#there's not as much of that feeling of irreversibility

[arakkne]

There's a lot of nuanced and thoughtful replies on both sides of this discussion, but I think this is what I agree with the most.

Admittedly, I am not vegan or vegetarian. I eat meat rarely, but I do eat it. One of my goals for 2025 is to transition most of the animal products I eat to be sourced locally from nearby farms. I want to be mindful of the fact that I'm eating a being that was once alive and conscious and had emotions, and I want to feel gratitude that I can eat and live because of it. This only feels just if the animal itself lived a good, humane, sustainable life before dying. If the animal was raised in a CAFO (Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation) where it could barely turn around and rarely saw the sun, then it would not be just. It would be an atrocity.

Additionally, many people in the reblogs are taking the position that taking on an environmentally conscious lifestyle (e.g. plant-based diet, reusable period products, etc) is somehow misogynistic. I understand the argument: if the vast majority of men are not doing these things, why should we waste our precious time, energy, and money doing them either? It's a good question, and a valid position that I would agree with—if the shadow of global warming was not darkening our door.

Radfems: do you remember how it felt to first learn radfem theory? To have your eyes opened to the reality of the world, much more horrible and oppressive and unfair than you were led to believe? To become a killjoy as you can no longer turn that part of your brain off?

That's how it is as an ecofeminist, but with a far more urgent threat of existential doom. Once you start paying attention to the environment, your eyes are once more opened to the reality of the world, much more horrible and oppressive and unfair than you were led to believe.

For example, the top ten hottest years on record were the last ten years (2014-2024). Climate scientists have long said that we must keep the global temperature below 1.5°C or "well below" 2°C above pre-industrial temperatures. This is the point at which the risk of catastrophic and irreversible changes to the planet increases significantly. It's a long-term domino effect, meaning that what we do today locks in what we experience in our future. In short: as the planet warms, the ice sheets melt, which disturbs global atmospheric and oceanic trends, amplifying extreme weather events such as flooding and wildfires, ultimately causing millions of people to die or be displaced from their homes. Famine will likely ensue as systems of agriculture, farming, and fishing are severely disrupted. The severe rate of biodiversity loss and species extinction we are already experiencing will only continue.

2024 was the first year on record to have a global temperature above 1.5°C.

Figure 1: Annual global mean temperature anomalies from January – September 2024 (relative to the 1850-1900 average) from six international datasets.

The message is clear: if we want to avoid the most catastrophic changes, we must act NOW.

So: what the fuck do we do??

The painfully obvious answer is to get our governments to actually give a shit. If the world leaders banded together and decided to care about people over profits for once, then we might actually see a significant change in the climate.

But that's not happening. Especially not with Trump in office. Especially not as bombs keep exploding in Gaza and Ukraine. No.

So what the fuck do we do??

We look at the data, and see what we can do as individuals to make the most significant impact.

Figure 2: The most impactful individual carbon-cutting lifestyle changes.

Well, the top seven of these choices tend to be prohibitively expensive and sometimes out of our control. In contrast, switching to a plant-based diet (or even just reducing meat!) has an enormous individual impact per year.

Why is reducing meat consumption so impactful? Long story short, this is because our current, Western method of raising animals is an extremely environmentally harmful process. The amount of land and water we use to grow crops just for animals while people are starving is absurd. The animals themselves are in horrendous conditions like CAFOs that amplify carbon and methane emissions. It's not sustainable or just. Eating fish is no better, as most of the oceanic pollution comes from fishing lines, but that's a whole other topic.

In conclusion: I don't think anyone should be forced to change their diet, especially women. But I have no sympathy for people who complain about being guilt-tripped. We need to feel guilty in order to enact change. The Western way of life specifically has glorified convenience and individualism. These are not sustainable modes of thinking, and on a societal level they contribute directly to industries (fast fashion, etc) that accelerate global warming. It would be ideal if our world leaders actually made policies to combat the climate crisis so that we don't have to feel guilty, but if the people who are actually at fault are not going to step up, then someone has to.

Obviously everyone's circumstances are different, and some will not be able to afford or access more eco-friendly options. It is the job of governments, nonprofits, and concerned citizens to implement programs to help bridge those access and affordability gaps. But, come on. If you care and you are able and you can afford it, then why not make a lifestyle change that benefits the environment? Just being more environmentally conscious, at the risk of feeling guilty about your consumption, also opens up a way of thinking that connects you deeply to the world around you. Is it not more feminist to at least look at the world with open eyes?

References:

Figure 1: World Meteorological Organization. 2024. "2024 is on track to be hottest year on record as warming temporarily hits 1.5°C" https://wmo.int/news/media-centre/2024-track-be-hottest-year-record-warming-temporarily-hits-15degc

Figure 2: Cripps, Elizabeth. 2022. What Climate Justice Means and Why We Should Care. Bloomsbury Continuum.

Further Reading:

(Highly highly highly recommend!!) Keith, Lierre. 2015. "The Girls and the Grasses." https://dgrnewsservice.org/resistance-culture/radical-feminism/lierre-keith-the-girls-and-the-grasses/

Omolere, Mitota. 2024. "What 2C of Warming Will Look Like: A Comprehensive Assessment." https://earth.org/what-2c-of-warming-will-look-like-a-comprehensive-assessment/

McGuire, Bill. 2023. "The point of no return: how close is the world to irreversible climate change?" https://www.sgr.org.uk/resources/point-no-return-how-close-world-irreversible-climate-change

Why is it a controversial take to say women shouldn't prioritise a chicken's life over their own? Veganism is not feminist, full stop. I get it, I feel bad for the animals too, but the world isn't all sunshine and rainbows, and as omnivores humans need animal products to be strong and not malnourished. Women are raised to be overly empathetic to anything other than themselves. You can't buy into this self-destruction, be on an EXTREMELY restrictive diet, and call yourself a radical feminist. I thought we were fighting diet culture here.

I will go to the gym and eat a steak for every woman that diets herself into being tiny and weak and skinny, don't @ me. A female human being is not a fucking squirrel. Be in a misogynistic cult if you want to, but don't shame other women for not joining it.

[lockhartandlych]

tfw you're so used to the body you're in feeling foreign that you might look in the mirror one day and not even recognize your real self looking back

[archiepelago]

alternate surface au inspired by a few ive seen around on tumblr :3

[ruporas]

honeymoon phase! (ID in alt)

[bloo-the-dragon]

It wasn't by choice ;)

[t-u-i-t-c]

Taiya Hando in Bakuage Sentai BoonBoomger 01x37 Two Spies

+ bonus

[palossssssand]

guys I’m in the trenches. One of these days I have to go make a really long in-depth detailed post about trito and kinoga’s dynamic because it drives me insane and I need to lay it all out. the specifics of it. I have so many thoughts

[nightfal1n]

Reno's ride-or-die policy toward Kafka is outstanding but there's something about Kafka letting the boy 14 years younger than him scolds, drop kicks, handchops etc. on him without getting angry even once. Even when Reno's "don't transform senpai" reached its stupidity peak during the raid on Tachikawa base you'd think Kafka will yell back at him at least once but instead, he just keep his reason in his mind and go ahead. Especially when compared side-by-side with how Iharu reacts to Reno being Reno most of the times.

The same goes to his attitude toward Kikoru when she's in need of help. He don't even smirk or telling her to act better around him. He just help her, encourage her, and telling her she shouldn't be too reckless. Yes he allow himself to goof around, stealthy transforming to get the car back up just to look cool. But when it's really matter, he'll stand to protect her and demand nothing.

It's easy to feel offended, to want to getting back at someone for talking down on you. But Kafka with his life experience understand very well that Reno (being a kid) is just worried, and Kikoru (also being a kid) just want some kind of approval. Kafka might not meet all categories of what social expect from a grown adult (not many does), sometimes he just flat out a manchild but he's definitely not a teenager in adult body by any means.

[stop-breaking-my-heart-telltale]

I played romance Louis/save Violet for the first time (and last) in my life some days ago and I really didn't expect the game to feel so different without him. Not is his absence only extremely notorious but to quote one of your old posts, the game won't shut up about him.

EVERY SINGLE TIME. They didn't mention Violet even half the times they did with Louis, and it just feels. Awful. Constant reminder that you left him get taken, that he's being tortured and traumatized. It really did hit different, I wanted to think about all the details for Violet's route but I couldn't. THEY KEPT BRINGING HIM UP LIKE OK !! I GET IT !! I KNOW, IM COMING TO HIS RESCUE

and in the end I ended up getting mad Violet suddenly forgot about his existence. I remember you talked about that a lot but since I hadn't experienced it I hadn't realized how bad it was.

When she didn't mentioned him even ONCE, not in the cells, not in the walk home back to Ericson, nothing.

But back to Louis– the game says Louis' name over and over and it makes me feel guilty and I don't like it

That route haunts my nightmares.

When I used to stream, we called the romance Louis/save Violet [+don't trust AJ] route The Despair Route.... you can probably guess why. You're right, the whole thing hits differently when you've built up Clementine's romance with him, only for him to be taken away. Plus, when you do that, your relationship with Violet isn't as strong so not only do you miss out on a lot of Louis content, you miss out on Violet content for not romancing/best friending her.

And yeah, the game will not shut up about Louis when he gets taken. It's actually so fascinating, because Violet doesn't get mentioned nearly as much, so that begs the question of why? Y'know? I mean, we can look at Louis getting captured and conclude that they keep reminding us about him so that we're extra hurt and guilty when we find him in the cells.

But then with Violet? Louis is the one who brings her up most of the time, except when Ruby pulls out her file. But it's odd that the others don't make more comments like they do with Louis. I think we are kind of meant to forget about her? Well, okay, not forget about her but like... The fact that they don't talk about her as much makes her feeling pissed off, forgotten and abandoned all the more powerful, no?

As for Violet forgetting about him, in my opinion that's just a genuine flaw with the writing... because Violet would ask about Louis. I've played her romance route. I believe that in my heart of hearts that she would, and when she doesn't, I'm like ?????

Sure, you can say she's got her mind on other things, or that Aasim already told her what happened to Louis so she doesn't ask when they're in the cells... except she would ask if he's okay.

They're different characters who react to things differently, and that's not inherently good or bad.... but you're seriously going to tell me that the only thing Violet's says to Louis is a sad little, "Lou..." when meeting up with him on the beach? and then she only makes a minor mention of him when talking about pushing people away on the walk home?

No, sir. I think not. I think that's an oversight, especially if you're trying to sell their friendship in her route.

But I suppose in her defense, if you're a Louis fan, you're more likely to be angry about it. We're used to Louis mentioning Violet and then to see her not do the same isn't great. Whereas a Violet fan who prefers her route is more likely to justify why and how it makes sense, y'know? In fact, if a Violet fan plays Louis' route, they probably get mad that she's "forgotten" about a lot prior to the cells so I suppose it balances out?

Also, can I add for both routes how much I side eye the fact that captured Louis/Violet say nothing about the other if they died on the bridge? I get they didn't want to be a downer on the happy ending, and that time has passed so they probably already mourned......... but c'mon. I know Louis can't verbalize but he can write, he can stand by Violet's grave, something. Violet could've said something. Listen, if you're gonna make me suffer through that, give me some of the angst I actually want.

[jrueships]

he looks like a predator lowkey

DAMN i mean 😭 damn,

tbh, not to get preachy or smthin, this is just my personal onion, im not the biggest fan of 'i always knew smthing was wrong with x' or 'he always looked like a creeper to me' / 'gave off those vibes' bcs i kinda feel like it diminishes survivors' .. surviving. And gives off this sense of 'as long as you look out for These Static Qualities that All Fucked Up People have, you will be SAFE' thumbs up quota kinda thing,,, which is very dangerous and way too broad for an unfortunately worldly and everslipping issue in society. SORRY ANON, i just wanted to get this off my chest and thot this was a good opportunity, it's just my personal probably underrated thots

[padfootastic]

if you were to summarise sirius' personality and character traits, how would you do it?

hi hi hi! so sorry for long this took but okay, so, let’s do this.

so, his CORE trait for me will always be loyalty, hands down. i once waxed poetic about sirius’ devotion to the potters to my friends for like, half an hour straight (one of them actually teared up). the way he talks about james even after so many years, how his first instinct is always to look out for harry, how everyone talked about him & j even when they believed he was the traitor—all of it just really drives home how he gives all of himself to someone when he decides to. if someone’s his person then he’ll do whatever it takes for them (if you’re not, tho? ur lucky if u even get a look in ur direction)

he’s also very competent. he was probably brought up as a pampered heir, with access to all the resources his little heart desired, so coupled w his innate ability/potential/aptitude, it becomes a deadly combination. he uses logic to work through things, prides himself on his intelligence, and probably wouldn’t like hanging out with people who can’t atleast match him in some sense (so laziness/incompetence grates badly).

as a corollary, he’s also pretty arrogant, in that casual sense that old money people are ykwim? he’s had the world on a silver platter his entire life, and even when he’s cut off from it, it’s still a part of him. there’s also the fact that he’s got a lot going for him—looks, power, smarts wise—and that just adds to it. so it can be off putting or it can be hot or both, but he has a superiority complex and he doesn’t exactly hide it. less interaction with the plebs, the better for him.

irreverence and dark humor!!! sirius copes using morbid jokes and making people uncomfortable; he has slight control issues and this way, he makes sure everyone’s always on their toes. it’s also like,,,a way to kind of gauge how others will react to him based on how they deal w his humor. bc he’s not sunshine and roses, right? and he doesn’t want anyone treating him like it or expecting him to be so. and in a way, their reactions to his jokes correlated to their degree of acceptance for him.

intense. when it comes to things he likes, he’s very passionate about it, almost with a single minded focus. and it can get A Lot. he operates in a lot of extremes, right? so either 0 or 100 and this comes across in the way he interacts with people, the level of interest he shows to things, and how much effort he puts in, if it’s His Thing, then he won’t leave a stone unturned but if he doesn’t care? then he will not give a single shit

soooo, these are some of the things i very strongly believe in for sirius 🙈 tell me what u think? (and as always, @artemisia-black has some great metas on sirius’ character so i’d recommend checking those out for sure!)

[brown-little-robin]

How self-insert-y do I want to get with this new oc 🤔

[ichorblossoms]

aaaand 2+11 for yarrow.. i may come back for more ehee

thank the lord i saved these in my drafts with the questions still attached. king of being all like "i wanna talk abt my ocs waugh" and then basically going radio silent when people actually ask me things

BUT thank you so much for asking these are fun ones hehe love talking about yarrow and his subtle issues

2. Is your OC a loner or a social butterfly? Are they satisfied with how they come across to other people?

yarrow's absolutely social, but i wouldn't quite call them a social butterfly? (mayhaps a bee) as a doctor, their job requires them to talk and interact with people almost constantly, and yarrow's general politeness/demeanor allows people to relax around them, so a lot of people have the impression that yarrow's the chatty, sweet doctor. and that's not incorrect either! he's good at small talk and very positively embedded in rappock's community not only as a doctor, but a teacher (he tries to teach people as much as he can abt first-aid sort of stuff to ease his own workload), and ally to the mining union (meetings are often hosted at his place bc it's not owned by hayden mining co.), people love and appreciate him, and he likes it that way! he likes being valuable and helpful

that all being said, it can get exhausting and they often do spend their evenings alone and quietly, usually reading or tinkering with things upstairs or maybe taking a walk if the day's dust has settled enough. yarrow's got actual friends they hang out with too, and i wouldn't say he isolates himself from people, but he is lonely in his way. he wasn't born in rappock and came from the (still unnamed) city, so he can't fully relate to everything the people around him have endured their whole lives. he's queer and not hiding it but not making it obvious either; he passes fine which is great for him, but also he's not a cis man when nearly everyone thinks he is. he reassures people that he's doing fine before he actually realizes he might not be doing so hot, and while he doesn't quite hide how the winters affect him, the feelings are heavier when he's alone. yarrow wants to be known, but also can't bring himself to reveal certain things, so he just kinda. perpetually hopes someone notices and asks, but people don't have the time to be nosy when they have families to feed and debts to pay.

and grimm's not some instant solution to all of that either. it obliterates yarrows trust in it at least twice, but it knows it fucked up there, which sets off this chain of events of it going "the only way to make this better with him is to be vulnerable" (correct), then yarrow sees that vulnerability and thinks "it's only fair to exchange vulnerability for vulnerability" (less correct, but it works out). it's basically like. yarrow can pretty readily break down grimm's walls after a certain point in their p2 relationship (with some exepctions), but grimm can't quite bring itself to break down yarrow's walls for fear of "harming" him, so it's up to yarrow to open himself up or else he's gonna be hiding behind pleasantries and the assurance that he's fine all his life. if that even makes sense orz

11 was answered here, but essentially he believes there is an inherent "good" to people as a whole, and that he must put kindness into the world to receive it in turn (this will have no consequences on his self-worth at all)

it's this lopsided, sort of transactional view of the world? he's not owed anything, but he must do everything to deserve anything. i kinda touch on that above too a bit

on another note though, he does believe in love! it's something that makes life worthwhile in all it's forms and people are all we have in this world and so much of what he does comes out of love for people and what he does. it's not an unstoppable force, but he's seen and knows what it can inspire people to do. he's so angry in p3 because the people and town he loves have been repeatedly stepped on as if they were nothing, so when there's a chance to punch back he's gonna take it and he's gonna hit hard. aim to wound and maybe things will bleed out from there.

thank you for the ask!!!! and your patience augh i feel like i always partially answer the question and then end up rambling about something half-related but i have fun doing it so maybe that's all that matters? hee hoo

[harmoniouseclipse]

Half bird Jean character design sheet wip for a silly little project I'm doing 😋

[transmogrified-in-the-void]

Very happy I'm going back to therapy next week

[chiropteracupola]

visual reminder to maybe go over to @sawbones-showdown and cast your vote for the coolest parmesan-carrying, wounded-at-Fontenoy, no-nonsense-taken doctor that robert louis stevenson ever wrote