This is my library card. There are many others like it, but this one is mine. My library card is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life. Without me, my library card is useless. Without my library card, I am useless. I must use my library card true. I must read more than my enemy, who is trying to best me. I must outread him before he outreads me. I will. Before Nancy Pearl I swear this creed: my library card and myself are defenders of the 1st Amendment, we are the masters of knowledge, we are the saviors of intelligence. So be it, until there is no illiteracy, but peace. The end.
week 1: realistically these are not superstar bops it's just enough of a popstar mimicry to let the story flow in lowery's subdued style it's the lyrics that make them thematically relevant the tunes themselves are pretty forgettable
week 2: This Black Suit Fits Like A Glove I Was Born To Be The Widow Of Love
just the way Mother Mary looked at Sam when she said she hasn't listened to her music since their divorce falling out like... silently wanting to scream because she wrote those songs for you Sam every single one of those songs was for you. calling out to you, seeking you and you never listened a single one? not one word? the devastation that the root of her entire life's work was for nothing like... believing that if she just wrote the right song, toiled tirelessly then she could get her back. make amends. reach her finally but no song would ever fix it because she wasn't listening... god when that realization hits her it's just... GODDDD this movie just gets me.
thinking about the fact that despite it all and everything she said sam still had this photo pinned — hidden, but never removed — on the wall of her workshop 🥲
The crazy thing is, ninety-nine times out of a hundred, if you asked me on any given day "Would like to see a picture of some genitals?" my answer would be "😰 No, that's... No, thank you. I'm okay, actually." I have nothing but the utmost respect for people who do engage with the penis side of the internet, but personally, I've spent the better part of two decades doing all I can NOT to have pictures of dick and balls or sexy bikini babe buttcheeks blasted onto my retinas constantly. And yet... to be denied the penis? To have a jumped up pile of javascript tell me, a grown adult with an air fryer and an outstanding council tax bill, that I cannot be trusted to withstand the sight of a bare nipple unless I let it scan my drivers' license? I will move heaven and earth to see that fucking nipple, friend. I will walk a thousand miles barefoot on hot coals before I give you big brother bitches my passport number. A thousand miles through the desert with five VPNs just to press my face up against the glass and see the last uncensored picture of two My Little Pony Characters sixty-nining each other, and I don't even want! to look at it! But I will! I must! for the sake of our fucking democracy!
week 1: realistically these are not superstar bops it's just enough of a popstar mimicry to let the story flow in lowery's subdued style it's the lyrics that make them thematically relevant the tunes themselves are pretty forgettable
week 2: This Black Suit Fits Like A Glove I Was Born To Be The Widow Of Love
Michaela Coel did not finger Anne Hathaway’s open chest wound and pull out the physical manifestation of their situationship for some of you to say the movie “wasn’t even gay”
Boomers are like you couldn’t make Seinfeld today bc the woke mob would cancel it meanwhile every five seconds I see a tumblr post that’s like here’s my idea for an episode of Seinfeld where Jerry starts going by They/He. Idk what point there is to be made here but it does suggest something
It suggests that whilst Seinfeld was never exactly going out of its way to be outwardly progressive, it was a reflection of the values of the society it was born out of. The characters, whilst brilliant, were purely comedic with very little emotional depth or backstory given to them and therefore existed purely as vessels for comedy and thus they translate very easily to the modern day. George would absolutely get himself cancelled online but not because he’s a bigot, but because he’s an idiot who would think it was OK to make a bad taste joke. Elaine would go out of her way to be overly accepting of everyone’s identities and sexualities, not because she’s a good person but because she’s obsessed with everyone else’s image of her as a good person. Those archetypes can be taken very easily from the society of the early 1990s and the values there to the society and values of the 2020s without losing any sense of their core.
The mark of a good sitcom cast is that you can drop them into pretty much any situation and they'll all react to it in ways that are both different and funny
there's a twitter account called "Modern Day Seinfeld" and when I tell you they are so spot on I mean I forget they're not real episodes because they are THAT on point.
I really just want to hit people who have Republicans Reps/Senators over and over again until it sets in: Hound them constantly. Trump answers to nobody, but your reps do have to answer to their constituents. Get a group together and dedicate time to calling their offices. Trump freezing federal grants and loans? The purse is the Congress's turf. Demand your Republican Rep/Senator(s) explain why they think cancer funding should be stopped.
Don't take your boot off their necks. Trump is unreachable, but your Republican rep is not. Put their office numbers in your phone and make it a weekly habit to call them.
2025 is the year we make the Congress more important than the president.
What a time to be trans and alive in America. If you follow me, you are probably already horribly aware of the hundreds of pieces of anti-trans legislation that have been introduced in nearly every state, some seeking to ban trans healthcare for both minors and adults, some to ban drag, to ban trans people from restrooms, from sports teams, and in some of the most extreme cases take trans children away from parents who support their transitions. I highly recommend following The Trans Formations Project for their daily updates on the progress of these bills through the state government. They also have a very helpful tool on their website where you can search representatives by state and see exactly which legislators have introduced or voted on anti-trans bills, so you know exactly who to call and complain to about their terrible policies. The Trans Formations Project is active on insta, tumblr, twitter, discord, tiktok and FB. They are currently seeking volunteers and taking donations through their website. If you have the means, here are some other organizations you can support to combat these bills:
ACLU or especially the ACLU of Tennessee, which is ready to fight Tennessee’s new anti-drag bill in court
The Trans Law Center especially their Trans Health Legal Fund, which provides resources for trans people facing investigation, arrest or prosecution for seeking healthcare
Trans Life Line, a crisis support line in English and Spanish
Trans Latina Coalition
The Marsha P Johnson Institute
TGI Justice Project
For the Gworls
Keep up your courage! Keep up your strength! We’ve also had some pieces of good news this week too- Minnesota has become a refuge state for trans folks seeking gender-affirming healthcare, Michigan just expanded their protections of LGTBQ citizens, and Wyoming rejected a trans healthcare ban. All is not lost, but if you see a bill moving through your state’s legislation, please do make some noise about it!
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Wow, a lot of shit news this January, huh? Please remember that no one is actually able to tell you not to be trans. If you are trans, you are trans, whether or not you have done any medical transitioning. This is an extremely weird and scary time right now, but there are literally so many of us, and we are going to keep fighting for each other and supporting each other and getting each other the resources we need now and forever. Being trans is a joy and a gift! Some folks are trying to take away that joy! We will not let them! We will become ever more trans and more joyful as time goes on!
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