#think piece

[meowarakii]

doodle - words r from a think piece i wrote abt security breaches ai sentience

[hereonaveryisland]

The concept of the Beatles being in Hamburg fucking prostitues robbing sailors and living on prellies and beer in 1962 and then a year later in 1963 they’re doing ageo in uniforms for the BBC at 3 o clock sharp so that the 12 year olds won’t miss it

[makingsenseofwhathappened]

Hey Tumblrs,

If you think you're being punished for speaking up about sexual harassment at work, or fear you'd get whisked away to retaliation town if you did, you're probably not wrong.

So I wanted to share this thoughtful piece on retaliation and how to protect yourself. It gets its hard talk facts right, contains solid practical advice, and overall, I found it quite thought-provoking.

Would love to hear your perspectives on this super relevant and divisive topic, if you feel like sharing.

Okay, be well. 💙💖

Please keep in mind: this is not meant to discourage anyone from using HR to report, taking legal action, or going public, etc. Each person's needs, sense of safety, and context is unique to them.

[no-squ4sh-4-b4by]

Kanye West and Bianca Censori's appearance on the red carpet was something out of a nightmare. If you haven't seen the clip, go look it up.

It starts with them posing, then they face each other and start to talk. Their conversation is not audible, but you can see Bianca shaking her head no and readjusting her large fur coat to cover herself. After three or four words are exchanged, she turns away from the camera and starts taking off her coat slowly. Revealing her naked shoulders, then her back, then her buttocks. She turns around to finally show off the dress she's wearing, a tight, see-through piece of nylon (designed by Kanye himself, according to a post he made on his Instagram) that leaves her breasts, genitals and ass exposed. She's essentially naked. During this whole scene, Kanye is just facing the cameras with sunglasses on, neutral expression on his face.

Now, I'm not shocked by nudity. Censori is definitely not the first celebrity to walk the red carpet wearing a very revealing outfit (and she won't be the last). What disgusts me is the scene they built around the outfit.

First, the little conversation they have. You can clearly see Bianca shaking her head no and tightening her coat around her before being made to undress. There's two possibilities here:

A) Either this wasn't rehearsed, so we essentially witnessed Bianca being pressured into undressing herself in front of dozens of cameras or;

B) It was rehearsed (the most likely option, in my opinion). But then why? Why act out this discomfort before the reveal?

Some could argue they were talking about something totally unrelated, but I very much doubt it. It's their big moment on the red carpet, in front of cameras, it's not the time to talk about the groceries.

What I think is happening is that they (but most likely Kanye) voluntarily chose to paint a scene of a woman being forced to undress herself in front of thousands for the amusement of her husband. It's essentially a brag, a show of force for Kanye. He's saying: "Look at my wife and what she'll do for me. Look what I can make her do. "

The last thing I haven't mentioned, and the scariest, is Censori's facial expression through it all. Neutral expression, no smile. Her eyebrows are trimmed downwards in a way where she looks slightly worried. And her stare is totally vacant. I've seen people say she looks drugged, dissociated, downright "stupid."

I think this is the main difference between Bianca's look and others who have worn skimpy outfits in front of the cameras. Whether it be Lady Gaga, Kendall Jenner, or Madonna, they all share something: confidence. A sultry look, a cheeky smirk, hell, at least a smile! Something to show that they feel desirable, that they're in control. That they choose to show us their bodies.

Whereas Bianca looks dead inside as she's posing.

After standing in front of the cameras for a little while, Kanye takes her hand and leads her away.

The whole sequence (no matter how much Bianca has consented to it) feels like a humiliation ritual. Kayne, standing there fully dressed, pressing his wife to expose her body to the entire world before parading her around. A gross display of chauvinist male domination on the body of a woman. Like, I don't know how else to say it, but it looks like he's walking around with his sex doll, still partially in her plastic wrapping.

Why are we seeing this? What is the point? I can't help but relate this to Elon's n*zi salute. It feels like we're witnessing more and more rich and powerful men pushing the boundaries of what is socially acceptable, trying to see how far they can go. How much of their toxic, repressive views they can share before we come for them.

My heart goes out to Bianca, I hope she's safe and happy in her marriage.

[nhlfthallsy]

We joke about codependency but is very unhealthy to not have friends and family lol also we forget that Will facetimes Mack a lot, even one of Will's friends when asked if he spoke with Mack he said he did when Will facetimed him. And comparing with Will going to Gabe's bday, he lives nowhere as far from Boston than Mack does 😭

gonna use this anon to push out my own personal narry about wm. buckle up this may be a novel.

i think they use the summer to try and forget about their codependency problem with each other. to forget the way they feel about each other. the yearning summer dumps last offseason, it's classic situationship behavior. which is why i was actually surprised when will said they'd be training together this offseason.

i think in a sense, they're very much Not Talking About It. they do this weird, teetering, almost-relationship thing during the season and then over the summer try to forget about the way the other one makes them feel. will buries himself in his brunette harem and his family, and mack buries himself in more hockey. no time or space to think about the other one. very much booked and busy sorry i don't have time to think about my feelings!

which is where the marmon of it all comes in. while yes, mack spent time with his BU friends, i think it was a last minute impulsive trip for him because they didn't want to separate from each other and start whatever their weird yearning offseason is yet.

i always say i feel like if i had to speculate they are probably scared and lowkey if i had whatever weird connection they have with all the pressure they're under i probably would be scared too. so they separate during the summer, keep themselves busy, follow whatever girls on ig, because it's a lot easier than thinking about it. and then during the season they're back to being whatever they are to each other, and it's easy. because when they're together they don't need to think about what they are to each other, they just are. but during the offseason there's all this time, all this empty space in their brain. and they're not thinking about the elephant in the room.

i still think something shifted after or during the olympics and it was something that made them way closer (is that possible?) but also scared the hell out of them

anyways thank you for coming to my ted talk let's discuss

[agirlwithglam]

there. is. so much. love. in. life. not everything has to be romantic relationships. i have so much love in my life from my parents, siblings, pets, my friends, teachers & coaches, family. feel love accept love, act from love!

[honeytonedhottie]

how to be audacious, a guide⋆.ೃ࿔*:･🧁💕

for the longest time, i used to shrink myself... i was too scared to ask, too scared to seem “too much.” but recently i’ve realized: being afraid to ask keeps you stuck. it keeps you small. being audacious? it’s about putting yourself and ur goals FIRST and pursuing them without shame, and knowing you're worthy of them. this post is your push to break out of that bubble and start asking. because the closed mouth never gets fed…💬🎀

YOU KNOW YOU HAVE FREE WILL... RIGHT? ;

are u taking full advantage of ur free will everyday? i swear, sometimes we forget we have it and we wonder why everything seems boring, or why we're still stick in the same place we were last year. ur not a sim on autopilot, every decision that u make/don't make is shaping your life.

you can ask for more. you can walk away. you can say no, or better yet, say yes to something that scares you a little (but lowkey excites you too). my mom always says, "ur not a tree thats just rooted in one spot, you can get up and move."

YOU DESERVE IT ;

ur only limited by the limitations that u accept in ur mind. if u say something or someone is not in ur league, or u don't deserve something than you dont. simple as that. stop taking on limitations from others, society, ur own limiting beliefs and just let urself live! if u can conceptualize something then you. can. get. it. and i want u to drill that into ur head.

YOUR AUDACITY ISN'T HURTING ANYONE ;

idk why we're so afraid to be audacious, to ask for things, to take up space. its not like being audacious and asking for more is hurting anyone, in fact it only hurts urself when u sell urself short. by you having audacity, your exposing urself to more opportunities and options. you miss 100% of the shots u dont take, so don't be afraid to fail a few times.

ADMIT UR DESIRES ;

why lie to urself and tell urself u want x when you really want y? bcuz u think x is more attainable? stop pretending like ur fine with the bare minimum and dont be shy to be fussy or difficult or a diva. ADVOCATE for yourself. asking for more doesn't make u greedy, it makes u self aware. clarity is step one to getting everything you’ve ever dreamed of.

it doesn't hurt to try! if u try the same things then ur gonna get the same results so think of ur life is a testing lab. try it for the plot. worst case? you learn something. best case? you’re living your best, most unexpected EXCITING life ever...💬🎀

[playingthedeckabove]

debunking “if shifting is real, then why has nobody shifted to give us the cure to cancer?”‧₊˚♪𝄞࿐₊˚⊹

i hardly run into antis on here so i did this just for fun mostly + i think it'll still help a lot of shifters out. ! this is heavily based in the multiverse theory, so if you're a consciousness theory shifter this might not be for you. this is what i've gathered and identify with from my own experiences. feel free to disagree !

first, the basics. the multiverse is an infinite collection of all existing realities, and they’re all existing simultaneously. the happenings are happening as we speak. somewhere right now you’re kissing your celebrity crush. somewhere else the sky is purple and sparkly. every change in awareness you experience is a shift. like, objectively. because that’s the definition of shifting. you shift countless times in daily life. awareness is… you. when you strip back ego, that’s what you are. it’s not tied to one mind, body, or identity. everything physical is tied to that reality. awareness is not physical. it is you and it is how you experience. it is infinite. 

so, if awareness is infinite, why not just shift to a reality where you know the cure to cancer and then bring it back here? because that’s not how shifting works, and it's not how the multiverse functions. our shifting in daily life has a certain continuity to it that doesn’t come with shifting to notably different realities. everything seems to lead smoothly into the next. it appears to all be one singular reality, even though you're actually constantly shifting. but the truth is, there is no overlap between realities. you don’t “carry” information, memories, thoughts, or feelings to and from different realities. all of that is tied to ego, confined to its reality. you retain those things when you shift because you hold the assumption that you will. you identify heavily with that ego. trauma, for example, is tied to the physical brain, not awareness. say you’re shifting to the walking dead, because... zombies are scary (idk i haven't seen it). if you “bring trauma back” from your dr, you’re not actually carrying it over, you’re shifting to a reality just like your cr, but the difference is that you have that trauma. assumption that you'll bring back trauma is typically the reason that a shifter "carries back" trauma, which isn't their fault. (for this reason i recommend scripting that you can't get traumatized before shifting, but that's an entirely different topic)

if you shift to a reality where you know the cure for cancer, great! you know one of infinite cures within the multiverse. now you’re shifting back with the assumption/intention that your cr self will have that knowledge. additionally, you’d likely have the intention set that this reality has the same cure as the former, that people would believe you, and that you’d have a means to execute distributing this cure. it’s not the same ego as before. it’s nearly identical, but you have the knowledge that the “before you” did not have. it is a fundamentally different reality. you cannot “bring back” information in the way that you think you can.

to add onto this: you cannot change reality (stay with me). infinite realities are playing out simultaneously, regardless of whether you’re aware of them or not. fate within that reality is finalized. that doesn’t mean you don’t have choice in what you experience, that you're doomed to live in a world that you hate. that's why you shift intentionally! that's why you consciously practice the law of assumption! it just means that you cannot stop everything ever from happening. the multiverse stops for no one! awareness has no bearing on the events transpiring in a reality. it's a front row seat to that reality, god observing through the eyes of a human (or whatever else you shift to be, no judgment here). a shifter cannot come back to the exact same reality and change the course of it entirely just by choosing to do so. they’re shifting (because you shift every second) to a reality where their choice is reflected physically.

but let’s play pretend. rules for this hypothetical: realities are static, you do not shift every second, only “big shifts” are real shifts. you can bring information back to the same reality that you were in before. this reality is more meaningful and “canon” than every other (again, all untrue, but it’s for the sake of the hypothetical). why would we expect anybody to believe us? if people don’t believe shifters already, why would this be any different? would shifters suddenly stop being harassed and called delusional for something that antis would just brand as another lie? how would we be able to distribute this cure? does this really make any more sense? this talking point is never a call to action to do good, it's simply a way to shame shifters and make them feel inferior.

yes, it’s confusing. yes, it’s still real. your misunderstanding of shifting is not a reflection of shifting itself’s flaws. your level of belief and understanding of shifting does not determine its validity. your desire to live in a state of powerlessness should not come at the cost of people who want to live for themselves.

idk am i onto something or on something