#politics kinda

[may-odaigahara]

in retrospect it is pretty wild we got the korrasami ending before gay marriage was legalized nationwide in the US

[azhchay]

I don't know who this will find. I have few followers that aren't porn bots, but I just need to cry.

I'm so tired.

So tired of fighting. Of doing my best to spread hope and help in the face of hate and hurt. I'm tired of fighting against "fuck you I got mine". I'm tired of pushing back against those who want my friends to be killed. I'm tired of being straight passing enough that people think I'm on their side and let loose, and then for that vitriol to be directed at me when I push back.

I'm tired of being the stable one. The optimistic one. The one who comforts others when they're hurt. I'm tired of being the mom-friend that everyone expects to remain calm and have a plan, even if that plan is just "Hug each other until the pain fades".

I can't anymore. I can't. I'm broken. I broke.

I can't see what's worth fighting for anymore.

It's all drowned under a deluge of hate. Of people who just want others to hurt, even if it hurts them, too, in the process.

It's smothered by people who only see their wallet and short term money.

It's buried by those who think my gender (cis or trans) should be a second class citizen, without the right to bodily autonomy.

I've tried. I've fought and clawed and bit and pulled figurative hair.

I can't anymore. I don't have anything left. And I can't see why I should even try.

And I feel so guilty for being unable to.

I don't want to do anything rash. I know I have worth. I don't think the world would be better off without me. I don't actively wish for my own non-existence.

But I don't want to exist in this world full of so much hate.

So much so that if something happened to cause my existence to cease...

I'd be ok with that.

And I'm scared that I'm ok with that.

[dyke-ass-fujoshi]

How I found out about trump getting shot

[enfinizatics]

dear americans,

as a polish queer woman and human rights activist, i know exactly how you're feeling right now and what to expect from these elections. i lived through the 2015-2023 regime of pis, a right-wing populist party that divided families in the same way trump did. i’ve experienced the rise of fascism in poland, the influence of far-right parties like konfederacja, and their “santa’s little helpers”—ordo iuris, an ultra-conservative catholic organization (banned in many countries, mind you) that helped enforce a near-total abortion ban and runs anti-queer campaigns in public spaces. i supported the black protests in 2016 as a middle schooler when they first tried to ban abortion. as an adult, i actively participated in the 2020 women’s strike, running from police tear gas daily after they finally passed the ban. i supported friends who faced charges.

i’ve lived through intense homophobia in poland as a queer teen and adult. i survived the first pride march in my hometown, where far-right extremists threw stones and glass at us. i endured the anti-queer propaganda spread by the ruling party in state-owned media. i survived the “rainbow night,” poland’s own stonewall moment in summer 2020, when police arrested around 50 queer activists following the arrest of margo, a nonbinary activist. i survived the "lgbt-free zones," the targeted violence, the slurs from strangers on the street, and the protests i held against queerphobia. it was hard as fuck, but i survived.

but just because i survived, it doesn’t mean others did. many women died because of the abortion ban—marta, justyna, izabela, dorota, joanna, maria, and many others who didn’t survive pis’s draconian anti-abortion laws. milo, kacper, michał, zuzia (she was 12), wiktor, and other queer and trans kids and young adults took their own lives because of the relentless queerphobia.

despite all of this, our experience in poland can serve as a guide now. here are some tips for staying safe and how we, polish queers and women, organized under the regime:

safety first, always. if you know someone who’s had an abortion, no you don’t. if you know someone is trans, no you don’t. if you know people who help with safe abortions, no you don’t—at least not until you know it’s 100% safe to share. if you are queer or have had an abortion, only share this with people you trust fully. most importantly, not everyone has to be an activist just because they’re part of a minority. if it feels unsafe to share that you're queer, trans, etc., then don’t. it doesn’t make you any less queer.

use secure, encrypted messaging like signal for conversations on potentially risky topics, such as queerness, abortion, organizing counter-actions, protests—anything that might be used against you.

stay anonymous online. if you want to research or report something without surveillance, do not use regular internet. get a vpn (mullvad is affordable and reliable), download the tor browser (for both onion and standard links), and if you plan to whistleblow, consider using a riseup email account.

organize and build networks. community is everything now. support each other, foster independence, because your government won’t have your back. set up collectives, grassroots movements. create lists of trusted professionals—lawyers, doctors, etc.—who can offer support.

to lawyers and doctors: please consider pro-bono work. this is what got us through poland’s hardest times. your work will be needed now more than ever.

for protests or risky actions: always write a pro-bono lawyer’s number on your arm with a permanent marker.

get to know the anarchist black cross federation and other resources on safety culture: "Starting an anarchist black cross group: A guide"; Still We Rise - A resource pack for transgender and non-gender conforming people in prison; Safe OUTside the system by the Audre Lorde Project;

for safe abortion info or involvement: get familiar with womenhelpwomen.

stay radical, stay strong, stay informed: The Anarchist Library

if i forgot to (or didn't) include something, don't hesitate to reblog this post with other resources.

[peofun1]

Friend who's on tiktok: They're making brat summer fancams of Kamala Harris

Me: That's cool. Did you see IKEA is having a big clearance sale right now

[ochiody]

@awnrii band au fanart :)

[mermaids-against-kafka]

My inner Monologue was POPPING OFF on my car drive home. I just think if more people looked religious senetors in the face when they did gross stuff and said "God harden Pharaoh's heart so he could show his might" they might actually understand they are gross horrible people.

[verflares]

would you like to live deliciously?

[scrambleseggy]

When people think women aren’t capable of misogyny I have to laugh because misogyny isn’t men just being creepy and weird and rating women on reddit. It’s not just statistics on violence and crime stories, even though that is a big part of it.

It’s also republican moms and mean girl sisters who encourage competition between women as peak femininity. It’s also women who think having friends is an equivalent to a bravo TV show that includes hair pulling and slut-shaming. It’s also women who tell you certain things make you ugly and “look like a man.” Women who make fun of feminine features in men. It’s women who think the best way to deal with a patriarchal system is by trying to befriend it so they can try to benefit off of it by “not being like other girls” — the way people boil feminism down to the proximity of femininity and masculinity on the internet really bothers me. Some of the worst misogynists I’ve known in my life have been the republican women I’ve grown up around.

[multidimensional-trashcan]

Things you can do now that Trump is gonna spin this into a martyr story:

VOTE! FUCKING VOTE! DO NOT GIVE UP! GET EVERYONE ELSE TO VOTE TOO!

Remind everyone at any time and as much as possible that the shooter was Republican. The shots were literally fired from his own house.

VOTE! YEAH, HIS CULT WILL PROBABLY BE EVEN MORE RABID NOW BUT THERE ARE STILL ENOUGH REASONABLE PEOPLE OUT THERE.

[tangledinink]

welp. feels bad, kids. but chin up.

let's just get through the next four years. and then that will be it.

the good news is that this is the last time that this can happen. this is his last term-- for certain this time. and then we never have to do this again.

nothing is going to change right away or fall apart overnight. and no matter what, over the next four years there will still be ninja turtle cartoons. there will still be puppies and kitties. there will still be minecraft and magical girl animes and those lil caramel hard candies.

we'll get to the other side. just hang in there.

[ardenzia777]

Poseidon in Get in the Water, but Domain Expansion I had a silly idea

[destielmemenews]

"Action movie star and former Republican California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger threw his support on Wednesday behind Democratic candidate Kamala Harris for U.S. president, saying "I will always be an American before I am a Republican."

The "Terminator" star said he was offended by Republicans who refused to concede that Donald Trump lost the 2020 election and the Republican nominee's remark that America was "like a garbage can for the rest of the world.""

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[bambiilooza]

i KNOW polites ships perenor. his takes are always amazing

[hyakunana]

POV: Even with advantage and buffs, your local folk hero just rolled 1 in Intimidation

[fanaticalthings]

Broke: "Dick Grayson was upset at a new kid taking over his mantle because he doesn't think Jason will be good enough as Robin"

Woke: "Dick is upset at Jason, not because he's suddenly taking over the mantle he created, but because Jason isn't nearly feral enough of a child to drive Bruce insane in Dick's place"

Dick: You wanna be my successor? Go swing from that chandelier right now.

Jason:

Dick: As a matter of fact, I need to see you crawling all over the walls. Make a ruckus, break some furniture

Jason: But Bruce-

Dick: SCREW Bruce. Your job as my new brother is to make his life HELL. Why are you so polite? Why are you so calm? Where's your DRIVE, your PASSION, huh? You may be worthy of the title of Robin, but are you WORTHY of being my disaster brother?

Jason, a little scared: I dont-

Dick, scoffing: The youth these days just don't rebel like they used to.