#silencing

[pixierainbows]

TW body parts , private parts , genitals

So … this Pixies ( custom made ) body parts , page 2 . and . every button had a good , and different , picture when it was made .

Something happened … must been the last update . Pixie is . SO VERY . Upset .

[mumblelard]

manifestations of my familiar or knotty nicked muddle

seventh spring

i used to dream that i had insomnia. finding out that was a real thing changed how i slept almost immediately, but only much later did i realize how much it had changed the way i thought about existing in the world

the night before last, i dreamt that i was in a giant library of objects, clean, and well organized on giant shelves. i made a fort out of dozens of tents, assembled and piled on top of each other, and i felt safe there. as i explored the library further, i found shelves and shelves of clean empty glasses. i also found other people. i showed a few of them how to drink beer out of boot shaped glasses from the shelves. they all suddenly wanted to try it at once. the shelves collapsed from the weight of all the people grabbing at every glass boot they could find. glasses shattered. fires broke out. i woke up

there were too many clouds to see the eclipse here

yesterday, i made good food. i found a new song i liked. i finished a small project that i had been working on for some time. i washed my sheets and towels

last night, i dreamt that i had a job as a night watchmen. we started finding bundles of cash on the edges of the property by the fence, in gutters, half under the dumpsters, the places where discarded trash accumulates. everyone was pleased but somehow not excited, like they had seen this before. eventually the effort of gathering all the bundles of cash and carrying them away became to much for me. i just left them where they were, and i woke up

today is market day

[gwydionmisha]

Bluesky silenced trans voices over J.K. Rowling, here’s why

Outcry grows after multiple trans users were targeted for mild criticisms of the anti-trans billionaire.

[girl4music]

“And there is, of course, one person who really made it happen. And that's my head writer, Ava Daniels. And I've been asked to fire her by the head of this company. But I won't do that. I refuse to fire her. And not just because she's my creative partner, but because it's a slippery slope. A few days ago, I agreed to cut a joke I made to protect Ethan Sommers and the studio's interests. And now I'm being asked to fire someone I love who did nothing wrong. So what will they ask of me next?

Where's the line? Well, for me, it's here, right now. Which is why tonight will be my last show. I'm not naive. In this industry, you always have to make certain sacrifices, because this is a business. And I get that. And there's good people on the business side who are trying to navigate the difficult intersection of art and commerce. But thanks to Wall Street and big tech disrupting our industry, it's gone too far. It's not enough to be number one anymore, or to make a profit, or to even make you laugh. I might be a capitalist pig myself, but first and foremost, I'm a comedian. I care more about making this show the right way than I do about making shareholders happy. So yes, this is goodbye.”

*the crowd intercedes*

“We love you!”

“Thank you. That's very sweet. I loved going to bed with you every night. Sorry I'm finishing too quickly. This was my dream. And I'm so happy I got it. But the dream changed. And so did I. So don't feel sorry for me. Don't feel sorry for my staff. I'll be paying their contracts out. But I have a message for Bob Lipka and this company's board. You can try to silence me, but you-“

*the feed cuts to an ad-break*

Now that’s love and loyalty. Well done, Deborah. 👏

It’s true. Censorship and silencing is ruining the art/entertainment industry. Censorship has always been a problem. But it’s an even bigger one at this moment because the people in power are the only villains here.

And if we can’t stand up for each other in this very difficult time, then we’re all doomed. We’ll all lose.

Thank the gods there are TV shows delivering this message as best as they can because it’s relevant.

It will unfortunately always be relevant to talk about. Which means we really cannot stop talking about it.

Censorship doesn’t help or protect anyone if those who are being silenced are and always will be targeted by it.

The only people it can possibly help or protect are the ones that never have to worry about being punished for their own crimes against humanity because they know they can always buy and blackmail their way out of jail.

Which is why we can’t stop. It’s why we shouldn’t stop!

Because it’s a really slippery slope. Where is the line?

[gothicseverance]

Black texts (...) look at the institutions that marked them as savage, look at the reasons for the hiding and the historical moment of silencing.

—African American Gothic

[epitome-the-burnkid-viii]

[elmacheteillustrated]