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I think some people forget that some literature and some media is meant to be deeply uncomfortable and unsettling. It's meant to make you have a very visceral reaction to it. If you genuinely can't handle these stories then you are under no obligation to consume them but acting as if they have no purpose or as if people don't have a right to tell these stories, stories that often relate to the darkest or most disturbing parts of life, then you should do some introspection.

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It was on that day that Rue finally had enough of everyone’s shit.

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Me: I hate it when people do things that are widely considered to be unpopular, annoying, and overdone.

Movie: *uses a moody, dramatic cover of a popular song in the trailer*

Me: Oh my god they used a moody dramatic cover of a popular song in the trailer

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Dog names are like “Spot” but cat names are like “Ozempic Cheeseburger”

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emperor kuzco was clearly gay

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Mickey Mouse is sounding the drums of war and I am here for it.

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THEY ANNOUNCED A TWILIGHT TV SHOW LITERAL DAYS AFTER THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF A HARRY POTTER TV SHOW.

I’M SO DONE.

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Okay, I can’t believe I have to explain this, and I doubt I’m the first person to do so, but here we go:

ARIEL being played by someone with darker skin in the Little Mermaid remake is OKAY because, in the end, she’s a mermaid. Her skin colour is completely irrelevant to the story.

NANI being played by someone with lighter skin in the Lilo and Stitch remake is NOT okay because her skin colour and heritage is important to her story. Lilo and Stitch is the story of an Indigenous Polynesian family SPECIFICALLY.

“Oh but you wouldn’t get upset if a white character was played by a POC-” WRONG. It’s just that a white character’s whiteness is rarely important to the story. I can think of two exceptions to this right off the bat: John Smith from Pocahontas and Merida from Brave. These characters HAVE to be white, because cultural background plays a large role in their respective stories. It’s similar to how Tiana HAS to be black.

Stop comparing the justified outrage over Nani being light skinned to the bigoted outrage over Ariel being black. They are not the same.

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Listening to "Der Hölle Rache", "Hayloft II", and "Everytime We Touch" on loop to soothe me to sleep.

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There is a live-action Moana coming.

There is a Harry Potter reboot coming.

What the fuck.

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Anyone who argues for Confederate statues because they “are a part of history and you can’t change history” is fucking stupid. Tell me, when was the last time you learned history from a statue?? Never?? Yeah, that’s because we learn history from websites and books.

Statues don’t help us remember history. They help us glorify it.

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He had it coming

He had it coming

He only had himself to blame

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Okay, I’m excited about Brandy returning as Cinderella for Descendants: The Rise of Red, but I have… so many questions. Are Descendants and R&H Cinderella in the same universe?? If they are, why is the fairy godmother completely different?? Why is one of Cinderella’s kids a POC (Chloe), but the other one is extremely white (Chad)?? Is there more than one Cinderella?? Disney, please. I need answers.

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Let’s be honest: there’s no such thing as a fanfic author who “ignores canon”. If you write fanfiction, you either comply with canon or you willingly massacre it.

Sometimes fanfiction is a love letter to canon, and sometimes fanfiction is pounding on canon's door and yelling for it to get out here so you can kick its ass.

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MINIMUM wage is the lowest possible salary that is still legal. It is insufficient to live off of.

LIVING wage is the lowest possible salary that you can still live off of. It only provides enough money for necessities (food, housing, etc.).

THRIVING wage is double the living wage. It allows you to have enough money so that 50% of it goes to necessities, 30% goes to leisure spending, and 20% goes to savings.

We don’t need a living wage. We need a thriving wage. Because a living wage doesn’t allow you to live; it allows you to survive.

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Not to get all political, but…

Who am I kidding, I’m a very political breadloaf.

Red States are broken. Firearm mortality, poverty, education, life expectancy, infant mortality, health care.

Republicans policies are the worst. We have the data.

Blue States do not have these same problems.

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