#but a lot of it is not

[realasslesbian]

I dunno, but I think some of the pushback to the TRA movement is just blatant hostility to any form of gender nonconformity. Women with short hair, men with the limp wrist, etc. And like, as a lifelong homosexual, gender nonconformity has been my safe haven. Knowing that I can be female and dress, behave, do whatever I want. Having friends who are all also female or male and doing whatever tf they want, regardless of gender roles. And I’m pretty well-versed in people having a problem with that, so I know it when I see it. And I’m seeing it in this current radfem/gender crit/heterosexual feminism movement. These women want to say ‘abolish gender’ but they don’t actually mean that. Certainly not when they’re confronted with a homosexual female or male, who by our very nature do not conform to the expectations of our sex. Just sayin.

[yeepof]

I understand that tall men are our POV characters, but surely being like a foot taller than everyone around them would have some occasional consequences

[knockknockwhosthereartistism]

I was inspired

[marisatomay]

People will claim to be a fan of some thing and then hate all of the themes and motifs and story lines and plot lines and protagonists and antagonists like man I don’t think that you actually like it here

[moodsandtenses]

There's something hilarious about how so much subsequent media has positioned Vampires and Werewolves as, like, binary opposite entities, and then you read Dracula (1897) and realize that wolves are that guy's preferred solution to every problem. You'd say something to Dracula about "ah yes, werewolves, vampires' great eternal enemies," and he'd just be like "you mean my subcontractors?"

[shrubsparrow]

It's in the eye of the beholder

[omatoxin]

fish song

[alivingtypo]

you can pry starting sentences with 'and' or 'but' out of my cold, dead hands

[blabberoo]

;]

[canonkiller]

I just think everyone should take a moment to consider the question "what is your visual shorthand for cruelty?" and then follow it up with a critical "and who taught you that?"

specific examples include but are not limited to

why is an evil timeline character design disabled? (why do the heroes go through equally punishing battles and never lose an arm, a leg, an eye?)

why are the futuristic scifi terrorists uniformly darker skinned? (why are the heroes so much lighter?)

why is the greedy boss fat? (why are the heroes skinny?)

why is the criminal mastermind heavily scarred? (why is the brooding, traumatized hero unscathed?)

why is the predatory creep a bearded person in a dress and makeup? (why are none of the heroes trans women?)

who taught you that this is how things are?

how long do you plan on repeating it?

[gawki]

Royal Pigeon

[sirompp]

hi. i made some images.

feel free to take them and use for whatever you may need them for. no credit required

[sheepydraws]

The secret Dungeon Meshi sauce that's getting people to eat better is that it's so non-judgmental. Senshi and the rest of the gang never talk about what not to eat besides things that taste bad and literal poison. They don't even talk about "health" that much besides the importance of a balanced diet. It's so much easier to eat well when you think of food simply as something your body needs, and that it's often worth the extra effort to make it taste good, especially when you understand how to connect "things your body needs" with "things that taste good"

[vamprisms]

i feel like a lot of the 'i hate kids' crowd would be more tolerant if they understood that due to a kid's limited experience of the world that 4 hour flight might just be the longest they've ever had to sit still for or that trapped finger might literally be the most pain they've ever felt in their short life or they might not have ever seen a person with pink hair ever so of course they want to touch it or nobody's told them yet that they can't run around the museum and they only just learned cheetahs are the fastest animals so of course they want to put that to the test. how were they supposed to know etc etc.

[brawnie]

*grabbing mlm shippers by the shoulders* guys nobody needs to be the twink. nobody needs to be the sub. nobody needs to be the femboy. they can both be big fat hairy men who bask in each others masculinity or they can both be unspeakable monstrous creatures with inhuman genitalia it’s okay I’m holding your hand. Let me show you the way