#both as gender neutral terms

[raspberry-gloaming]

I keep seeing videos online being like "back in my day we wanted toys and things that were popular and people around us also wanted for Christmas but now my kid wants trendy things and an Iphone 15"

and ive seen it phrased so many times that their idk 8 year old is like "I need the iPhone 15 for Christmas and I'm you bought me the iPhone 14 for my birthday but now that's old and crusty" and acting like wow my kid is so spoilt and bratty kids these days suck like - YOU ARE THE ONE WHO BOUGHT A KID THE IPHONE 14 FOR THEIR BIRTHDAY?! THEY'RE 8. YOURE DOING THIS!

They act like it's the kids fault when really they're growing up with access to things they really oughtened to, and some of the other things are just "my friend thinks it's cool and the rich kids at school have it so I want it" like you millenial parent didn't do the exact same thing just with other things. I hate that they're making fun of the kids due to their parenting choices.

[fictiongods]

The problem is Buffy’s taste is absolutely atrocious but she’s right. Like look at this man he’s supposed to be some stealthy vampire guy but he’s tripping when he walks in the door. He can’t fucking stand correctly. He has social anxiety so bad he hates to talk to everybody but his girlfriends. Oh look at this other guy he’s supposed to be evil and monstrous but he’s crying to your mom about his ex and asking for marshmallows in his coco. He has one dream about a girl and that doesn’t make him think he’s just attracted to said girl, he immediately thinks he’s in love and becomes obsessed. He has to dye his hair every so often and he chooses a neon white for some reason. Oh take a look at this girl she’s supposed to be cool girl tough girl who is down and good with everything but she sits alone all the time in one of the worst parts of town. She’ll only ever tell you that she’s five by five and you or anyone else has no idea what that even means. She’ll lie about stuff that didn’t happen to sound cool, all while walking around saying she has no friends. And here’s the kicker - they all mirror each other, have a history of violent murders, look good in leather and somehow all give off pathetic wet rat and babygirl vibes at the exact same time and no one has any idea where the line is. Plus they’re all some kind of gay and in kahoots with each other.

[forbiddenforestofdesire]

the billford resurgence could only work in the age of booktok dark romance girlies. ten years ago everyone would be writing essays on glorifying abuse.

[justbrothings]

2 Cousin-fucking Songs

Hi, i originally wanted to submit this to @shipcestuous-two but since i can't send it from a sideblog, i'll just make my own post instead, i hope that's okay!

The two Songs i want to talk about are both in german but i will provide a translation for the lyrics below the cut.

Both songs are pretty recent and explicitly about someone's relationship with their cousin (idk how popular MELE's song is but Bologna was played on the radio a lot) which i find very interesting!

Song 1: Deine Cousine by MELE

This one is about a person* who is in love with their cousin and has an on/off-affair with her, hooking up whenever they meet at a family gathering. They both think they should end it but are just too attracted to each other so it keeps happening.

*the video shows a guy, but since the song is directed at 'you' it is actually gender neutral for the main character.

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Song 2: Bologna by Wanda

This one is less of a full story (like the first one) and a bit more abstract. In the verses the narrator says how they would love to live/dance/sleep with their cousin, but they don't dare. The refrain is about aunt Ceccarelli who once used to have a love story in Bologna. According to an interview, this actually refers to the songwriter's aunt who used to live in bologna and was in love with her cousin before he sadly died in WWII.

Disclaimer: I am a native german speaker but i'm not an expert at translating text into english, so excuse any errors/awkwardness 🙏

I tried my best, though!

Song 1: Deine Cousine by MELE

[link to the german lyrics on genius.com]

The way she's sitting there in her floral sundress Her smile let's you imagine what is waiting beneath it And you watch her helplessly You don't care about the cake on the table Back then, in the bathtub, she was the first person you got to see naked and now you want her exactly there

What would your mother say? What would your grandma say?

Aah, she's your cousin Is this just hormones or is it true love? Aah, she's your cousin Are you going to do it or not?

And then suddenly she was naked You loved each other, her pelvis on the beat* A dream comes true And she says, she'd like to be a couple

What would your dad say? What would your neighbours say?

Aah, she's your cousin Is this just hormones or is it true love? Aah, she's your cousin Are you going to do it or not?

And year after year it's always the same Whether it's a communion or an 80th birthday** Afterwards you're going to confession After every meeting comes the question Was that it? You both say: 'this needs to end' You would like to swear off her if only she didn't turn you on so much

Aah, she's your cousin Is this just hormones or is it true love? Aah, she's your cousin Are you going to do it or not? Aah, she's your cousin Is this just hormones or is it true love? Aah, she's your cousin Are you going to do it or not?

Are you going to do it or not?

*I chose a literal translation for this part but i'm not sure if it makes sense in english. I think it's a pun because Becken (pelvis) and Becken (cymbal) sound the same? on the beat i guess means they're moving rythmically? Idk man, they're having sex, you get it.

**this part is talking about different occasions for family gatherings where they meet, not sure if that's clear

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Song 2: Bologna by Wanda

[link to the german lyrics on genius.com]

I surely can't sleep with my cousin, even though i would like to, but i don't dare I surely can't talk to my cousin, even though i would like to, but i don't dare

Aunt Ceccarelli once made amore in Bologna Amore, my city Aunt Ceccarelli once had amore in Bologna Bologna, my city

I surely can't live with my cousin, even though i would like to, but we don't dare I surely can't dance with my cousin, even though i would like to, but she doesn't dare

Aunt Ceccarelli once made amore in Bologna Amore, my city Aunt Ceccarelli once had amore in Bologna Bologna, my city

And remember one thing: If anyone asks where you're going say to Bologna If anyone asks, what you stand for say for amore, amore

Aunt Ceccarelli once made amore in Bologna Amore, my city Aunt Ceccarelli once had amore in Bologna Bologna, my city

Aunt Ceccarelli once made amore in Bologna Amore, my city Aunt Ceccarelli once had amore in Bologna Bologna, my city

Bologna, my city Bologna, my city

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If anyone has questions about the lyrics or anything feel free to ask!

Hope y'all find this as interesting as i did :)

[bunnelbaby]

✨👑 Royal Regressor and Knight Regressor flags (please reblog if you save)! 👑✨

[blimbo-buddy]

my only opinions on “Latinx” is mainly confusion because I thought Latine was the gender neutral term people used but, fully being serious here, how the ever loving fuck do you pronounce it in Spanish and English

[practically-an-x-man]

My mom, recounting a story about her coworkers: I mean I'm still going to call you my daughter in public, you know? That's just how they know you.

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My dad, introducing me to his theatre friend: This is my oldest son! And my youngest daughter is just over there...

[zorawitch]

so many girlies in love w ghostface... where are my guys in love w valak

[notaclassicist]

there's nothing that amazes (derogatory) me more than the fact that americans hear "taxes" and go on red alert but hear "tariffs" and think yay, the world is finally giving us what we deserve! NO. NO NO NO NO NO NO IF ONLY YOU KNEW WHAT TARIFFS WERE YOUR ABSOLUTE LACK OF SELFLESSNESS AND ACTIVE DESIRE FOR OTHERS TO SUFFER WOULD HAVE YOU RIOTING IN THE STREET

[tirfpikachu]

Anon bc I'm allegedly terfy, I'm still not 1000% sure I understand the experiences of transppl but your partners article was enlightening.

I love radical feminism and agree with a lot of what "terfs" think but I also think getting angry at Samantha down the road is misdirected energy. Feels like we are on the battlefield and women are still squabbling amongst one another in the fucking trenches while men are bombing the shit out of us.

Please thank your partner for the article and the incredible work 🙏

i'm so glad my girlfriend's article was helpful to you! she's incredibly smart and was put in such a fascinating position as a detrans radfem in the detrans research field, especially since it was led by a trans researcher. i feel like it's so incredibly helpful in the discourse involving dysphoric people. detransition can be hard as hell, and even lead to reverse dysphoria, which is so often downplayed by tras. at the same time, dysphoria is a disorder and disorders may sometimes need treatments that come with risk. so it's very complex and often handled very badly by tras and radfems. i'm just so glad to see research like this being done about detrans people, bc we're so often used as political pawns by both sides and our voices are so often silenced and seen as bigoted in lgbt spaces. which is legit dangerous to ppl's mental health, but also leads to an increase in trans hatred bc ppl are (understandably) upset at the lack of care about the obvious rising number of detransitions and affirmation-only model. either way i'm so glad my babygirl is out there helping people see nuance ;w; <3 we really are a radblr power couple, i'm so luckyyyy <3<3

[thenonbinarysunstreaker]

Nothing gayer than two straight guys both singing lead vocals in a song about love that doesn't mention gender in any way

[nervocat]

I want to present masc so bad but with my parents and family as a whole it's near impossible rn

[thecloneroom]

Been very tired lately so art has been slow, so here is a quick one, explaining the oa's insane marriages and family structures.

The oa live in tribes of between 20-100 individuals. They're usually matriarchal, led by a single older woman, or sometimes a small group of older women. Women typically live in the same tribe their entire lives (though tribes can split if they get too big). When men come of age they will leave their birth tribe and find a new tribe to marry. And I do mean that in the sense that a man marries an entire tribe. They are highly polyamorous, with everyone having multiple spouses. When a man joins a tribe, any women who is of marriage age at the time of his joining are his wives. Likewise, once a woman comes of age, any men who join the tribe after that point are her husbands. People can have sexual and romantic relationships with any of their spouses.

Image 1 is a general family tree. It's shown from the perspective of E, who is currently a child, but everyone would have these sorts of relationships. Since women can have relationships with multiple men at once, usually one's mother is the only parent known for certain. Therefore, when a woman has a child, all of her current husbands are equally considered the father and all perform parental duties. This means that men will have a large amount of children, and most children have several fathers. Therefore, in this family tree men are grouped together and treated as a single "father unit".

Things to note are that F, who is labeled as E's sibling, is likely to be a half-sibling, but socially they are treated as full siblings since they share a mother and a father group. Women D and B are unrelated, however they largely share the same husbands, therefore their children are considered at least distantly related through sharing a father group (and therefore have the potential of being half-siblings).

It should also be mentioned that E might have uncles of their mother's side and definitely has paternal relatives, however those people aren't shown because they're in another tribe. The oa in general don't give much of a shit about their father's side of the family or in-laws (since if they did, families would get so much more complicated than they already are). They also don't put much emphasis on male relatives other than fathers and brothers.

Note that if any of the children here are boys they will leave this tribe when they reach adulthood.

Image 2 is relationships of a married man. When a man joins a tribe he's married to all the women who are of marriage age at that time. This means that young men will be married to pretty much all the women in the tribe, while old men only have a few wives remaining. If any of the man's wives have children after than point they're considered his children (regardless of if they're genetically related or not). Any children his daughters have are his grandchildren and so on. Not shown in the image but when a man joins a tribe any existing children who are underage are considered his step-children.

Image 3 is the relationships of a married woman. Young women will only have a few husbands, but as they get older they will gain more and more husbands as more men join the tribe. Old women will be married to nearly all the men in the tribe. A woman's fathers are basically any men that her mother is married to but she is NOT married to. Her grandfathers would be the fathers of her mother and so on.

As a few further notes. All these diagrams are heavily simplified, real tribes would be far more complex with many overlapping generations. Also, this sort of family system is common but not universe, some cultures do things differently, but this is considered but most basic system.

[kerryweaverlesbian]

Just saw a post that addressed the reader as "Boy (gender neutral)". Sometimes words. Have meanings. That can't be negated by a little set of brackets.

[carbonateddelusion]

Also. I love Edith. Kissing her hand. She’s bootiful an dainty and I need to see her live her life in a solar punk (or like cottage core fused with tech) fantasy

[powderblueblood]

because I can’t stand to be alone with my own thoughts I’ve been listening to the podcast gayotic by the band muna and I absolutely have concluded that this is the Lacy Eddie Ronnie entertainment hour, like this is how they converse when they’re like sitting around Ronnie’s trailer and the episode with Hannah Einbinder in particular is the one where they have Steve Harrington

as exemplified in this clip alone. please watch but here’s a partial transcript

Lacy: speaking of.

Eddie: what…

Ronnie: lacy….

Eddie: yeah what’s she gonna say next….

Lacy: ……. You bisexual?

Steve: def