#in this specific instance

[lastoneout]

I think I'm ready to admit that hashbrowns cooked in olive oil don't actually taste good.

[runespoor7]

"I'd never looked in the box, except for all the times I went and looked in it; I never read the letter, except for all the times I [did]."

The Golden Enclaves, N. Novik

[snatching-ishidates-wig]

Do you think McCarthy's list of supposed Communists in the State Department that he waved around at the meeting of the Republican Women's Club in 1950 was ACTUALLY a list of 205 names. or just like his grocery list. 😂

[gasbossgatelightgirlkeep]

Are people allergic to tagging their incest? Is it too hard for them? Does it make the story less fun? Just tag your goddamn incest

[thisintermezzo]

Writing some prose in the past tense for the first time in probably 10 years, and it's very weird.

[obsidiinium]

Not me rapid scrolling through my own blog to find an image of my own OC so I can confirm how many fingers I gave them for… reasons

[elucubrare]

i firmly hold that it's my duty as a reader to believe it when an author tells me at the beginning of the series that the dragons are gone forever and never coming back. but god it's a struggle sometimes.

[trans-axolotl]

one of the reasons it's really hard for a lot of intersex people when intersex topics are on the news cycle is because the public's reaction reveals how little anyone knows or cares about intersex people, including people who call themselves our allies. almost every time intersex topics are trending, the discourse surrounding them is filled with misinformation. people who only learned today what the word intersex means jump into conversations and act like an authority. endosex/dyadic/perisex people get tripped up over things that are basically intersex 101, with tons of endosex people incorrectly arguing about the definition of intersex, who "counts," DSD terminology, and so much more. i've seen multiple endosex people say today that they've been "warning intersex people" and that we should have known that transphobia would catch up with us eventually, which is an absolutely absurd thing to say given the fact that consistently over the past ten years, it has often been intersex people sounding the alarm on sex-testing policies and also the fact that many, many intersex people are also trans, and already are facing the impacts of transphobia. there is an absolute failure from the general public to take intersex identity seriously; people seem not even able to fathom that intersex people have a community, history, and our own political resources. instead, endosex people somehow seem to think they're helping by bringing up half-remembered information from their high school biology class which usually isn't even relevant at all.

and this frustrates me so fucking much. not because i want to deny the impacts of transphobic oppression--i'm a trans intersex person, trust me when i say i am intimately aware of transphobia. this frustrates me because there is no way we can achieve collective liberation if our "allies" fail to even engage with basic intersex topics and are seemingly unaware of the many forms of intersex oppression that we are already facing every fucking day. if you are not aware of compulsory dyadism, if you are not aware of interphobia, if you are not aware of the many different ways that intersex people are directly and often violently targeted--how the fuck do you think we're going to dismantle all of these systems of oppression?

if you were truly an intersex ally, you would already KNOW that this is not new, and would not be surprised--interphobia in sports has been going on for decades. you would know that we do have a community, an identity, a history--you would have already read/listened/watched to intersex resources that give you the background information you need for allyship. you would know that although there is a really distinct lack of resources and political education, that intersex people ARE developing a political understanding of ourselves and our oppression--Cripping Intersex by Celeste Orr and their framework of compulsory dyadism is one example of how we're theorizing our oppression. It's absolutely fucking wild to me how few people I've seen actually use words like "interphobia" "intersexism" "compulsory dyadism" or "intersex oppression"--endosex people are seemingly incapable of recognizing that there is already an entrenched system of oppression towards intersex people that violently reshapes our bodies, restricts our autonomy, and attempts to eradicate intersex through a variety of medical and legal means.

you cannot treat intersex people like an afterthought. not just because we're meaningful parts of your community and deserving of solidarity, but also because intersex oppression impacts everyone!!! especially trans community--trans people will not be free until intersex people are free, so much of transphobia is shaped by compulsory dyadism, the mythical sex binary, all these ideas of enforced "biological sex" that are just as fake as the gender binary.

it makes me absolutely fucking livid every time this shit happens because it becomes so abundantly clear to me how little the average endosex person knows about intersex issues and also how little the average endosex person cares about changing that. i don't know what to say to get you to care, to get you to change that, but we fucking need it to happen and i, personally, am tired of constantly being grateful when i meet an endosex person who knows the bare minimum. i think we have a right to expect better and to demand that if you're going to call yourself our ally, you actually fucking listen to us when we tell you what that means.

okay for endosex people to reblog.

[revvethasmythh]

The Saga of "You Bitch!"

[blushedfemmes]

concept that gets me weaker than i care to admit: a straight popular girl getting “turned” by the weird quiet butch. it hits so many buttons for me… like. she’s all mouthy and condescending and rude until the butch has had enough and calls her bluff and ends up fingering her until she’s crying in a supply closet. the butch chuckles as she drips all over their hand. hisses in her ear, bet your boyfriend doesn’t make you this wet, huh. little dyke slut. i fucking knew it.

[wild-magic-oops]

How it started:

How it's going:

[connabeth]

say what you will about this cash grab spinoff series, but i actually really love this excerpt of wottg because

1) the first bit is really fucking cute and i will eat up any new canon percabeth, sorry but not really because THIS MAN JUST NEVER GETS TIRED OF LOOKING AT HER!!

2) rr FINALLY acknowledging annabeth is a “natural people person” that easily makes friends and gets along with others. ever since the pjo tv show casting call that gave the vibes of percy having to teach annabeth to love or be human or whatever, i’ve been so dubious of the way her character would be handled in his writing moving forward so it’s nice to see a more accurate reflection of who she is rather than a stoic, aloof, calculated individual that so many people lacking reading comprehension (and sometimes the showrunners) make her out to be. like this is the girl that immediately trusted and bonded with sadie while her boyfriend didn’t really trust carter and couldn’t bring himself to hug the guy at the end of their respective crossovers. the narrative that he’s the easygoing people person and she’s the guarded socially stunted one is so fucking annoying and untrue because context is everything and you’re ignoring it

3) percy jackson, you jealous son a bitch, your girlfriend’s possessiveness and insecurities have nothing on yours…deny it all you want

[sigmaleph]

you can't say '[abstract concept] grew by [number] percent' and move on as if you've said something meaningful unless it's obvious from context how one would numerically measure the relevant abstract concept or you're about to delve into the details of how you operationalised it. if you're not gonna do that, cut the number from the sentence, it's not doing anything except pissing me off.

[vigilskeep]

you guys have GOT to learn how to act, i know i said this a while ago but it apparently needs to be said again: don’t reblog generic/positive posts about a character and talk about how much you don’t like them or how much their writing sucked in the tags. seeing this get especially bad since veilguard came out. not everyone feels about the new companions the same as you do!!! the way this website works, when you reblog a post you’re interacting with the person who wrote it. nobody wants their notes to have to be the outlet for all your negative opinions every time they talk about the character they like! how is this news!

i don’t want to see it on my posts and i don’t want to see it on posts reblogged from me because i just feel bad for sharing things when op then has to deal with this. some basic etiquette and thought for the people around you, please. you can reblog the post and then make your own referencing it if you have something you want to express. it’s truly that simple. get it together or get blocked

[ariadne-mouse]

Doodle prompt: Essek’s infographic on the optimal bowl of soup.

Today's flavor: blended zucchini soup with herbs, black pepper, lemon, and a splash of oat milk

[jewish-mccoy]

amplifying only Palestinian voices to the exclusion of Israeli Jews when discussing Israel is antisemitic actually and I’m tired of it