#the fuck is this life

[twinliches]

shoutout to the guy who after unsuccessfully hitting on my sister and being politely declined asked her "is it okay if i ask your brother instead" and when she said yes gave me a long and searching look before sighing and going "no. i am not drunk enough to go for a dude. but you look like an angel" happy bisexual pride to this man and this man only. hope you figure it out soon king

[anarchywoofwoof]

CNN suggested that Luigi Mangione stage a boycott instead of what he did. a boycott of the health care industry. exercising my right to protest by fucking dying.

edit: it was ABC. tomato, tomato.

[inkskinned]

it's extremely critical that you see the photo of the perp walk for luigi mangione as being propaganda. i've seen so many people wave it off and instead fawn over his looks. and trust me, i know it ended up being kind of pathetic and weird - but please don't brush it off as a "modelling opportunity" for him. it's a fucking terrifying message the police are sending.

i want to make a few comparisons here, in case you're not from the US or familiar with why the perp walk thing is something to pay attention to. just to set the groundwork for why this is a purposeful, unusual, and cruel act by the nyc police - for why this is not a common occurrence and for why that matters.

the prosecution alleges the show of force is due to the charge of "terrorism." for comparison, in june 2015, tsarnaev was found guilty for the boston marathon bombing, which killed 3 people and injured hundreds. his actions are considered to be an act of domestic terrorism. i have spent the last hour looking through google for pictures of similar to mangione's perp walk - and so far, i have found zero. i also just do not personally remember a moment like that, despite living in boston at the time.

they allege that luigi is a stone-cold killer who carried out a longterm plan, making him particularly dangerous. again for comparison: in nyc, recently cory martin was found guilty of the killing of brandy odom. the murder was planned and premeditated to steal insurance money. and yet no staged perp walk. why didn't her life matter enough for a "show of force"?

but mangione gets paraded by a veritable army of police officers as if he is a rabid animal. for a single citizen who allegedly killed one other single citizen, the "largest perp walk ever" occurs.

so what is the "strong message" that the mayor and the police were trying to send here? the mayor speaks as if mangione is already convicted of terrorism. there is a very thin number of people who feel threatened by the CEO's death. none of us felt like mangione needs to be under massive armed guard.

the message is that you shouldn't resist. they are trying to "make an example" of him - that if you behave badly and kill a single rich person, you'll be treated as if you killed hundreds of people. you will be treated worse than a man who was found guilty of terrorism. you will be considered guilty without trial. the message is that the rich are a protected class, and you cannot touch them without massive punishment. they are trying to prevent a revolution by showing dominance and force against you.

the message is that the police are a puppet of the wealthy and that the law is not equally applied across class disparity. it is "some are more equal than others." it is "one life is more precious than another."

the show of force wasn't for luigi. it was for us. it was a warning. they are trying to remind us who is really in control.

[dreemurrinthenight]

if y’all see this floating around: yes, it’s from me, and yes, you can find the original post on hoyolab under the same user <3

[reallybadblackoutpoems]

the picture of dorian gray (1890) - oscar wilde

"fuck my yaoi life"

[kitskiis]

What I am gathering from current fandom discussion

[lazyveran]

just realised that jinx was the product of all three of them. she was raised by felicia, then vander, then silco. sounds like felicia, leads like vander, fights like silco. has her smile, his heart and his wits. has her braid and his scruff and his bangs. she's the best of them. i cant get over it

[nyxyjenkin]

A realization of how unfair the world really is to girls. Things that would really and only hit hard once you've experienced something. Can't believe I had to go through this to truly understand the burden deeper and unfortunately relate to experiences of other girls.

One thing I really hate about being a girl is having to be cautious with your friends. Even if you're known to be a tomboy. Everywhere I go, I always have this feeling of people calling me a whore, and slut, a pick me girl. I had a group of friends who were mostly boys, we've been friends since 7th grade and since I started 11th grade. I genuinely felt safe with them and didn't think of them as any potential boyfriends or anything. They were my friends and I trusted them with my life. That was torn apart when I was then told they all had crushes on me.

It was all torn apart when I went with them to drink and I thought it was just a friendly catching up. And it was a friendly catch up. But then they started making hints.

Hints that they wanted to fuck me. Hints that they'd take any pussy to fuck with right now. Hints that they needed a woman's love right now.

They cuddled up against me, held my waist, and grinded on my ass while I went to drink water.

They said it would be light drinking.

They said they'd stop until they were just tipsy.

I bought light beer just to join in the fun. I didn't want to drink that much. I didn't want to take shots. They urged me, I accepted because they were friends.

They were friends.

They won't do anything to me.

I trusted them not to touch me.

So I tried to have fun. I tried telling myself that they wouldn't do that. So I smiled and tried to have fun. I even recorded it to show I was 'having fun'. I sent it to my friend, I told her not to tell my boyfriend because I told myself nothing bad was happening.

I told myself I was spending time with The Boiz. I told myself I wasn't uncomfortable. I told myself they were only hugging me because I was a good friend.

A friend who was open to all topics and never judged you. A friend to be there when you need it. My gender didn't matter. I was a friend.

The time to go home, I never felt more free. I grabbed my things and tried to leave immediately.

I texted my boyfriend. I lied to him earlier. Told him me and my friends were just hanging out.

God what would he think if he knew what they did. I loved my friends. So I lied again.

Even though I had a feeling he knew I went drinking. I lied. But brought out a small truth.

I texted him. I've never felt safer. Even though he wasn't with me then. I felt so safe.

Told him I was going home. Told him there was a surprise drinking party, told him some bits and pieces of what happened. Left out my feelings from earlier and told him I had 'fun'.

I left out the parts of where they kept touching me. Parts where they kept hinting of wanting to fuck me. To touch me. As they felt me up.

Then I told my boyfriend the bits and pieces. I told him I liked him, we couldn't say love to each other yet.

Should've known him not saying it back was a sign that he knew. And we said goodnight.

The next day. I see he unsent three messages he sent at 12 am. I was asleep then.

After a few hours, he said good morning to me. Never felt so happy being able to talk to him again. We talked and talked until he brought up a screen shot of the video I sent my friend. I knew he knew.

And I explained. I explained and explained. I should've just told him what they did. So now I tell him. He laughs.

He doesn't believe me. He doesn't believe that I didn't feel comfortable. He didn't believe that I wanted to go home earlier at some point.

He keeps pointing out the fact that they were all around me and the fact I was smiling through it all. Touching me. Points out that I seem to enjoy it.

My heart sunk.

As he kept sending and sending texts saying how I feel like I'm All I could hear was, "Whore. You're a whore"

Whore whore whore whore whore whore whore whore whore whore whore whore whore whore whore whore whore.

I asked him if he thinks I enjoyed it. If he thinks that I enjoyed being felt up by them. I felt disgusted.

I disgust him don't I.

He doesn't trust my words. Of course he won't.

I feel so alone. Hurt and betrayed.

The friends who I thought were good people did that to me.

The person I love and trusted and felt safe the most with now seems like he doesn't want to do anything with me.

Why do girls have to go through shit like this???

Why us?

Why do we have to be sexualized?

Why are we the only ones seen as fuckable people?

Why do I have to be born a girl?

[icarus-suraki]

So Fox News ran a story about how they think libraries are turning into drug-infested sex dens and I am shocked, shocked that I was never offered any drugs during my 15+ years working in libraries.

[itsbrucey]

Big fan of sun motifs in characters not necessarily being about positivity and happiness and how they're so " bright and warm" but instead being about fucking brutal they are.

Radiant. A FORCE of nature that will turn you to ash. That warmth that burns so hot it feels like ice. Piercing yellow and red and white. A character being a Sun because you cannot challenge a Sun without burning alive or taking everything down with them if victorious.

[twinliches]

sometimes it's not even enemies to lovers. sometimes you get handed the leash of a snarling, barking dog against your will and realize with dawning horror that you are now responsible for teaching it not to bite

[despazito]

Are we calling women who read shitty harlequin romance novels porn addicts now?

If you read one paragraph of vintage victorian smut you'd hurl.

[inkskinned]

the tradwife movement is the same as it has always been - back in the kitchen, back to breeding - it just has better branding.

when i was younger, i hated pink. i was not like other girls. this is now something i'm embarrassed of - this was not me being a "girl's girl."

but it was expressing something many of us felt at the time: i literally wasn't what girlhood was supposed to be. this is a hard thing to explain, but you know when you're not performing girlhood correctly. it isn't as easy as "i liked x when girls liked y" - because there were other girls that liked x, too - but i never figured out exactly the correct way to like x, or to be interested in y.

now there is the divine feminine. this is the same rhetoric it has always been: women are biologically driven to like pink and ribbons and submitting to our husbands.

the problem is that the patriarchy found a better PR team. because yes, actually, i want every woman to have the choice to be a homemaker. i also want her taken seriously for her legitimate home-making labor. i want her to be recognized as also having a job, just unpaid. i want men to have this opportunity, too.

but it is no longer "i made this choice and I love it." instead it is a sixteen-paragraph rant about how selfish it is that my generation isn't having kids. instead it's long videos about how if you feed your children processed foods, you're going to kill them. instead it is "this is what womanhood is supposed to be. i feel bad for any other choices you're making."

the shame spiral is just prettier. it is large houses devoid of personality. it is the implication: if you don't have this, you aren't happy. the solid, everlasting assurance: women are actually supposed to be submitting. this is the default. this is the natural state of things. all other attempts inflict suffering.

but you can no longer say i'm not like other girls. you can no longer reject this image completely. you cannot find it revolting, even if you know that the underbelly is toxic and festering. sure, it is the same repackaged patriarchy. but the internet does not have shades of grey. you should support and reward other women! your disgust is actually internalized misogyny. not because you are seeing a vision of yourself the way they're trying to train you to be. not because you feel her ghost pass within an inch of your earlobe. not because your father will eventually ask you - why can't you be like her?

because they figured out how to make it beautiful: women will sell other women on this idea, and we will find the singular loophole in feminism. sure, she's shaming you in most of her videos. sure, she implies that a different life is obscene. but she just wants you to be happy! you'd be happier if you were listening!

and the whole time you're sitting there thinking: i'd actually just be happier if i had that kind of money.

[spyglassrealms]

had a fucking hilarious dream that tumblr replaced the "block" function with the far funnier "glock" function, which did the exact same thing except whenever anyone blocked you a random bullet hole, like a png of a bullet hole, would appear on your blog. discourse blogs were unreadable bc you'd go to the page and the sheer amount of bullet hole pngs stacked over the blogs obscured everything. I woke myself up laughing

[cl0wnah0lic]

I fucked up