cautiously pessimistic

they/she (25y.o.) | big on change and justice ■ ANTI TERF good lord 🔺sideblogs ■ @everybody-dies-at-least-once (multifandom) @i-suck-at-golf (the pitt) @known-only-by-the-insane (horror) ; @proverbsss (midnight mass) @copium-copia (ghost the band) + more

[thisiswhattheycallafinecareer]

Friendly reminder that if you're writing, drawing, or otherwise engaging with the Harry Potter franchise I fucking HATE J.K. Rowling and you're not welcome here. Fix your heart or die.

she maliciously divulged caller information from her so-called "women-only sexual violence support center" Beira's Place [simultaneously ostracizing women who deal with Poly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)]

she posted an upskirt photo of Freda Wallace, a trans woman as abusive retaliation against her 'refusal to debate'

she engaged in a hate campaign of aggravated cyber harassment against cis female Algerian boxer Imane Khelif over false claims about her gender [the campaign also involved other high-profile figures like Elon Musk and a Variety exec]

she continually demonstrates white eurocentric racism against women of color, similarly directed against athlete Barbara Banda (a cis woman), by reviving unverified claims and false narratives questioning her gender

she constantly aligns herself with the ideology of misogyny by willfully distorting discourses about sex and gender, exiling women who do not menstruate, who grow body hair, and other digressions from her "biological" definition of sex

she gloated in response to a ruling under Britain's Equality Act "that limited the definition of a woman to be based on 'biological sex'" excluding trans women in protection from discrimination [calling this "TERF VE Day"]

no matter what lies she spews, she doesn't care about your black or trans friends and she wants your trans and black friends unprotected, brutalized, or dead

SUPPORT TRANS LIVES INSTEAD:

support organizations that help Black trans people: Tagged by GLAAAD on X.com : [ @MPJInstitute, @blacktransusa, @TransJusticeFP, @Genderintell] and @ukblackpride

Advocates for Trans Equality (U.S.)

Organizations/funds combating antitrans legislation (U.S.)

LEARN AND LISTEN

Recs: social constructionism and trans theory

12 Movies That Celebrate the Richness of the Transgender Experience

The unique appeal of horror for trans audiences

VOTE! and STAY SAFE

Guide to voting in the United States

Voting with Pride in the U.K.

The Rainbow Map ranks 49 European countries on their respective legal and policy practices for LGBTI people.

Protest safely and anonymously

[zizelle]

ilove homosexuals i  love bisexuals  i love trans !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yayy ayyayy ayy Weare all sooo ocool

[plum-soup]

your silence on fresh basil pesto is deafening.

[nedlittle]

if i were a respected british actor with any principles at all i would simply not agree to a project whose earnings will have material consequences for trans people but maybe i'm built differently

[nedlittle]

another one bites the dust

[boomvagynamite]

List of other people who also suck for this reason:

Bill Nighy

Hugh Laurie

James McAvoy

John Lithgow

Katherine Parkinson

Keira Knightley

Kit Harrington

Leo Woodall

Mackenzie Crook

Mathew MacFadyen

Matt Berry

Nick Frost

Paul Whitehouse

Peter Serafinowicz

Riz Ahmed

Shirley Bassey

Simon Armitage

Simon Pegg

Stephen Fry

Stephen Mangan

Warwick Davis

[traycakes]

'Black Mirror' director turns down offer to work on 'Harry Potter' series: "Absolutely fucking not"

Black Mirror director Ally Pankiw rejected an opportunity to work on HBO's Harry Potter series because of J.K. Rowling's views on gender. 

"It simply is this easy to say no to funding transphobia"

[wetheurban]

Sending love to everyone who is just… tired. Life is a lot right now. Whether it’s decision fatigue, anxiety fatigue, information fatigue, career fatigue, social fatigue, financial fatigue, or the exhaustion of getting your life back together, give yourself space and grace. Be still for a bit. You deserve to recharge.

[wetheurban]

You are not lazy. Everything costs more, requires more, and gives less back.

You’re recovering. You’re surviving.

And you’re doing better than you think.

[achillesinhighheels]

[reagan-slayer69]

“but what if you abort the baby who’ll cure cancer?!” sir the baby who will cure cancer is an organic chemistry major who works at a Home Depot because you use AI to go through your resumes

[mel-155-a]

"I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops." - Stephen Jay Gould, The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History

[kiwi]

as a former escape room host i highly recommend doing an escape room as a first date. its a great way to learn how ppl react under pressure and how well they collaborate with you right off the bat. also more than once ive seen people enter an escape room as a couple and exit broken up LOL its a fantastic litmus test

[kiwi]

sorry to broadcast ur tags but this is also a valuable part of the litmus test! it seems like you learned a lot about how this person makes you feel in their social group. they didn't go out of their way to include you, and neither did their friends. therefore you can come to a pretty good conclusion about how you might feel being part of their life outside of an escape room; someone who doesnt include you or your feelings in a game is likely going to do the same in other situations

[softness-and-shattering]

An experiment with a clear negative outcome is still a successful experiment.

[headspace-hotel]

thats science for ya

[quasi-normalcy]

The information age is turning on itself. The Internet has curdled into disinformation machine. AI has made weird academics who command a library's worth of genuine knowledge and expertise more important than ever, not less.

[vvitchella]

not to be disabled on main but have you ever fucking noticed how every god damn thing requires both time and energy

[cosmicretreat]

[strawberry-crocodile]

the thing about capitalism is that at a certain point a product reaches its maximum audience and cant really be improved (at least not while remaining profitable), but capitalism requires a product provide infinite growth, and at that point the only way to increase profits is to raise prices, cut corners, and in the case of services start adding advertisements. this is just how the system works.

[charyou-tree]

Rent-seeking is the act of growing one's existing wealth by manipulating the social or political environment without creating new wealth.[1] Rent-seeking activities have negative effects on the rest of society. They result in reduced economic efficiency through misallocation of resources, reduced wealth creation, lost government revenue, heightened income inequality,[2][3] risk of growing political bribery, and potential national decline.

The actual economic term for this parasitic behavior is "Rent Seeking", as in "charging you rent for things that didn't used to cost money just because we can."

[paintedpolarbear]

"The classic example of rent-seeking, according to Robert Shiller, is that of a property owner who installs a chain across a river that flows through their land and then hires a collector to charge passing boats a fee to lower the chain. There is nothing productive about the chain or the collector, nor do passing boats get anything in return. The owner has made no improvements to the river and is not adding value in any way, directly or indirectly, except for themselves. All they are doing is finding a way to obtain money from something that used to be free." obtain money links to the wikipedia article for Parasitism which might be the most brutal diss I've ever seen on wikipedia ever

[desinteresse]

Men who talk shit about gold diggers underestimate the grit it takes to put up with an insufferable man, even when money is involved. We should be thanking them for their service like they are veterans.

[little-trash-ghost]

Can't leave this in the tags..

[qillermeme]

[cheminsdudesir]

I found an article about her and her situation:

‘Punished for getting a job’: Young mother faces eviction after approval for assistance rescinded

A 22-year-old mother and her four-year-old daughter spent Wednesday packing up their apartment after being given a final notice of eviction

The article links this gofundme for her:

Donate to Help Us Find a New Home After Eviction Hardship, organized by Jaela Jackson

I recently lost my job, which caused me to fall behind on my bills. As a… Jaela Jackson needs your support for Help Us Find a New Home After

[pvysygpvysivjc-deactivated20250]

my official stance is a pregnancy is whatever the pregnant woman wants it to be. if it’s a 4 week old clump of cells and she wants to call it a baby it’s a baby. if she’s 20 weeks and she wants to call it a parasite it’s a parasite. if she’s 39 weeks and calls it a fetus it’s a fetus. “why are you so sad about miscarrying at 6 weeks it was literally just an embryo” because that was her baby. “how can you get an abortion at three months” because that wasn’t a baby. hope that helps.

[pwhl-mybeloved]

[pwhl-mybeloved]

[cowboyhatesithere]

I’LL CRY