#more relevent than ever

[anonymousdandelion]

A general tip for students who are sending those dreaded Religious Absence Emails to your professors: Rather than asking permission to take the day(s) off, politely let them know that you will be taking the day(s) off.

In other words, consider not saying this:

"May I miss class on [date] so I can observe [holiday]?"

It's not that there's anything wrong with the above, per se. But because it's phrased as a request, it risks coming across as optional — a favor you hope to be granted. Problem is, favors are not owed, and so unfortunately asking permission opens the door for the professor to respond "Thanks for asking. No, you may not. :)"

Instead, try something along the lines of:

"I will need to miss class on [date] because I will be observing [holiday]. I wanted to let you know of this conflict now, and to ask your assistance in making arrangements for making up whatever material I may miss as a result of this absence."

This is pretty formal language (naturally, you can and should tweak it to sound more like your voice). But the important piece is that, while still being respectful, it shifts the focus of the discussion so that the question becomes not "Is it okay for me to observe my religion?", but rather, "How can we best accommodate my observance?"

Because the first question should not be up for debate: freedom of religion is a right, not a favor. And the second question is the subject you need to discuss.

(Ideally, do this after you've looked up your school's policy on religious absences, so you know what you're working within and that religious discrimination is illegal. Just in case your professor forgot.)

[phobic-human]

For How Long Do Palestinians Have To Bleed ?

Artist: Unknown

Circa 1985

[piratecaptainscaptainpirates]

All of us after hearing that Rhys Darby is sad about losing the role he's said he was born to play

[stupidphototricks]

Ugh, this resonates:

“Every evil tyrant has a plan to rule the world. The good people don’t seem to have the knack.”

— Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!

[kyouka-supremacy]

“Average enemies to lovers save each other 10 times per show” factoid actually just statistical error. Average enemies to lovers save each other 0 times per show. Shin Soukoku, who are doomed by the narrative and save each other over 1000 times each arc, are an outlier and should not have been counted

[kimdokjas]

We are alive. And we will continue living. So long as you remain by my side.

[jayselegy]

I’m like Mulder cause I too was praised in school and believed to be the best in whatever I decided to pursue and now I devote my time to weird things and everyone’s disappointed in the path I took

[contagious-watermelon]

i think part of the reason that aromantic awareness is lagging so far behind that of asexuality is that romance is viewed as straight-up ubiquitous, whereas sexuality is thought of as a choice people make. (e.g. purity culture & making the choice Not to have sex; dating as a given while hooking up is notable)

hence, asexuality may be misconstrued as synonymous with celibacy, but aromanticism isn't (can't be) construed as anything because nobody can conceptualize its existence at all. a fish doesnt even know it's wet...

[mokke-often]

[silvergarnet12]

Venture! Unfortunately for me they have dragged me back into the hell that is Overwatch, I have been unsuccessfully ignoring their existence since their release and finally caved into re-downloading…

[torchickentacos]

pokeani where everything is the exact same but Zoey was allowed to be even more butch

[hanakou-often]

I miss when Kou’s biggest issue was just keeping Hanako's pervertness in check

[phobic-human]

How Long Must Palestinian Blood Flow ?

Artist: Ghazi Inaim

Circa 1985

[kingofanemptyworld]

I absolutely love your thoughts about wb so there was some drama about Sakura backstory last days on Twitter too, there was someone's take " how are we supposed to feel sad about Sakura's trauma when we barely know his trauma and past in details" I feel this take reduce Sakura development so much. Didn't we have enough information about Sakura? Like living alone and being judged by others! I think this is enough for his backstory. The present is more important than the past

hi hello yes, yes this is exactly what I’ve been saying!! also, thank god I deleted Twitter (for unrelated reasons), because seeing this all over tumblr the last couple weeks has been awful enough. anyone who can’t feel sad or sympathetic towards sakura because they don’t have an itemized list of every horrible, traumatic thing that’s shaped him into who he was when he first entered furin is… I don’t know, but I feel sad for them, tbh. because being so concerned with his backstory mean’s you’re missing out on all his growth as a person now. we do know enough about sakura to care about him (and frankly anyone who’s a Suo stan and thinks like this is insanely hypocritical, just putting that out there). but really, we’re like the rest of furin, and especially sakura’s first year class. do we know everywhere he’s been? who his family is? everyone who hurt him? everything that happened to make him feel as though being strong enough to prevent anything from knocking him down was the only important thing in his life? no, we don’t. not yet, maybe not ever. but we want to know him now. we want to share in these new experiences, celebrate his wins, cry over his losses, support him as he struggles towards being the best version of himself. and just like the rest of his class we’re absolutely smitten with his smile :)

I don’t know about everyone else, but that’s more than enough for me

[snugglebunnies]

so glad issa rock pointed out peasley's stats for all the modern world to see

[tamsinbeybey-she-no-porcupine]

okay just because I'm losing my mind over Major Anthony Havers and the very horrible, bad, not good day:

I'm still kinda glad that he was there witnessing Cap's death. And not solely for the Captain's sake.

I mean Cap was not really subtle about his affection and yet when he said "I say, Havers!" my boy almost gave himself whiplash (I made a long as post about what follows before but let me just summarise). Havers looks at him expectantly and when Cap doesn't bring up the courage to tell him how he feels (two times in a row at that), Havers looks dissapointed and crestfallen but manages to keep a stiff upper lip.

In short he suspected and reciprocated but from what we have seen he never really got a real confirmation about Cap's feelings for him.

(Tbh I still think he would have been so so tempted to stay if Cap had said anything)

So now skip forward a few years. The war is over, Havers got wounded at the front line, he has to attend an event and then he sees Cap.

The man who corrected his "I shall miss you, Havers" , who tried to confess something but didn't, Mr. 17 points on the agenda, his stickler for rules and authorities Captain broke into an event, stole some medals and is clearly there looking for and trying to talk to Havers. Years after they have last seen each other.

And I think in that moment Havers got the confirmation he wanted. So when Cap tries to finally vocalise it, he stops him because 1.) The man should really not waste breath right now 2.) They are in danger because of where they are and whom they surrounded by and 3.) He doesn't need to say it. Havers finally knows what he kinda knew all along. What Cap just did to get to him speaks louder than words and it's finally a clear confirmation on how Cap feels.

And then to go even further Cap adresses him by his first name. Not his rank, or his last name. He adresses the man behind the uniform as an equal. And Havers does the same. No Captain, no Sir, just the name of the man he loves who is now dying in front of him.

And it's heartwrenching and horrible to think about but we all said that at least Cap died knowing that he was loved.

And that's why I'm a bit glad about it happening that way because now Havers has some closure as well. He can now live his life after all the horrors at least knowing that yes he was loved through all of it.