#This cannot be my contribution to the world

[olderthannetfic]

If your definition of a marginalized identity necessitates opression and suffering, then you are actively contributing to the continued mistreatment of of that group.

If the thing that makes me gay is the fact that I get called a faggot and not my attraction to men, then I am only gay as long as homophobes exist. Then my identity is one of victimhood, not of sexuality. If to be gay is definitionally to experience homophobia, then any celebration of gayness or is a celebration of homophobia.

We must all demand a better world, we must demand that there be less homophobia and other bigotry. If you tell a queer person or a disabled person or a Black person or any other person that society thinks it's OK to abuse that they cannot consider themselves a member of their own demographic because they have what we have been fighting for them to have, then you are as no better than the bigots we have sucessfully protected them from.

My identity does not belong to homophobes, it belongs to me and to other people with the same sexuality as me. You have no right to cede my identity and what defines to the bigots who want us all gone.

The goal MUST be a world with less hatred, less bigotry, less abuse. If you malign anyone whose life represents a tiny step closer to that goal, you are actively working against the goal. YOU are the one with no place in the queer community, not some gay kid who actually has what I've been fighting for.

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[g23-ptter]

[itsamenickname]

No matter what you do, make sure you do it for him.

Enjoy. :)

[ofliterarynature]

An eclectic little birthday haul (sponsored by my mom <3)

[bunnihearted]

hmm

[poetic-ivy]

it’s @aftg-mixtape posting season! my contribution for @desolatebee is live as of today, and if you like stupid banter and allison reynolds being a delightfully hot bitch you should give it a go

Allison’s eyebrows rose til her forehead had rows like a cotton field. “Okay, what crawled up your ass and died?”

“Your fuckin’ mom.”

“That old snake? Bet she slithered in no problem. How’s your colon feeling? Botoxed and venomed? She get a good little nip at your itty bitty balls on the way in?”

Seth breathed a slow breath and thanked whatever higher power saw fit to supply the banquet with wine, hissing a quiet, ‘leave my balls out of this,’ before taking a long, loud sip.

read the rest on ao3 (and then go trawl the rest of the collection because we got some BANGERS this year)

[lurking-latinist]

⛵

[pallases]

how is it only tuesday 😭😭

[the-trans-dragon]

I decided to look through a book written by one of the founders of converstion therapy and

It's quite the comfort to know that, no matter what I do, I will never be as much of a failure as the person who wrote this book.

[bioswear]

Idk hot take for a Saturday morning, but maybe people shouldn’t be SO quick to switch to a mentality of: “well I’m not voting at all” about American politics in regards to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict/genocide just bc America has had its dick in those affairs LONG BEFORE fucking Biden Presidecy and people are seemingly just NOW feeling publically vocally outraged about it bc it’s in the forefront news (as you should be), but maybe also let’s use our fucking brains for a moment if you are American:

we should, and can easily, also still focus on that which is in our own backyard, if you don’t vote fucking blue, because green/third parties are not actually viable in the deeply established two party system we have had for CENTURIES, we get fucking DeSantis or some other horrible Fascist Republican and then America is going to have its own genocide against LGBTQ+ people, fascism goes up, continued attacks against drag/immigrants/etc.

You also know damn well that any Republican, If one were president, would be doing the same fucking thing of providing aid to Israel, so I guess personally I’m just confused as to why everyone is surprised biden is doing the same.

You can and should support a free Palestine, and hold contempt for Israel and condemn their actions, AND also know that voting blue is Americas literal only chancE RIGHT CURRENTLY NOW this upcoming year, to remain somewhat of a democracy instead of a ChristoFascist regime, especially with Biden being one of the ONLY blue candidates like… our hands are TIED

Like YEAH it’s gonna fucking suck to vote for Biden but like you also gotta fucking Buck up sometimes and do things you don’t particularly WANT to do. It’s called duality and compromising in life and sometimes it’s fucking unavoidable.

But idk what the fuck do I know 🤪 I’m just a girl who thinks maybe you shouldn’t just fucking give up one of your only recognized rights in America just because some actions you can’t control from a crusty old moderate blue white man in a country whose affairs are more complicated than your messiest situationship is upsetting (rightfully so, I might add) you

[pepprs]

life would be so much better if i wasn’t so absolutely fucking depleted and exhausted all the time lol

[stsebastiens]

it’s funny to think how I went from striving to embody ‘biblical femininity’ -> investigating & crafting a different model of biblical femininity that worked better for me -> pursuing Christlike personhood bc I realized my faith cannot be tied to my gender in order to give it significance and flavor. if I do that I’ll be miserable.

[5-htagonist]

the boondocks is so good. i dont know what black american archetypal character is missing from that show other than ahhh favorable portrayals of black queerness but 2005 (presumably) cishet man creation so you know how that goes.

[dredshirtroberts]

y'know. i don't often hate the way my brain is and how difficult it makes certain things for me.

i do a little today though.

[zwiebelii]

I'm currently researching for my Bachelor's thesis, and I still need to narrow down the specific research gap, but I'm probably going to write on the spread of fake news on social media, and. Some of the stuff I'm reading is so fascinating?

The paper I'm reading right now mentions how ineffective it is to "debunk" fake news, because it doesn't really matter whether it's true or false. What matters is whether the person is familiar with the (mis)information. Thus, debunking can even increase the believability of fake news, because the affected person is getting more familiar with it.

I remember when people here on tumblr used to spread around "feminism 101" posts, or posts just explaining what microaggressions are, etc. Do we need to go back to that?? Was that actually more effective??? Are infographics on instagram really the future of digital activism???

[toleen-hassouna]

Help me get my life back, achieve my goal, and save the rest of my family

Education, which was young Tulin's passion, now seems like a distant memory, as there is no school, no home, and no safe place. The war has forced us to abandon our dreams and our work. Life as we knew it has stopped, swallowed up by a sea of ​​uncertainty, loss and despair

• My daughter Tulane is a radiant ray of sunshine, bringing joy, warmth and boundless love to everyone she meets. She has been through many health ailments.

• My middle daughter, Wateen, who is five years old, suffered a broken leg as a result of escaping during the aggression against the area surrounding us. Wateen suffers from osteomalacia and poor growth. I hope that this incident will not be repeated and that I will not see anything bad about it

• This is our house, full of our memories and moments of joy and happiness, which has now turned into ruins. His destruction

broke our hearts

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