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we have GOT to kill tiktok/twitter self-censorship i just witnessed a grown adult say the word “smex” out loud to our professor

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just a handy little info chart on the spectrums of sexuality.

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Happy Anya Yippie! ^_^

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'curlys lack of proper intervention enabled jimmy to continue his abuse towards anya and the rest of the crew and his character is a showcase of how men refuse to acknowledge the issue and take it seriously when their friends turn out to be predators. his inaction becoming the initial cause of everyones demise in the end is part of the games commentary on rape culture and how it affects the victims and everyone around them'

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'curly isnt an inherently evil person but in fact a very human and relatable character who was genuinely upset with wht jimmy did but didnt want to take drastic measures in tht very moment to avoid causing more harm to anyone bcuz he knew jimmy was unpredictable and prone to becoming aggressive and he tried to handle the situation carefully (altho failed to do so in the end)'

r 2 statements tht can coexist btw

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pro tip if you cant get the motivation to do studies: Just Turn it into Fanart

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I genuinely think Mouthwashing fandom is a good example on how real life misogyny is very wired on people brains and influenced how they engage with fictional misogyny.

You have a story about a woman being assaulted and telling a man he trusted but being dismissed because he is friends with the attacker, and people fixate on shipping her with either of those men.

You have a story about how men that downplay their male friends violence, assume neutrality is the safer option, unintentionally help create an environment that's unsafe to vulnerable people, at a risk becoming a victim themselves. And people make it about toxic yaoi.

You have a character kill herself because she didn't want birth the child of her abuser. And people make AUs where she happily keep the baby.

Misogyny isn't just "I hate this women", it's also downplaying their trauma, defending those who caused it, and reducing them to mothers or wives against their wished under this idea of what womanhood is about.

I don't think we can separate fandom misogyny from it's real world influence, not yet.

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useless ray of goddamn sunshine

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I think honestly part of this really cements how powerful toxic friendships, and especially male toxic solidarity can be. How easily friends can turn a blind eye to another friends actions, both consciously and subconsciously. They'll ignore the red flags or justify them not just to others but to themselves. Anya warns Curly, she tells him multiple times in different degrees of severity how big of a ticking time bomb Jimmy is. But Curly again and again dismisses it, and often seeks out Jimmy to comfort and coddle him despite the growing evidence against him. Even despite being a victim of Jimmy's abuse as well. It just further solidifies the biggest theme. *Men will often protect men, all while dismissing women and causing their struggles. *(Goes without saying, However media literacy is dead and everything is taken completely literally; There are obviously exceptions to this, but regardless, this is the theme. Take it or leave it.)

Hey mouthwashing peeps.

Y’know how Anya stole and hid the gun when she realized she was pregnant? Straight up refused to tell Curly where it was bc she didn’t want Jimmy to know where it was and get a hold of it if/when he found out?

Remember how Jimmy stormed out of the med bay when Anya told him and Curly went to find him?

Remember where Curly found him?

He was outside of the cockpit doors.

He was either on his way to the utility cabinet to get the gun or already searched it and was about to go look for it when Curly found him.

So he knew the gun was gone and that Swansea had the axe, meaning the only two weapons on the ship were out of his reach.

He crashed the ship *after* he realized he couldn’t just kill Anya, he had to kill the whole crew. We know he crashed the ship so he wouldn’t deal with the repercussions of his actions, but holy shit.

Anya was scared he’d go ballistic and she was fucking right.

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betrayal

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"The birth of a burden"

Another mouthwashing fanart with religious subtext yay!!

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Anya Mouthwashing

In the back of my mind, it's always there.

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celebrate the wifi you wont have for over a year with...surprisingly not a mouthwash joke?

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an accomplice turned victim his apology, long overdue

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i need everyone to understand the poetry of curly turning a blind eye to anya’s suffering only to be robbed of his autonomy and voice as she was and then forced to observe jimmy’s crimes and the abuse of his own body

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one thing in the mouthwashing fandom that annoys me is when people make those jokes like "Swansea would have killed Jimmy if Anya told him" because like,,,,,, she did and he didn't. but also. i don't think the moral the game is trying to show is that Anya should have picked another man to protect her