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uncanny-tranny · 7 months

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I recall saying this before, but it bears repeating:

There could be a billion trans people in the world and it still wouldn't be a bad thing because being trans is not a bad thing. Even if the rate of people discovering they are trans is "disproportionate" to trends from decades ago, that is not a bad thing. In fact, it's a natural consequence for there being more trans people being able to stay alive, and, overall, being able to live in a slightly more tolerant world. You'd only see that as a bad thing if you actively didn't want trans people to either live or live a life that facilitates wellness.

#trans #transgender #lgbt #lgbtq #ftm #mtf #nonbinary #like even with there being more OPEN AND OUT trans people there are still more cis people by volume #even in my high school with three trans girls and three trans guys (including me) and a few NB people...#...there were still a THOUSAND cis kids going to school with us. imagine complaining when cis people are still 'dominant'#i don't know what my secondary school's population is because it's a big campus so you can deal with high school stats lol #like thank gd we are beginning to live in a world where the trans population CAN grow #i want there to be more trans people. because trans people will continue to be trans #we will continue being trans no matter what laws you put into place. no matter how dangerous you make the world for us...#...we will continue to be trans whether or not you approve. and that's fucking beautiful. i want us to live. i want us to eat well.#i want us to not worry about anything in this world. and that's going to happen one day. it will happen just like the sun rises each morning #if that is a threat to you then that is your own fault - your own self-destructive and sad thoughts about people and our world #and that is not my burden to carry - i have my own.

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mikkeneko · 9 months

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Don't want to put this on the post itself for risk of derailing it, but that post the other day about Terry Pratchett's early work really stuck in my mind. OP had sent in an ask saying that they heard some of Pratchett's earlier works had problematic elements (not unusual for a male english writer in the 80s) and they weren't sure whether to go ahead with reading the work anyway.

What I really want to ask that person, or indeed all persons who are hesitating over whether or not to read problematic works or works by imperfect authors:

What are you worried about happening, if you read a work with problematic elements?

I'm worried that if I read this art, I will run across hateful images or words that will shock or upset me

I'm worried that I will spend money on a work of art that then financially supports a bad person, and that thought makes me uncomfortable or upset

I'm worried that I will read works of art written by a bad person, and comment or react on them, and other people will see what I am reading and will think less of me because of it, or will assume that I hold the same bad beliefs as the author

I'm worried that I will read works of art written by a bad person, and I will enjoy them, and the author will find out about my enjoyment and feel emboldened to do bad things because of it

I'm worried that I will read works of art written by a bad person, and their badness will contaminate my way of thinking and make me a worse person in turn

Because these are all different answers and some of them are more actionable than others

#salty sunday #for the first: it's up to you whether you want to take that risk but keep in mind you can always stop if you feel discomfort.#this isn't school and nobody is going to require a book report from you on it #for the second: whether the author is even still alive let alone receiving proceeds from the work is something you can check on #if they're a more classic author and their estate/family is still getting proceeds you can decide whether you feel the issues of the author #are something worth punishing their family over #for the third: you can't control what other people think. don't try.#for the fourth: the author is gonna think and do whatever they think and do entirely independent of the response of the audience #assuming they even found out what you think ever which is very unlikely. see above about not being able to control what other people think #for the fifth: moral contamination is not a thing. kick the little fascist voice out of your head. be free

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bigothteddies · 2 months

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they’re in a better place now 🫶🏻 (away from me)

#unimportant thoughts #shit posts !#interpret this how you will #whether its about me getting ghosted this month or about people i once loved or about people from high school i will forever miss and regret #queue

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wearenotjustnumbers2 · 10 months

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This is the devastating reality in gaza.

Even if children don't lose their lives during the bombing, they lose their limbs, their loved ones. You know how many kids who lost their legs loved playing football? How many loved to run and walk and ride a bike? How many lost their arms who can no longer feel it, no longer wear a bracelet around their wrist? There are kids who lost their eyesight due to the bombing And getting crushed under the rubble. Keep demanding a ceasefire, this should not still be happening. 44th day.

#to think about how these kids are still not safe even after all of this #they still could get bombed whether they're at their home or in a shelter or in a hospital or even a school #i know of two little girls who survived the bombing of their house #and after getting out of the hospital they stayed at their relatives house which got bombed but they got killed this time by Israel #they only survived 8 hours after the first bombing that lost them their parents and their home #i have a video about them on my blog the journalist who was keeping them company in the hospital posted it #share this #palestine #gaza #israel #important #current events #free palestine #ethnic cleansing #free gaza #gaza strip #gaza under attack #gaza under genocide #israel apartheid #israel is a terrorist state #israel is an apartheid state #usa #america #un #save the children #we are not numbers #video #human rights #yemen #joe biden

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aardvaark · 4 months

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im so glad that we never get a clear picture of sophie’s background in leverage & i hope we never do. however i also really like making up various, often conflicting backstories for her in my head. perhaps they’re all backstories for an alias of hers, ones she laid to rest back in season two.

#leverageposting #leverage #sophie devereaux #particularly that one of or both her parents had to move around a lot for work & so she would change herself to fit in at every new school #or new town etc etc. and that whatever original identity she had was dropped due to some kind of really awful event and her bio family think #she’s dead. eg she got into some kind of extreme legal trouble for the first time & she faked her death & everyone she knew as a kid thinks #she’s dead too. like. astrid wasn’t the first person she left to miss/mourn her.#but also that she was a teen runaway at like age ~16 and pretended to be an adult (like. 18/19) cause theres not much you can do by yourself #as a minor like booking flights or renting an apartment. and so began her first proper alias. and she was a pickpocket until she could fund #her life fully through grifting & cons.#or alternatively her parents died when she was a teen & she was old enough to become an emancipated minor (everyone in lev is an orphan)#and she kind of just fell into crime from there bc she had no one #or perhaps she got married at 17 and realised how fucked it all was and stashed money until she could run away & leave it all behind. that’s #bc of a single vague sentence on john rogers’ blog saying she was married at 17 and in context it was quite possibly a joke or random #hypothetical example but i was like what if???? What If???????#i also like the hc that she’s trans which i’ve seen a few times #in some versions in my mind her parents were okay and in some versions they were awful and in some versions it was so complicated.#i think tara has heard one story and parker or hardison have heard another and nate has never heard any story. he’s never asked.#she is here now and that’s all that needs knowing. and sophie devereaux is her real name in any way it matters.#eliot has also never asked and she asked if he was curious once and he just asked if she was curious about What He Did and that was answer #enough for the both of them. just a mutual agreement not to ask and it actually solidified their bond.#i think she struggled for a long time about whether to tell her new family The Real Story but in much the same way we never hear her birth #name bc it’s not Her anymore… she never gives The Real Story. bc it no longer defines who she is. she’s so much more than whatever happened.#lvg

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chaiaurchaandni · 11 months

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so is it just a weird coincidence that blinken suggested al-jazeera limit coverage of bombings in gaza and then idf targets the family of al-jazeera's bureau chief in gaza

#disgusting #same energy as bbc making an article about whether hamas builds tnnels underneath hospitals and schools and #then israel bombing a hospital one day later #feels like theyre gleefully announcing their war crimes #death to israel #free palestine #glory to the martyrs #gaza #palestine

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daftmooncretin · 9 months

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not to diss young sheldon but he doesn’t get spock like i do

#does he even wonder if spock likes peanut butter #or how he would feel about trampolining #and whether or not he has seen high school musical #star trek tos #star trek #young sheldon #spock #jim kirk #spirk #tos

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doberbutts · 9 days

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Also it's still very funny to me when I say "I like Rings of Power" and someone sees it and says I'm not a true fan of Tolkien's works and must not know anything about his writing and then I post a picture of my bookshelf. Never gets old.

#Like yeah dogs are my special interest but also #This is OG special interest #Literally the reason I'm on the internet in the first place is because I joined lotr fan forums when I was 12 #Lying about being 13 #No one at my school liked it but plenty of strangers on the internet were happy to talk incessantly with me about the color of legolas' hai #Or whether or not the eagles could have flown them to mordor #Who else would have giggled with me about that 15 minute long gif of boromir talking about walking into mordor #I've been here for twenty damn years and I will not be chased off by some jerks who think they're better than anyone else #Because they've been sucking the toes of PJ and WB #I was there Gandalf #I was there when you were a loser if you admitted to liking the movies #It's the same arguments recycled again and again #Meanwhile I'm the omg two cakes guy #Omg more Tolkien stuff??? Sign me the fuck up I'm always willing to go back to middle earth wym you don't like it

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acorviart · 3 months

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oh the girls are fightinggggg on the email post again

#it's just good entertainment at this point #also recent reblogs have changed into a discussion about whether calling teachers/professors by their first or last names is appropriate??#use ur brains it entirely depends on cultural and institutional context #u can't even be like oh the US does this and UK does that etc etc cause in my singular US uni the art school used first names #but other schools/majors were more formal #and even within art school there was at least one prof who requested last name only #context........................

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notbecauseofvictories · 4 months

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it's a good thing that I've developed a pretty cast-iron sense of self-worth, because otherwise....man, my boss could do a number on me without even really trying.

#when she talks about calories I don't know whether she's trying to be catty or if she genuinely can't think of another topic #I have so many interests! I pride myself on my ability to talk about pretty much anything.#I can talk about food gardening history music news theater law sports work what I'm doing this weekend or next month;#I am comfortable asking questions and listening or I'm comfortable telling stories (not...a lot but I have a couple)#I pride myself on my ability to navigate conversations! it is a skill I have actively cultivated!#.....but observing I am fat or that the meal I ordered has 1000 calories? not much I can do with that.#it just strikes me as immature; as much as when she comments on the bags under someone's eyes.#honestly what is the point of bringing it up except to highlight that you have the interpersonal skills of a middle school girl.#no wonder the company has to secretly manipulate you

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nessberry · 1 month

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there's shipping in wind breaker and then there's whatever the hell hiragi, sako, and kaji have going on bc what the fuck......I feel like I'm reading a shoujo manga whenever those three interact at all

#hiragi thinking he disappointed sako and thats why he didnt follow him????#kaji going to sakos school for days just to see him and ask why he didnt go with them to furin????#sako thinking hiragi only cares about kaji and not him??? sako thinking he messed everything up by not following anyway like kaji did???#hiragi not knowing sakos reasons but still caring for him so much whether he deciced to follow him or not????#IM LOSING MY FUCKDIDKD MIND #hiragi toma #kaji ren #sako kota #wind breaker #wind breaker manga #hirasako #hiisako

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saturnvs · 6 months

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equine therapy starts again today for the first time since … october? nervous 🫠

#debating whether or not i want to continue because so far it’s only given me more anxiety #and i’m not sure the therapist and i … match #i need something softer and she’s not always very soft in her approach #+ she thinks i’m ‘too young’ to occasionally have debilitating back pain #and she also did not believe when i told her i was diagnosed with autism because i ‘don’t look like it’#🙃#many parts of the therapy Have been good but i’m not always sure if she even likes me that much? she gets frustrated when i get anxious #i’ll just see how i feel about it today although i’m shaking with anxiety lol #let’s just say it wasn’t entirely what i dreamed of when it began #and i’m still hoping for my old riding school to get back to me #i might need to resend that email..

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dimsilver · 7 months

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btw re: the homeschooling debate and related things - this site has been absolutely wonderful for getting to appreciate people who aren’t automatically My Sort of Person. it’s actually opened my eyes to look for and enjoy all sorts of things about in-person people that I don’t automatically connect with. I’m not even sure how to express this but basically this site of such a good outlet for people’s inner selves that I am constantly confronted with the richness and complexity and honesty and quality and beauty of people who aren’t super similar to me and I think that’s awesome.

#really this is only tangentially related to the homeschooling thing #but you get what I mean?? it’s so easy to judge people by how similar our backgrounds and tastes are #(whether about schooling or not)#or just to only want to deepen my relationships with people who are like me #and I am very similar to some of y’all #but not others #and I appreciate and enjoy you all!!

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koetjingwarrd · 1 year

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You're my baby, say it to me...

#gundam witch from mercury #gwitch #wfm #sulemio #suletta mercury #miorine rembran #i bet on losing dogs as per gwitch current story progression aka ep17 do you see my vision...#i have particular mixed feelings on ep 17 most of which i feel that the story is done a bit sloppy i think it started around ep 16 or 15 #i really need to get this out so i could study damn it !!#first of all with miorine with the one who's losing a lot by being complicit with prospera's quiet zero significantly trapping herself furt #er in the cycle of revenge and also losing the friends she has come to cherish and also... at the same time knowing hal truths of what real #ly happened prospera true plan. vanadis. aerial and suletta true nature. earth as a spacian battleground. and the whole lot #i feel like she's rushing thru her birthday to eject sul asap from prosperas plan and now whats done is done i feel like she underestimate #what conviction on how suletta values what family means to her. prospera lines where she wonders whether sul will give aerial up #easily is giving vibes that its possible for suletta to take drastic measures to get her family back. miorine grows up on a world that #is defined by strict rules but suletta does not... that is after she's starting to get over her heartbreak i think...#whats interesting about gwitch is that although it considered utena as one of its base material it mixes said materials with how gundam sto #ryline works while simultaneously keeping up with today's themes. so honestly... when this happened today im a bit pissed #another thing that even though on a surface level suletta plays the role of utena with miorine as anthy they are also anthy and utena #respectively. suletta and utena with their kind hearted and naive self with a sense of justice left behind the insidious plot of the school #anthy and miorine titled the bride who adored their respective partner up to the point of deception and betrayal for their own good #SULETTA AND ANTHY GOD THE WITCh. red motifs. i find it funny they both have siblings okay this is messed up. the character shrouded in myst #ery. SCREAMS AT THE TOP OF MY LUNGS THE CHICK WHO IS YET TO HATCHH !!!! RAHHH #insert utena student council theme somewhere around here #and lastly utena and miorine. the “princess”that is ready to take on a world that is threatening her loved one. both are only child god no.#this is my personal feelings but i will find it heartbreaking that despite everthing suletta will runs to miorine no matter how much she #push her away... but i also want and find it interesting where despite loving and believing in her suletta will slowly will ALSO despise #her for letting them drift apart kind of like anthy and utena on the akio apocalypse arc....... do i want this to happen...? do i....? >yes #regardless augh what a heartwrenching lovely episode despite me knowing it will happen at some point during the show #im like the surprised pikachu meme with tears in my eyes

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catofoldstones · 1 year

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I love how in every chapter since asos sansa and arya both say “I’m a woman grown” or “I’m 11, a woman now” or “I’m a woman flowered”. Like you’re both severe minors, haven’t even broken the eggshells of the eggs from which you’re yet to hatch 😭😭 calm down there, buckos

#especially in Arya’s case #girlie you’re in elementary school 😭#do NOT come to me how the narrative pushes them to take on responsibility and trauma beyond their years #I know that #I’m just talking about how they’ve both internalised the expectation and responsibility to act like a grown up to survive #while going through shit hardly any adult could survive #asoiaf #sansa stark #arya stark #oh arya my beloved #that braavosi captain is looking at this 4’8 runt going iM a wOmAN gRoWn #WHILE she’s scared about getting eaten by a statue like #🙄🙄🙄#i just know his eyes rolled to the back of his skull #arya i <3 u #also san you’re not responsible for grown men’s attention on you #whether you’ve ‘flowered’ or not #still a child #san & ar

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magicoleanders · 8 months

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it’s so hard to be a lover in a literature class full of haters

#this week in my modernism class we read The Waste Land and everyone wanted to litigate whether or not we should still be teaching it #but I just wanted to talk about the Hanged Man and water symbolism and Classical allusions #canon debates have their place I guess but I would choose close reading a text over that every time #just grad school things

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