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[hillbillyoracle]

So I saw this screencap earlier

And I thought it was a great chance to talk about something.

A lot of progressive folks are familiar with the fact that right wing circles use feminine as a derogatory term and that there's a real cost to that for women.

What people are less familiar with is how it hurts men - queer and straight, cis and trans.

And I'm not shocked given how common it is in left leaning spaces to be reactionary (read: dismissive or outright harass) when men try to talk about these what these issues look like for them.

When men talk about how they've experienced toxic masculinity and anti-feminine bias, in addition to the usual right wing responses, I'm starting to see a bunch of supposed feminists and trans/queer allies harass them as well - saying they're hurting women/feminine presenting folks by "centering men", dismissing their concerns as made up (even when there's research to back it up), "why aren't you talking about what this is like for cis and trans women instead??".

I've seen trans men accused of being TERFs or being liars (by other trans people even - wtf) when they talk about their experiences of allies actively excluding them from trans spaces or harassing them for using T4T tags. I've seen men be accused of lying about publicly accessible clinical research that shows men make up 75%-77% of suicide cases - or worse suggest they deserve it. I see posts about how men's complaints "aren't unique to them" and dismiss them because women also suffer things those authors assume are the same (even when the research contradicts this).

And here's the thing:

When you assume feminine=good/safe/gentle and masculine=bad/unsafe/enemy - you're parroting a conservative talking point.

There is no way around this fact.

A big part of what underpins child rearing being "the woman's domain" in conservatism, is the idea that men are inherently dangerous and therefore shouldn't really be around children without women present.

The reason why they blame women for abuse and rape - because they believe men are inherently dangerous and if a woman trusted them then it's her fault.

Part of why women have been effectively banned from many trades and careers for so long is the assumption that being around that many men presents an inherent danger to a woman.

"But!" you might be saying, "This person is clearly talking about men engaging in open conflict as good here!"

Yeah because conservatives see politics as an inherently male/dangerous/toxic sphere and uphold it as such.

I could go on and on really.

All of this is to say - please be more thoughtful in what you consume, comment, and reblog.

There are experiences specific to being masculine. Erasing that is one, a dick move, but two, particularly violent toward those talking about trans masculine, minority masculine, disabled masculine, and queer masculine experiences.

All privilege comes at a cost. Listening when people talk about that cost is key building a new more fair reality. Seeing the privilege is not worth the cost makes fervent allies. Want more allies? Don't be a dick to people having that realization.

Push back against the assumption of woman=good and man=bad when you see it - especially in community spaces. The amount of times I've seen domestic violence services only available to women is insane...

Do not let identarian politics blind you to the fact we're all human and working toward our own liberation should not come at the oppression of another. Believe me, those with real power would much rather you stay raging out at men in a similar class with you than directing your efforts at them.

The right wing wants you to believe it's either/or. Fuck that - it's both/and.

[seeker-ophelia]

This is a love letter to all the tumblr artists who got us through 10 years

10 Years of Hurt and Angst and Pining and Loss

Sincerely, you artists are da real MVPs

Everyones tagged below the cut

fenharel shame - @rainhol

rook & solas - @fideox

chibi Cole - @sincaotic

adoribull - @orientalld

lounging solas - @an-established-butt-dent

leliana & nug - @doodlownick

kieran & OGB - @thejaguar9art

morrigan - @girl-gwoe

fenris - @fridgemeats

isabela - @milton-chamberlain

varrics phone - @haverdoodles

stressed out varric - @dailydadoodles

rook face - @larkoneironaut

tiny solas - @nikyu0

Target solas (&spiderverse solas/rook) - @pinacoladamatata

spite - @loustica-lucia

manfred - @themaybug

assan (&Alistair w/ cheese) - @olessan

varric - @milton-chamberlain

DJ solas - @chromunist

merrill - @thedragonhermit

puss-in-boots (aka lucanis) - @gormlessboy

anders - @pinkfadespirit

tired soals - @greypetrel

cass/lily/josie - @briccko

Sincerely, thank you guys so much.

7 Sleeps. 168 hours left.

[banditblvd]

Uhhlittle bitty ethubs warmup I did a minute ago

An offering to the ethubsers

[gogopri]

The history of the Yen-USD Conversion rate is fascinating to me. When the yen was first introduced in the late 1800s, it was 1:1 with the US Dollar. There's a very long story there.

[agnesandhilda]

I love that bllkblr has such a dedicated group of posters but I think it's hilarious that girlfriend fc is the EXACT opposite of the blue lock ethos (mostly made up of women/queer people, very few people want to be strikers, team members like each other, etc)

[yuauaua]

i wanna post my sim story one day but i just feel so not confident 😓 i wanna do cool edits or renders but i dont have the time to learn how to but i also don’t wanna post ugly and boring screenshots 😭

[maeamian]

I understand why that person from the country of Georgia is mad that people aren't getting it right, but also the only part of their post that actually points out it is talking about the country rather than state is the flag that they use, they say "The place I live" which could be either, they talk about the legislature being lethally transphobic which could be either.

I can understand why the particular double name can cause a lot of frustration especially when you're trying to talk about something serious, but sometimes when there's communication problems between you and an audience they are partially your fault.

[screambirdscreaming]

At the bus stop one time there was a gaggle of preschoolers waiting to catch the bus for a field trip day, and someone walked past with a couple of friendly little dogs, to great general delight.

But after a little bit, the dogs were getting overwhelmed, and the preschoolers were gently coaxed to back off so the person with the dogs could continue on. Specifically, one of the preschool teachers said, "Sometimes, when you're small, being surrounded by big people can be a bit scary and overwhelming. Even if they are friendly."

This was recieved as great wisdom: after all, the preschoolers were also small, and understood how scary and overwhelming big people could be! And the dogs were indeed even smaller than the preschoolers, so it made sense.

What was funny and charming was that, upon absorbing and reflecting on this wisdom, they all felt the need to tell it to one another. In tones of great insight, they turned to one another and said, "Did you know? Sometimes when you are small, being surrounded by big people can be scary and overwhelming! Even if they are friendly!" Back and forth, without any particular concern that they were all saying the same thing. Have reached comprehension of an insight, it must be shared!

I must say that this behavior is less charming in tumblr users than in preschoolers. Not least because tumblr users, having gained a little analytical skill to misuse, insist on Summarizing and Generalizing and Unifying the insights they repeat, quickly turning any interesting new information into formulaic dogmatic mush.

[daincrediblegg]

I say this with a full heart: the boop event was genuinely the most alive I’ve seen this website be in actual years

[thewingedwolf]

i keep seeing “it doesn’t matter if this post about anti semitism was made by a zionist, it’s still relevant” and i think this is a really deranged thing to say, but it’s a deranged thing that happens all the time so i guess it makes sense that people keep saying it. like, this was also a discussion when the crypto terf thing started going off, where people would say “it doesn’t matter if the op is a transmisogynist it’s a good post” but the op is specifically including trans women in their argument about male privilege which means their fundamental argument is incorrect and at odds with any and all feminist discussion!!! the same way that like, it doesn’t actually matter whether jackson hinkle is making a good point about palestine or not, he’s a far right anti semitic pos grifter and we should be blocking him any time he tries to engage because his fundamental argument is not “palestinians deserve a right to life, dignity, self determination, return, and safety” his argument is “the jews are controlling the media” a zionist will follow up their post about anti semitism with some shit like “i mean these leftists get mad when you call it the israel hamas WAR instead of a genocide, bc they’re anti semitic” while pictures of mutilated children’s corpses are being blasted all over my twitter feed. yes objectively anti semitism is on the rise, but that doesn’t mean you start platforming genocide deniers, sorry. there are plenty of people who don’t like, straight up refer to palestinians as rats that you can reference when discussing the rise in hate crimes!!

[smile-files]

people keep finding the posts i'm putting on my kinlist sideblog... the tagging system i'm using involves tagging the piece of media the character came from (for personal navigation purposes), but each post is just a picture of the character, so people following the tag for that show or book or video game or whatever randomly find a post that's just an image of that character. and it's very funny because sometimes they reblog it for some reason

[tamaharu]

okay i wrote my letterboxd review im normal now

[front-facing-pokemon]

Just to check do you mind rp blogs reblogging your stuff and like being in character in the tags and such. Bc I know for some that can be offputting

i do not mind! folks have been doing that for a while, and it's totally fine to do that. if i was weirded out by it it would just be a me problem to be honest

sandygast will be an interesting one, i think. it really is just a pile of sand innit

as opposed to using <,> which creates a new tag and can't be placed in the tags, i use the character <‚> which IS a different character. i believe it's a closing lower quotation mark, which can be achieved with ⌥⇧0 using the mac ABC - Extended keyboard layout, which is the best keyboard layout available in my opinion as a linguistics enthusiast, and which i always install extensions for on every computer that i use if it doesn't already have it. it's how i can type pokémon with the é—but also considering i'm a linguist, i have more of a reason to learn all of the cool characters on here. but if you just want to copy and paste it:

‚

use that for all your comma-in-the-tags needs

WE'LL GET THERE CALM DOWN

[officersnickers]

Ranking Ray's outfits in promotional art according to how much he would wear them / if they did choose another color combination for him but black/ white/ blue

(blatantly stolen from @just-like-playing-tag​‘s ranking of Emma’s clothing)

We’re going to start simple; later on there will be more extravagant outfits, I promise.

Plain and simple; charcoal is a nice color for Ray, and the outfit itself gets upgraded because of him serving croissants – his mother’s favorite meal. But overall, it doesn’t add much, so 5/10.

Ugh, I really can’t stand this shade of blue, I’m sorry! Only redeeming quality are the pastries he’s holding, working way better with the strong blue than they should. 2/10. It’s basically the same as the bakers outfit above, but so much worse ><

I’ve got nothing to say about this, but a) the baby blue color is wonderful and did catch my heart and b) Ray itself looks so baby here. 6/10. At least he’s wearing fluffy boots and a hood.

Okay, he’s going to get a bonus point for looking so goofy with this party head, but overall, I’m not a fan. The outfit itself isn’t the problem, but the dark blue color looks kinda boring and doesn’t bring anything on to make him look festive, plus he gives off a Norman-vibe here (if you understand). Only the little striped ribbon makes this slightly better. 5/10 points.

Blue, as usual, but I’m more fond of this because of the combination of light and dark blue stripes. I wonder which color his ribbon would have had if it wasn’t covered by his hand. 7/10 since it’s not too bad, but also not too creative either.

There’s a lot to unpack here ^^‘ Finally, some other color than blue, but nah, the red itself hurts my eyes. The rest of the outfit is quite nice, from the hat and cat mask (great choice of fairy tale character, btw) to the vest and sword. The outfit itself would get a strong 7/10 from me, since I’m not too sure Ray would want to wear so much, but the overknee boots fuck so hard, I have no choice but to go up to 8/10.

From the trio, Ray got the least interesting outfit here, sorry. Blue in blue again lacks something Emma and Norman got. Also I’m a bit biased because I’m not a fan of dungarees (and I can’t imagine Ray would either). 4/10.

I love it! Again, Ray looks truly comfortable, and I’m surprised we didn’t get to see him wearing sweaters earlier than this. The blueish tone of his jacket brings me more joy than usual, and the way he wears his necktie screams „I don’t care about anything at all“. For a party look though, it’s a bit too lax, so 9/10.

The iconic march rabbit outfit. The colors are lovely (though I have to admit, they remind me way too much of the „adoption clothes“ the children have to wear during their shipment day…) and are a breath of fresh air. Seeing Ray in more than one color is so rare, I can’t grade this outfit too low. It’s cute, a bit overloading, but it could be worse. 7/10.

Ray, honey, the sax isn’t on fire here, sorry. The outfit itself isn’t too bad, but the hat… the hat ruins everything for me, ugh. It makes his hair look weird and it’s the same problem as with my rating above – dark hair and equally dark hats, without anything to direct my attention, doesn’t work. Also, the blue is an overused color for him at this point. 4/10.

Lame. He looks like he’s wearing a japanese school uniform. Where’s the innovation? Where’s the dignity? Clothes from head to toes, so uncomfortable and stiff. Again, lame 1/10 points from my side. (but his eye color is very nice here, thank you)

Yes yes yes! Finally a great, warm reddish brown and oh boi, Ray looks so good with it! It matches his green eyes way better than blue imo, and the farmer look is undoubtedly cute. The suspenders and dark boots are surely comfortable to be working which, an attribute I’m fairly sure Ray would value. 8/10 from my side.

Sigh… listen, I know, maritime looks are supposed to contain a lot of blue and white, I don’t mind. But why does Ray have to wear a dark blue hat with a similar dark vest? Imagine him swapping his outfit with Norman – white hat and white vest – and boom! his great haircolor would stand out so much more. The way it is now the black is swallowed by the blue and vice versa, which is a shame, since I really like this outfit! The shorter bell bottoms add so much character, and looking at Ray’s innocent face and posture makes me go „aww“. Sadly, only 6/10.

In comparison to Emma’s pirate outfit here, even a potato sack would be better, but let’s still talk about it. I don’t hate these clothes – they work together quite well, and the long vest is a nice add-on. Still, I feel like there is too much going on to catch our focus. Three different colored scarfs plus an eye patch… also, the blue scarf could have been laid over the vest, because now, it doesn’t flow at nicely as it should. I feel like it would be a hassle to dress myself like this in the morning, and considering Ray’s „no bullshit“-agency, I doubt he would be the greatest fan himself.

Still, his pants here make me giggle though, since I literally got pants with the same color and stripes ^^ Ultimately, it’s a great look, with some minor details I’d like to change. 7/10.

Okay, yeah, this outfit rocks. Grey-brown-blue is a combination I never thought would work, but it does; the gold add-ons are a nice detail too. Instead of forcing a hat onto Ray’s already weird haircut (my beloved), the goggles are way better, and the scarf is such an iconic Ray-detail, I’m very glad they remembered it. Best part though are the gloves and the belts around his leg – this is something I always appreciate in a character’s design. But, in comparison to Norman and Emma, it feels kinda flat? idk how to describe it, so 8/10.

No discussion, Ray is the lone survivor of these so called „Valentine’s Outfits“. His clothes aren’t even that special, but the high collar is a great design choice, and finally again, he’s wearing warm colors. 10/10 because Ray would wear it, no doubts from my side (and it makes look Emma and Norman even more terrible hsdgfjklajsjad)

Yup, that’s a look that Ray would wear. 9/10, because it lacks something really cool, but honestly, it still works. It looks comfortable and warm and most importantly, rebellious.

Simple, casual, monochrome – a very basic, but also very good look Ray so would wear. I’m just the tiniest sad it contains no colors, but seeing Ray in comfortable clothes (also showing his ankles, my poor victorian woman heart is going to faint) leads me to 9/10 points. Okay, you know what? 9.5/10. That’s it that’s my last price.

Listen, guys, I’m no fan of this shade of green myself – but 1000 points for Ray here. Olive green fur coat, matching his eyes, grey shirt and dark grey pants with revealing ankles in winter, the posing on top – what’s not to love about this? I fear for his toes, but that’s the price you pay if you’re as cool as Ray is.

Bonus:

5/10. It’s obvious, right? Give us Ray wearing glasses and make lenses work or don’t do it at all. Also the glasses look so nerdy and not cool enough 🤓

[levidre-lurking]

Pls stfu forever

Aww, my first anon hater on this blog. I didn't think I would post enough to get one. It's very cute.

I suppose it comes from my previous post. Since I'm publicly in the Invader Zim fandom and I heard ZaDR haters were pretty virulent, I assume it's one of those. Too bad the post wasn't about ZaDR :P

[toytulini]

Disclaimer im just processing some thoughts im not cancelling the show

have almost thoughts about how i find the like....narrative on here that if you have chronic "zebra" conditions youd want a doctor like House and wouldnt sue for malpractice bc at least youd have a doctor that cares about whats wrong with you but lets take it one step further. so often he does NOT give a shit about the patient and actively endangers them frequently with his god damn heoric era of medicine approach? non zero amount of times he gets a diagnosis but it comes too late, or he gets a diagnosis after their first wrong 3 guesses of the episode shut down the patients kidneys and they either have to get a transplant or they are just, doomed due to other preexisting conditions etc? idk. i know ppl are almost certainly exaggerating and just letting off steam about the very real failures of our current medical systems and the ableism baked in and All That Shit. i just think its weird how ppl romanticize House who STILL, FREQUENTLY, MULTIPLE EPISODES will actively dismiss shit in the exact way that is a problem in our current system, especially when hes being Forced Against His Will To See Clinic Parients, he loves to be dismissive as fuck of symptoms and if he was a real doctor i think he'd be fucking 50/50 on cases he Notices Something To Dig Into vs cases he dismisses as an Anxious Hysterical Woman Who Wants Attention, the only reason he's Right so frequently in his snap judgements is cos it reinforces the narrative. its like a crime drama that has the mastermind serial killer masterfully using "loopholes" and lawyering up all sneaky and dodging Justice and if only our poor little cop protags were allowed to do A TEENY BIT of Justified Police Brutality, they could Save Lives!

and like sometimes in the show they will have a patient die despite his efforts to narratively punish him. not to mention, i think its been at least mildly brought up and glossed over how much they absolutely do not think about insurance costs for these ppl for the insane amount of tests that find nothing and Wrong Medications To Force A Diagnosis they use? i think it was brought up once in the episode following a day in the life of cuddy where she had to fight a lawsuit bc a guys insurance like didnt cover his thumb being reattached but chase reattached it anyway while in surgery cos it was The Right Thing To Do and the guy didnt have the money to cover it and the insurance wouldnt pay unless he sued the hospital or whatever. thats like the only time its come up. whereas like frequently the doctor I go to for osteopathic manipulation tries to check in with me and make sure im covered by insurance etc and that im not going to go broke or get buried in medical debt seeing her.

idk. just some Thoughts. not a defense of our current system and all the flaws it enables and enforces etc. his approach to medicine is really reminiscent to me of what I know of the Heroic Era Of Medicine which i dont...love? and hes framed on here as being an asshole but would kill for his patients to get them a diagnosis etc. but hes definitely extremely paternalistic to patients ? and despite some good clippable lines about ableism and being against eugenics, it honestly feels like his stance on that is kind of a toss up.