#always had and always will be

[sweetpumpkinmouse]

Cringe culture was just an excuse to bully neurodivergent kids. Think about it.

If you saw ANY cringe compilation at that time, you noticed a pattern. The original creators of the “cringe content” are young, “obsesses” over a fandom or character, and/or has trouble with certain social cues or standards.

Granted, did they do things that they weren’t supposed to do (nsfw, death threats, etc.)? YES! Most certainly. But why did people think it was a good idea to BULLY the person rather than explain to them why what they did or are doing was wrong?

I’m not saying to parent the person, just help push them in the right direction. And if they ended up ignoring you? Well…move on with your life. Block and report, if you wish, but there’s not much you can do.

Cringe culture was ESPECIALLY hard on older artists who didn’t fit their standard of “adult” or “professional artist” (even though people do it for FUN). Like, the ageism, man!

When I was younger, I would watch these cringe comps, treating it as what not to be as an artist. So, I would OBSESSIVELY try and perfect EVERYTHING. I would ridicule everything that wasn’t “perfect”. I was ashamed of my interests in fear of being bullied on the internet because it was my only escape from bullying in real life. Doing art and animations wasn’t fun anymore because I never allowed myself to improve or make a mistake.

Now that I’m an adult, I still have this compulsive need to perfect EVERYTHING. The moment I notice a mistake, it feels like the end of my “credibility” as an artist. I still scrutinize every little thing I do in fear of being made fun of. Even when I now know that my need for perfection is unhealthy.

Cringe culture RUINED any chance I had for improvement and creating because I was so scared of ending up in a fucking Youtube video spitting out slurs and unhelpful advice.

Whenever I think of cringe culture, I think of the ever present ableism of the internet. I think of this idea that kids have to act like adults the moment they leave the womb. That artists have to be perfect in their craft the moment they grab a pencil.

Cringe culture stunts a person’s ability to grow and improve due to the ever-present scrutiny of what their creations presents; whether they are affected or not. Even if you didn’t end up in those cringe comps, you still have that fear of ridicule.

Cringe culture has and will always DESTROY creativity and time for improvement. NOTHING will ever change my mind about that.

Cringe culture is DEAD, and should STAY DEAD!

[jellllllo-bowl]

gotham rainy nights

i firmly believe in Duke doing silly things with his power

hiding under your dad's cape when it's pouring outside can be something very special + bat-rain-poncho, several years later

[tariah23]

Oh…. Well, it’s over for Crunchyroll I guess

[disableddyke]

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

The math just adds up!

[wanderingibon]

anya deserved so much better

[shipperoftooncouples]

Sorry for the TRUE lesbians here, but this is very current in the life of every aroace girl.

[hollis-art]

get that girl her Odo fries !!

[chloesimaginationthings]

Glamrock Freddy's life is so hard in FNAF...

(Based off @/sweepswoop’s comic)

[bargarean]

it ended today and it’s truly a crime to me that seemingly nobody’s brought weapon x-traction to the attention of the non-comic deadclaws fans. it’s the only comic i’ve read that explicitly calls wade pansexual and emphasizes his queerness without it being the butt of the joke. it’s the only thing i’ve ever read that had me genuinely laughing pretty much the whole time. it has some utterly enchanting art. and as of this week and the last it has deadclaws LITERALLY finding each other in every universe

with everything about this comic taken into account i’m so sure that the subtextual intention for it being romantic was there. because like yeah what the fuck is happening in any of this. what’s happening HERE?

why are they so sickeningly domestic. don’t piss me off

[endusviolence]

Rowling isn't denying holocaust. She just pointed out that burning of transgender health books is a lie as that form of cosmetic surgery didn't exist. But of course you knew that already, didn't you?

I was thinking I'd probably see one of you! You're wrong :) Let's review the history a bit, shall we?

In this case, what we're talking about is the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft, or in English, The Institute of Sexology. This Institute was founded and headed by a gay Jewish sexologist named Magnus Hirschfeld. It was founded in July of 1919 as the first sexology research clinic in the world, and was run as a private, non-profit clinic. Hirschfeld and the researchers who worked there would give out consultations, medical advice, and even treatments for free to their poorer clientele, as well as give thousands of lectures and build a unique library full of books on gender, sexuality, and eroticism. Of course, being a gay man, Hirschfeld focused a lot on the gay community and proving that homosexuality was natural and could not be "cured".

Hirschfeld was unique in his time because he believed that nobody's gender was either one or the other. Rather, he contended that everyone is a mixture of both male and female, with every individual having their own unique mix of traits.

This leads into the Institute's work with transgender patients. Hirschfeld was actually the one to coin the term "transsexual" in 1923, though this word didn't become popular phrasing until 30 years later when Harry Benjamin began expanding his research (I'll just be shortening it to trans for this brief overview.) For the Institute, their revolutionary work with gay men eventually began to attract other members of the LGBTA+, including of course trans people.

Contrary to what Anon says, sex reassignment surgery was first tested in 1912. It'd already being used on humans throughout Europe during the 1920's by the time a doctor at the Institute named Ludwig Levy-Lenz began performing it on patients in 1931. Hirschfeld was at first opposed, but he came around quickly because it lowered the rate of suicide among their trans patients. Not only was reassignment performed at the Institute, but both facial feminization and facial masculization surgery were also done.

The Institute employed some of these patients, gave them therapy to help with other issues, even gave some of the mentioned surgeries for free to this who could not afford it! They spoke out on their behalf to the public, even getting Berlin police to help them create "transvestite passes" to allow people to dress however they wanted without the threat of being arrested. They worked together to fight the law, including trying to strike down Paragraph 175, which made it illegal to be homosexual. The picture below is from their holiday party, Magnus Hirschfeld being the gentleman on the right with the fabulous mustache. Many of the other people in this photo are transgender.

[Image ID: A black and white photo of a group of people. Some are smiling at the camera, others have serious expressions. Either way, they all seem to be happy. On the right side, an older gentleman in glasses- Magnus Hirschfeld- is sitting. He has short hair and a bushy mustache. He is resting one hand on the shoulder of the person in front of him. His other hand is being held by a person to his left. Another person to his right is holding his shoulder.]

There was always push back against the Institute, especially from conservatives who saw all of this as a bad thing. But conservatism can't stop progress without destroying it. They weren't willing to go that far for a good while. It all ended in March of 1933, when a new Chancellor was elected. The Nazis did not like homosexuals for several reasons. Chief among them, we break the boundaries of "normal" society. Shortly after the election, on May 6th, the book burnings began. The Jewish, gay, and obviously liberal Magnus Hirschfeld and his library of boundary-breaking literature was one of the very first targets. Thankfully, Hirschfeld was spared by virtue of being in Paris at the time (he would die in 1935, before the Nazis were able to invade France). His library wasn't so lucky.

This famous picture of the book burnings was taken after the Institute of Sexology had been raided. That's their books. Literature on so much about sexuality, eroticism, and gender, yes including their new work on trans people. This is the trans community's Alexandria. We're incredibly lucky that enough of it survived for Harry Benjamin and everyone who came after him was able to build on the Institute's work.

[Image ID: A black and white photo of the May Nazi book burning of the Institute of Sexology's library. A soldier, back facing the camera, is throwing a stack of books into the fire. In the background of the right side, a crowd is watching.]

As the Holocaust went on, the homosexuals of Germany became a targeted group. This did include transgender people, no matter what you say. To deny this reality is Holocaust denial. JK Rowling and everyone else who tries to pretend like this isn't reality is participating in that evil. You're agreeing with the Nazis.

But of course, you knew that already, didn't you?

Edit: Added image IDs. I apologize to those using screen readers for forgetting them. Please reblog this version instead.

[lemongogo]

life of regret

[theshadowrealmitself]

I like to think that Vulcans who come to understand that Humans just can’t try to process emotions the same way as them, it’s just healthiest to let it out in harmless ways, decide that venting and stuff should be taken just as seriously as Vulcan’s meditation time, and will encourage the Humans around them to complain about what’s upsetting them

People who are used to aloof Vulcans who avoid Humans at all cost running into one comforting a Human

“-and then they said my cheesecake was subpar, and they didn’t even bring a dish!!!”

“The purpose of this event was that every participant brings a food item of sorts, correct?”

“Yeah!!”

“And they did not follow this rule while insulting dishes that were brought?”

“Mostly just my dish but yeah >:(“

“How illogical”

“That’s what I’m saying!!!”

[liridi]

I was yesterday years old when I found out Jesus had as many as if not more than 6 siblings

[its-your-mind]

[redpapercraness]

to lose you