#It was a ton of fun

[awkwardrocker]

Went to Spa last week and all I got was this gnarly bruise

[caramelodeverano]

Dame tiempo que mañana será mas bonito 💕

[good-beans]

Aw RIP I'm so sad I missed mob's birthday 😭 Happy birthday to the boy!!

[lainahastoomuchsparetime]

I recently watched all 20 seasons of Grey's Anatomy in less than eight months so I have felt the full gamut of human emotion in a way that no one can ever truly ever understand and boy is it relevant here.

It is actually fascinating to watch an American, primetime TV show made in 2005 and how things have changed since it debuted.

First of all, Grey's Anatomy at its heart is essentially a soap opera made for wine moms. It is 101-level representation for sure because, honestly, its audience is probably new to a lot of these concepts. And the more they do it, the better it gets. They've had multiple nonbinary characters and the first time, they did a little 101 episode, but the second time, you're just expected to roll with it. They also spend a lot of time talking about racism and especially medical racism and that's very 101 but it's important and the wine mom audience probably hasn't been there for the deeper conversations.

OP is right - sometimes you just are not the audience for the beginner conversations.

I need to say something and I need y'all to be calm

if it isn't actively bad or harmful, no representation should be called "too simple" or "too surface level"

I have a whole argument for this about the barbie movie but today I wanna talk about a show called "the babysitters club" on Netflix

(obligatory disclaimer that I watched only two episodes of this show so if it's super problematic I'm sorry) (yes. I know it's based on a book, this is about the show)

this is a silly 8+ show that my 9 year old sister is watching and it manages to tackle so many complex topics in such an easy way. basic premise is these 13 year old girls have a babysitting agency.

in one episode, a girl babysits this transfem kid. the approach is super simple, with the kid saying stuff like "oh no, those are my old boy clothes, these are my girl clothes". they have to go to the doctor and everyone is calling the kid by her dead name and using he/him and this 13 year old snaps at like a group of doctors and they all listen to her. it's pure fantasy and any person versed in trans theory would point out a bunch of mistakes.

but after watching this episode, my little sister started switching to my name instead of my dead name and intercalating he/him pronouns when talking about me.

one of the 13 years old is a diabetic and sometimes her whole personality is taken over by that. but she has this episode where she pushes herself to her limit and passes out and talks about being in a coma for a while because of not recognizing the limits of her disability.

and this allowed my 9 year old sister to understand me better when I say "I really want to play with you but right now my body physically can't do that" (I'm disabled). she has even asked me why I'm pushing myself, why I'm not using my crutches when I complain about pain.

my mom is 50 years old and watching this show with my sister. she said the episode about the diabetic girl helped her understand me and my disability better. she grew up disabled as well, but she was taught to shut up and power through.

yes, silly simple representation can annoy you if you've read thousands of pages about queer liberation or disability radical thought, but sometimes things are not for you.

[crookedtines]

I finally took the time to photograph my vintage dip pen nib collection, and I need to share with you all how wonderful and diverse their designs are.

These two are my favorite. Just look at them! One of them is named Gorille and the other Mephisto, but to me they're little pumpkins.

And of course you gotta love the Pinocchio nib. You get to write with the nose of a tiny guy! Just not something you get to do anymore.

[noka-exe]

Damian Wayne comes across a classic christmas carol known well among the children of gotham… pt [1/?]

[chimchiri]

gideon & harrow OR rd and sf as cowboys please please please

It's the cowgirl necro and her gunslinger cav! Who is so damn extra she's got three guns: one left, one right, and one in pole position! (She swears the ladies love it!)

[hansoeii]

Gale of Waterdeep

[webhead3345]

Nothing quite like a walk in the dark with your sister, bare feet numb because of the cold rain. 😌😆

[menlove]

can't do this one as a poll bc there's endless choices but if you're in college/university or went to college/university what's been the most fun/enriching class you've had?

[catnippackets]

ideas for casual low-stress art projects if you want to work on something creative during the new year

dream journal: you can either write down every single dream you have so you can look back on everything, or just write down the best ones and add little drawings or collages to embellish them

weather blanket/scarf: create a legend for which colour matches each temperature/weather and then knit one row every day so by the end of the year you have a little reminder of what the weather looked like this year

junk journal/scrapbook: collect misc things like labels/ads/stickers/receipts and make little collages with them in a book

everyone add on ideas

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[bluegiragi]

negotiations.

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[quimser]

sneak peek at a few charms im planning to make later!

[howlsnteeth]

'cause I am broken into fractions oh and I am driven to distraction

[stemmmm]

ok a third one. i've got a third one

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