writteninblue

I'm Kristin. I reblog a lot of cats and sometimes other stuff. I read a lot and am starting a Master of Library Science program in the fall.

[doctorwho]

The Thirteenth Doctor.

[lesbianfreyja]

being around straight people is so wild because they don’t take “because i’m gay” as a valid, sensible answer to a question

[gungan-gundam]

being around gay people is so wild because they don’t take “because i’m straight” as a valid, sensible answer to a question

[madeofmoons]

oh no, we talk about straight people all the time, and “because they’re straight” is used very frequently to explain their many flaws

[mycoins]

lmao adam savage is my literal childhood hero i love him so much and this is such

a nice breath of fresh air

[ceriseal]

Sources:

http://www.hrc.org/blog/jeff-sessions-seeks-to-undermine-protections-for-transgender-students

http://www.washingtonblade.com/2017/02/10/doj-withdraws-request-halt-order-trans-student-protections/

[devoutjunk]

Things Women In Literature Have Died From, Mallory Ortberg

[qhelet-blog]

Tag urself, im Wrist fevers

[swdyww-deactivated20210428]

I’m haven’t seen the sea in a long time

[enterheavenalive]

I’m someone said No very loudly

[opalescentmist-deactivated20170]

I’m too many pillows

[lilspirit]

I’m The Unpleasantness

[insertwittyremark89]

I’m Flirting headaches

[evilsupplyco]

“You won’t be able to put it down…” the librarian told the hero as he picked up the book. “…because it is cursed,” she added, smiling unpleasantly.

[writersyndrome]

Tor Books is looking to hire two Editorial Assistants. Tor Books is the most successful science fiction and fantasy publisher in the world. Winner of the Locus Award for best SF publisher 20 years in a row, Tor regularly puts books like Robert Jordan’s Knife of Dreams and Terry Goodkind’s Chainfire atop national bestseller lists. Tor’s Orb imprint offers trade paperback editions of outstanding, award-winning SF and fantasy backlist titles. Additionally, the Tor Kids program includes Starscape, Tor Teen, and one of the largest classics lines in North America.

Yup. You read that right.

We are looking for two new assistants for our staff. One will be working directly with me and the second position will be assisting other experienced editors.

Also wanted to highlight a couple of important notes about these job postings:

“We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to reflecting a broad representation of differences –race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, physical ability, age, family status, economic background and status, geographical background and status, and perspective — in our workplace.

The successful candidate for this position will be an employee of Tom Doherty Associates, LLC. “

Also, I wanted to point out that NOWHERE do we require applicants to have the following

internships

prior experience in publishing

college degree

Because we want to reach out as broadly as possible and talented applicants should not be constrained by any of these factors.

So please BOOST and APPLY!

[veronikelly-mars-deactivated201]

Friends, ESPECIALLY friends of color looking to break into publishing, please consider this opportunity. The editors you’d work with are rad and they are eager to help launch a career. 

“But I’m not qualified” = reassess. I bet that you ARE. Women and people of color tend to underestimate their skill sets and qualifications; you have them. Apply for this. 

You literally cannot know unless you try. 

[prepgoth]

sing us a song, youre the piano man

[bigtiddies69]

do u ever see stuff that makes u feel so gay like very strongly big strong gayness hits u and u need to take a min and just place yr palm on yr chest and breathe and just “praise the lord for making it possible for me to feel this goddamn gay oh man holy shit amen”??? do u kno

[hardyboyscovers]

Can Nancy Drew teach music theory and solve the case?

[angua]

Introverts (x)

[writteninblue]

He's purring, so that means he's not mad that I'm in his spot, right?

[princenaveen]

[spillyrhead-deactivated20231102]

When there’s a new lesbian in town

[nightgaunts-deactivated20161212]

STOOOOOOOOOP

[cabinsongs]

[ozhawkauthor]

The Three Laws of Fandom

If you wish to take part in any fandom, you need to accept and respect these three laws.

If you aren’t able to do that, then you need to realise that your actions are making fandom unsafe for creators. That you are stifling creativity.

Like vaccination, fandom only works if everyone respects these rules. Creators need to be free to make their fanart, fanfics and all other content without fear of being harassed or concern-trolled for their creative choices, no matter whether you happen to like that content or not.

The First Law of Fandom

Don’t Like; Don’t Read (DL;DR)

It is up to you what you see online. It is not anyone else’s place to tell you what you should or should not consume in terms of content; it is not up to anyone else to police the internet so that you do not see things you do not like. At the same time, it is not up to YOU to police fandom to protect yourself or anyone else, real or hypothetical.

There are tools out there to help protect you if you have triggers or squicks. Learn to use them, and to take care of your own mental health. If you are consuming fan-made content and you find that you are disliking it - STOP.

The Second Law of Fandom

Your Kink Is Not My Kink (YKINMK)

Simply put, this means that everyone likes different things. It’s not up to you to determine what creators are allowed to create. It’s not up to you to police fandom. 

If you don’t like something, you can post meta about it or create contrarian content yourself, seek to convert other fans to your way of thinking.  

But you have no right to say to any creator “I do not like this, therefore you should not create it. Nobody should like this. It should not exist.”

It’s not up to you to decide what other people are allowed to like or not like, to create or not to create. That’s censorship. Don’t do it.

The Third Law of Fandom

Ship And Let Ship (SALS)

Much (though not all) fandom is about shipping. There are as many possible ships as there are fans, maybe more. You may have an OTP (One True Pairing), you may have a NOTP, that pairing that makes you want to barf at the very thought of its existence.

It’s not up to you to police ships or to determine what other people are allowed to ship. Just because you find that one particular ship problematic or disgusting, does not mean that other people are not allowed to explore its possibilities in their fanworks.

You are free to create contrarian content, to write meta about why a particular ship is repulsive, to discuss it endlessly on your private blog with like-minded persons.

It is not appropriate to harass creators about their ships, it is not appropriate to demand they do not create any more fanworks about those ships, or that they create fanwork only in a manner that you deem appropriate.

These three laws add up to the following:

You are not paying for fanworks content, and you have no rights to it other than to choose to consume it, or not consume it. If you do choose to consume it, do not then attack the creator if it wasn’t to your taste. That’s the height of bad manners.

Be courteous in fandom. It makes the whole experience better for all of us.

[shippercunt]

Yup.

[darthstitch]

Slaps onto blog.

[consolecadet]

I’m not the mom friend, I’m the dad friend: tries to take care of his friends but is too distant and emotionally clumsy to be any good at it

[carudamon119]

[segadreamcatcher]

feed him

[astrocyte-deactivated20171202]

he is deciding

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

Carefully picking out which of these noms he wishes to enjoy this evening <3