#and that made my day

[daisychains334]

to @silveringofrose

you’re right, so right it’s almost scary. it’s scary to think that i, someone who writes little poems Just As A Hobby am sharing this creative space that feels like a close-knit community (but also an endless expanses of possibility) with some of the most unbelievable writers of our time.

but it’s also amazing. i’ve only been posting about two months and i’ve had discussions, follows and follow-backs, and even debates with people from all different walks of life.

i’ve met a young adult punk, a middle-aged and politically minded dude, a teenage academic girl, a song-writing theater kid, a nonbinary person with great taste in video games and a kooky sense of humor, and so, so many more, and i see a bit of myself in each of them. (i guess they saw some of themselves in me, too. i hope so.)

what i love about tumblr is that there is space for anyone and everyone. i’m a new writer and there is space enough for me, too.

you’re right-i’ve already done big things, just by being here.

[theonpilled]

a very italian thing happened to me

[arnab-factory]

Fascinated by this phenomenon

[hinamie]

trick or treat!

[kensatou]

"i would know her by reformed body alone... i would know her in death"

also... there's official art

[millidew]

his change in career has captivated me

bonus:

[baambastic]

I see your “Apollo agreed so easily because he doesn’t care about Odysseus” and raise you “the god of prophecy knows that Odysseus is going to make it home, so he’s not going to make much of an effort to stop him.”

[000bun]

[normal-thoughts-official]

Is that a lot of money to you?

If not, then please consider donating that amount to Safa'a and her family, who are desperate to escape the war in Gaza and start over. The fundraiser is in Euros, but a Dollar is worth an Euro, so you don't have to convert anything again! Just donate the same amount!

And if it is, then donate what you can - half an hour, ten minutes, whatever you can spare. Many small donations are what we're going for! And of course, if you can spare more hours for her, please do!

Please, let's help her out. Her fundraiser is vetted!

#1hourForSafaa

[scorbunny]

matthew lillard doing the iconic ghostface knife wipe like that HAD to be intentional

[lotus-pear]

SIGHHHH BSD REREAD…................I MISS THEM SO MUCH :(((

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

The squad of all time has arrived on scene.

[tesb]

Happy Star Wars day! May the Force be with you! @swsource Star Wars Week: Day 6

[hinamie]

to moving forward

[talaricula]

Things I've seen tumblr memeing about James Somerton doing à la "How did no one see how bigoted he was!" as if those things haven't been a significant part of tumblr culture for over a decade :

Presenting untrue and bordering on conspiratorial versions of (queer or otherwise marginalised) history without any sources

Completely disregarding and disrespecting any expertise on socio-cultural topics/humanities and distrusting academics and historians (incl. acting as if no academics or historians could be queer or marginalised)

Downplaying the role misogyny played in the historical oppression of queer women and concluding that queer men must have been more oppressed than queer women

Bi women are, at best, not as queer as "real" queer ppl, and at worst, simply equivalent to straight women

Despite nominal trans inclusivity, transmasculine ppl are functionally women when convenient (combined with the above, bi transmascs are functionally straight women)

Despite nominal trans inclusivity (bis), shamelessly attacking, threatening and actively endangering any trans woman who questions them or smth they find important (often by unfairly presenting her as violent or as a threat)

Having absolutely fucking wild and reductive takes about ace ppl, the oppression they face and their place in the queer community

Stating that marriage equality is an assimilationist fight while completely ignoring its direct roots in the horrifying consequences of the AIDS crisis for partners of ppl who died of AIDS

Praising western media creators from the past for queer coding even under censure and in the same breath condemning current non western media creators for being homophobic bc their representation isn't explicit enough

Blaming China for all existing homophobic censoring in western media

Assuming all queer media would be better told by western creators and by western standards

Only out queer ppl get to tell queer stories

Heavily criticising almost all queer media created by women or ppl they see as such (see above points about trans ppl) or involving/starring a significant amount of women for any perceived or real amount of "problematicness", but fawning over and praising and negating criticism of queer media created by and starring mostly or even functionally exclusively men (even when it could be argued that, you know, not involving/seriously sidelining women is a pretty clear example of misogyny which should probably be considered "problematic")

And I'm probably forgetting stuff or there's stuff I have internalised myself and don't recognise as an issue

Like idk but I feel like the takeaway from Hbomberguy and Toddintheshadow's videos should maybe be "be aware of such patterns in your communities bc they definitely exist" and not "this guy is uniquely awful" and I feel like a lot of the discussion I've seen surrounding this has been severely failing at that. Most ppl who've spent any significant amount of time on tumblr prob either have internalised at least one of those thought patterns, have had to de-internalise them, or have had to be extremely vigilant to not internalise them (which is done by, you know, seeking out other sources, which also seemed like an important takeaway from the videos)