#isn't that such a crazy thought!!!!!!!!!!! not constantly pushing my buttons and taking my shit and insulting me and then getting mad when-

[wazzooworld]

i'm always being punished for shit why am I the bad guy always and forever. dont fucking take my food asshole

[antis-delete-your-blogs-pls-thx]

When my latest post is about how freak and degenerate are fascist dogwhistles, this post really speaks for itself.

We are also minors and trauma survivors. I was 16 and already had abuse upon abuse to unpack when I started seeing people swarm my only escape with hatred and vitriol. I was 17 and in an abusive relationship when I got my first death threat. Trauma does ruin lives, yes. They way it affects each survivor is different. Some trauma survivors want to use fiction as a means to explore their pain and suffering, and they should be allowed to do that.

Our content is blacklistable. You can block our posts and press the back button on fics you don't want to read. We cannot block people telling us we deserve our abuse (yes, we get this too, don't know if you noticed any on that fucking post but it was there OFTEN). Feel free to point out any anti antis who have said similar things to you because I will give them a piece of my fucking mind. Receiving comments like that is agony. I've been told I deserved to be raped and abused countless times. I've been told I'm worse than my abusers. I've been told to kill myself and do the world a favour when I've struggled with suicide and self-harm since I was 12 years old. If any anti antis do that back, they're hypocritical pieces of shit.

Any content can be used to groom people. But the effective way to combat this is education. Frankly, it's antis who refuse to educate on abuse and the effects it has. You push only one narrative about how a survivor is supposed to take their trauma, and that alienates the rest of us who respond to it differently and actively pushes out survivors who are unsure about whether they experienced abuse or not. None of us have ever said the content depicted in these dark fics is okay IRL. In fact, I see it called fucked up, disturbing, graphic, etc constantly. It is not played off as completely okay. It's a portrayal of the dark and horrifying things that can happen in reality.

But I'll put it this way. If you truly believe reading about bad things happening to fictional characters is damaging on such a level, what about reading about bad things happening to you yourself? To your friends? To people like you? If I wrote a fic where, idfk, Adora was having rocks thrown at her or people trying to gauge out her eyes, I would get called a sick freak by you lot. As I just did. But if we call you out for saying that your threats to REAL people have an effect, we're the crazy ones. Huh.

It's about whether what you're writing is actively intended to harm real people. Writing about a gruesome torture and murder of a fictional character doesn't do anything to that character because they are not a sentient being. I am a sentient being. We are harmed by your own versions of darkfic being sent directly to us, with us personally as the targets.

And no, no, on a site where I'm threatened with rape and abuse and murder, my first thought when someone says they want to throw rocks at someone's skull until it cracks open isn't pebbles or a minor concussion. Nevermind that you didn't add the haunting them with a sword part until later. I was fucking there, bud. I saw what you said originally to J-AT, I took a screenshot of it myself.

And yes, implying only people with brain damage could come up with such a stupid take is pretty damn ableist. Not to mention you're the ones threatening us with brain damage in the first place, huh?

hi! dropping by to say that 1. im very offended i didnt get @ in ur violent anti post ): (im itemcrash!) 2. i have no idea why you thought throwing rocks is comparable to r/pe threats, like why put that in the same post. you can make a serious posts about gross threats without also putting in silly shit like "im gonna take ur eyes!" like cmon. also acting like 'antis' dont get gross threats? lol 3. i hope you get cured of ur brainrot soon

Why in god’s name would I purposefully sick the assholes who threaten others on a post that I intended to be informational/educational?

Anyway. I could get onto a whole debate about sexual violence versus physical violence and how society perceives the two, but let’s just leave it at: physical threats are not “less bad” than rape threats. You are not just “throwing rocks”, throwing rocks is ridiculously understating what you said you would do. You wanted to bash J-AT’s skull in with rocks until it fractured open. Yes, a completely fine thing to say, and not at all comparable with rape threats. The trauma of having your skull forcibly cracked open sure would be less than the trauma of being raped. Totally!

Threats of taking eyes are not fucking silly. It is not fucking silly to describe how you want to gauge someone’s eyes out. Describing graphically how you would like to vivisect people and torture them is not normal, it’s not fucking funny, and it’s not a trivial prospect legally either. Death and torture threats are taken very seriously, because they are very serious. The fact that you think “I want to scoop out your eyeballs with an icecream scooper” isn’t a “gross threat” says a lot about you and anti culture as a whole. Like, damn.

Accusing people of having brainrot is also a grossly ableist shitshow, but I don’t need to get into that now. This frankly speaks for itself.

[normanisource]

Spend a few minutes with Fifth Harmony, and it’s clear the group’s tighter than ever.

Normani Kordei, Dinah Jane, Ally Brooke and Lauren Jauregui have such electric chemistry, we literally had to cut out all the [laughs] from our interview because there were too many. The girls were cracking each other up throughout the whole thing.

And all those good vibes are sure to come through in their new music. Coming off of last summer’s “Work From Home,” 5H have proven themselves as hitmakers and are now taking more creative control of their sound. The group’s moving full speed ahead after Camila Cabello, one of its original members, bounced in late 2016.

Their next music will have “some R&B tones,” Dinah told us, and will hit on each of the girls’ favorite genres, with overtones of girl power and female empowerment throughout.

Read on for our interview with the group — plus their first cover as a foursome!

When did you guys realize you were friends in addition to bandmates?

Everyone: Awww that’s so cute!

Normani: We were on X Factor. We actually ran into each other before we were put into a group. I remember seeing Ally at my first audition, was it in Austin?

Ally: Austin, Texas!

Normani: Basically, my family… we had a rivalry. It was like, battle of the posters. My family was screaming, “Normani Normani Normani!” And Ally’s family had T-shirts… you guys roll deep.

Ally: They went all out!

Normani: I wouldn’t say it was necessarily a challenge to connect with one other because we were around the same age. I remember me and Dinah vibed heavily.

Dinah: Heavily! Like, we were low key starting to sleep over in each other’s hotel rooms.

Normani: I know! I borrowed your clothes!

Dinah: You did. We were that close. It was like that insane chemistry once you meet somebody. The connection was so crazy, we clicked instantly.

Normani: and I just feel like with everything we’ve been through together – even things that only we know about. Obviously we have each other to lean on. I think those moments make us even closer.

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How does each girl strengthen the group as a whole?

Ally: Well, Dinah, I admire your fun and playful self. I love how you always come in with music. You bring the life to the party and the energy to the room. That really helps, especially if we have a long day ahead or something, it’s really cool to see that. You’re always there pumping up the party and laughing. It just makes being here so much easier. It makes the environment so much healthier when it’s fun. I really admire that about you.

Dinah: Thanks Ally. You are super sweet! Ally… she’s like a little goofball too. It’s nice to know that there’s someone that carries the same energy. You’re always so playful. There’s times where she can be kind of like the “mom”. We’ve been calling Ally the “mother” of the group at times because she has that vibe where she cares so much and she’s on it with time. There are times where I fall short with getting to the lobby. She’s texting us saying, “We gotta get there, we gotta get there!” Just the push she brings into this group helps. Because there are times where you do fall short, and to have somebody to pick up your slack helps. You put us to work!

Normani: Well I was gonna compliment you (Dinah) but Ally did such a good job!

Dinah: You’re fake! [laughs]

Ally: I was going in order!

Normani: I feel like Lauren almost has this gift of making people feel safe through anything it is that we’re going through.

Dinah: It’s so true.

Normani: A lot of the time people almost forget that we’re human. We have things that go on with family and insecurities that we feel within ourselves. She [Lauren] has this way of making me feel comfortable and confident in myself and I feel like I can really talk to her through absolutely anything. There are conversations I can have with her that I feel like I wouldn’t have with anyone else. And I feel like we all play such a heavy role with each other but, there are just certain things that I can go to her for.

Lauren: The thing is, is that everyone brings so many different kinds of things to the table. Normani is such a hard worker, and she’s so disciplined…

Ally: Yes, Mani!

Dinah: So true.

Lauren: … and constantly putting in effort and making sure that she’s bettering herself and being the best version of herself she can be, and that for me is very inspiring because I’m the opposite [laughs]. I’m just kidding. But she definitely makes me feel like I can accomplish more if I can keep doing what I’m doing, and challenges me to want to be at her level.

Dinah: Spot on.

Who’s the best at IG? Shots fired.

Dinah: I was on a roll for a second.

Ally: Honestly, my game is getting up so…

Lauren: I’ve been on my A-game right now, I’m sorry.

Dinah: I was just stalking Mani last night.

Normani: I know I have a personal photographer.

Lauren: I think I’m just gonna push 20 bucks at her to take a photo of me today.

Normani: I feel like you can really get a sense of who we are as people because we’re so different.

Dinah: So different! Day and night.

Are guys scared to approach you now that you’re famous?

Lauren: Not the right guys.

Dinah: It’s funny because you kinda think it’s the right guy but it’s not.

Lauren: They’re either super not the right guy, or dope as fuck. There’s no in between.They’re either trying to get something out of you, or they think you’re super dope.

Dinah: There was this one guy who thought I was very intimidating because of who we are. My thing is when I come across somebody, when I think they’re super cute or handsome, I can’t play along with that because sometimes they take it as something like, “She wants me.” And it’s happened to me many times. When you’re trying to be kind to somebody and they take it as “dang, Dinah Jane likes me.” And I’m like “No, I just want to be your friend… like, why do you have to take it like that?”

Normani: For me, it’s kind of the opposite, cause I feel like in a way I can be so intimidating with me not even knowing it, and then the guy doesn’t call you and you’re like, “I’m cute! Come to me. Come here.” And then it’s like, “is there something wrong with me?”

Dinah: It’s hard. So all we want is a confident dude to come straight up…maybe. Just walk up and say, “Hey, what’s up?” And start from there.

What’s one question that you are often asked that you think a guy group would never be asked?

Normani: For instance, when “Work From Home” came out, we were asked a few times, “do you think you guys were dressed too sexy?”

Lauren: I’m pretty sure men are never questioned whether they’re acting too sexy. They’re actually glorified when all their clothes are off. Women love that shit, they’re like, “Yeahhh! You’re so hot!” But when girls take our clothes off, it’s, “Wow, she’s such a hoe.”

Normani: That’s happened to us throughout our whole career. When it came to performances, people would judge us on our performance outfits. They would say things like, “look at the hoe squad”. There were all these memes.

Lauren: And it’s normally girls! Regularly girls.

What’s the best part about having a built-in squad to roll with?

Ally: It’s really great because the four of us are really in sync with each other. We’re pretty open about most things. We try to respect each other as much as we can. For us, communication is really important. Also we enjoy a lot of the same things as each other! Like going to get frozen yogurt, or go to the movies, or talk about boys, exchange music, have fun at the red carpet and encourage each other with, “hey you look beautiful!”

Normani: We compliment each other a lot.

Lauren: It’s so important. I feel like especially being around other girls, it’s really easy to start picking yourself apart and being like, “Wow, she looks better than me” or, “My hair doesn’t look as good as hers.” It’s like, wait. [Why not just say], “You look dope, you look hot, I love your outfit.” Giving each other that energy changes the whole vibe of whatever we’re doing. If it’s a carpet or a shoot, you can feel in the pictures that we were all complimenting each other and we all felt good.

Ally: We truly live by female empowerment. Literally every day we try our best to do that.

Are you guys inspired by iconic girl groups like Spice Girls, the Supremes, TLC?

Normani: Absolutely. I know we’ve all grown up listening to Destiny’s Child, Spice Girls, TLC, Pussycat Dolls even. “Buttons” is my song. Danity Kane.

Dinah: Ooh, Xscape! I love them so much.

Normani: And it’s important to have strong individuals to paint the way for us. Without them doing what they did for music, and being our introduction, we probably wouldn’t even be!

Do you hope to leave a legacy like them one day?

Normani: Most definitely.

Lauren: I think we low key have. We’ve made an impressionable mark as far as girl groups go in the industry. I’m proud of us.

Ally: It’s cool because they inspired our looks for the shoot. We did a 90s throwback vibe and we channeled their wardrobe and hairstyles. It was super fun. They really do shape us.

Dinah: I think musically they inspire us but also on a human level. I think when you’re in a group, people expect you to all be the same. Just looking around at each other, it has helped me discover that we’re all uniquely different from each other for a good reason, because there would be no growth for me. As I’m learning about each other girl, it’s helping me learn about myself. We all have our weaknesses, we all have our strengths, but together we all make it up.

Which of you has the most out-there personal style?

Ally: I like sometimes to dress crazy…well I don’t think it’s crazy [laughs]. I like to have more fun with my fashion. Obviously if everyone is wearing more “chill chic” outfits then I’ll have to go in that lane, but…

Lauren: You love being extra.

Ally: Not extra, but I love to play! I don’t like feeling plain, I like a little sugar on top.

With so many pics of you in the spotlight, how do you keep a healthy mindset?

Normani: I feel like in a way you’re forced to, just because there’s always gonna be bad photos of you.

Lauren: Yep, you’re forced to, but you never get over people taking bad pictures of you from disgusting angles! I’ll never get over it. I get so angry every time I go on the Internet, I’m like, “Why! You know I look bad here! Why did you post it!?” I hate it.

Dinah: Sometimes they know we don’t look cute, they do it just to show, “look at this unflattering photo…”

Ally: One time I literally looked like an egg. And I had to choose to laugh about it. Sometimes you obviously freak out, but it’s out there. You cry and then you laugh.

Lauren: You cry and then you laugh again.