#go read something

[ropedrunk]

Are you a Gold Star lesbian? (Just in case you don't know what it means, a Gold Star lesbian is a lesbian that has never had the sex with a guy and would never have any intentions of ever doing so)

Fuck off ya gatekeeping terf. Im a trans masc nonbinary bisexual. Fuckity bye with that postfeminist BS.

[devilsbastion]

Happy World Book Day!

[church-on-a-lakeside]

On cults & education

CW: brief mentions of poison and abuse

When I told my brother that I was christopagan and occasionally going to Quaker silent worships, he told me to be careful. And from an objective standpoint, I understand why. Our father grew up in the bad sort of Catholicism. My maternal grandfather abandoned his wife and toddler daughters for a cult that poisoned literal hundreds of people (no deaths). I try to joke about it but this man whom I have never met was legitimately part of a cult that poisoned hundreds of people.

It genuinely is a huge fear of mine that I'll end up in a cult. It feels nearly inevitable, like it's a curse on my bloodline. I've had nightmares about this. Even my hope of someday being an ordained minister, hand-fasting inter-faith couples, feels dangerous. Like any drop of organized religion will have the same effect: becoming part of a cult. (This is an effect of anti-theist beliefs on children, by the way.)

But the thing about cults is that they control information. Control what people read and see, control what they think, control what they do. The phrase "knowledge is power" is simply true. This occurs in many places, not just religion; cults can form basically anywhere.

Cults control information. So I, as a self-studying scholar, am doing the exact opposite of any sort of cult activities. So it feels quite silly that my brother would tell me to be careful when going to Quaker silent worship when he's seen my collection of academic texts. Not even sermons; the silent worships, where we all sit in a circle and meditate and sometimes someone says something. And if you know anything about Quakers, you know that they have generally a good reputation.

I think, as long as someone is willing to pick up a book, learn from someone new, be uncomfortable and confused and even scared for a bit, they'll be less susceptible to cult tactics. Of course, "you are not immune to propaganda", but damn can we fight it just by being curious.

[maggsferrari44]

If you are the conversational equivalent to a house plant then I DON'T WANT TO TALK TO YOU. You have never asked me a single question. You just sit there demanding entertainment, telling me that you're bored and want to talk is not initiating a conversation, there's only so much wyd I can answer in a day.

It's like your head is empty, I've never heard you make any declaration statement, only vage three word answers to the questions I ask.

You sit there photosynthesizing my monologues like I'm a human sunlamp and I'm so bored. You are bored because you need it, you need to exercise your ability to form an original idea.

And the worst part is that you say you want a debate. If you came up with one, one simple concise idea for me to engage with I would be thrilled to debate but my brother in Christ, if you can't form an idea, you can't debate one either.

You want a debate, I'll give you one, here's my thesis:

You don't want a conversation, you just want someone to fill the silence of your boring empty life because you've never had to entertain yourself, you want me to spoon feed you ideas so that you can feel smart and important.

Discuss.

[iyeshaisriley]

I hope folks get so mad about Lord of the Flies being an all female cast, that they start to write critical papers. Apparently, folks that 'never' read can tell me what the author wanted. I'm intrigued.

Fun fact: I've never read the book because it was a sausage fest. So...

[selfthepoet]

Click

So for the past two weeks or so,  I’ve been researching a lot of things in my spare time. Mainly circulating around Big Corporations & Oil companies and Environmental agencies and how they were started and passed along and maintained (i.e Founders/Presidents & CEOs and their successors & such and also the external groups created to basically make & uphold the rules and regulations that allow these companies to continue doing their jobs/making money)  I started with just random food companies, like Pepsi & Coke, just to see who owned how much really. (Really just for shits and giggle but it’s really not funny)  then I continued on to the more serious companies like the FDA, CFTC, FCC and the FAA and such, the ones that regulate most things. And God Damnit. There is so much fuckery involved in the rules and regulations and court procedures used to uphold company policies and privileges. And it’s hilarious yet scary how much of this corrupt shit is out there and obvious yet not widely discussed. From laws & regulations being turned down or given the run around due to the connections of those running the courts to those outside of them who still have a major influence in decisions they shouldn’t even be a part of. To some CEO’s or even Senators, literally, previously working for companies they’re asked to make decisions against in order to protect the things we need, yet having their initial ties to the company overlooked in favor of either passing or not passing laws and other regulations. There are so many blatantly obvious misuses of power and nonsensical decisions made by those people in power and those they benefit, and it’s sad that it’s so obvious and actually out there for any one to simply read up on to acknowledge it as fact yet so much of it goes overlooked by the people it actually affects. Simply because we’re too lazy, or in denial, or just don’t want to accept that this semi-perfect future we’ve created in our minds about a life after college or a life after our next mixtape, isn’t really the life that the prior and continuing sequence of events going on in the world depicts for us. Do yourself and the entire world a favor and please start researching this shit on your own. It takes as much time as you spend scrolling on Tumblr at night reblogging protest photos and talking about racism. Especially those of you who believe our government and all it’s agencies are only out to help it’s citizens and better our world. Cause they’re only bettering their wallets and reach and making us all look stupid in the process. 

[soycrates]

Here is my face.

a) Yes b) No c) That wasn't a question! d) Maybe there was a question, and I'll find it if I squint really hard.

[parrotiny]

DONT HYPE ME UP FOR THIS ALBUM ITS STILL MONTHS AWAY