#but it IS true babe you Do That

[vinylattes]

Can we get on with this?

WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS 5.02 (A Night Out with the Guys)

[time-to-write-and-suffer]

I love how on Tumblr, "media literacy" has become "Um, just because someone writes about this doesn't mean they're endorsing this. I hate all these media puritans ruining everything."

I'm sad to inform you that knowing when and whether an author is endorsing something, implying something, saying something, is also part of media literacy. Knowing when they are doing this and when they're not is part of media literacy. Assuming that no author has ever endorsed a bad thing is how you fall for proper gander. It's not media literacy to always assume that nobody ever has agreed with the morally reprehensible ideas in their work.

Sometimes, authors are endorsing something, and you need to be aware when that happens, and you also need to be aware when you're doing it as an author. All media isn't horny dubcon fanfic where you and the author know it's problematic IRL but you get off to it in the privacy of your brain. Sometimes very smart people can convince you of something that'll hurt others in the real world. Sometimes very dumb people will romanticize something without realizing they're doing it and you'll be caught up in it without realizing that you are.

Being aware of this is also media literacy. Being aware of the narrative tools used to affect your thinking is media literacy. Deciding on your own whether you agree with an author or not is media literacy. Enjoying characters doing bad things and allowing authors to create flawed or cruel characters for the sake of a story is perfectly fine, but it is not the same as being media literate. Being smug about how you never think an author has bad intentions tells me you're edgy, not that you're media literate. You can't use one rule to apply to all media. That's not how media literacy works. Sorry! Sorry! Sorry! Aheem heem. Anyway.

[xanderscollection]

"Growing up is realising a (random ship) you loved is actually weird and bad"

Yeah? Is it? Great, I love it even more. The worse it is the Better.

[habken]

I think… if I wasnt doing work outside of school it would be manageable and not too stressful but alas..

[daddy-long-legssss]

I think one of the great problems that faces people who are in the industry – within which they have to express themselves – is learning to ignore entirely anyone else’s opinion, especially complimentary opinions because the luxury with being assaulted is that you know instinctively that you’re not to take that onboard because that would affect – in a negative way – what you’re doing. But the same thing could be said for compliments, but they come in sheep's clothing. They invite you to give your sense of self-esteem to someone else because as soon as you start relying upon compliments, then you are giving away your own... I can’t think of the word, but you should be the crux of your own opinion. –Grian Chatten from Fontaines D.C. on Live with KEXP [x]

[brujahinaskirt]

man i love fanfiction but i find i barely read any these days. as i get older, I really cannot fucking tolerate how in SO MANY fics, the Main Guy's dialogue is extremely strong and rich and interesting, and then Female Lead's voice/dialogue is reduced to just. cracker dust. from the bottom of the bag.

[blujayonthewing]

it IS nice, as someone who's a lot more used to 'what if I meet my internet friends irl and they don't like me' type anxiety, to have 'what if I meet my friend's internet friend and I don't like him' anxiety once in awhile instead

[beautyofattolia]

Xavier: I sleep with a bow under my pillow.

Bianca: I sleep with a knife.

Tyler: Both of you are pathetic. 

Xavier: Oh yeah? What do you sleep with?

Tyler: Wednesday.

[hellaephemeral]

i hope greta gerwig and the whole team of barbie are having a wonderful day knowing they made men so mad 🩷

[lilaccatholic]

how do i do it though. how do i let go of the bitterness and the hardness when they kept me "okay" for so long? does it come when i finally leave? can it ever?

[crplpunkklavier]

sometimes i get embarrassed about how much i know about america. a nyt crossword clue was "chicago newspaper" and i cringed at myself for instantly filling in "tribune." i don't read the chicago tribune. ive never been to chicago. i don't know anyone from chicago. i haven't been to the states in a decade and the last time i did go i just hung out at a friend's louisville alpaca farm. i can't even remember where i heard "chicago tribune." i must not let the internet turn me into an american

[coffeeandcalligraphy]

I love referring to BODY BACK/Hallowed Bodies/Changing States as a trilogy now because it puts them in direct contrast with each other like harrison’s idea of a night out is embarrassing himself in full costume to don’t cha pussycat dolls & jeremiah’s is having a lot of sex & lonan’s is eating a bowl of cherries alone in his apartment while he watches supernatural

[bright-cloud]

✨The Absolute✨

My cleric Basil dominating the Absolute! (Not canon, my sweet lad could never)

The evilness was just a treat ✨

[gallawitchxx]

flip fuck?

for the @spicygallavichcollab 2023 🖤

rating: E word count: 5K additional tags: tumblr!mickey aka the hornygaythug, alternative universe - roommates, established relationship, existential smut, flip fuck, top/bottom ian gallagher, top/bottom mickey milkovich, valentine's day, lingerie, toys, gift giving as a love language summary: mickey’s always thought that valentine’s day was fucking gay. but then some dramatic, ginger fuckhead had to move into the room next to his, and steal his hole, his heart, and the attention of his tumblr mutuals. mickey decides to keep it lowkey when he asks Ian to spend the evening together: you wanna hang out on tuesday? ian’s response is quick and gives absolutely nothing away: sure thing! that big-dicked idiot better remember it’s fucking valentine’s day.

thank you to @thisdivorce for the beta read & for hosting this collab! & as always, thanks to @breedxblemickey @ianandmickeygallavich & all of the anons & writers who helped to create the tumblr!mickey universe! hornygaythug ilysm! xx

♥♥♥♥♥ read here on ao3 ♥♥♥♥♥

[sweets-yandere-lover]

[tenok]

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