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Le important day in meme history has arrived

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“I don’t think that’s healthy Chase…”

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Love is in the air 🖤🗡💀

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I've had a few people ask why I decided to use gender neutral pronouns for the protagonist of the DEEPHAVEN mystery novels. I have several reasons, one of which is articulated wonderfully by the great Ursula Le Guin, explaining her use of gender neutral language in her own work.

"I consistently break a rule I consider to be not only fake but pernicious. I know what I'm doing and why."

There still really aren't that many queer protagonists, in any literature but particularly for young readers, and that alone is enough of a reason.

It was also a thematic choice for me. DEEPHAVEN is a gothic story about the horrors of being forced into a shape you didn't choose. The gothic genre is all about how our past haunts us, about the struggle between who we want to be and what we fear we truly are. It made sense to have that reflected in the identity of the protagonist.

At the very core of my motivations, though, is the fact that I was a queer kid once, and I think stories about queer kids going on adventures and solving spooky mysteries are fun.

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I think the reason a lot of leftists struggle with disability justice is that they haven't moved past the concept that discrimination isn't bad because it's objectively "wrong." yes, sexists are objectively wrong when they try to claim women are dumber than men. yes, antisemites are objectively wrong that jewish people are inherently greedy and run the state. yes, racists are wrong when they try to claim that white people are the superior race. and so on.

but then with disabled people, there are a lot of objective truths to the discrimination we face. people with IDs/LDs do fall behind and struggle with certain concepts. physically disabled people are often weaker and less capable of performing demanding tasks than able bodied people. many of us with mental illnesses are more reckless and less responsible. a lot of us are dependent on others and do not contribute much "worth".

and guess what? disabled people still deserve a place in the world. disabled people still deserve the supports they need. because they are people, and that should be enough to support them and believe they deserve a place at the table.

if your only rebuttal against discrimination is its objective inaccuracies, you are meeting bigots where they are at. you are validating the very concept that if and when people are truly incapable of being equal to the majority, that means they are worth less. this causes some leftists to then try to deny the objective realities of disabled people and/or become ableist themselves.

your rallying behind marginalized groups should start and end with the fact that people are completely worthy of life and equity, because they are fellow human beings and that should, frankly, be enough.

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I don’t remember ever having this clip but hey i found it

napkin king shane madej 🙏🙏

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Do you like my friend?

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i wish there wasn’t such a stigmatized view on platonically loving people.

I can’t call people nicknames and pet names like hun and honey without them immediately assuming i have romantic interest in them.

i can’t tell my friends i love them without adding on “platonically” or shortening the phrase “ily” “love you” “love u”

i love a lot of people. i love my sister, i love my boyfriend, and i love my best friend. All different versions of love.

let us love people openly and honestly without it being seen as “making a move” or being romantically interested.

please please please stop assuming that love is strictly romantic, i promise you life becomes so much brighter and bigger when you stop keeping love strictly romantic.

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you can click on this button once daily to help palestine and support other causes in the middle east for free. it takes literally 5 seconds and could help save lives so please take the time to click and share this link.

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"Biden is funding a literal genocide!"

Yeah - and so will Trump. Like, if you don't vote for Biden, Trump will win, and he will continue to send aid to Israel - in fact, he will likely send MORE aid to Israel. That's the reality of the world we live in.

And, to be honest, any US president will support Israel. Because the USA is Israel's ally. That's how foreign policy works.

So who do you prefer?

Biden, who has helped lgbtq rights, reproductive rights, infrastructure, the environment, lowered medication costs, supported unions, and done MANY good, progressive things,

Or Trump, who we already know is awful. Who we already know will destroy any human rights Biden managed to gain. Who will not help the environment. Who will not help trans people, or immigrants, or women.

Because those are your two choices. And if you think they're the same, you are dangerous to all marginalized people.

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’have you ever felt abandoned by the ones you’ve trusted?’

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Inverness Castle

Inverness, Scotland, UK

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Jackie goes to find Marvin after his show, Instead only finding Marvin's book.

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Full video

The sadness and despair in those eyes...

There are no innocent soldiers in iof, including the women. I've seen female soldiers laughing and dancing at the misery of Palestinian people and doing heinous acts just like their male counterparts.

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Palestinian people who are suffering immensely in so many ways are still taking the time to rescue and help animals in Gaza for months now... and those who turn their backs on what is happening to Palestinian people... ya'll disgust me.

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i am so serious when i say that ai art needs to be banned from image searches. it's clogging up every single search i do i want to see real historical images and paintings i don't want to see ai barf of an instagram model in inaccurate period garb