#So all that to say

[starrylevi]

🐻 Levi tries to help you be kinder to yourself 🐻

Levi thinking of ways to help you take care of yourself and frustrated because he’s tried everything under the sun (and nothing’s working) when Hange sends him this random TikTok. He rolls his eyes at first. “Let’s see what this is about.” He mutters to himself, skeptical, before he watches it. However, when he does make it through the slideshow he starts to consider it. It is easier for you to take care of other people than it is to take care of yourself, and you do like plushies. “Why the hell not.” He’ll say to himself with a sigh as he orders a custom made mini plush doll version of you to help you be kinder to yourself. “Here.” He would place it in front of you like you asked for it. “What is it and why does it look just like me?” You giggle as you examine it. “Be nice to her.” Is all that he says. “Why would I be mean to her?” You ask, curious. Over the next few days you start to understand the purpose of the plushie. Whenever you’re upset with yourself Levi redirects you to the plushie. “Would you say that to her?” You look at the plushie. She’s so cute and soft. “Of course not.” You huff. “She hasn’t done anything wrong.” “You haven’t done anything wrong either.” He’ll gently remind you. Or when you’re sad or just irritable, he’ll be like “Did she eat today?” Or “A drink from her favorite place might make her feel better, what do you think?” He’ll ask you these questions, a complete serious expression on his face as he sips his tea, which would honestly be hilarious to you if it wasn’t so sweet. You decide to thank him. “I know you might have thought this is stupid but it’s actually helping.” You would say to him with a soft smile. He takes a pause before he answers. “It’s not stupid. Not when it’s you.”

[inkandpaintsnowleopard]

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While I can’t donate, I can try to spread the word

[criminalizegolf]

> read library book

> it's good

Thank you library

[eaglerayys]

Suzanne Collin’s just said fuck you to everyone who’s ever critiqued the Hunger Games as being a “teen girl saves the day” story. She said oh, Mockingjay didn’t make it clear enough? Here’s a book about how people have been rebelling for decades only to have their efforts suppressed and propagandized. Rebellion takes time and it takes failure and Katniss may have been the spark that ignited the wildfire but she did so standing atop the doused flames of everyone who came before her.

[who-do-i-know-this-man]

Both Selfish; you each lose 2 points

You Selfish, prev Cooperative; You gain 2 points

You Cooperative, prev Selfish; You lose 1 point, prev gains 1 point

Both Cooperative; You Each gain 1 points

(ps make sure to say what you voted)

Making this post long so you have to scroll to see prev's tags.

[carsonjonesfiance]

“This thing is legally dubious and therefore technically unenforceable.” Is not a “useless liberal gotcha” it’s how legalism works in this country. Tying up stupidly worded EOs in court is the quickest way to keep them from being implemented. It is the definition of “doing something.” But it doesn’t usually involve much tweeting so of course a certain type of leftist feels obligated to mock it.

[redisnotonfire]

shout out to suzanne collins for, in the middle of Everything Else she was doing in sotr, dropping a paragraph that’s just “btw fuck ai”

[batcavescolony]

Katniss is such an unreliable narrator. She says "Then something unexpected happens. At least, I don't expect it because I don't think of District 12 as a place that cares about me" girl you deliver strawberries to the Mayor, you hunt and trade for the district, when you fell at Prim being chosen someone caught you, when you went to Prim people parted for you, when you volunteered EVERYONE stopped. Idk how to tell you but I think you're a pillar of the community.

[goomyloid]

The remorseful player

[egophiliac]

missed the mark by (looks at calendar) uhhh. hm. but I really wanted to do something for the 5th anniversary! happy five years to these idiots 🎉

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Finally caught up with Apothecary Diaries. I can't believe they gave Maomao a gun.

[donutdrawsthings]

People all over the world are thinking of you!

[inkskinned]

the tradwife movement is the same as it has always been - back in the kitchen, back to breeding - it just has better branding.

when i was younger, i hated pink. i was not like other girls. this is now something i'm embarrassed of - this was not me being a "girl's girl."

but it was expressing something many of us felt at the time: i literally wasn't what girlhood was supposed to be. this is a hard thing to explain, but you know when you're not performing girlhood correctly. it isn't as easy as "i liked x when girls liked y" - because there were other girls that liked x, too - but i never figured out exactly the correct way to like x, or to be interested in y.

now there is the divine feminine. this is the same rhetoric it has always been: women are biologically driven to like pink and ribbons and submitting to our husbands.

the problem is that the patriarchy found a better PR team. because yes, actually, i want every woman to have the choice to be a homemaker. i also want her taken seriously for her legitimate home-making labor. i want her to be recognized as also having a job, just unpaid. i want men to have this opportunity, too.

but it is no longer "i made this choice and I love it." instead it is a sixteen-paragraph rant about how selfish it is that my generation isn't having kids. instead it's long videos about how if you feed your children processed foods, you're going to kill them. instead it is "this is what womanhood is supposed to be. i feel bad for any other choices you're making."

the shame spiral is just prettier. it is large houses devoid of personality. it is the implication: if you don't have this, you aren't happy. the solid, everlasting assurance: women are actually supposed to be submitting. this is the default. this is the natural state of things. all other attempts inflict suffering.

but you can no longer say i'm not like other girls. you can no longer reject this image completely. you cannot find it revolting, even if you know that the underbelly is toxic and festering. sure, it is the same repackaged patriarchy. but the internet does not have shades of grey. you should support and reward other women! your disgust is actually internalized misogyny. not because you are seeing a vision of yourself the way they're trying to train you to be. not because you feel her ghost pass within an inch of your earlobe. not because your father will eventually ask you - why can't you be like her?

because they figured out how to make it beautiful: women will sell other women on this idea, and we will find the singular loophole in feminism. sure, she's shaming you in most of her videos. sure, she implies that a different life is obscene. but she just wants you to be happy! you'd be happier if you were listening!

and the whole time you're sitting there thinking: i'd actually just be happier if i had that kind of money.

[my-darling-boy]

Convinced the husky that lives in the house behind us is just a sentient stuffed toy or the other way around

[lena-luthor]

No one in history has had special treatment like you.

[symphonyofsilence]

Let the poor man rest.