#and especially like celebrity culture

[musclesandhammering]

Also: Maybe I’m just pressed about this because it mirrors real life, but it’s never cool to remind people that your trauma was “worse” than theirs. Like ever.

Like if someone needs to have their privilege checked or have things put into context, then yeah ok that’s fine.. But if someone is literally just recounting a struggle or talking about something that hurt them, there’s no need for you to invalidate that in any way ever. Which is exactly what Sylvie does without Loki even having to bring his trauma up. And it’s problematic cause fundamentally it speaks to the writers’ own warped views on the topic.

You don’t get an award for one-upping someone in the trauma department. There’s always gonna be someone in the world who had it worse, so if everyone made it a competition, no one would ever be allowed to talk about their pain. And that’s not healthy.

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[bugwolfsstuff]

You ever get sad about the amount of mythology and folklore we likely will never know about because it was destroyed/never written down?

[itspileofgoodthings]

deeply loving something or someone does not equal (≠) worshipping something. connecting with an artist’s body of work does not equal (≠) being invested in a celebrity for no reason besides their fame and power and money. hope this helps.

[prettyboykatsuki]

if you are not like culturally japanese and you hail from a diff culture i think your non-japanese friends love bachira. he is such a character and he is so charming

[worstloki]

negative connotations to Arabic phrase ‘God is Great’ incorrect. average praying Muslim does takbir (says Allahu Akbar) a minimum 95 times a day and should have been counted.

[midnightepiphany]

[wretchedwitchpussy]

Miss me with that parasocial celebrity relationship shit because when I was 11 I met Monty from Say Yes to the Dress (I was obsessed and watched it with my grandmother constantly) at a bridal expo with my older sister and expected him to like. Know me more? I guess??? Like acknowledge me. He did nothing wrong he was just obviously impartial and didn't care about this child he didn't know, and then I got in my sister's car and cried and subsequently realized that was insane behavior. Cured me right up. Some of you on here need to meet your respective Montys and snap out of it...be normal...they don't care about you and that's okay. Also they never will.

[ttaibhse]

it is sad that women who enjoy food are portrayed varying degrees of negatively just about everywhere and actually even men who enjoy food don't exactly enjoy a fantastic rep... why is it such a common idea that enjoying food too much is a moral failing

[polyamoryprincess]

influencers who get asked about their position on Palestine assuming they’re being asked for their knowledge or for fans to have their views validated by the influencer are so bizarre.

No one is asking because the influencer’s opinion will influence their own opinion, they’re trying to decide if they support a genocide and whether or not to stop supporting the influencer. This has been a thing since the beginning and it’s so weird and self important.

You’re an entertainer, we get that we’re not looking for your words of wisdom, we’re just trying to decide if you’re paying even a little bit of attention and whether we feel comfortable supporting you anymore.

[tariah23]

I’m sorry but I’m never getting over Kendrick mentioning Drake’s cats name in the diss track bro.

[eenochian]

“headcanoning farah as wlw is disrespectful because she’s muslim”

my. my guy. queer people exist in every group. queer muslims very much exist.

“ok but it’s a sin in islam”

WHY ARE WE SUDDENLY JUSTIFYING HOMOPHOBIA WITH RELIGION⁉️⁉️ it’s wrong for a christian to use religion to justify their bigotry, so WHY is it okay to use islam or any other religion to do the same?? i know that i’m comparing the world’s most oppressive religion (christianity) to a religion that’s oppressed, but like… allowing one group to essentially “get a pass” opens the door for EVERY group to get one.

what was even weirder is that the person who made the post about it wasn’t even muslim 😭 they said they looked it up which i believe, but then they had an actual wlw muslim in their comments telling them it wasn’t a big deal— and THEY LITERALLY TOLD THE COMMENTER THAT IT WAS STILL DISRESPECTFUL?? AND OTHER NON-MUSLIMS WERE GOING “grr but it’s a sin >:(” LIKE?? HELLO?? WHY are people not even included in the group talking over ACTUAL MEMBERS OF THE GROUP???

i care very deeply about respecting people’s beliefs and faiths. but once that belief starts to harm others, my respect is withdrawn. the golden rule is that your rights end where another person’s begin. i remember seeing posts from years ago about queer muslims. they’ve always reminded me of queer christians – the vast majority of their faiths hate them, but they do still exist. and it’s possible to be progressive while also being devoted to your faith. i’ve met so many religious folks that are allies and supportive of queer people, so seeing posts like this crop up and gain popularity is just… disheartening. it feels like we’re going backwards after finally making some progress.

[iamyounicorn]

Completely unrelated and unprompted but and by the way if you have netflix you should watch Emicida: AmarElo - É Tudo Pra Ontem and Ao Vivo

[stardustanddaffodils]

christmas brings up a few dilemmas that i prefer to just simply Not Think About

[waywardworldhopper]

I... don't know how I feel about this statement. I mean, the statement itself is well written, and I like how they gently go "hey if you want to do activism there are better options than harassing some internet comedians."

But just... validating the complaints with this kind of response seems dangerous, especially given Dropout clearly recognizes they're tenuous at best. Like, I'm all for them taking an explicit stance on Palestinian liberation and directing fans to charities, but it feels like giving these accusations the time of day is encouraging more harassment.

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Additional resources to support the people of Palestine:

Demand a Ceasefire in Gaza

Palestine Children’s Relief Fund

UNRWA

UNICEF

Gaza eSims

[yakityyaku]

very funny (irritating) to me that everyone whined and yelled about stupid rainbow capitalism and how performative wokeness/allyship is a net bad we should all refuse to support and now like.

tumblr is doing nothing for pride and target isn't selling much (if any) of their pride collection offline except at certain stores (in democratic areas, basically) and build a bear has a much tinier collection than normal and all the actual pride stuff is on their "adult" website (not sure if it's in stores, but pride = adult is a hell of a message)

there are genuinely good criticisms for performative allyship in all its applications. it shouldn't be the only thing we expect from people and companies. but if all the shit I see being called performative stopped tomorrow then in terms of the LGBTQ+ community especially we just. wouldn't talk about queerness or queer issues or celebrate pride or do anything.

open your fucking eyes. we are very close politically to having gay marriage rolled back. now companies are basically being let off the hook to even make a miniscule effort (which matters to the people who don't have access to any other kind of support in their communities! which normalizes the community in public spaces!) because the only reaction they have gotten over the last few years are negative ones from BOTH sides.

we are so entrenched in discourse at all times for the sake of our OWN performance of who is the wokest and who is REALLY an ally or a good community member that we have basically handed over all the work of activists of the last several decades to the other side because we'd rather scream at each other over fucking chicken restaurants and shit than the real life backsliding that's happening.

and this goes for other shit too. feminism, poc rights, all of it.

also. trans rights aren't discourse and aren't just culture war arguments. in case any terfs think they can spin this to be antitrans.

[prokopetz]

It's that time of year when Tumblr celebrates Easter by posting pictures of crucified anime characters, and inevitably somebody in the notes will pop up to helpfully explain that crucifixion imagery has no cultural significance in Japanese media because Japan is only about 1% Christian, which bugs me because it's completely wrong.

It's true that in the majority of cases, crucifixion in Japanese cartoons isn't meant to be conveying any specific theological message, but something Western audiences are likely to miss is that a large portion of those random crucifixion scenes are referencing Ultraman.

Ultraman's creator was a devout Roman Catholic who explicitly intended the titular hero to read as a Christ figure, and consequently, various Ultramen have been crucified on multiple unconnected occasions throughout the franchise's history. Crucifixion scenes in Japanese cartoons are often directly name-checking particular crucifixion incidents from Ultraman, right down to emulating the compositions and camera angles of specific shots. It's like an especially morbid version of the Akira slide.

The upshot is that, while it's true that the inclusion of gratuitous crucifixion scenes in Japanese cartoons typically has no (intentional) theological message, stating that they have no cultural significance is incorrect. A large chunk of the Japanese viewing audience are going to see them and immediately go "hey, that's an Ultraman reference".

Anyway, as an image tax, have a shot of four crucified Ultramen miraculously resurrecting a fifth Ultraman by shooting laser beams out of their hearts: