#i'm just so angry right now

[birdietrait]

i can't comprehend how people are comfortable staying silent about palestine. how are you not sick with rage

[chidoknowshit]

Watching the series Circeo with what's going on today in Italy it's almost surreal. The massacre of the Circeo (1975) is one of the most heinous and famous case of SA and feminicide in Italy but it was also one of the first cases to really bring the feminist cause and the deep rooted issues of patriarchal mentality in Italy to the public side.

And still it took more than 20 (1996) years to change the law about rape here and turn it from a "Crime against Morality" to a "Crime against the Person"

Now it seems that the murder of Giulia Cecchettin is having just as much traction. Maybe probably we'll talk about it for about a month before going back to before again. Or maybe, hopefully, we can actually work to try and change things for the better.

And yet I have to wonder why does it always have to take cases of this brutality to move something?

Why were the 107 women, killed just this year, before Giulia not enough?

Why was talking about it, begging, protesting, screaming not enough to change things before she had to die?

Why are the journalists and the politicians, today, spouting the same offensive, enraging bullshit that they were repeating 48 years ago?

How many more of us have to die before things change?

Giulia was not killed by a psychopats or a "boy who was not followed enough by his parents", she was killed by a man raised in a society and in a State that in the end, deep down, justifies him.

This was a State muder.

[jules-hoard-of-stuff]

You know what?

Transitioning into a queer form of self that is not binary or what people expect is fundamentally different from binary transition, and that is something I don't think is talked about enough.

Now, binary transition itself HAS challenges. It's tough, from what I have seen/experienced having thought I was a binary trans man for a long time. And that's valid. This post is not about "binary transition NOT AS BAD" you know? Ok? It's about something else. This post is no longer about binary transition. We've gotten that out of the way, and we're not gonna talk about that. Long post under the cut. This is more me being fuckin. Angy. so don't mind me.

As someone transitioning into a queer form of self that, as I'm discovering, does not fit any linear path that gender roles set out for you, it's. It's got its unique challenges.

Internalized transphobia goes further than forcing yourself into the closet. It can be forcing yourself into the binary. I STILL do it, and I have trouble with it.

The very specific idea of what nonbinary looks like to society is so specific that it cuts out 99% of the queer community.

Our language, identities, presentation, and rights to ourselves are scrutinized even within the community. Some people think we shouldn't get the word Queer. It's one of the only words that works, after 10 years of trying to 'just figure it out'(said by both people inside and outside of the community). But I'm told I am not allowed to use it, as if there aren't other descriptors that have been used as slurs in the past. I'm told I'm an embarrassment to the queer community because I just. Don't want to lean one side or the other.

I'm constantly told everything about me is wrong. No WONDER I'm questioning everything, the cishet allos keep telling me I'm wrong and cis, the LGBTQ community keeps telling me I'm wrong and binary trans, and I'm.

I'm tired of it. ngl. I just wanna look like a cartoon character and live my life.

I like cute things. I like earrings and kandi bracelets and jewelry. I like bright colors and florals. I like plushies. I use they/he. I eventually wanna use xe/xem pronouns but am getting comfy with that and its taking a hot second. I take testosterone. My aesthetics are all jumbled. I like looking pretty. I like looking handsome. I love making things with my hands. I want to work out and be buff and strong. I sing in both high and low ranges. I want long hair. I want to be androgynous. I like boy things, girl things, in between things, and honestly?

It's a lot of contradiction. And I think that should be MY business whether that's right for me or not. I don't want anyone else's input on it anymore. They can make comments but it's none of their fucking business anymore.

I'm so tired of being poked and prodded at. I just want people to go "Oh! Okay!" And then respect me. Is that so hard to ask for?

[sysig]

Blind side (Patreon)

[ryllen]

Look what came through the mail today! The letters & ( •̀ω•́ )σ 3 little gremlins from letterstoear.

Just wanna say i adore the flower stickers on the letters too much, they are that much worth mentioning.

[layalu]

so i uhhhh. started PoE

[fisheito]

collab #2 with @xenole i was given a chibi yakumo and i.. i...... turned it into thiS

[vegaseatsass]

You know, these past two episodes I was thinking to myself, Su Yin is almost perfect in every way, simply the ideal devoted, protective, loyal, dedicated sworn brother, call him Da-ge indeed!!!, but my one piece of constructive criticism is that he needs to learn how to give real hugs - he does a lot of manful shoulder clasping, but Xiaobao is a shivering chihuahua desperately in need of cuddles and body heat, you gotta HUG THAT BOY - but now I see that Su Yin's hugs are simply reserved for his horrible little gremlin of an imperial cousinwife.

[uncanny-tranny]

I'm still thinking about how ashamed I was (and am) with being open about my pain because I am so young. It's so hard to feel worthy of having your pain taken seriously when the people around you insist that young bodies are always in pristine, untouched condition and that you must earn your pain through aging. Never is it considered that young people aren't lying or being a hypochondriac for expressing their pain.

Young people can be in life-altering pain. Young people can have debilitating pain. It doesn't matter what age it happens because pain doesn't discriminate. Complaining about pain and doing things to prevent needless pain aren't something you have to "earn" through aging.

If you want young people to be in less or lesser pain, then encourage them to do whatever they can to minimize it. Don't downplay what they're experiencing. Not everything is a lie, not every experience that is different than yours is exaggeration or deceit.

[danikatze]

[ID in alt text]

Another wip! It's kind of almost done :)

[aria-allium]

this is a very unimportant part of the conversation i realize but. i feel like it's worth bringing up because i'm seeing a lot of people talk about not listening to wilbur's solo stuff as well as lovejoy a) because he directly profits from it and b) because. a good portion of the lyrics he's written can be recontextualized with the information shelby's given about her experiences with him. but i have not seen a single person mention the fact that she says at one point he told her he "wanted to see how much fame/wealth [he] could amass" (not direct quote but essentially the sentiment expressed).

this isn't a conversation specific to this situation - the idea that it is possible in certain scenarios to separate the art from the artist. that's something that simply cannot be done here, and it's not even solely because the lyrics come across very differently now, or because he profits off of people streaming his music (not to say that the latter isn't enough of a good reason, but you get the idea i hope).

shelby said he fully admitted to her that he just. wanted to see how much fame/wealth/etc. he could gain while he was actively abusing her. and again, this'll be my only post talking about the impact on his music specifically that i'll make, because ultimately it is absolutely not important in the grand scheme of things, but. i feel as though it's important that the fact that shelby mentioned he said that doesn't get forgotten.

[frankensteinmutual]

I'm so used to being surrounded by kind and thoughtful neurodivergent people at this point that I've forgotten that sometimes neurodivergency can make us assholes in very specific ways and even though yes there's nothing wrong with us for being "different" and we shouldn't feel ashamed of who we are etc etc it's still kind of also our job to try and not actively hurt other people and then just excuse it with "well I'm autistic/have bpd/xyz so you can't be mad" or "if you don't like me treating you bad you're making me feel like I can't be my true self around you" or something like. I feel like it's very obvious to me because I have The Disorder That Makes Everyone Think You're Shitty so I'm always very aware of trying not to be, but others. not so much I think

[jibanyans-chocobar]

Hi Octofandom. I know this is sudden but I'm taking a break from posting normal stuff and will only reblog and post stuff about Venezuela now.

I don't want to cause drama or anything like that, but I just want to make people aware of what's happening in my country.

I'll still post art for the fandom, but it will probably be about this too.

I'm honestly really scared. I know we can't lose all hope and I'm not saying I have. I'm just afraid of what will happen if we don't manage to do something. I'm afraid because I don't want the 2016-2017 crisis we had to repeat itself. I don't want people to get k1ll3d because of this. I don't want to have to leave my country, the country where I WAS BORN, to be able to live a better life. I don't want to leave my country until Venezuela is free.

Apart from scared, I'm also mad too, for obvious reasons.

I'm not trying to diminish what other countries are going through. I'm sorry if it seems like that, that isn't my intention at all, but I need to make people aware of this too.

[bunnieswithknives]

Imagine somehow David was killed and turned into a puppet, forced to spend eternity with his creations. How screwed would he be?

Ima be honest I really like this as a post-cannon idea, all the puppets escaping and David simultaneously getting to experience the same fate he condemned so many others to, while also kinda getting a new start.

[schnaf]

day 23 aka THE COUNTDOWN IS OVER - jungsu's past birthday brrrr ppoppos

[fluffydancer618]

[Source]

"You wanna know how I even found out my content was being limited? I sat here and refresh the page several times a day of my uploads. And, as the hours passed, I watched slowly as more and more of my content I worked hard on was retroactively flagged. I put hundreds of hours of my life into this content. I'm really proud of it. It's always been my dream to be an entertainer and to do this… And now, I'm sat here, watching parts of my livelihood just disappear. No notification. No fanfare. Just slowly becoming more and more restricted. It's not even about the money for me - although, y'know, I'll happily be paid for the work I do - if your video is limited for ads and demonetized, it reaches less people, that's what really matters to me. And I feel like I'm just watching my career slowly being sapped away, powerless to do anything. It's really depressing."

Please, go support the man by watching his Best of RTGame 2022 video and, in case you don't know who that is but like games-related content, consider subscribing on him and/or following him on Twitch. He's a good lad with a lovely community and completely did not deserve the massacre YouTube putting him through. Thanks.