#related to current events

[batmasc]

Do you think I care that you're scared? That's what makes it better. You won't be able to go back anymore, you won't be able to hide the man I've made you in a closet. You're going to live like this, you're going to compress all that embarrassment into rage and kick their fucking teeth out. I don't care if you're scared.

[corvus-rose]

জয় বাংলা!

[politijohn]

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[egophiliac]

do skully have pokemon?

Pumpkaboo is the obvious one, but y'know, sometimes the obvious one is the right one! (we'll say SUPER SIZE Pumpkaboo, just for fun. big pumpkin for big skeleton boy.) and another person actually also suggested Greavard, which I somehow hadn't considered, but feels so perfect that I feel like I should have. dangit.

(they can also have little Nightmare Suit costumes :D)

[sayruq]

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[murdockmeta]

also maybe none of you care but sitting in a movie theater in florida as a trans person and seeing "protect trans kids" plastered across gwens wall on a giant screen was. so powerful. I didn't expect it to hit me that hard cause I knew it would be there but. yeah.

[troythecatfish]

[incorrectbatfam]

Hey guys, this isn't fandom-related but just a PSA because I want you to be safe out there.

Whatever you do, DO NOT go to this form created to target trans people in Utah and DO NOT spam it with bogus reports such as:

The entire Bee Movie script

100k word fanfics

Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up"

The names of conservative lawmakers

Full-length movies

Keysmashes

PDFs of novels

etc.

Remember, since they have no limits on word count or file size, it's really easy to overload their system and we DO NOT want that to happen. Additionally, if you have a VPN, you should absolutely NOT change your location to Utah because that makes it more difficult for them to filter reports by IP address.

[phoenixyfriend]

I don't know who needs to hear this but yelling at people to boycott Starbucks as a first step to helping Palestine does not do nearly as much as:

Calling your Senator

Donating to a charity like PCRF, UNRWA, or MSF

Emailing your Senator

Actually looking up the companies BDS asks you to boycott (Starbucks isn't on there; you can boycott if you want, but maybe start your call to action with something a little more relevant, like McDonald's or Puma)

Calling your House Rep

Voting in your primary election

Emailing your House Rep

Donating to a pro-ceasefire candidate who's up for reelection this November like Tlaib or Sanders

Emailing the DNC

Learning about the most effective rhetoric for changing minds

Donating to get out the vote campaigns

Emailing your governor

Literally anything that isn't blogging about how boycotting Starbucks being the biggest thing you can do

But especially picking up the phone and calling your goddamn senators

Smugly telling people to stop going to Starbucks does next to nothing. Call. Your. Elected. Officials.

[drippingbat]

"So this is how liberty dies..."

[cyanicus]

Tomorrow is the big eclipse day, so now seems like an appropriate time to repost this silly edit I made for the 2017 eclipse :P

[politijohn]

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[crimeronan]

the current american political landscape is such a shitshow that i've now achieved a state of complete and total zen about it. right now i'm just like damn. there sure will be an election between some two guys in november. who knows who the two guys will be. i mean we can be pretty sure of one but also never say never.

the federal government is no longer real to me. i'm hanging out in my monthly neighborhood meetings and connecting to my local homeless + queer advocacy groups to get trans women clothes for job interviews. something will happen on the federal level in november and when it does i will still be here going to my monthly neighborhood meetings and giving unhoused people cash and helping trans people who have recently gotten out of jail.

like i'm just like. alright. i've accepted the things i cannot change. gonna go change the things i can because i'm out of fucks to give. materially what happens in november is that i vote for the democrat on the ballot; i have never been less interested in hearing every other leftist's individual upset feelings about voting for the democrat on the ballot. it is Whatever.

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[jenniferdarjeeling]

Honest Writer Thoughts

I need someone to create a successful live adaptation of one of my books so that I can be invited to and attend a red carpet event, where I can finally wear a glamorous and expensive gown.

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