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[kuributt]

My darlingest Lizzu at AN 2014 as Brienne of Tarth. IDK how she managed Chain Mail all day!

[thedragonagepit]

ampora-tier:

faeai:

ampora-tier:

I am getting sick and fucking tired of the lgbt community perpetuating the idea that every cis white person sucks. I have had friends admit to me - kind, definitely -not- transphobic friends - that they are afraid to post their identity, fearing backlash. I have had a cis straight white man - a kind, definitely not transphobic man - admit to me that when his friends hate straights, he feels bullied. “Boo hoo, cis white boy got his feelings hurt.” Hate feels the same to a cis white boy as it does to a trans poc girl when its directed at you. Hate is hate, regardless of where its sent. Perpetuating negative ideas about certain groups of people without question caused the holocaust. Yes, your opinion shouldnt be more valid because of your privilege, but by the same token, it shouldn’t because of lack of privilege either. Yes, I am white, Yes, I was born in an upper middle class house, but I’ve been bullied for my entire life due to my mental disorder. I have been refused services. I have had people treat me less than human. I have had people say that I should be sterilized or killed. I am not poc. I am not poor. Some argue I’m not even non-binary. But I have been just as oppressed due to things out of my control. Perpetuating hate does not solve anything. Even if a goal is noble, going about it via hate does not make you a hero, but an antivillain. Oppressing the oppressors seems like a great idea until you act upon it and see the phobia go both ways and lead to further segregation. I work at a DV shelter. I know for a FACT violence/hate/oppression happens to EVERYONE, regardless of even the biggest differences. I have seen poc lesbians beat in the heads of their white lovers. I have seen ex-militia scream as their spouse runs them over. I have seen children, white and black, fear for their parents. I have seen little girls playing pretend murder after seeing dad hit mom. I see the result of hate first-hand every day. Don’t tell me that all cis people are bad. Don’t tell me all white males are bad, either. Do not EVER tell me one group of people, regardless of any of their differences, for ANY reason, is better/kinder than another. To have a violent society a hateful society, for both the ends of the spectrum, the only result is more violence, more hate.

i hate to break it to you but no one is saying that White Cishets Are The Ultimate Evil

the fact is that horrible things can happen to people and they can still benefit from race, sex, class, gender presentation, sexuality, etc., etc. privilege

cis people are not killed for being cis

white people are not killed for being white

straight people are not killed for being straight

whereas trans people, poc, queer people are all killed for these thing on a daily basis

if you are trans you have a 1 in 12 chance of being murdered

if you are a trans woc these odds jump to 1 in 8

terrible things happen to people regardless of privilege. certainly there are marginalized people in the world living better lives than people who belong to privileged groups, and it is possible to simultaneously belong to privileged and marginalized groups.

when we rant about privileged groups, we are venting about the institutions that keep us living in fear. there are genuinely good people who are privileged and genuinely awful people who are marginalized. privilege is not negated by who you are as a person or what you are personally going through. if you are going to be upset and offended and “sick of the lgbt community,” etc., when we get upset at the systems to which you belong keeping us down instead of trying to work to improve these kinds of harmful communities, then you have marked yourself as someone to be wary of.

I hate to break it to you, but actually, people are claiming that exact thing. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen a tumblr post cross my dash where people make fun of cis men and white people and straight people, seeing all of the notes and nods of agreement. Tumblr’s ideas of social justice are irrevocably screwed, and I’m not the only one to notice. Today, I decided to break my silence, after realizing that a lot of people in the lgbt community are using the exact tactics as their oppressors, as if two wrongs will make a right, which we all know does not happen.

And you don’t know that cis people, straight people, white people aren’t killed for being who they are. I have seen people have less of an excuse to kill someone than that. Also, a one in twelve chance is still less than 10%, not that that excuses anything, but I did want to put that into perspective. There’s no excuse for killing or hating anyone unless that specific person has hurt you or someone directly related to you. This is how bad shit starts.

You are not blogging about the institutions that keep you in fear. You are blogging things like “boo hoo white boy got his feelings hurt” and “straight men are pathetic” and “fuck cishets”. Replace any of those with blacks or jew or gays and it’s the same type of hate you’re spewing.

You JUST said “privilege is not negated by who you are as a person or what you are personally going through”, but all that says to me is that you are looking past my own personal oppression in favor of seeing me as all you care to see me as, an “oppressor” someone with “privilege”. This is the exact attitude that we’re trying to fight against, that you look past the good in people just to see the bad.

And the only people that should be wary of me are the abusers I bring to court to get restraining orders from their victims.

Also, as a side-note, I’m a disabled trans lesbian.

[turntechgodtier]

Having personally seen how toxic Tumblr's social justice movement gets, there's a very good reason why I'm 900% done with it.  When a movement is defined by the phrase "I hope you get raped," (Which I have  seen, on more than one occasion) that pretty much means the movement is over.

[hyaenahart-deactivated20140702]

It really bothers me that Steve Rogers isn’t a bigot

Now here me out here.  I don’t mean that he should be spouting slurs left and right and callings for the death of minorities because I don’t.  One could have grown up in the early 20th century and still be a decent individual that doesn’t discriminate others and I do believe Steve is one of those people.

What I mean is that I’m disappointed that he didn’t internalise some shit and accidentally say something he meant as harmless but was really fucked up. I’m disappointed he never said something to Natasha about how men are technically stronger than women.  I’m annoyed he never said something like how stereotypes exist for a reason to Sam.  And I’m ticked that none of these things happened and he never got chewed out for it.

It’s so fucking OOC to have a person who grew up in the early 1900s, when shit was definitely worse wrt social justice and discrimination, and for Steve to not have internalised SOMETHING.  He’s a white abled cishet guy, he has a tonne of privilege and then some.  If marginalised groups have to work so hard to unlearn problematic internalised behaviour then why is he so perfect?

It makes no sense to me :/

[turntechgodtier]

Quote:  "I don't like bullies."

Normally I don't  get into character development like this, but Steve Rogers hits me on a very emotional level, and I spend my downtime imagining the psychology of fictional people, so here we go:

Others have rightfully pointed out that yes, he was the little guy, the one who was always picked on, the one that Tommy Lee Jones wanted to boot out of the army because of his physical  fucking shortcomings. Steve Rogers knows what  it's like to be pushed aside, and while I wouldn't call it oppression or whatever Social Justice buzzword you want to throw at me, he's also a decent enough fucking human being to  remember what it's like to have someone look down at you and see something inferior.

Plus, let's be honest.  The second the good Captain even IMPLIES that Tasha's not strong, in any iteration of that word, she would bend his  legs over backwards and fold them into a bowtie for him.

[billpardy]

sometimes I think back to this one argument I saw for why it’s okay for female superheroes to be drawn in such ridiculous poses. 

"women have more flexible bones than men"

and I just

ok Dr. Science Man

sure thing

[ramphizzle]

I mean agree with the bone flexibility thing completely, that’s moronic. But on the argument, have you ever read a Spiderman comic?

[turntechgodtier]

As a matter of fact, I have.

[archiveev-blog]

okay fuck vagueblogging

trans is not a gender

you are objectively incorrect

someone help me construct a more coherent argument

[turntechgodtier]

Trans is not a gender any more than New Yorker is an ethnicity.  Let me explain why:

First and foremost, Tumblr can pretty much collectively agree that there are two sexes (not including intersex people, which is a whole nother can of worms), and a number of genders.  For the sake of this argument, we'll agree that there is XX-female sex and XY-male as far as sexes go, and the only thing that determines is what is between your  legs (genitals).  XX-female people have vaginas, and XY-male people have a penis (again, simply for the sake of argument).

Now, moving onto gender, the other thing Tumblr seems to have a weird hard-on for is the fact that gender is a spectrum.  You can be one, the other, all of the above, or none of the following.  There is male, female, genderqueer, agender, bigender, multigender, and I'm sure there are others that I simply haven't seen in the social justice posts, but I think I've made my point.  Gender is how a person reacts to the world, essentially.  You have masculine-leaning behaviors, feminine-leaning behaviors, behaviors that don't fit into either category, and behaviors that fit into both.  I won't get too into it, because gender roles are another area entirely that aren't immediately relevant to this argument.

Now, keeping all of that in mind, an identity should be the most obvious thing in this post -- it's how you identify yourself.  For example, I identify as Gaelic Irish and Celtic, because both sides of my family go back a long way with the various Irish clans (I'm actually distantly related to the O'Connor clan, which was the last ruling kings of Ireland before the English invaded!).  I identify as Nebraskan, as a United States American, as an XX-female, as a lesbian, and as a gender-fluid/gender-nonconforming person.  Obviously, each person's identity is going to differ, due to life experiences, personal and family history, location, etc etc etc.  But identity is where gender really tends to show itself.  If a person identifies as female (whether or not they're XX or XY), they tend to demonstrate female habits and tendencies.  Again, this gets into gender roles, which I won't go into too much, but it does lead me into my next point:

Identity expression.  Again, this should be pretty obvious.  It's how you express yourself -- you, the person.  It comes out in many ways, whether through hobbies, sense of style, mannerisms and speech, etc.  Gender is another facet of this expression, no matter your physical sex, and depending on where you live in the world and what your experiences are, your expression, especially your gender expression, will reflect that.

Now, what does all this mean?  Going back to the original statement of "Trans is not a gender," I want to reiterate that it's not.  Being trans is an identity -- more specifically, it's a facet thereof.  I loathe that there are surveys that ask your gender and put "Trans" as an option, simply for the fact that semantically speaking, it's not correct.  I'm sure there will be those that disagree with me, but between my arguments above, and the basic structure of the English language, it cannot be considered a gender, any more than New Yorker is an ethnicity.

[lightningandlace]

Sailor Neptune’s Henshin Rod Prototype ★ Lightning and Lace

[needlekind]

living space to rent in/around dennis/yarmouth desperately needed

hello, my name is courtney, i’m 17 (turning 18 in mid-february), i have a severe anxiety disorder, and i really need a place to stay.

i moved away from my abusive family in july of last year and i’ve been renting out a room from the mother of a friend of my littlest brother’s ever since, but things have gone south. the long version is here (ctrl+f for “the full story”) and here but here’s the shortish one:

my landlady (who also has legal guardianship of me) dropped a roommate on me a couple of weeks ago, telling me this girl would be coming about three hours before she showed up. since then, she has been treating me like shit—ignores me completely if i don’t push and push a question, refuses to acknowledge politely-worded simple requests turns everything into yelling at me and fighting, calls me slurs, lies to my landlady about what she does and says to me, then turns around and asks me to do things for her. the biggest thing is that around the time she moved in, my wallet went missing. a week later, i found some of the cards that were in it in her bag. she stole my wallet and i am still missing $70+ worth of stuff, but my landlady does not believe that i found the cards there and will not do anything about it.

i’ve tried to bring up this girl’s mistreatment of me to my landlady too and after a few incidents of not doing anything helpful, it’s culminated in an episode of her screaming at me about how everyone in this house hates me, she doesn’t want me around (not explicitly stated but very implied) and neither does anyone else (explicitly stated), i have fucked up everything, etc. etc. etc. her solution to the problem of my roommate, instead of much-needed mediation, was to just tell us to not talk to each other ever and “respect each other,” and then yell at me about how i’m an adult and should know better (the roommate did not receive this treatment). she is playing favorites—her husband, who has defended me but usually ultimately has to defer to her, has told me that he thinks this—because this girl is like family to her and i, apparently, fuck everything up by existing. she does not have any intention of doing anything to help me, period.

this is not a healthy or stable environment for me to be in. my roommate is likely to keep stealing from me if she knows she can get away with it, and i am not going to be able to get help with anything from the adults in charge.

the important technical stuff:

the most i can pay for rent is $125 a week (or $500 a month, it doesn’t matter to me) because i only make $100/weekly but i have savings. i would be very willing to do services like housekeeping or childcare/babysitting (i work at a summer camp so i have experience) as well as paying rent, though.

as mentioned i have anxiety and as such am likely to keep to myself; i’m very quiet and will not be a disturbance. i don’t smoke or drink or do drugs, but do not mind if people in the house do those things. i don’t go out very often, just for work and a writers’ club on tuesdays. the size of the room does not matter but i need access to basic utilities like a washing machine, wi-fi, a place to put food, etc. i will buy my own laundry soap and stuff if need be.

please send me an ask if you can help me—i can give you my email if you’d rather use that but please send me an ask for it.

if you don’t have a place for me to stay, maybe consider (along with reblogging this) commissioning a theme/page/html thing from me to help me with my savings, but things are not desperate enough that i am in need of donations.

thank you very much!

[needlekind]

an update: my landlady has recently threatened to kick me out in explicit terms, and if things continue in the direction they have been, i have zero doubt that she’ll act on it. legally, she can’t throw me onto the streets until i’m 18 because i’m a minor under her guardianship—but i’m turning 18 in less than three weeks, on February 13th. if I get booted, there is no back-up plan. at best i could stay a couple of nights at the home of one of my teacher’s parents. i don’t drive, couch-surfing isn’t an option, and the previously mentioned place would be very short-term.

i need to do something before things get down to the wire.

[needlekind]

ETA 1/31: THE SITUATION HAS BECOME DIRE, THE NEXT STEP AFTER THIS IS “I NEED A PLACE BECAUSE I AM ON THE STREETS” (details further down), I STILL DO NOT HAVE ANYWHERE

my (abusive, toxic) mother in florida just sent me an email—my landlady messaged her and she wants me out. she has not spoken to me. i am turning 18 on the 13th of february, there will be nothing stopping her from putting me out onto the streets, i am running out of time.

i need to stay in the dennis/yarmouth area so that i can continue attending this school; if i switch out of the district i’ve been in my whole life in the second semester of senior year while i’m already struggling to pass most of my classes, i am not going to graduate—i know myself and my limitations well enough to be confident in that. i could potentially go as far as hyannis but not much farther; that’d involve taking the public bus to school every day and for those of you not in the area, the public bus system on the cape is garbage.

please, i need help, i am running out of options and don’t know what to do.

[turntechgodtier]

Hey everyone.  I don't normally signal boost, but Courtney is a dear friend of mine, and she's been going from one toxic situation to another for a while now.  She's DESPERATE for someone to be able to take her in, even if it's just long enough for her to get on her feet on her own.  Even if you can't help out, spread this around, especially if you know someone in the Dennis/Yarmouth area.  I know enough of you that live in the New England area that hopefully someone will know someone that can help.  Thanks so much everyone.

[tempestcreatures]

"Marceline, you’re not en pointe! Your feet aren’t even on the ground!" "Jealous, Bonnibelle?" "S-shut up!"

Silly idea I had at seven am. The outfits are from the magical girl anime, Princess Tutu, in case you were wondering.

[beyonceprivilege-deactivated201]

So a tip for my followers who work retail

Or wait or anything that requires you be on your feet for 6+ hours

Like you know how your feet feel all bruisey on the bottom after work and the pain still won’t be gone by the next morning and you have to deal w/ that pain AND the pain of the day to come

Well like my doctor told me that that bruisey feeling is cause standing on your feet all days causes fluids in your body to pool in your feet

So like at night he told me to elevate my legs with two pillows so the fluids can drain easier or w/e and ho damn.

It helps so much, Jesus Christ. No more limpy mornings.

Idk if this is even new information for y’all but just in case

I care about you

[gutterlights]

This is Oakley.  She is about one year old and she needs a home.

Since we are fostering her for a legitimate organization (Pound Puppies and Kittens) the adoption fee is $150 and that covers all of her shots and her being fixed.

Oakley is a high energy dog that requires a fenced in yard.  she loves to play hunting games like ‘Find the Toy’ (hide the toy and she’ll dive for it) and fetch is possibly her second favorite game ever.  Tug of War is her favorite.  She also loves to wrestle!  be careful though, she can give a s good as she gets!

She is a hound mix of what we think is Red Bone Hound and Ridge less Ridge back Hound, so like most hounds she’s kind of dumb until she hits about three years old.  That’s not to say she’s stupid, Oakley can open the trash bin and is very good at getting into trouble.

She is house broken and has lived in a house with four other dogs and four cats all of whom she loves to death.  she’s great with other dogs and adores cats even when they’re sinking their claws into her face.  She thinks it’s a game. 

Oakley is very easy to teach and would likely loved hunting.  despite her endless energy she is also remarkably rood with small children, doing nothing but licking them.  she’s also a big talker.  she howls, whines, barks, and even beys.  she has been with us for a while though so she won’t bond immediately with whoever adopts her.  she’ll miss us, but she will eventually start to bond with her new owners and will bond forever with them.

we fostered her earlier in her life, when she was much younger.  she was adopted almost immediately then by a happy family.  they had her for 8 months but then due to unexpected money issues, they had to get rid of her.  so instead of putting her in a pound the gave her back to us to foster.

we love Oakley but we need to get her adopted her soon.  having her is taxing on us as we are not overly active people.  and as i said she has limitless energy.  we want her to find a good home and we are willing to do whatever it takes. if you have questions, would like better pictures, or a video,  please leave them at here.

thank you for reading.

[rachaelmakesshirts]

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[horriblecosplay-blog]

Shamelessly, Tenchi Muyo is still one of my favorite animes. However, I don’t recall Ryoko having Tig Ol’ Bitties. #tenchi #ryoko #anime #cosplay #snacksisback #convention #shittycosplay

[turntechgodtier]

I normally just ignore these types of blogs, because fuck these guys, but I'm laughing so fucking hard.  OP and I must have watched different Tenchi Muyos, because let's face it, Ryoko is nothing but Tig Ol' Bitties.

[turntechgodtier]

Hey! I was the Annie/Female Titan at con! :3

Hi!  :33  I unfortunately didn't see you this year, because I was WICKED busy with staffing/various personal emergencies, but I'd love to see the photos!  I got into Attack on Titan literally that next Monday, so I didn't stop to see all the cosplayers and take as many photos as I should have, but now that I'm all caught up, I'm really regretting I didn't, because all of you looked amazing!  <333

[turntechgodtier]

Bless you for being a voice of reason on that post, and sorry I'm too intimidated to come off anon and tell you. It's been hard enough coming to terms with being a lesbian without being told "but you'd better like penises, or at least your lesbian characters had better". The whole post feels like shaming, and I had to come and tell you how much I appreciate seeing someone talking sense. Thank you.

Ahhh, thank you!  I was expecting this to be an angry message, but I'm glad to see that some people understand WHY the OP is full of shit.  No one is required to sleep with anyone else, for any reason.  Telling me that I HAVE to like penises, or my characters HAVE to like certain genitals is not only the same horseshit message I hear from my super-right-wing family, but it borders into rapey territory to an extent, too.

Keep being awesome, anon, and if you ever want to talk in person, I'm always happy to respond privately too!

[billpardy]

Genitalia does not equal gender. Your genitals are a sexual organ and which ones you have may match up with your gender identity and they may not. And that is perfectly okay.

Someone disliking having sex with your particular set of genitals because it does not feel good to them does not invalidate your gender identity.

It just means you are not sexually compatible at that happens sometimes even with couples who ARE attracted to each other’s genitals.

It’s like how when you go to another country and the electrical plugs are different and you can’t charge your laptop. It’s still an electrical outlet, but the parts are not compatible and you need to find something that will fit right.

Someone not wanting to touch your genitals because those genitals are not attractive to them regardless of your gender is not cissexism.

[invincibleswordprincess]

Dear cis lesbians and/or people who write fic about cis lesbians: can you fucking stop it with the whole “Ewww I am a lesbian I hate penises” bullshit already? Sincerely, A lesbian with a penis

[billpardy]

To be fair, people are attracted to what they are attracted to. Having a penis doesn’t make you less of a woman, of course, but some people simply aren’t attracted to penises, and that’s okay.

[turntechgodtier]

Welcome to the Cotton Ceiling, my friend, and all the splendor it entails.  I understand the need for visibility and representation for trans people in fiction and in real life, but guess what?  You're in the same vein as the assholes that perpetuate the Friend Zone.  No one is required to be attracted to your genitals, and ESPECIALLY no one is required to do anything to or with them.  And guess what?  Some lesbians genuinely dislike dick.  Look at me!  Just being around men, or talk of penises in a sexual manner, is enough to give me a full-blown panic attack in the right situations, because the idea of having one near or inside me is legitimately triggering.

The moral of this story is, fuck you:  Just because someone won't have sex with you/touch your genitals/adore you because you're a lesbian with a penis, it doesn't make them a bad person, and the same thing goes for gay guys that don't want to fuck transmen.  Get over  yourself, and find a girlfriend who wants to have sex with a penis, and quit shaming people for not being attracted to certain genitals.

[gardenburger]

HOW COME WHEN HARRY GETS BITTEN BY THE BASILISK IN CHAMBER OF SECRETS THAT DOESNT DESTROY THE HORCRUX IN HIM SOMEONE ANSWER THIS???

[allislian-grey-deactivated20171]

Because…

Because… Shit.

Can we get JKR on the phone ?

[gardenburger]

yes let me just pull out her number real quick hang on yes hello 911 can i speak to jkr pls

[laramielionheart]

THIS IS IMPORTANT

[pie-mary-blog]

IDK MAN I FEEL LIKE THE RULES ARE DIFFERENT WHEN ITS INSIDE A PERSON

[turntechgodtier]

Horcruxes are only destroyed when the vessel  housing them is damaged beyond repair (Re: The venom destroyed the pages of the diary, the sword destroyed the locket, Harry died via curse, etc. etc.).  Quote:

Destruction of a Horcrux is difficult, but not impossible, and requires that the receptacle to be damaged completely beyond physical or magical repair. When a Horcrux is damaged to this point, it may appear to "bleed" (ink in the case of Tom Riddle's Diary and a "dark blood-like substance" in the case of Ravenclaw's Diadem[5]) and a scream may be heard as the soul fragment perishes.