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hey there! i don’t mean this in bad faith at all, and i’m not trying to use a term that’s a fascist dogwhistle. i promise i’m just confused😭
so i’m not a guy, nor have i ever been perceived as one, but in one of your recent posts, you said that men can’t experience oppression solely based on the fact that they’re men. which was kind of confusing to me — i don’t think you’re wrong, i think it’s me but i don’t know how to get to how you see it like that.
because in my experience, men can experience oppression because they’re men, although i don’t know if i’m saying that right or conflating the meanings of certain terms. i’m probably wrong, and would just love some clarification?
for example, my brother and i were always held to different standards growing up — it was expected of me to always cry and be emotional, and i was a ‘stone cold bitch’ if that wasn’t the case, but if my brother wanted to show negative emotions like sadness he was treated like there was something wrong with him too. and i know it wasn’t my brother — i spend a lot of time working with my high school’s diversity team, and in a lot of the events we organise, guys talk about how they feel enormous pressure to be angry and never sad, and to have stereotypically masculine interests and never deviate from that norm.
i also know men who’ve struggled to get jobs such as teaching as those are viewed as ‘female’ jobs and it’s a common view that men who want those jobs are ‘only in it to be around kids’. i’ve heard many women around me perpetuate sentiments like that, so i know they’re not making it up, even if it isn’t equal to the systematic oppression women face in almost every aspect of their careers.
i’m not providing these examples to prove you wrong, since i do think you’re right. i’m hoping that a window into the way i’ve always thought might help you clarify this in a way that can help me to change my mind, since i just think i’m lacking some clarity or context here. i think i’m conflating abuse and stereotypes with oppression, but i’m really not sure. any advice would be really appreciated!
i’m so sorry if this comes off badly, i don’t mean it that way. i’m just trying to learn, i promise i’m not trying to promote the kind of hate and close mindedness you’ve been seeing in your inbox as of late.
Hi! As always, I do not mind answering genuine questions!
The things you're talking about growing up and seeing boys around you pressured to present only certain emotions, that's part of the patriarchy!
Certain emotions are supposed to be "feminine" and thus boys shouldn't show them, while girls are often always considered "emotional" in some fashion. That's not oppression based on those boys being men that you're talking about.
It's the backlash that the patriarchy, and by addition trans/misogyny has on men. It's boys being pressured not to show certain emotions because those emotions are "feminine" and they're supposed to associate feminimity with weakness and shit.
What you're talking about there is also trans/misogyny!
The idea that men who do things perceived as feminine are predators, the idea that specific jobs are "female" jobs [while even in those specific female jobs, men are generally paid better and find it easier to get into those jobs than women trying to get into traditionally "male" jobs"]
[Though obviously this varies based on race and whether they're trans, etc, etc.]
To be a little more clear, all of the things you're talking about don't primarily affect cis men/boys. They fuck up transfems, because it's trans/misogyny.
You're right! It's not systemic oppression.
You might wonder if it's social oppression, which is also a no. Social oppression would require a historical/systemic oppression behind it. But that doesn't exist in this case.
What it is is the common issue oppressors run into. While they benefit greatly from oppression, there is also backlash they face from their own systems of oppression.
Like white people who fall into suicide cults trying to work towards white supremacy, or TERFs who fall into groups where they slowly pick each other off as they discover they're not all exactly the same and wind up accusing each other of not being "real" women, systems of bigotry simply do not work out perfectly even for the oppressors.
They never do.
To create the patriarchy, you must establish trans/misogyny, you must establish intersexism and you must push people to conform to those ideals, even if they hurt your own.
It's similar to how white supremacy can harm white people, despite white people obviously not being oppressed racially. The backlash of oppression hits even the oppressors sometimes.
Suppression, as a term, would honestly work far better to describe what you're talking about.
So yes, it's stereotyping, yes it's abusive to tell your children not to show/feel their emotions but it's not oppression based on these guys in your life being men! It's part of how trans/misogyny, transphobia and intersexism are enforced.
I understand exactly where you're coming from! It doesn't sound bad and I genuinely don't mind answering questions! Especially since you've got some good ones!
I'm not sure if I rambled too much to explain this properly but I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any other questions and/or need me to clarify anything here. <33
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#batfam#dc#this is a very good breakdown but i especially love the Alfred sections#a lot of people love him very dearly and don't like to write his flaws#but tbh i think he's in many ways the most obviously flawed batfam member#in part because he is the crux of a lot of core flaws in the family lol#people will hate on Bruce and then give Alfred a pass which is very weird! where do you think Bruce gets it from!#anyway i also love Alfred i just think he's a lot more interesting when he's allowed to be flawed too –@serpentinegraphite
I think that comes about because he is very good at projecting this image of himself, and a lot of people buy into that image. And those people include, a lot of the time, Bruce and the kids. And because they all want Alfred to be this reliable paragon, they will each cover for him to the others, perpetuating the image.
Bruce in particular often takes the fall for Alfred’s errors, but none of them seem to be willing to blame Alfred when he causes problems and interfamily conflicts. And as far as Alfred is concerned, when it comes to assigning blame, he is just an employee acting under the direction of his employer – even if he acted behind people’s backs or manipulated or persuaded them into the decision he wanted them to make. And perhaps he really believes that, at least some of the time.
The narrative itself often keeps Alfred out of focus which means the audience are much more likely to get angry at other characters rather than Alfred, even for events that are ultimately Alfred’s doing, or that he enabled when he could easily have stopped them. And readers are likely in particular to confuse ‘never admits to being wrong’ with ‘is never wrong’.
I think Alfred cultivates this image because of his insecurity. He himself flips between employee and family member depending on which suits him best, so he doesn’t truly trust that he is actually part of the family, and so he feels he needs to be indispensible so they won’t kick him out. And because no-one ever talks to each other (again, Alfred’s influence; it’s part of the job of a gentleman’s gentleman to anticipate his employer’s needs without ever being asked, and he tried to do that while raising Bruce) he never gets reassurance on that topic. Nor would he believe it easily if he did.
Can someone pls give me like a comprehensive characterization of all the characters in the batfam??? I’m trying to write fics on them and I SO DO NOT want to mischaracterize them. Like how Jason was not the angry robin, but in fact the sweetest and only 4 apples tall Robin, while Dick “Crashout” Grayson was out here raging on every criminal. Things like that would help give depth to the characters Any additional lore as well would be good, as I’ve only been consuming batfam content through tumbler, fics, and other mishmash from social media. I’ve yet to start the comics and no ideas on where to start so any help there would be GREATLY APPRECIATED!!
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uh oh twilight of the gods got it wrong yet again so here's an old norse homophobia grammar psa
the adjective is argr, not ergi. if you call someone queer(/etc), you call them argr: argr man, argr scum, argr desires, argr behaviour, how dare you call me argr, urgh that's so gay argr...
ergi is a noun. BUT. it's not a name-calling noun. it's not equivalent to faggot. it's what you call the trait itself: queerness, faggotry. you wouldn't say someone "is" ergi; you would accuse them of ergi and spread rumours about their outrageous ergi.
if you do end up saying someone "is" ergi, what you're saying is extremely hyperbolic. you're effectively calling them Queerness Itself. which is probably not what you actually mean. i suppose it could work in some situations, especially if you're talking about a god, but it'll work better if you know you're saying something unusual and you're doing it on purpose.
#not debriefing on the many other nuances of the concept#this is JUST about the grammar bc i see ppl get confused about this a lot#and i think confusion perpetuates confusion#homophobia#ergi#old norse#twilight of the gods
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i love how rachel's play of using the shot in the dark to gauge the reaction of the other players to see if she should play her idol or not was so masterful, but it completely flew over my head because i just assumed you wouldn't be able to use your idol. for no reason at all. sorry rachel that was queen shit i am very aware now.
#like WHAT A MOVE that's so genius#also not having a vote means not pissung off sam or sierra#but yeah im just perpetually confused about the rulebook. and now they can vote onnthe tie if someone loses their vote?#i feel like that could have important repercussions but im too dumb rn to think about it#but yeah. go rachel#survivor 47#survivor 47 spoilers#survivor 47 lb#juli watches survivor
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#and I love the way annabeth and Grover look at eachother then him#like yes baby you are the last to realize#bestie had other things to think about#like about the fact that hug that totally doesn’t have to be weird#Percabeth was percabething hard this episode already#Percy perpetually confused Jackson#percy jackson#percy jackson show#pjo#pjo fandom#pjo series#meme#percy jackson memes#pjo hoo toa#demigods#my boy percy jackson#pumped as always for tonight’s episode!!!#I will be looking scrupulously throughout the whole episode for my sliver of Italian children Easter egg#Nico and Bianca are the best
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yayo! (real name: yolanda). shes xeress crush. i want to give her some tattoos or piercings but i couldnt think of good ones yet..
#yayo#umm yeah!#some facts about her are..#shes really chill and calm as a person and always rolls w whatever happens#shes a stoner#plays bass in a band#she has ptosis#kind of perpetually confused about whats going on & lives in her own head lol#she runs in a lot of the same circles as xeres (they go to student organizing/wlw meetups/antiracist collectives)#so they have a lot of friends in common even if they dont usually hang out 1 on 1#though her band is totally just a hobby thing and shes not trying to make it big she is very very into music#shes big on the party scene she is usually out at home parties or the club a couple times a week at least#she knows a lot of people like vaguely. but shes added to a lot of different groupchats and whatnot and so she always has people to hang w#shes a little slutty. she likes to show off her body and whatnot.#ummm shes a nonbinary wlw i havent yet picked if shes bi or a lesbian i need to think more on it#it doesnt show in this but shes really tall and lanky#she is popular w the ladies for her clueless androgynous swagger#and like every character in this group she is parisian. i have not decided if shes also an immigrant like everyone else in this group or no#(xeres is algerian; klein is german; joy is like literally not from earth; xeress bestie soona is emirati. they all just live in paris lol)#ocs#xeres & co
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Its so funny that Makoto gets such an awful rep (usually bc of her treatment of Futaba), but going through the game again, Makoto is the one who leads the conversation into getting her to open up for the palace door. She immediately offers up the idea of just being honest with Futaba; no lies or soft words, just straight facts in a calm voice. She knew Futaba wanted the change of heart, badly enough that shed listen without having to be convinced by force. And when Futaba panics about having to open up, Makoto makes sure she has no chance of backing out (‘give me time to open the door’ ‘ten seconds’ ‘WHAT???!’). Its for her own good!!
I think it can come across as mean and overbearing and even insensitive, especially if you are someone who is sees themself IN Futaba, but Makoto is both incredibly caring, sisterly, and understanding during the entirety of her arc. Like most characters, fandom seems to completely warp and exaggerate very specific moments and traits and sum up entire personalities bc of it. Ryuji and him being stupid; Ann and her being loud and mean; Yusuke being dumb as shit and singleminded for NO discernible reason, etc etc. People took the snooping and her one vaguely insensitive comment (about futaba and her whole Thing) and decided that she was a cunt and a bitch that couldnt be reasoned with.
Its so bizarre. Im aware that every piece of media w vaguely assertive girls has this issue (Sakura, Katara, Aqua, etc etc) but its still crazy that this is prevalent. Shes like the direct mirror of Goro and he does not get this specific kind of hate (usually its ‘he backstabbed and blackmailed us so i hate him’). Sorry. I need to be a Makoto Apologist to protect her from the rest of the world. My girl did nothing wrong shes just weird. She thought she could fight a mafia boss and she was RIGHT! She WON!!!!
#chattin#makoto girl i love yuuuuuuu#makoto doesnt really treat as a younger sister#but she is protective of futaba and i think thats a little sweet. no one else really gets that attention#and she tries to be understanding w some futabas quirks but it confuses and frustrates her#its like two autistic teens on opposite ends of the spectrum trying to interact#‘girl who follows social rules bc her sister and adults told her to’#and#‘girl who follows NONE of those social rules bc shes an outcast and never learned them’#u know makoto has scripts for sooo many things#and she talks extra slow when shes trying to think of something new on the spot for a difficult interaction 😭#BOTH of them have not been socialized in the best way#and are now dealing w having people who care about them and their thoughts and feelings#and theyre BOTH opening up and getting to be more expressive#they do not hate each other they are FRIENDS !!!! SISTERS EVEN…MAYBE!!#AND ANOTHER THING#no way we are calling her a cop when the game was made by ATLUS. certified Boot Lickers 😭😭😭😭😭#same company that made a cop character that said ‘i cant stand the injustice of the police and i hate perpetuating it’#and then made the cop stay a cop. like what.
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hacks feels like an amalgam of glow, dead to me and grace and frankie IF each of those had leaned into the gay properly (regarding the two mains) and hadn't gotten canceled abruptly.
#it's s bit confusing (the relationship between them) but so far it feels pretty honest#like they might be actually trying to tell a story and not making every body wait for no reason other than keeping people perpetually hangi#like#is it sexual? sure. overtly and right there on the text#but it's hesitance to go one way or another feels natural tbh#from what i've seen it really picks up in season 3#so we'll wait and see#hacks#not sure if glow is the only one that got canceled like that#dead to me had a shitty ending that i'd like to ignore though#last season was great it was just the shitty ending#from what i remember at least#not sure about grace and frankie#i think they got quite a few seasons in#dead to me#glow#grace and frankie
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What's the most evil lab equipment in your opinion 😂
In my very subjective opinion? Ion chromatographs are on my shit list. It's not really their fault - the one I have to work with is old, hasn't been maintained properly, and no one else knows how to use it so I have to figure out everything myself, which is NOT FUN! It's finicky, frustrating, and it requires working with sulfuric acid, which I do not enjoy. It's very very sensitive and if you accidentally contaminate it with ions, you will be troubleshooting for weeks trying to figure out what happened. Ions are everywhere, in everything. In dust, in tap water (and nearly all filtered water, we have a special machine that makes Ultra Pure water with no ions or anything in it), on your skin, on virtually every surface that hasn't been specially cleaned. So if you have extra ions that shouldn't be there, it's a guessing game - are they from the sample? The eluent? Sample vials? Glassware? Is the water filter malfunctioning? Are the ions even there at all or is the detector messed up? You just have to keep trying stuff until it sorts itself out. The one I work with has NOT sorted itself out yet and I've been at this for over two weeks. I'm at my wit's end here.
And bonus answer for non-instrument equipment: drying tins. They're these little aluminum trays to put soil or whatever in when you stick them in the drying oven but they make Bad Noises when they scrape together. Also they bend easily, so if you stack them and then they get knocked around, sometimes it becomes very very difficult to get them apart.
In contrast, the best instrument is the Gas Chromatograph and the best other equipment is micropippettes. The GC is straightforward, easy to use, really hard to contaminate, and rarely has technical problems (plus when it does, they're not my problem - I am not the designated GC expert). Micropippettes are just fun because it's satisfying to click the button to release the pipette tip and launch it into the trash can.
#so many people would have the exact opposite opinion on instruments which is hilarious to me#gas work scares some people because you can't see it. it confuses them. meanwhile I love it. keep the wet lab stuff away from me please.#gas work has very few hazardous chemicals. anything that can hurt you at least you'll KNOW ABOUT IT! it's not sneaky and insidious#i don't have to wear gloves. i don't have to think super hard about possible contaminants. i don't have to do dishes.#the gc makes good noises#the ic requires sulfuric acid and is perpetually angry. plus it makes me come in on saturdays sometimes to turn it off. not nice.#thank you for asking this is fun!#asks#hylian rambles#hylian does science
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feeling so actively antisocial rn that i can’t even feel passively happy about pride. like great we get a month where people pretend to care about us before going back to either hating us or politely ignoring our existence. but it’s so fun that people get to go out and drink and dance and go to concerts and have fun with their friends!! not me though because i’m working forever and ever. but yay our shitty cishet manager got to see chappell roan. i’m sure that was so special for her
#honestly anything too upbeat is obnoxious to me rn. but also i have never felt included in pride celebrations#i’m still bitter about everyone going to pride without me in high school :/#how many times i came out to people just for them to conveniently ‘forget’ that i was gay#how much i see straight people post about pride. congrats you got your photo op + look like an ally on social media!!#you got to go to a party!! you got to make something that’s not about you about you again!! yay#why should i care. fuck you. it’s just an excuse for straight people to go to gay bars#and then it’s all the ‘kink at pride’ discourse WHO CARES do what you want and let other people do what they want who cares#but then i think about how pissed homophobic people must be perpetually this month and that’s a nice thought <3#anyway i’m sorryyyyyy but you will not be getting any pride posting over here but don’t get confused i’m still a dyke don’t worry
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ough. toriel my beloved
#comics may or may not be coming#(they are i am drawing them)#why is it so difficult. not the process of drawing but something about choosing a canvas size and marking the panels makes my brain lag#okay kingdings is something that exists i guess but can we have a little old lady interaction.#need more content of wingdings actually being a part of that world and an important individual for the people around him#rather than just existing as a satellite to a handful of characters and straight up being barely acknowledged by others#specially considering he was the goddamn Royal Scientist the man genius himself#anyway toriel. their relationship would be funny#she may be perpetually confused by his mannerisms but shes immune to creepy (re: her own creepy ass children across universes)#woman always sees right through him and thinks hes the silliest thing#she knows how badly you want a family mr weirdo come now you can sit at the thanksgiving table#feels kind of bad her efforts cannot undo the debilitating loneliness he radiates however 😔#but my favourite thing: will never Not kiss her hand#there are no romantic undertones it is just a gesture of reverence#will do it to your mom your grandma your sister. really any lady he feels he owes formal acknowledgement#and queen toriel is always owed formal acknowledgement#gugunghhuhguh. ily toriel cant wait to finally figure out how to draw you
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Oh no I’m thinking about VtM npcs again
#text#screaming into the void#vtm#I started doing prep :)#they’re all such horrid beasts#god hates some of them more than the average cainite#Davis just wants order she just wants things to be civil#she’s so human in her push to maintain and so ventrue in her enforcement of edifice despite being an anarch#what decent bulwark is so prone to cracking#I think she thinks about that a lot#the sins of her clan eat her alive and she can’t escape from them no matter how hard much she fortifies her defence#Saoirse is so similar but refuses to lock people out in the same way#she WANTS To see her clan used for good! she does! but she’s self-loathing in the extreme#and it’s easier to turn that hatred outward and pretend all of your loneliness isn’t the fault of a century of trauma#but could easily be fixed if your kin weren’t essentially an MLM cult supreme in a world filled with MLM cults#Mavka who is just. a freak. and knows it. knows that god hates them and hates god for it#perpetually confused in their own ostrasization until they have no choice but to revel in it#it’s funny to me at least that every time Mavka sees Sybil it’s just :> yay Sybil my friend Sybil#Very clearly they could try to be more normal but it’s also absolutely out of the question for them to do anything but wage slow war#against a god that they hardly know outside of resentment#I cannot talk about major villain themes bc that would be telling :)
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every once in a blue moon I get jumpscared by an email saying someone bought some of my old ass animal crossing fanart from redbubble and I'm just like what the fck-
#ying rambles#i don't really use redbubble anymore cause i don't like the site#but i never bothered to take down my stuff so you know. it's still there i guess?#someone once bought a marina coaster set and i'm just. perpetually confused by that because why a coaster set of all things??#anyways this just reminded me that some random people have like.. stickers (and coasters) of my art out there..#and one person has a custard cookie keychain of mine that my friend gave to them..#insane to think about#i still want to sell stickers and keychains btw I just haven't gotten around to it.. ><"
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part seventeen of meeks screenshots!!
this is going to be the last part for a while since i have to hype myself up to watch the second part of the movie and take screenshots every time i see meeks, so that's going to take me a while (especially since i have a busy schedule :3)
for now, enjoy!!
two bonus screenshots i forgot in the first post under the cut!!
#dead poets#dead poets fandom#dead poets society#dps#dps screenshots#dead poets society screenshots#steven meeks#stephen meeks#i absolutely love how perpetually confused she looks everytime she's in one of mr keating's lessons#my friend pointed this out to me but im pretty that meeks has one of the most#if not the most#expressive faces out of all the dead poets. like you know exactly what she's thinking#anyway#ill characters <3#enjoy the burnt cake <3
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Anyway speaking of the sun did I ever tell you about the tales of arise eclipses
#im thinking about it again xyhdfgdchdchjh#do you think they like. considered it#i MEAN ofc they did#they cided that sun disappearing behind rena but dO YOU THINK#that they initially planned to have that actually impact like. the WORLD#in a significant manner?#with the actual luminosity level being affected and all#because like for cyslodia iirc this means no sunlight in the morning#(or cyslodia that we get to explore cyslodia's pretty big after all)#but like i can see how this is a problem like#you liberate cyslodia that is the One Realm where its always nighttime except when you end the renans' grasp on the region there#it still doesnt get a full day of sunlight because of astronomical reasons that we cant do anything about yet#also probably the region of the Central Ocean is in perpetual darkness as well but for those same astronomical reasons#like it GERS CONFUSING it would confuse everything idk#but heres the solution: you ditch that cyslodia in endless nighttime idea bc it was stupid in the first place#like. in calaglia they harvest fire astral energy so its a fiery place. theres fire everywhere. in menancia theyre harvesting#earth astral energy so its super lush and green. and so on and so forth#and in cyslodia theyre harvesting light astral energy so theres. theres no light. its dark. because theyre stealing it!!!!!#well why usnt menancia a barren wasteland then. why isnt ganoth super dry. wha#i COULD accept it if like. maybe. if like the completely stealing the light thing us like. ganabelt specifically.#like hes just a Special Boy and found a way to pull all the stops#and something like that has never been done before in the history of the crown contest#but no this has been going since the great conquest apparently so???#like how arent the other lords doing something like that too?#is light astral energy like so fundamentally different that the harvesting process is the opposite of what happens in other realms?#and if thats the case why dont they ever explain it in the game. or just make a pasing comment about it. I'm not picky#aaaanyway. just get rid of that specific cyslodia plot point#and THEN you can focus on how living in the shade of rena influenced what parts of Dahna#like. to just kinda like. cement the world building a bit?
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i think that being trapped in a room for 12 hours while various sitcoms play in the background without being allowed to question the premise of the shows should be classified as a hate crime actually
#my coworkers remembered that we have a TV and so the majority of the shifts ive had in the last few weeks#have had fucking sitcoms in the background#mostly friends#and im just so fucking sick of it. im tired of having to sit quietly for 12 hours and listen to fucking laugh tracks#and people be mean to each other#and im losing my ability to be curious about it which frustrates me#usually if media doesn't connect with me (which happens frequently; hello autism)#i can treat it as a learning exercise: what is the goal of this media? why might others find it appealing?#and more and more im like. i dont get it and i cant figure it out and its frustrating and i dont like it#and im tired of it!! i dont think its funny when people are just shitty perpetually!#do allistic people need the laugh track to cue them that something is funny??? what is the purpose of a laugh track!#i hate it i hate it i hate it#ugh!!!!#and i dont trust my coworkers to be able to answer me honestly/helpfully/non judgementally#if i ask why these shows are considered funny#so i just stew in my own misery and confusion and annoyance for 12hrs#i am a well marinated chunk of Autism
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