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always saying this

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cant even be mad at my cat for trying to steal my yarn ball. its basically the most classic thing for a cat to steal

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“How’s your WIP going?”

"Have you made any progress?”

“How close are you to being done?”

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Fun beauty tip for all us #girls:

Identify that which would deny you your autonomy or seek to steer the course of your destiny for you and attack it. Attack it relentlessly and without pity.

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2 genres of fanfiction:

1) put that guy into situations

2) take that guy OUT of situations for the love of GOD let them REST 

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I was watching season 2 of squid game, and when the viewer is introduced to the character Hyun-ju, she is immediately clocked and described in transmisogynistic terms by two cis characters.

I was thinking about how, despite being played by a cis man, the majority of the audience probably would not have clocked this character independently in this moment. her identity is established through transmisogyny and degendering.

it occurs to me that this is a pretty frequent trope-- that the way cis creators communicate to an audience that a woman is trans is through transphobia, through the reaction to her from cis characters.

I think this happens in real life a lot too. transmisogyny needs to be taught, it is not an intuitive hostility.

one of the ways that social norms are taught is through modelling the "correct" reactions to encountering people of different social groups, and teaching people how to identify when someone is a part of that group. this is all a pretty active process.

children (and even adults) are constantly socially taught how one identifies and interacts with different "kinds" of people, often based on what sort of power relation one has to them. this is how you talk to doctors. this is how you talk to police. this is how you talk to people younger than you. this is how you talk to homeless people. this is how you talk to cashiers.

and when you think about how active the process is to socially teach the hatred and devaluing of human beings, you start noticing that process everywhere. that's likely why transmisogynistic caricatures are absolutely pervasive in children's media--there aren't that many trans women in the world, as a percentage of total women one might encounter, so the repetition of social scripts of how to react to trans women (confusion, disgust, violence) must be taught through fiction so everyone internalizes it even if they've never met a trans woman in their life.

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I’m so tired but someone did in-character muppet themed impact play tonight and I need to draw it before it leaves my mind

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remember: it's important to heal because if you don't heal, then you'll just blee-- nahhh I'm just yanking your chain, let's go get some revenge on everyone forever, little buddy

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i need to get off the computer and get around to my

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Hey how come the truck automatically locks when it explodes and bursts into flames

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parents got a new cat they named lord montague and this morning i heard my dad in the other room say "i would have to advise against that decision, my lord" followed by a crashing sound

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As many posts you see talking about the problems trans women face, never forget that it has been worth it. Every trans women i’ve talked to has said they wouldnt reverse their decision to start hormones or get surgery or whatever. Its worth it. I feel so much better about myself generally. I didnt think tjat would happen. You expect nothing to change. You expect to keep being the same depressed boy with no light. But genuinely hrt has added a brilliance to my life i never thought possible. I used to think it would be the same bleak shit. But it isnt. Everything is in color now. Just dont die wondering, ok?

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i dont know why cream cheese makes such faces

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Message to all losers: please survive