#time to act

[shakespearenews]

But with the collaboration of teachers, we co-constructed a research project to test which measurement tools might help us better understand the impact of our work bringing theatre-based approaches to teaching Shakespeare into the classroom. The result of that research is Time to Act.

[normalfem]

UKfems have you written to your MPs yet

[starbuck]

i say i like tragedies and everyone’s all like ‘why do you like sad stories? are you depressed?’ and never ‘how was the catharsis? was the catharsis fun?’

[anna-scribbles]

so this summer i am nannying a 5 year old who loves miraculous ladybug (my dream) & every day she asks if we can play ladybug and chat noir at the park. these are some comics based on our various games<3

[everwalldigan]

Bruce: *waking up in a hospital that he drove himself to after having a heart attack and telling absolutely nobody* hey…

The entirety of the batclan looking over him with Dick in the centre, an absolute terrifying grin on his face:

Dick: hello Bruce, nice evening isn’t it? Got something to share with us?

Edit: the fic is now out on ao3! https://archiveofourown.org/works/57780508

[20may]

Ways to save the bees!

Here are 3 tips to save the colonies of bees

Plant native bee-friendly plants.

Avoid chemicals that can ham bees

Create bee house and leave nesting sites.

From environmentalist, animator and ASALI Power of The Pollinators creator and director Maya Penn and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on how you can save our real world bees and other power pollinators!

[letmetellyouaboutmyfeels]

I am incredibly serious right now when I beg you all, please, and if you have Twitter or Tiktok or whatever to please spread the word: click on an author's profile on Ao3.

You want to know if an author has written more? Want to know if they're still writing? Want to see more from them? Want to know if they've written a trope or kink or sex scenario you enjoy?

Click on their name. And look at their profile.

I cannot tell you how many times in the last six months someone has read a new or newer fic of mine and said they (a new reader who has read nothing else I've done) "can't wait to see what you do next!" I've written 50+ fics and over a million words already.

"I don't know if you're still writing..." click on my profile. I am. I literally wrote a 128k+ fic for that ship last month.

"Would you ever do X?" "Please do Y!" I already did. Click on my name and look at my works.

Archive of our Own is a library. It's an archive. Not social media. It is your responsibility to fight back against the laziness that corporate algorithms have trained into you.

Click my author name. Just click it. Just click it.

Before you demand more, or ask if a writer will do XYZ, or wonder if the author still writing, or anything - click on their profile. Click on the author's profile.

I'm not trying to be mean or condescending or anything like that. I'm just exhausted. It's disheartening and frustrating to repeat myself ad nauseam, because someone couldn't take thirty seconds to do the tiniest bit of work to see if I've written lately, if I've written more for their ship, or scan my works to see if I've written what they're asking for. Please. Please. I'm begging.

Click the author's name, and explore before you ask.

[chloeworships]

NOW…

Some good news

I woke up this morning and heard a beat… then I heard

“Rise To The Occasion”

This is a song my Sizzla that I love. This song confirms the message we got earlier about not being able to stop you. I am sharing the lyrics and the song as I was guided to.

What’s crazyyyyyyyy is the cover of the remix combined with other popular songs by Sizzla. Recall the LORD showed us “Name Noms” in his writing on lined paper.

😱🤯😎

https://youtu.be/yZOmRjo_Z7c?si=j1NgWnfixAbhvhrW

Also the number 11

This message is for several of you 💌

I wanted to highlight the fact the LORD allowed me to hear the beat aka the riddim which is important to whoever this message is for. Why? Producers in Jamaica 🇯🇲 are often as BIG as their artists. Idk if dancehall still features several artists on one riddim but I know growing up that’s what reggae was like. DJ’s clashed on the same riddim to see who was better. It’s a hallmark of reggae that sets it apart from any other music I know.

Pray about this message for the LORD will confirm if it’s for you.

I have another message about music coming up soon as well. Bear with me.

PS. Also heard

“They can’t stop the King” 👀🤩

Go ahead with your plans babes. You have God’s approval ✅

The time is NOW‼️ticktock ⏰

PS. I am now hearing the Diwali riddim 🤩🎶💃🏾

This means something to whoever this message is from. Perhaps you are from India 🇮🇳 or have Indian roots like me!!! Or from Jamaica as well 🇯🇲 Could be from Trinidad 🇹🇹

Here is a popular song by renowned artist Sean Paul that went viral INTERNATIONALLY and the video was made in Brampton. Someone is about to blow up.

This brings back so many good memories… HOUSEPARTY.

Sean Paul was one of those reggae artists that infiltrated all genres and worked with a number of American artists. He was BIG and still is an absolute legend 🎶🇯🇲🙌🏾 Let me give him his flowers 💐

[tawnysoup]

Their POV

[cattnipt]

insert image of binghe character playlist by shen yuan with wolf in sheep's clothing in it

[klunskie]

Hello isat fandom. Look me in the eye and trust me when I say I do not have favouritism whatsoever.you have to trust me

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on a completely unrelated note LETS GO LESBIANS🔥🔥🔥YEAYUHHH 🔥🔥🔥

[maidfrin]

STOP! before you make an extreme decision or take drastic action of some kind, think about SIFFRIN

are you:

S - sick?

I - indignant?

F - fatigued?

F - famished?

R - resentful of anyone trying to help you, even loved ones?

I - in a state of distress?

N - needing a hug?

if you answered yes to one or more of the above, fix that and then get back to your big decision!

[clementimetodie]

recently saw someone's "advice for your 30s" which included something like "never get on the floor without having an escape plan for getting back up" and um. if you are otherwise able bodied and having trouble getting up from the floor in your 30s. you are very unhealthy. yes, even, if not especially, for that age.

[inkskinned]

the thing is that they're so fascinated by sex, they love sex, they can't imagine a world without sex - they need sex to sell things, they need sex to be part of their personality, they need sex to prove their power - but they hate sex. they are disgusted by it.

sex is the only thing that holds their attention, and it is also the thing that can never be discussed directly.

you can't tell a child the normal names for parts of their body, that's sexual in nature, because the body isn't a body, it's a vessel of sex. it doesn't matter that it's been proven in studies (over and over) that kids need to know the names of their genitals; that they internalize sexual shame at a very young age and know it's 'dirty' to have a body; that it overwhelmingly protects children for them to have the correct words to communicate with. what matters is that they're sexual organs. what matters is that it freaks them out to think about kids having body parts - which only exist in the context of sex.

it's gross to talk about a period or how to check for cancer in a testicle or breast. that is nasty, illicit. there will be no pain meds for harsh medical procedures, just because they feature a cervix.

but they will put out an ad of you scantily-clad. you will sell their cars for them, because you have abs, a body. you will drip sex. you will ooze it, like a goo. like you were put on this planet to secrete wealth into their open palms.

they will hit you with that same palm. it will be disgusting that you like leather or leashes, but they will put their movie characters in leather and latex. it will be wrong of you to want sexual freedom, but they will mark their success in the number of people they bed.

they will crow that it's inappropriate for children so there will be no lessons on how to properly apply a condom, even to teens. it's teaching them the wrong things. no lessons on the diversity of sexual organ growth, none on how to obtain consent properly, none on how to recognize when you feel unsafe in your body. if you are a teenager, you have probably already been sexualized at some point in your life. you will have seen someone also-your-age who is splashed across a tv screen or a magazine or married to someone three times your age. you will watch people pull their hair into pigtails so they look like you. so that they can be sexy because of youth. one of the most common pornography searches involves newly-18 young women. girls. the words "barely legal," a hiss of glass sand over your skin.

barely legal. there are bills in place that will not allow people to feel safe in their own bodies. there are people working so hard to punish any person for having sex in a way that isn't god-fearing and submissive. heteronormative. the sex has to be at their feet, on your knees, your eyes wet. when was the first time you saw another person crying in pornography and thought - okay but for real. she looks super unhappy. later, when you are unhappy, you will close your eyes and ignore the feeling and act the role you have been taught to keep playing. they will punish the sex workers, remove the places they can practice their trade safely. they will then make casual jokes about how they sexually harass their nanny.

and they love sex but they hate that you're having sex. you need to have their ornamental, perfunctory, dispassionate sex. so you can't kiss your girlfriend in the bible belt because it is gross to have sex with someone of the same gender. so you can't get your tubes tied in new england because you might change your mind. so you can't admit you were sexually assaulted because real men don't get hurt, you should be grateful. you cannot handle your own body, you cannot handle the risks involved, let other people decide that for you. you aren't ready yet.

but they need you to have sex because you need to have kids. at 15, you are old enough to parent. you are not old enough to hear the word fuck too many times on television.

they are horrified by sex and they never stop talking about it, thinking about it, making everything unnecessarily preverted. the saying - a thief thinks everyone steals. they stand up at their podiums and they look out at the crowd and they sign a bill into place that makes sexwork even more unsafe and they stand up and smile and sign a bill that makes gender-affirming care illegal and they get up and they shrug their shoulders and write don't say gay and they get up, and they make the world about sex, but this horrible, plastic vision of it that they have. this wretched, emotionless thing that holds so much weight it's staggering. they put their whole spine behind it and they push and they say it's normal!

this horrible world they live in. disgusted and also obsessed.

[kiwibrain]

("You already failed this one, didn't you.")

[magicicephoenix]

i finally finished reading I see you, Sundrop! by @shirajellyfish and IT'S SO GOOD I CAN'T BELIEVE IT TOOK ME THIS LONG TO FINISH IT RAAAAAAA

i will be gushing about it in the tags but here's a lil animation i made based on the below paragraph in chapter 6 that gave me such a strong mental image that i had to make it real :)