#myself*

[leagueraised]

work time....

[michaeljacksonsbuckles]

The thing that really gets under my skin about sentiments like that Reddit person is I feel like I keep seeing this attitude around of "even if he didn't do anything he was accused of he was still a creepy weirdo", like he's guilty even if he isn't. It doesn't help that they make the comparison with Mr. Rogers either because it's like, of course the white man gets to be seen as wholesome while the Black man is perverse. But it's also frustrating because I find it hard to tell to what extent he may have genuinely had a problem or behaved inappropriately (in a non-physical way) versus how much is just what people project onto him out of visceral discomfort with his unusualness. And it really triggers my own personal anxieties about kids feeling like even though I know I'm not a danger to them I still need to be hypervigilant and constantly interrogate myself just in case.

Yeah I get what you mean 😭 realistically we didn't see Michael with kids that often because it's not like he had cameras around for his private life. When it comes to stories other people have told, we don't know how much is true. There are also cultural differences to take into account—Michael grew up in a big family and shared a room with older brothers when he was really young. So he doesn't see anything inappropriate about younger and older people sharing a room, whether they're related to him or not, because he was also taught (through religion) to see everybody as family. At least as far as I can tell.

There are always going to be moments when people don't understand partly because the cultural difference is so wide. I personally have a massive cultural difference to Michael and because of that I recognise that things that might seem strange to me would seem normal to him and vice versa. A lot of people seem to struggle to acknowledge this.

At the end of the day, a lot of people just wanted to criticise him for the sake of it because they couldn't believe that an effeminate Black man could be so much more successful than the more masculine white men that were his peers. I also think that a lot of people see Black men as being more masculine inherently and thought there must be something wrong with Michael that would explain why he didn't fit their preconceived notions of who he should be.

I don't think he should have shared a bed/bedroom with children not related to him because, even though I don’t think there was anything sexual about it to him at all, that is always going to make people raise an eyebrow unfortunately. But other than that, I think he was just behaving in a way that was normal to him. As a kid, his best friends were adults, and he grew up to become a best friend to kids just like him. I think that's how he viewed the situation. But, to iterate from my other post, we can't be certain about what was going on with him. I hope he had some understanding of himself though. Just because it must have been so confusing to receive so much hate if he didn't.

(Would also like to state that I'm white myself but I talk quite a bit about race and culture here so if anybody has anything they'd like to add/correct that I might not see then go ahead.)

[mrsjasontodd]

already bought my ticket to supergirl for tomorrow so I can sit smack dab in the center of the theater

[veryconfusedhumanhelp]

I apparently hit 10k posts

Dear god

Most of them are reblogs anyway, and not me actually saying stuff but still

[autismking]

hung out with the guy i like today (we’re just friends) and the butterflies will not go away Jesus christ im doomed

[saltyest]

i look for alien stage art to cope not to cry more. wtf guys.

[anduinwrynnofficial]

im following a special hippie diet that i made up based on vibes and self love and its called if i feel hungry then i eat, foods either make me feel good physically or emotionally, and my decisions on what to eat are based on what i last ate and if it makes me feel good physically or emotionally and trying to eat more foods that make me feel good physically to help me better handle life's challenges & help with my mental health, prevent myself from eating foods that make me feel good emotionally too much becauee then it will make me feel bad physically, but also makinh sure i eat enough of them bc if i don't it will make me feel bad emotionally. it's 100% focused on not worrying at all and doing what makes me feel best. also seeing everything as a treat of some sort like vegetables r not something you "have to eat" they are "foods that make me feel good physically when i eat them" so if i feel kind of gross and sluggish its like i should have some vegetables as a treat bc it will make me feel better :-) by the same token "junk food" is not junk its "food that makes life more fun" so if i really want something indulgent (i do not refer to any foods as "bad" or "bad for you") or if i feel like a little treat will cheer me up and i havent had a "little treat to cheer myself up" in a while then im like i should have a little treat because life should be enjoyed :-) (if i have had too many treats to cheer myself up in a short period of time then that means that the treat is not going to cheer me up and i need to solve it another way, like a physical treat (doing something) such as a walk or singing). so yeah anyway my new diet is basically peace & love never go hungry dont sweat the small stuff and dont think about it too hard, just frame everything positively and love yourself & do what makes you feel best