#It's not always so blatant but....

[mostlyinconvenient]

A person becomes pregnant and suddenly their life needs to take a backseat, no matter if they want it or not. They're no longer an independent woman or human being, now they're a dirty whore and an incubator for a precious angel worth far more than themselves.

The mothers life is tainted by the sin of actually living, and is therefore worth less than the fetus at any stage. She can be respected but only if she embraces her role as a good mother should and doesn't fight it. Only if she accepts her place as a lesser being only meant to continue mans legacy.

If she even thinks of abortion, she is worse than a murderer for trying to destroy a life more pure than hers.

When that baby is born and it begins to be selfish and human, it too will lose its purity and it's right to life... but for now, it's life is more than yours and you will pay for failing it

[rotzaprachim]

i don’t think Jews should have to extend grace to people who engage in Holocaust denial. I don’t think people should engage in Holocaust denial no matter their politics. I think Jews have a right to be angry and cut off contact with those who do engage in Holocaust denial, no matter their politics. I’m so fucking angry we’re at this line I’m the goddamn sand and antisemitism is this rampant

[ruporas]

kiss the pain away

[oh-biwan]

"Each day you feel me devour your soul."

[aliteral-ghost]

the strange, awful relationship between the 2 falses aka i'm still thinking about them

// Monster Portraits - Sofia Samatar & Del Samatar // "You're A Mirror I Cannot Avoid" - Bad Books // "Call Them Brothers" - Regina Spektor feat. Only Son // Sign found underneath falsesymmetry's season 9 base // "Pink in the Night" - Mitski // A Cruelty Special to Our Species - Emily Jungmin Yoon // @theminecraftbee //

[mayhemspreadingguy]

Aaand he got hurt again 💔. The usual.

(a follow-up to this)

[nerdymariamania]

As someone who's been a Team Starkid fan since the beginning, since 2009... do the young fans who only know hatchetfield know the old lore?? Do you know about crying in the choir room?? Do you know the door gag? Do you know Liam's got a phone call? Do you know about the iconic accidental sing along SanFran Con appearance? This isn't me being elitist or anything, I genuinely want to know! I just feel so very much older than all of you, all the time. Does anyone remember Tanya and her gay little blonde bob???

[musashi]

i am begging the other leftists on my fucking dash to stop reblogging anti-voting stuff until the election is over. there are so many doomers on this website who do not have the critical thinking skills to fucking use their brains and tons of them will be genuinely swayed by what they see online.

for the love of god, queue it for after november 5th. queue all your criticism for then. unleash the fucking beast after the election is over. but it is so fucking irresponsible to be reblogging that shit now.

[ndostairlyrium]

reddit user LadyNorbert told me personally to stand there to unlock banters and I will forever be grateful

[pynkhues]

I read somewhere that Rolin specifically wanted Louis to be a brothel owner because he thought it was important for his character that he have the same casual view on the exploitation of people’s bodies as book slave-owner Louis. These are important aspects of his character that I feel the show handles with more nuance and care than the books. Louis should get to have his negative qualities!

(x)

Yeah, I think I read that too, anon, and honestly, I think it really makes a lot of sense for his character, and also is a part of what makes him really interesting? This is a bit of a tangent, and I've got a half-drafted longer reply to someone else's ask about this that I'll post eventually, haha, but there's so much stress on Louis as the most 'human' vampire in fandom, when I think that's both true and untrue? I think Louis feels very connected to human expression (most clearly seen through his love of art and literature), while having detachment at best and derision at worst for the humans who create it (best seen through his cruelty around the artist in Paris, but also his gentrification of San Francisco in the 70s and abandonment of the people in 2.01).

In a lot of ways, even that in itself feels like the embodiment of capitalism, and like - - it's been fascinating to see this embrace in fandom of Louis as a capitalist and yet this sort of denial of the reality that successful capitalism relies on the exploitation and abuse of people for the sake of profit. That exploitation and abuse almost always involves intersections of racism, misogyny and classism, which Louis has absolutely been shown to participate in.

Like, God, in the first episode alone, the Alderman Fenwick tries to anally rape Bricktop, and someone (well, Lestat) murders Miss Lily, and Louis doesn't even bat an eye. Maybe you could make an argument that he had commercial interests at risk with Bricktop, and was distracted by his brother's death and Lestat's Whole Deal by the time Miss Lily was killed, but I think to deny that his flippancy towards both crimes isn't inherently steeped in misogyny and a devaluation of women's bodies and lives, is pretty naive.

I think people tend to think misogyny is just about hating women, and it's not. It's about upholding patriarchal structures and values that oppress and objectify them, and having ingrained prejudice against them. Louis absolutely uses women as a pimp, and I think even at home upholds patriarchal family dynamics with both Grace and Claudia. I've touched on that before, and linked to those posts there, so won't get into it here, but yeah! Louis' relationship with women is complicated and usually paternalistic, dismissive and - ultimately - about him, even with the women he - genuinely! - loves.

And when I say that, I mean it as literally the opposite of a criticism. Like you said, he should be allowed to have negative qualities! Those negative qualities give him texture and humanity and make him real, and are one of the reasons the show's version of him is so, so compelling.

[hrokkall]

What's gabriel in this au?

Some loser, probably.

[lambmotifz]

the penetration metaphor/motif surrounding dean’s character should be studied

[akkivee]

NEW HALLOWEEN CHIBIS DROPPED

[raionmimi]

Mom said his siblings could come on his date with Satya

[wanderingandfound]

While I wasn't familiar with any of the players in the four hour plagiarism YouTube video (besides the Sherlock Is Garbage and Here's Why guy), coincidentally a blog post came out today about a book full of plagiarism within the TTRPG scene. And in this case I was familar with the plagiarizing author. I followed her on Twitter for a while (her personal account seems to be gone now) and while she could be... acerbic is one way to put it, shit-stirring is another, she had some insightful posts. Somebody doesn't need to be nice to have a point. This is disappointing.

[the-whispers-of-death]

Getting Caught

*Stone walking back to his barracks with two bags in this hands, having come back from a trip into town* Price, who is waiting outside the barracks for Stone: Ah, Stone. I was a little worried when I heard you had left base, you're not the type to go gallivanting. Stone: I had to just go into town quickly for some things, next time I'll tell you when I'm leaving. Price, eyeing the bags in Stone's hands: Are those cans of cat food and a bag of dry cat food? Stone, without hesitation: Yes, they are. Price: *realization dawns on him* Stone, is that for the stray cat that's roaming around? Stone, again without hesitation: It is. Price: ... Price: The stray cat that has bitten and scratched several soldiers? Stone: She's misunderstood. Price: She? Stone, heading towards the door of his barracks: I gotta put these bags in my room quickly, I've left the base hospital unattended for too long. *runs into the barracks and closes the door* Price: *stares at where Stone had been* Price, sighing and turning away from the barracks: At least he's making a friend, even if it is a stray cat.

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