#and in reality

[virginreprise]

each time i rewatch better call saul, lalo seems to get even sexier.

[limeade-l3sbian]

Give it time. People are gonna drop out of calling themselves feminists and just call themselves humanists. Which has its own real, logical, and admirable goals and meaning but will be co-opted to be a reactionary "branch" of feminism.

[zeezeepearl]

ok im going to #seriouspost for a second here. I don't think Harry Potter is a manifesto. I think it was a flawed passion project that millennials latched onto because of the fantasy of sticking it to their mean teachers and arbitrarily categorizing themselves (hogwarts houses; it's the thinking millennial's astrology). I think the fact that the series got popular when and how it did was very much a product of its time.

I don't think Harry Potter is the biggest symbol of JKR's bigotry. I think the most flagrant sign of that was how she responded to critics. I watched her become radicalized in real time. I watched how she doubled down on her racism when she was called out for the ways she promoted her tragically mid fantastic beasts movies. I watched her chase marginalized teenagers with a double digit follower count off of twitter for daring to criticize her thought process, and no one with any kind of power standing against her because she was the one who was paying them. This isn't to say Harry Potter is without flaws. This is to say she really didn't give a shit about that. Getting rich and powerful is a hell of a drug, and she had enough sycophants that she had no reason to care about what her critics were saying.

She was convinced that she was a martyr; a voice for the unheard; a leader for the ages, so of course her detractors were the bad guys. And I think we should take this to heart. We should see this as an example of how easy it is to get radicalized; if you think of yourself as a paragon of virtue, you are going to think that whatever you see as good and right is an objective fact. Most people don't know this, but the majority of terfs start out as trans allies. You are not immune to propaganda! You are not immune to falling into dangerous ideologies!!!

This is why the most important thing you can do as an activist is to listen. Do NOT think you're above being wrong; do NOT develop a god complex; do NOT form an identity out of being right all the time. Involve yourselves in the groups you claim to speak for. Listen to trans women; share resources that help trans women; familiarize yourself with the diversity of experiences that trans people have and the struggles they face.

No, none of you are as bad as JKR because you don't have her money or her power. You will likely never have the capacity for harm she does. But check yourselves. Do not affirm yourselves into thinking you always have the moral high ground. Watch yourselves; humble yourselves; check yourselves for signs of cult behavior and internalized prejudice. You are always learning. You will always be learning. Do not allow yourselves to get a power trip from brushing off marginalized voices.

[churchofthemimic]

Meow Wolf's Omega Mart in Las Vegas, Nevada

the amount of attention this post has received is immense.

Hello from Church Of The Mimic. :)

[sata-cable]

[eridan-ampora]

baby animals move like theyre playing a new video game & havent figured out the controls yet

[review-anon]

All right tell me who are the official couples of the void! My shipping loving self needs to know!

//You are gonna be completely disappointed I'm afraid since I don't do offical couples and the ones you are seeing are just ones we are focusing one.

//I should note the only reason we are seeing romance is because we are in the romance arc, other arcs this will be in the backburner and not be a high priority since I find shipping tends to derail good storytelling.

//The only "official" couple I will say for sure is Moonlight Covern which is the threesome between Hajime Hinata, Alexander Xander Matthews (from Despair Time, fangan) and Aliza Sahpree who is a OC created by Alizachan. This is because they came from Aliza's now dead askblog Finalverse.

//Any other couple we see is probably just for the one arc and if you think this a super shippery askblog then you came to the wrong place I'm afraid as you literally arrived in the one arc where romance will be generally considered.

//Will there be ships on the horizons? Probably but it will be slowburns I'm afraid.

//TL;DR: Aside from the threesome from Finalverse, there is no official couples here.

[deadlypoetacademia]

[rachel-sez]

Standing in a checkout line, when an older man asks me about my Goncharov t-shirt. I say "It's a movie, " when the person behind me chimes in, "Oh, yes, Scorsese."

The original gentleman goes on to tell me about the author Goncharov, his favorite of his novels, and a famous character from one of the novels. The three of us discuss whether the main character in the movie is intentionally named after the author, referencing that character, or whether it just sounded good to the film maker. We discuss how steeped the movie is in symbology.

Two of us are having a very different conversation than the third.

[eitolore]

as a society we need more weird-as-fuck awkward losergirls having homoerotic tension together in fiction

[nobita-here]

[acorviart]

not to sound like a boomer, but I need some people to learn how to write emails in a semi-professional (at the very least) format so you're not cold emailing a business/potential employer/any other stranger about formal matters in the exact same way you'd DM a close friend on instagram

the formality/language can loosen up in the email chain once you've established a rapport and you match the other person if they're being less formal, but please don't have the very first email you send a stranger be written in all lowercase ultra-casual sms slang with no greeting or signature and a billion emojis

[davidtennan-t]

In all seriousness, can we give this gorgeous, talented man the appreciation he deserves - what an absolutely fantastic portrayal he gave us, Ncuti Gatwa you will always be famous ❤️

[autie-hobbit]

"The gap between high-functioning and low-functioning Autistic people is too wide. This is why they need to be two separate diagnoses."

There is no gap, there are people there.

There is no gap, there are people there.

There is no gap, there are people there.

There is no gap, there are people there.

There is no gap, there are people there.

There is no gap, there are people there.

There is no gap, there are people there.

There is no gap, there are people there.

There is no gap, there are people there.

THERE IS NO GAP, THERE ARE PEOPLE THERE!

MSN Autistic people exist. Separating the spectrum is to leave us behind. Stop forgetting about us.