[beatlesweatles]

[cephalopodvictorious]

I feel like so many (especially young) people here on tumblr were beaten over the head again and again with “believe the victims, stop asking them to prove their victimhood” and instead of understanding that this means “don’t dogpile victims because you like the abuser” instead took it to the no-nuance end of the pool and turned it into “if you hear something bad about someone don’t go looking for sources or context” and those are not the same things

You should look at sources. Always. Taking a moment to say “wait, who said that? what happened?” isn’t victim blaming, it isn’t siding with an abuser, its taking a step back to understand a whole picture, in its context. 

When you do this, 

you are actually a better ally than just knee-jerk, superficial, performative support.

you can approach with nuance.

you can avoid speaking over them, and learn how to be a better, more supportive ally.

you can avoid repeating old claims that have already been either addressed or disproven.

you can avoid propaganda and disinformation, which not only serves to undermine whoever its about, but it undermines everyone else. 

This post is about political disinformation, but when people get away with making false allegations about abuse or racism or homophobia or any other gross behavior it undermines the positions of actual victims because people who are prone to bad faith can say “ah, that was a scam, victims are scammers”. When you make false claims about politicians, you undermine the political process and allow people who are prone to bad faith to say “see I don’t need to participate”.

I know we hate checking facts and sources here on the internet, but that’s the whole point of the internet. Information is available, and you should be checking your sources before you make claims about people.

[nothorses]

Considering how many abusers weaponize this exact thing against their victims, it’s even more important to understand the situation in its entirety if you want to avoid “siding with the abuser”.

[goldenrecord]

keith, smugly: when i was your age -

lance: when i was your height

keith:

[clairdeblanc]

VLD creators and Tumblr staff trying to figure out what the fuck is up with Leakira

Meanwhile, Fandom:

[min-kas]

I so dig that headcanon akira has natural white hair (galras are weird like that) and dyes it black, leadro totally helps him out with it  voltron reboot au started by captainlumin and kciths

[heaventide]

moodboards  — leakira

our city now.

[daniwry]

I stan Leandro and Akira

[mxwormie]

i have plenty of things to work on but i made this edit instead 

[s-h-0]

my take on leakira! theyre pretty cute :3

[maxgicalgirl]

Things we all collectively agree on about Leakira (feel free to add on)

Curly haired, undercut Leandro

Double pistol-wielding Leandro

Turtleneck wearing Leandro

Ponytail Akira

Big comfy jacket for Akira

Motorcycle for Akira

Someone wears goggles (I’m fond of them both having them)

Akira calls Leandro “Leo”

Leandro call Akira “Kira”

Takes place in a futuristic cyberpunk cityscape scenery

Alien invasions drive the main idea

80s soundtrack

And of course, obviously,

They Gay and Leakira is Canon King

[arta--ja]

Contribution to Leakira; Leandro helps dyeing Akira’s hair to black (from white) Keep on having fun, guys! ♥

[halfjackets-deactivated20180819]

four ain’t a lot but it’s a shit ton considering it’s been less than two days

[lorebaaa]

issa wip i’m almost done with my version of leandro. gonna do akira next and then the rest of the team hopefully!

[caseydambro]

since every one is jumpin on the akira and leandro train, id figure i put in my two cents.

[sekhmcts]

pictures i took in croatia last summer

[wadepturner]

Miles Morales 🕷 The Sony Spider-Man trailer looks awesome!

[marsnmango]

The Net Neutrality issue summarized

You (or your parents) pay approx $40-$100 or higher for internet. 

So that you can all use youtube, google, Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, etc. etc. etc. This isn’t limited to social media.  

Net neutrality says, “Okay, since you already paid x amount of money for the month, you don’t have to pay for each asset individually. Enjoy your internet.”  NO net neutrality means that your service provider (comcast, at&t, verizon, whatever it may be) gets to say “ACTUALLY, it lines our pockets so give us an extra $5.99 for Youtube, Facebook and Twitter. Oh, but that doesn’t include Tumblr; that comes with our premium package. That’ll be $5.99 on its own as well. Now about your Google docs and email…" 

That’s why it’s important. That’s why I’m spamming Net Neutrality crap. If you’re using the internet, it’s YOUR problem. 

-Email your congressman (text resist to 50409) It’s easy, you don’t have to talk to anyone. 

-Tweet the FCC. https://twitter.com/FCC

-Tweet THIS guy. https://twitter.com/AjitPaiFCC

-CALL. https://www.battleforthenet.com/

-This site does the heavy lifting for you.

-Sign this.  

-Sign this. 

-Email your congressmen (that’s what I’m doing) https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative

-Swim the #NetNeutrality tag on Twitter. Seriously, it’s helpful. 

And lastly, GET THIS TRENDING. It’s trending on Twitter but it needs to trend here too. This is everyone’s issue.