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Every single person I know who did football in high school, without exception, has a chronic injury. Many regret what it's done to their knees and back, even major organs like the brain.

There is no serious legislative push to ban high school football.

quasi-normalcy

Also, like, if you want to talk about social pressure on minors to undertake activities that will result in regrettable, irreversible damage to their bodies:

No one, *ever*, tried to persuade me to transition.

My gym teacher tried to persuade me to try out for the football team almost every single day that I was in junior high.

quasi-normalcy

#i firmly believe that the reason why concussions and brain damage in general#are not taken nearly as seriously as they should be#is because of football#if we take concussions and brain trauma seriously then we have to acknowledge the risks that children are undertaking at even#high school level football#but we can't do that#because the kids need to play football in high school so they can play football in college so they can join the NFL#This time I'm really gonna queue it.

astrologamage

I recently watched this video by hydn called “The Great Concussion Denial” and holy fucking shit. Made me sick to my stomach. The tldr is that it’s all the NFL pushing football on kids but that’s really diluting the story

helianthus-hellion

highly recommend that anyone who's had a concussion, knows they have post-concussion syndrome, or just wants to learn more about concussions check out Concussion Alliance! they're a non-profit that focuses on research and education about concussions, including resources for people with concussions/PCS, resources for healthcare providers, and connecting researchers and patients for studies. they do a lot of really great work, and have a strong focus on making information as accessible as possible so that their resources are, y'know, still useful for folks with cognitive or vision impacts from concussions/PCS. the founder themself started it after struggling with PCS and not being able to find adequate care, so it's very much a "by disabled people, for disabled people" sorta organization.

politijohn

Source

Happy Pride Month!

koobiie

i feel strongly about this

ailurinae

beatingtheeden

★- PARIS IS BURNING - ★

A beautiful documentary about black gays and transgender/transvestites living in Harlem, New York. The film goes into detail about balls, categories, houses, gender, AIDS, and the black queer history surrounding all of the kings and queens of the times.

‼️POSSIBLE TRIGGER WARNINGS‼️smoking / nudity / mentions of physical + emotional abuse / the trials and tribulations of gender identity / mentions of pregnancy / homophobia / racism / mentions of murder + death / mentions of sexual activity / unapologetically gay men and women / gun fights / drugs / and probably a few more that I missed

Full documentary in color (pirated)

Full documentary - black and white + flipped orientation (pirated)

YouTube TV - free with ads (fully legal + broadcast edit)

Unofficial Soundtrack

Deleted scenes / unused footage

✷ - I'm your Venus - ✷

A separate documentary for Venus Xtravaganza, a transgender woman who was murdered before Paris is Burning was released to the public. Her remaining biological family and current house of Xtravaganza members come together to reopen the case of her murder and change her old legal documents to contain her true name, Venus Pellagatti Xtravaganza.

‼️POSSIBLE TRIGGER WARNINGS‼️ smoking / mentions of physical + emotional abuse / homophobia / mentions of murder + death / mentions of drugs / mentions of divorce / and probably a few more that I missed

Full documentary (pirated + not a very trustworthy website)

Fully legal on Netflix

343 1/2 8th Street - national landmark

- T. V. TRANSVESTITE -

A much older, deeper dive into the House of Labeija and the unofficial "rules" of a true ballroom. Showcasing Pepper Labeija, Dorian Corey, and Sugar as well as the many other divas walking in the annual House of Labeija ball.

‼️POSSIBLE TRIGGER WARNINGS‼️ smoking / nudity / homophobia / mentions of physical violence / racism / terrible camera + microphone quality / and probably a few more that I missed

Full documentary (pirated)

Not quite legal anywhere since it was practically lost media until about 3-4 years ago

-Paris is still burning: I'm an Icon, Darling!-

Jocelyn Milan, Luna Khan, Alyssa Ebony, and RR Chanel in an interview-esque panel discussing the history of the ballroom and the role that ballroom houses play in the upbringing of current queer youth culture.

‼️POSSIBLE TRIGGER WARNINGS‼️ homophobia / mentions of prostitution / talk of HIV + AIDS / mentions of death / and probably a few more that I missed

Full discussion (legal)

Preserving Ballroom History

Exactly how it sounds; this channel is full of videos that spread the authentic history of the ballroom. Tributes to those who passed, interviews, live performances, full ball recordings, and more content that even I haven't gotten to yet.

The channel features a wide category, so I can't specify the possible trigger warnings. Just be aware of what you're getting into.

YouTube channel

How Do I Look - website (honorable mention that I can't find a single free recording of, legal or otherwise)

__THE QUEEN __

A 1968 documentary about the preparation and performance of the 1967 Miss All-American Camp Beauty Contest in New York. Most of the footage is of the queens in their hotel rooms having a kiki or getting ready for the show, but their rehearsals and shopping sprees are just as entertaining.

‼️POSSIBLE TRIGGER WARNINGS‼️slurs / mentions of homophobia / partial nudity / shade and drama / smoking / an "unsatisfying" end result / and probably a few more that I missed

YouTube TV -Buy or Rent (legal)

4K Restoration with Russian Sub (pirated)

ororium-z

Happy Pride!

rootbeergoddess

Every pride, you must reblog this. No exceptions

thesaltofcarthage

I love that four different people on my feed scheduled this joyous person to reblog by 8am on June 1. I look forward to seeing this a dozen more times today.

fawnpalmer

quarterly reminder that if i reblog something ai-generated it is 110% and always an accident and for the love of god please tell me so i can delete it from my blog

natalieironside

There's always a moment of intense cultural whiplash whenever I realize I'm talking to someone who thinks "legal" and "illegal" are meaningful categories and ascribes innate goodness to following the law. It's like meeting a space alien.

natalieironside

Like ppl will say things to me like "But that's Against The Law 😱" or "but they Broke The Law 😱" like sinners in the hands of an angry God and idk what to do w/ that

natalieironside

"But [action] is A Crime and if someone does [action] then they'll be a Criminal who Broke The Law! But what about The Law?"

kuttithevangu

I don’t like when someone retells a classic problematic romance as f/f and defangs it. Lesbians can have a dark and twisted romance. If you’re going to make your lesbians have tea parties at least make them evil tea parties full of hate

allthingswhumpyandangsty

not my tweet or my fic (and there’s a good chance of this comment being a bot) but yeah, don’t do this. sure, some writers wouldn’t mind having fanfics (or direct continuation) of their fanfics written by someone else. some may even be thrilled and happy. but the fandom etiquette is that if you want to write a fanfic or a continuation of someone’s fanfic, YOU POLITELY ASK THE WRITER FOR THEIR PERMISSION. not their readers.

also 5 months isn’t long at all. 5 months is 5 minutes when it comes to fanfics. I’ve waited years for my favorite fics to get updated (one of my favorite fanfics was updated by the author after 13 years) and I’ve never said anything to them about “it’s been ___ years, I don’t think it will get updated anymore”. because another fandom / fanfic etiquette is that fanfic writers write for free in their free time, they don’t owe you anything. maybe they will update one day. maybe they won’t. if you want your favorite fic to get updated, you comment something like “this is good!! I’m excited for what happens next” and maybe your positive comment will motivate the author to update. but you don’t say “it’s been ___ months or years”. fanfics writers write for themselves and their own enjoyment. they’re just kind enough to let you read their works for free. stop being rude and entitled to fanfic writers.

chaumas-deactivated20240115

already kicking the hornet’s nest by criticizing Tolkien today so I may as well praise Steven Universe lmao. I listened to a few of the better songs last night and man that show really grappled with a level of interpersonal emotional complexity that even adult shows rarely handle. at the time all valid criticisms of the show really got lost in the deluge of arguments that boiled down to “it’s bad to depict toxic dynamics between humanized characters who care about each other” which lol.

chaumas-deactivated20240115

obviously it was groundbreaking for depicting lesbian relationships and genderfluid characters but it was really quite a nuanced depiction of like. the parentified child forced to bear the burden of emotional intelligence because no one else will or can. Rose as a benevolent antagonist who’s avoidant and inconsiderate to the point of profound cruelty and the frustration of not really being able to have the catharsis of properly hating your mother. everthing going on with pearl lmao. genuinely a very ambitious exploration of what it means to hurt and be hurt by the people you love and the kind of toxic baggage literally everyone carries into their relationships without intending to. didn’t always hit the mark of course but imho it was usually a smarter show than tumblr gives it credit for.

chaumas-deactivated20240115

framing @yellowstonewolves-main’s comment because it made me laugh so hard I farted

chaumas-deactivated20240115

not to move on from the worthy subject of gollumfucking but. a lot of the criticism about Steven Universe was about how well it functioned as a critique of empire and colonialism which. it didn’t really. imho it was at its weakest when it dabbled in that because it was fundamentally a show about toxic family dynamics and intergenerational trauma. “rainbow-colored anthropomorphic lesbian space rocks” are about as abstracted from real-world imperialism as you can get and so, while it is an inherently politically fraught metaphor, I think it’s still worth evaluating it as a metaphor. Steven doesn’t destroy the diamonds not because genocidal dictators deserve mercy, but because you can’t kill your shitty family who doesn’t understand your values or your identity or why you can’t just be the version of you they’ve built up in their heads. I think the resolution of “we can’t ever be close but we can learn to stop actively harming each other” is pretty satisfying. of course the limitations of like, “valuing human life” as a metaphor for independence and rejecting the viewpoints and traditions of your family are really obvious in stuff like the people zoo that sometimes hit too close to reality.

anyway. imagine if frodo died giving birth to gollum’s son and sam had to raise him. that’s something that’s really something.

wheelie-sick

link

ayronaught

Transcript

Everyone's talking about Artemis II, the first humans to travel to the moon in 50 years

Historic, right? BUT nobody's talking about the Deaf people who made it possible.

In the late 1950's, NASA had a problem.

They needed to understand what weightlessness did to the human body but every test subject kept getting violently motion sick

NASA needed to figure out FAST during the space race!

So, they went to Gallaudet University. They recruited 11 Deaf people.

Because a number of Deaf people had lost their hearing to spinal meningitis as children which also damaged their vestibular system.

Their inner ears couldn't be overwhelmed. They were immune to motion sickness.

NASA put them in centrifuges. Put them on zero gravity flights. A room for 12 straight days.

(All caps) It rotated the entire time.

One experiment on a ferry in choppy Nova Scotia waters, the researchers got so seasick they had to cancel it. The Gallaudet Eleven? They were playing cards.

Their bodies gave NASA the data and research it needed to send humans into space.

No Gallaudet Eleven? No Mercury. No Apollo. No Artemis II.

They stood on the shoulders of 11 Deaf people most people have never heard of.

Now you know!

cosmictuesdays

NASA webpage on the Gallaudet Eleven.

ewingstan

See the problem is. Dragon and Armsmaster aren’t the most engaging-written couple by any stretch. They’re both perfectly fine as characters and there’s enough weirdness going on with they’re whole thing that I find it interesting enough, but I don’t really feel much well-written chemistry between the two.

And yet, “Superintelligent AI and the dude who let it out of the box (who himself is continually making himself more machine than man (and having weird cybersex with the AI))” is such a fucking killer concept it makes me mad. It’s a Cyberqueen domesticity au. Its robotgirl gf posting mixed in with transhumanist bodymodding. Wildbow predicted the most popular fantasies the average tumblr user would have circa 2023 and committed them to text ten years early. And it’s all spent on this truly nothing couple. How am I supposed to go about my day knowing the perfect subject matter has been created for an AMV of “The Machine in Your Hand” or “My Computer” but it’d be for some pairing with zero collective rizz. Wildbow was given a Vision of the Divine and transcribed it in comics sans complete with stick-figure diagrams.

onlytiktoks

Residents of Hutchins, Texas, successfully blocked the conversion of a local warehouse into an ICE detention center after a weeks-long campa

thelaurenshippen

it's always "did you really need to burn down your workplace to prove a point" and never "how was the revenge arson? did you have fun doing revenge arson? were the flames pretty?"

thelaurenshippen

um.

partasah

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Context for other users:

On the morning of April 7, 2026, a fire was started at the Kimberly-Clark Distribution Center in Ontario, California. It escalated to a six-alarm fire and took nearly twelve hours to extinguish. The facility was completely destroyed and declared a "total loss". There were no injuries or deaths. An employee who was working in the warehouse is accused of arson.

Authorities stated that the employee had shared videos of himself starting the fire on Facebook, saying "all you had to do was pay us enough to live" and "there goes your inventory" while lighting pallets of toilet paper ablaze.

ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS PAY US ENOUGH TO LIVE

No injuries. No deaths. This was a protest fire. This is why unions are important, to prevent frustrations like these, to ensure people are paid enough to live.

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happy anniversary

Oh, hey Charlie, sorry you didn’t make it to the 8 year anniversary

manfrommars2049

UBI needs to happen. via antiwork

hasufin

I think most importantly, it would give us the leverage to say “no”. To walk away from bad jobs and abusive managers. To refuse to work in unsafe environments. To demand better pay.

To demand better, because the options are no longer “suck it up” or “die”.

tehamelie

The counter-argument: Not having UBI is in the interests of those in power who want to do anything to the people they are in power over in order to remain in power.

If the greed of the few should come before the need of the many.

daysleftofsecondterm

1,025 days left

attackfish

As it is Passover again, it is time for the annual debate as to whether the frog plague, which thanks to a quirk in the Hebrew, is written as a plague of frog, singular, rather than the plural, plague of frogs, was in fact, as generally imagined, a plague of many frogs, or instead a singular giant Kaiju frog. This is an ancient and venerable argument that actually goes back to the Talmud because this is what the Jewish people are. If we can't argue for fun about this sort of thing, what are we even doing.

In that spirit, I would like to submit a third possibility, which is that in fact it was one perfectly normal sized frog, who was absolutely acing Untitled Frog Game: Ancient Egypt Edition. One particularly obnoxious frog, who through sheer hard work, managed to plague all of Egypt.

koshercosplay

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