

[ckascade-deactivated20170413]

Not risking it

[iraffiruse]

[gracegisela]

“Ringo isn’t even the best drummer in the Beatles”

[commander-cullen-deactivated201]

The Beatles did not have a fuck to give

[norvicensiandoran]

I can’t even name 5 Beatles songs and I find this hilarious.

[muckkles]

when everyone said u were rly smart and responsible as a kid but u havent rly made any improvements as a human being since

[bobnorley]

ultimate shipper challenge: [1/3] non canon ships

[solehimself]

These the kind of tweets you frame