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memingursa-deactivated20250625

I have some news for members of the united states armed forces who feel like they are pawns in a political game and their assignments being unnecessary.

lovehael

Are you in the military or thinking about joining? Are you unsure of where to get reliable answers? Call the GI Rights Hotline at 1-877-447-

naamahdarling

Maybe spread this link compassionately in online spaces where these people might see it. This is extremely important.

heathyr

alright everyone

yharnamsnewslug

(bikenesmith on Twitter)

Maybe yall non-transmasc people should have a thought or two about this.

hmmihaventdecidedyet

ID: a thread of tweets, written below. The first is by bikenesmith, aka X chains emoji Erik chains emoji X, and every other tweet is by Cytric Acid Art.

First tweet: “the act of suffering through this all encompassing gender trauma and then being told to shirk your claim to all that defining trauma to be your true self, to be forced to define yourself in conversation with your own oppressor + self-flagellate for crimes you are the victim of”, replying to another tweet, also by X chains emoji Erik chains emoji X, which reads: “girlhood/womanhood as a trans boy/man is so interesting. traumatizing. fucked up beyond all recognition. but interesting”

Second tweet: “too much discussion on whether transmascs have male privilege and 0 listening to transmascs who have been hurt and traumatized by womanhood”

Third tweet: “accusing us of being "not all men" when people refuse to understand transmasc people as anything other than men who face transphobia, and refuse to recognize our experiences with misoqyny because doing so is somehow saying we're not real men”

Fourth tweet: “something i had an epiphany about is that despite trans men being male, they do not have access to Maleness as an oppressive class as a whole and people who conflate maleness as an identity and maleness as a class think trans men suddenly are oppressors to their closeted selves” End ID

fandomsandfeminism

Researchers look at countries that have prohibited corporal punishment for kids and their rate of youth violence.

Now a new study looking at 400,000 youths from 88 countries around the world suggests such bans are making a difference in reducing youth violence. It marks the first systematic assessment of whether an association exists between a ban on corporal punishment and the frequency in which adolescents get into fights.

puolikarhu

[F]or both boys and girls, [prof. Elizabeth Gershoff] said, “We found [spanking] linked to more aggression, more delinquent behavior, more mental health problems, worse relationships with parents, and putting the children at higher risk for physical abuse from their parents.”

“People often ask: Why didn’t you look for positive aspects?” she continued. “My answer is: We did, and there were none. We see consistently that the more children are spanked, the more behavioral problems they have in the years ahead.”

quasi-normalcy

Once again worth emphasizing that this is pretty much the exact opposite of what authoritarians said would happen

stupid-fat-panda

How do you “ban spanking” though? If a parent is going to be a asshole, a law isn’t going to stop them.

fandomsandfeminism

The same way you ban all other forms of assault. You make it illegal and prosecute people who do it.

It wouldn’t completely eliminate the practice overnight, but reduce it over time and signal a cultural shift away from the practice.

striving-artist

Oh shit, Tim Walz.

“I know basic gun safety isn’t a threat to my rights. It’s about keeping our kids safe,” Walz said last month about his evolution on the issue. “I had an ‘A’ rating from the NRA. Now I get straight ‘F’s.’ And I sleep just fine.”

He was beloved by the NRA. When Parkland happened, his daughter was 17. She asked him to do more. I guess he doesn't do shit by half because not only reformed gun control, he donated all the money the NRA ever gave him to charity, and now has straight Fs. In 2016 he was a 'top 20 politician for guns' He turned it that fast.

I know this is the website of catholic guilt structures, but the idea of a politician that changes their mind, doesn't pretend it was different before, admits he was wrong, and then gets shit done? I adore that.

I did not expect him, so I have not done my learning yet, this was one of the first things I saw. And Damn.

enbycrip

Her name is Valentina Petrillo and she is a visually-impaired sprinter.

Time to support her, because even without the racism element I expect she will be getting some flak from Awful, Awful People.

beaniebaneenie

This is the shit I was talking about when I said that EVERY SINGLE ONE of you who have been posting variations on "yasss girl, go Imane, get her ass" and "She's not a man, also biology is hella complicated and not black & white", had better SHOW THE FUCK UP for Valentina, with the exact same energy and strength.

Valentina is different than Serena Williams, and Caster Semenya, and Imane Khelif.

All four of these people I mentioned are women.

But for Valentina, you can't pull out the argument I heard a lot for the others, especially Caster and Imane. "She's not even trans anyway, they're just using a sexist and racist standard of what womanhood is 'supposed' to look like- see? Transphobia also hurts cis women!"

Because Valentina IS TRANS.

Yes, transphobia absolutely can and does end up hurting cis women. But let's not forget that it always hurts the intended targets more. And the intended targets are trans people.

Valentina IS trans, and y'all better support and affirm her womanhood with your whole chests, and the same ferocity you did for a cis woman.

wilwheaton

I wept when I saw the love the Walz family has for one another. I was so happy for Gus Walz, and so envious, too, that he was raised by a man who taught him it's okay to feel strong emotions, to be overcome with joy, to publicly show how much you love your family.

These disgusting, weak, terrified little bullies who attacked him just beclowned themselves and showed the world how small they are.

As someone elsewhere said, in a world full of Kyle Rittenhouses, be a Gus Walz.

thundergrace

Newsmax is a far-right conservative network. These are supposed to be bad things. I feel like I'm watching a Simpsons episode. This season of America was written by The Onion.

wilwheaton

It's absolutely bonkers that the average right wing voter, who will benefit tremendously from every single one of these policies, whose quality of life will go up literally overnight, will fight to the death to prevent them from happening.

And you know why? Because these same policies will also improve life for all Americans, including ... Those People. (insert scary music)

Racism is a hell of a thing, y'all.

archatlas

Really Big Coin Skrekkøgle

This is our Really Big Coin. It is big because it makes other things look small when photographed next to it. Actually, it is a 20:1 replica of the EUR 50-cent, you see it being milled out here. We needed to do quite a bit of sanding, lacquering and smudging to obtain the desired look and some climbing to get into required shooting position (you need to get up real high to take good pictures). The result is a short series of photographs, attempting to visually scale down real-sized objects.

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what the fuck

I hate you for this

Coming into a fandom late

baxterdamus-deactivated20130513

Coming into a fandom early and watching it become an angry clusterfuck

valorious

Being in a dormant fandom that suddenly comes alive again after a new book/movie

leatherpatches-deactivated20150

Don’t forget about those who come in the midst of a fandom war.

fauxmoux

Accuracy at its best

street-of-mercy

Being in a fandom and not even knowing there’s a war going on…

my-reylo

all of this shit…lol

nerdsagainstfandomracism

When You’re Not In The Fandom But You’re Nosy AF

not-so-secret-nerd

When you get into a fandom only to discover it’s dead

jupiter235

This gets better every time I see it.

sageblackrose95

@fuboos-mess

inverted-mind-inc-sideblog-deac

Being in a dead fandom…

illogicalarchive

Or being in such a tiny fandom that it feels like youre the only one

erilias

The accuracy hurts.

fanfic-yes-please

Being in a fandom that had a shit ending.

it-is-bugs

When you’ve been fangirling long enough, you’ve experienced all of the above.

sweetferalbaby

Being in a fandom meant for kids.

teaganvamp

This just gets better..

hamboj2

@mi-kleos

thatcrazysonicchick

When you realize that joining the fandom has ruined you

knightofbloodcancer

Fandom hell in general

everydaymalakia

A master post

lokihiddleston

Thor: “You really are the worst, brother.”

lokihiddleston

“We have a Hulk.” when Loki began to be part with Avengers…

transfemmbeatrice

“I don’t think that I accepted that I wasn’t gonna die young until I was 26 or 27. I really don’t think I fully…when I was 14, 15, 16, 17–I mean I knew as sure as I know that I am wearing green shoes that I was going to die before much happened. It was a certainty for me. And I had shaken off the directly suicidal urge by the time I was 21 or 22, but I still was pretty sure I was going to die pretty young, it really felt like an inevitability. It takes a long time to realize no, you’ve changed…if you shared those feelings with people at some point you go, ‘well, I guess we’re going to stick around.’ And it’s a funky thing to admit because there’s a part of your inner younger self that kind of judges you for that.”

John Darnielle fucking me up with the single most relatable thing he’s ever said

questions-within-questions

This is why I studied a degree in a field I have no interest in getting employed in; when I choose a degree I didn’t think that I’d live long enough to have to look for a job after it, like, I could hardly conseive that as possible.