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Should go without saying but never date a cop and christ never marry one. Rule of thumb if he's legally untouchable he's ethically unfuckable. You don't like that cop, you like buff men in tight clothing. I can show you more of those, better ones. Take my hand.

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Racially biased stops cements #ACAB

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Capitalism is destroying Democracy.

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the way tumblr is trying to distance itself from being a blogging platform is fucking. infuriating!!

like do you not know this is your strength!!! I want to be able to visit other people’s pages that have been CUSTOM MADE for their purpose!!! ARTISTS HAVE LINKS AND TAGS FOR THEIR ART!!!  COMMUNITIES AND HELP/TUTORIAL BLOGS HAVE TAGS FOR SPECIFIC QUIERIES!!! WRITERS CAN LINK ME TO THEIR STORIES!!! IT HELPS BOTH THE POSTERS AND THE CONSUMERS TO MODERATE THE EXPERIENCE TO THEIR LIKING!!!!

SENDING PEOPLE TO THAT UNSLIGHTLY “BOARD” OF A “BLOG” THAT APPEARS NOW WHEN YOU CLICK THE NAME OF THE BLOG INSTEAD OF SENDING YOU TO THE ACTUAL BLOG IS SUCH A DUMBASS MOVE? IT DOESNT EVEN ALLOW LINKS!!! I CANT DO SHIT ON THERE!!! I CANT FIND WHAT IM THERE FOR!!!! IT MAKES ME NOT WANT TO USE IT!!!!

TUMBLR IS/USED TO BE THE MOST FLEXIBLE AND THAT WAS ITS BIGGEST MERIT!!! YOU HAVE ONE OF THE BEST TAGGING SYSTEMS AND YOU WONT LET ME USE IT TO ITS FULL POTENTIAL!!! 

YOU CAN FOSTER COMMUNITIES, YOU LET PEOPLE KEEP MULTIPLE SIDE BLOGS WITHOUT HAVING TO SIGN IN WITH A DIFFERENT EMAIL, YOU ALLOW VIDEOS AND AUDIO AND +4 PHOTOS PER POST!!!! TWITTER CANT HAVE THAT!! TIKTOK CANT HAVE THAT!! REDDIT CANT HAVE THAT!!! FACEBOOK CANT HAVE THAT!!!

IM SO SICK OF THIS TWITTERIFICATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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bad lgbt representation: An obviously queercoded flamboyant villain who makes it seem like some sort of a chicken-or-the-egg question of whether they're gay because they're evil or evil because they're gay. better lgbt representation: A queer character who's literally just a regular person. They just happen to be gay, aren't better or worse for it, and it has nothing to do with the plot. but consider: Both in the same story. The latter one would Strongly Prefer if them being gay had nothing to do with the plot, but unfortunately the villain is their ex. And the ex is not Evil because of the gay thing, the whole Spiked Skulls And Lime Green Fire was just always their thing and an ugly breakup seemed like a great excuse to go completely off the rails.

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Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer has been heralded by activists and human rights groups after signing a ban on conversion therapy in the state. The Democratic governor signed two sweeping bills into effect during a legislative ceremony on Wednesday (26 July), which will outlaw the sham procedures across the Great Lakes state.

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On Sinead O’Connor: The Lioness And The Orchid

At the young age of 56, Irish singer Sinead O’Connor passed away today. I’ve loved her music since the first time I was introduced to it in 1987, when I was in grad school, by my close friend, Terry Johnson. There was something about her voice that struck something deep in my heart. I don’t know if it was the power behind it, the raw emotion, or something else. All I knew was that this twenty-one-year-old singer was unfuckingbelievable.

A few years later, when she covered Prince’s “Nothing Compares to U,” her place among the top singers was etched in stone. If you listen to this song, you FEEL her longing, her pain. If you watch the video with the sound off, these same feelings come across. By the early 1990s, she had positioned herself as one of, if not the top, female musical artists. Her rise to prominence came to a screeching halt on October 3, 1992. During her live performance on Saturday Night Live, she pulled out a picture of Pope John Paul II and ripped it in half as a protest against the Catholic Church’s cover-up of sexual assaults. The aftermath of her performance was a tidal wave of condemnation, outrage, anger, banishment… In that one picture-ripping-moment, Sinead went from one of, if not the top, female artists to a cultural pariah. If you weren’t alive or culturally aware of how this all played out in 1992, all of this sounds unbelievable, knowing what we now know about the breadth and depth of the sexual abuse by Catholic priests around the world and to what extent the Vatican went to cover it up. What Sinead did in 1992 wasn’t just a protest. It was an act of sacrifice. She willingly sacrificed her fame, status, and career to protest the injustice and immorality that had been going on for decades in the Catholic Church. I have a real soft spot for and admiration for people who know exactly their position in life but are willing to sacrifice this for the truth. Malcolm X did this. Wittgenstein did this. Sinead O’Connor absolutely did this.  This sacrifice for the truth cost Malcolm X his life. It cost Sinead her mental health. The abuse heaped on her took a serious toll. She openly and bravely spoke about her mental issues, in the hopes that it would help others.  In January 2022, her seventeen-year-old son, Shane, committed suicide. I can’t speak to exactly what this did to Sinead, but I know what it is like to lose a child. I know the stress, depression, anger, loneliness, sadness… this brings. I can’t imagine what kind of toll this took on someone with an empathetic soul. All I do know is that the pressures, abuses, and losses Sinead suffered were unimaginable, and they would have destroyed most people. Sinead had a pure voice, a pure heart, and a pure moral compass.  If I were Pope Francis, I’d fast-track Sinead for sainthood, and when I made the announcement, I’d rip up a picture of John Paul II.

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Conservatives' sex trafficking obsession is a confession.

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finally have a chance to slow down so i would like to thank the SISTERS OF PERPETUAL INDULGENCE PORTLAND HOUSE for honoring chuck and making me an official saint. LOVE IS REAL

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i think all quiet on the western front and the lord of the rings are in direct conversation with each other, as in theyre the retelling of the same war with one saying here’s what happened, we all died, and it did not matter at all and another going hush little boy, of course we won, of course your friends came back