#look around ; politics and activism

[mirastudiesphysics]

I think I'd be less frustrated by this entire thing if people didn't act like the past four years was a rest period for people to forget about politics and avoid getting involved. Lots of people are suddenly realizing that they want to fight for their own rights rather than someone else's far away, whereas if you had been doing some work this entire time we wouldn't be starting from what feels like the bottom. This isn't to discredit the work people have been doing, but to address the overall apathy we've been dealing with, especially on the local level (hello stem bros in my department who don't believe in grad student protections because you don't personally need them).

I feel like a lot of this can be distilled in a stupid little graph, because I'm a nerd who likes stupid little graphs. Look! A picture!

Anyways. Maybe if you feel safe, like you'll be OK and just need to survive the next four years (if not longer), start thinking about those who may be at higher risk in the near future, not just because it might be you next, but because no one deserves this in the first place. Maybe if we all made a habit to help those around us within a community, people would feel less alone and scared and reactive.

PS this post includes the safety of trans people.

[faithfromanewperspective]

’why is taylor friends with the mahomes when brittany isn’t nice to her and also they support trump’ she knows that. both of these things. she’s just not letting the bully her out of their group of friends that’s also hers and actually existing around people who see politics differently to you is the most effective way to help them soften towards seeing things another way when they realise you’re just as human too

[jaythelay]

Like primarily, no other party will ever win again, there won't even be elections come soon.

If ya voted dem you're extraordinarily likely to be targeted because most assuredly they're gonna get that kinda data somehow. It's really GG folks. If only Biden and co. and voters didn't decide to be israel's bitch. (I voted for Kamala)

[feliraeth]

i'm so tired. fuck the police, fuck the politicians voting against gun control and fuck whoever is making or agreeing with decisions like this.

[whumpshaped]

cant stop thinking abt that reply to bram's post abt the abusive cluster b parents so just know if u were abused like that, first of all, samesies and it gave me cluster b pds as a result, second of all, i promise no one whos calling for understanding of cluster b ppl is invalidating ur experiences. if u feel like they ARE, i sincerely hope u realise u dont have to have a medical explanation for why others suck. if ur parents sucked, u can just say that, and its freeing, and focusing on behavioural patterns instead of diagnoses (which u most likely dont have access to when it comes to strangers) will allow u to weed out actual bad ppl and keep urself safe(er)

[vampirecatprince]

*takes psychic damage some stank ass political opinions from multiple moots*

....... I don't have the spoons for this shit.

[talentforlying]

if he likes you, you're in the club. if he doesn't, you're getting side-eyed, if not spit at. if he hates you, he's menacing. he's got three distinct flavors and they change constantly from sentence to sentence.

what was i talking about when i started typing this.

[mariemariemaria]

the people who think that christianity is the worst most problematic religion ever and the people who think that islam is the worst most problematic religion ever are two sides of the same coin to me

[kalashtars]

sometimes I truly genuinely forget nuance is dead on the internet and then I have to read people who should be on the same side argue about politics on the internet and I start wanting to bash my head into a wall.

[pricelessemotion]

omfg..

[arolesbianism]

Doodle I did of my girl Juliet earlier

[neverendingford]

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[skipppppy]

No offence but I feel like some people got a little too comfortable with telling people to touch grass and swung all the way round to just straight up shaming anyone who might have a less active social life than them to feel better about themselves. “She should be at the club” was a really funny meme until people started acting like fucking middle school bullies towards people who don’t go out with their friends a lot. All those drinking/drugs/sex milestone polls were fun to engage with until it became a wierd circlejerk making fun of people who haven’t done those things before. People on twitter are once again dogpiling someone for wanting queer social spaces that don’t revolve around alcohol or loud music and telling them it’s their own fault for not having friends.

Like I get that nightclubs and sex have strong ties to queer culture and are often the first targets in the hellscape of respectability politics. It’s important we remember our roots and protect these spaces from conservative scrutiny. I mean that. They are important. But just on a surface level it seems like people are starting to see having an inactive social life as some kind of moral failing which…it’s not. I feel like an insane person for feeling like I have to say this on the fucking queer autism website but like. You aren’t inherently a bad person if you don’t have friends. You aren’t “falling behind” if you haven’t had your first kiss in your 20s or never done drugs. The real world isn’t a movie. And if you see someone who doesn’t go out much and instinctually think “wow what a terminally online loser. I bet their social life sucks because they’re a sheltered creep and not because of systemic barriers beyond their control” you need to have a long hard look at why you feel that way.

There are very real barriers that prevent isolated people from finding community and connection. Do you think you’re superior for being able to breach them? Time, money, sobriety, accessibility, none of those factors were a problem for you, so it shouldn’t be for them, right? Right?

[dawnlitbouquet]

I had the displeasure of seeing the post in real time and I was honestly planning to just curl up in miserable silence, but I figured I may as well share some spectacularly specific quote tweets I had taken screenshots of in anticipation of the original tweet getting taken down.

[lovelyrotter]

fellow fictives my babes my darlings i am BEGGING YOU to stop tagging your very personal stuff with ships relating to your fictive-shape and then start talking about whether or not you ''condone'' these ships entirely purely based on your personal comfort as if youre talking about law. do what you want with your own irl body and relationships. you are not part of shipping. you are a real person. i am BEGGING YOU PERSONALLY to not partake in the crossing of these lines

[feliraeth]

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