#tw mention of bigotry

[panics-side-blog]

I think about a certain post a lot that talked about queer intersectionality. I believe specifically the intersectionality between lesbians and trans men/masc. I know some trans men/masc are completely separated by femininity or any sort of womanhood or general thing that could allude to them as a woman. Which is completely fine of course, I'm happy for them that they found out who they are and what makes them happy.

But within the talk trans men/masc who have a bond to womanhood and lesbianism get drowned out or shamed. Which for me personally is really hard to swallow because I am one of them who have a connection to it, especially I have a complicated connection to lesbianism since I identified as a lesbian when I was very young and still love women like a butch lesbian would (I have no idea how to describe it better) and weirdly it feels right to be seen as a trans man butch when it's about sapphic love. Because my love is always gay.

Tumblr seems to have an issue (or generally queer spaces) with trans men who still identify as a lesbian or are just more complicated with their gender and sexuality. Like transitioning would erase any thoughts, feelings and experiences and they would be a man. Nothing more nothing less.

On that note I want to tell a story with a lesbian I had and my personal thoughts + feelings.

At our queer youth group a few new faces appeared, two of them where lesbians. We talked about our experience of coming out and how life is for trans people (specifically trans men and masc since no transfem/woman was there that day. Or didn't contribute to the conversation I honestly don't remember if there were any. It could be that they were in the different room) and lesbian's.

After some back and forth I decided to speak up about my experience. It all went down to the hypersexualization of lesbians specifically and how they experienced bigotry by people who wanted to "fix" them or didn't believe they were lesbians because "their too young".

I already saw some similarities since that type of talk is pretty much common among all queer youth. That someone will come to fix you or that you're too young to know.

I started to speak about sexualization and how it was for me as a teen trans boy before I started to transition and just came out to my family (that was around 4 years ago).

I told them how the daughter of my dad's GF talked behind my back, which was really weird because from day one I was EXTREMELY open about my trans identity and that people could just ask. Like even she knew that, I said it enough times but she still talke about me to her mother.

Like she could answer all her questions, which I believe the mother later on told me, that she told her, that she couldn't answer them because she is not me.

Mind you the daughter around that time was early thirties and I was a teen.

The mother ended up telling me that her daughter believed that I shouldn't transition, it would ruin my feminine body and that i should wait for a man. Specifically

" He should not transition and have sex first to see if he likes dick. Or else he would regret it"

(I also don't remember if she correctly genderd me but I remember she generally was really good at using the right pronouns that I used around that time. So I hope to God she did use the right pronouns.)

As if a dick could fix me, like a man's genitals would be so good it fix me from my transness and would make me open my eyes that I'm a girl.

One of the lesbians spoke up and told me she had the exact same experience, how people around her said that she should try dick from a man first. That she isn't a lesbian and dick would fix her.

We both talked about it how weird it is that ADULTS talk like that to minors. We both came to our conclusion that her experience as a lesbian had a lot of similarities to my experience to transition as a trans man/masc. (And also to asexuals since a asexual person also spoke up that they had something similar told to them).

It felt weirdly validating. To just bond about it.

I still didn't work through my issues with the connection to lesbianism. I constantly have in mind to read stone butch blues since I saw it recommended a lot of times.

We talked about it more in depth and there would be so much more that I wish I remembered to write it here because it just felt so good and so right. I only remember that the other lesbian later on also spoke up and told her similar experiences about such a thing.

I felt like I was home talking to people I knew for years even tho I only knew them for an hour.

Either way I have no idea what my sexuality is. I just know that I love men like a bear and women like a butch.

Sadly I don't have the courage to go into the lesbian spaces. Terfs are currently popping up more in our queer spaces and racism is pretty prominent, which is really scary for me as an indigenous Latine man/thing. The chef (?), refuses to ban people even if he personally knows and heard how disgusting some of the things are.

I don't want to go there and introduce myself as a trans man and then have to explain my complicated relationship, out of fear of rejection. I wish so dearly I could go into lesbian spaces without fear of judgement.

I can't really identify as a lesbian since it requires only loving women and non binary people and be one yourself. Or at least that was told to me.

But I love men too, I love them dearly just not the way I do with women and my relationship with manhood and masculinity is just as complicated as womanhood and femininity.

My aroace identity maybe plays in this too, or at least it feels like that.

It's weird it's hard and I wish queer spaces are more open to such complicated things. To not push you away when you're questioning yourself, like that.

The only thing I know is that I don't regret transitioning, that top surgery saved my life, I adore my scars and worship the testosterone gel like the tranny faggot I am.

Labels are there to find words for your experience, emotions and thoughts. To find community, solidarity and comfort.

But it's hard to find such a thing when you're labels are the exact opposite and shouldn't work together.

I thought about the label bi-lesbian before but I don't use it.

Either way, it's soon summer I feel it in my bones that I will have an identity crisis again around late spring and summer with how I believe I'm a lesbian, because around that time for 2 almost 3 years straight it happened to me.

I call it the summer lesbian blues.

I wish I could be a lesbian trans man.

Even if it is just for a few months when the sun shines, insects hum and flowers bloom. When I see women in all different types of shapes and forms and make me think;

"God, I'm such a lesbian,I love women so much it tears my heart apart into tiny pieces."

On those times I get Sapho, I always look at paintings of her or read a few lines of her poetry and it makes me feel seen.

The only problem is those emotions are not anymore just in summer, they are always there but show themselves stronger when everything is green and warm.

[valdin-s]

Fifth Elephant (heavy spoilers)

9th book i read

whoooo okay

this book is easily my favorite of all the discworld books ive read so far almost everything about it is just simply chef's kiss

so i loved loved loved! pretty much everything with Uberwald, just seeing a setting that is different from Ankh-Morpork is great for one (love that place but all the past City Watch books have been heavily based in it so a slight change of pace was a breath of fresh air) the political intrigue with everything there was a blast to read and each of the characters were simply divine (Angua's father now holds a special place in my heart for example)

Vime's personal arc with discovering how to navigate his new role as Duke was fantastic and im excited to see how it goes next especially with a child on the way. i also loved seeing Sybil playing a bit of a more active role in the story as well, esp. with her not doing much in past books

all of the fun exploration with gender with the dwarfs was also superb and i wasn't really expecting it to have as much focus and dialogue as it did considering it was written in 1999

another thing this book did for me is solidify my extreme dislike of Fred Colon. like i disliked him in previous books (mainly Jingo) but this one just made me all the more mad at him. his type of casual bigotry towards people that aren't like him is one that i experience too much in my day to day life for me to enjoy him as a character. i can see him potentially getting some sort of redemption but if he doesn't i wont be too broken up

overall;

9.8/10

[imbecominggayer]

Writing Advice: Noticing Bigotry In Your Writing

Tw for mentions of bigotry and discrimination, obvi

Look Up Common Stereotypes For Your Characters

Seriously, this is the best thing you can do in order to incorperate these stereotypes into a full-formed identity. I'm not saying that you can't write a "sassy black girl" or a "happy disabled person".

It's just that if you have any hope of writing these stereotypes into actual 3-dimensional characters, you need to know what you are working with. Look up "Common {Minority} Stereotypes" or "{Minority} Myths"

It's genuinely not that hard to see whether or not your character is a stereotype! Send an ask to @cripplecharacters if you are having trouble with your disablity representation.

Send a submittion to the thousands of Tumblr accounts whose entire schtick is giving you advice!

Let me tell you:

" The Worst Decision You Can Make Is A Subconscious One"

If you go into writing a minority character the way you do with all your characters aka fantasizing and just going straight for it, there is a chance you might undercut your story with bigotry!

Because everyone has bias. That's not a moral failing on your part but it is something you need to consciously fight against in order to write characters who can stand on their own and not be supported by internalized bigotry.

Which leads me to my second and last question.

2. Why Is Your Character Like This?

Investigate why you made the decisions you have made. To help with that, here is a little questionaire!

When I imagine a cruel person what assumptions do I make about their appearance and psyche?

Based on my previous characters, do I have a tendency to lean into a particular archetype when writing my minority characters?

Is there any narrative reason such as plot, themes, and other important devices that would justify my character's personality?

Why did I decide this character would be this particular minority?

How do I view this character in terms of their minority status? Is it condescending? Is it hateful?

What associations do I naturally have between a minority status and social status, personality, and importance?

Would I have treated and viewed this character the same way if their minority status was completely washed away?

Are my minority characters generally relegated to the side lines and only exist to help non-minority characters in their lives?

Is the level of detail, psychological complexity, story, likeability, relatability, and compellingness of minority characters on the same level as non-minority characters?

Do my stories contain symbolism which portrays cruel bigotry-motivated practices as positive or useful?

Do my stories sympathize with bigotry-infused individuals while not extending that sympathy to those who are oppressed by that bigotry?

Have I ever critically looked at my writing and what it says about my worldview on others?

If you are now considering that you have biased belief systems, that's good! Again, it's much better to be aware and fixing your problems instead of not being aware of them.

I hope my little questionaire made you think about your writing in a new way! ;)

Feel free to add your own important "check yourself" questions!

[roadside-oddity]

There is a Rampant and Vicious Cycle in the Online Left That Needs to Be Addressed

Every leftist needs to understand that not every proclaimed leftist is a safe person or one that is acting in good faith. Many people in this sphere --even if they are minorities themselves-- are Abusers. Let me be clear: they are Abusers REGARDLESS of --NOT because of-- them being a minority. Despite this, many of them have weaponized their standing as a minority in order to get away with their behavior and achieve what they see as some form of power and control over others. Let me be clear. I am referring to those that:

Manipulate and lie about pressing situations (especially when it's to harm another person or demographic)

Excessively use idpol to either elevate themselves to holier than thou levels ("listen to ___ people but only when it's something I agree with, which just so happens to devolve from constructive change to making others grovel and plead forgiveness endlessly before me") or belittle others (ie their skin color, gender, queerness, disability, neurodivergence, religion, age, etc.) in order to discount their point or not treat them as equal human beings; yes, even if their skin tone is white or if they are men, abuse does not have to be backed up by systemic issues in order to be abusive or at the very least harmful (sidenote: this does not apply to people talking about their experiences as a minority that is otherwise not experienced or understood by others, the issue I'm pointing out is when it's twisted to cover everything not directly tied to their identity and proclaim themselves as the only ones allowed to be the voice of reason, therefore shutting up everyone else and to avoid any constructive criticism or discussion)

Act on rage and at times even trauma to bring forth harmful ideals (ex: truly hating every person of a demographic, wishing for a genocide, making actual death or rape threats towards someone or a group, conversion, etc)(sidenote: I'm not discounting those that have trauma and even have harmful thoughts, just please seek help and understand that it is not healthy nor sustainable to paint or alter reality to be in line with what trauma makes you believe)

Actively try to get others they don't agree with to either permanently leave the internet or commit suicide and even celebrate when either happens

Excessively test others on their "purity" on unachievable standards to the detriment of everyone and Leftism as a whole (purity culture is fueled by christian culture in order to disguise doomerism, accepting defeat when change is not possible, of which is the very thing that will kill leftism)

Infight over weird made up issues (remember how divide and conquer is a war strategy? To split hairs and discount others for non-issues is to do the work of conservatives and nazis for them)

Shut down people or discussions over minor slights such as using an incorrect word/phrasing or any numerous perceived mistakes (example I've seen here: berating a person with schizophrenia (or a trans person or any other minority) for using a derogatory term for themselves when they're talking about how everyone else is speaking over them and not listening), ignoring the hypocrisy or not taking into account any number of mundane causes such as non-native english speakers, generational gaps, being in the process of learning (either recovering from harmful beliefs or simple ignorance), using those terms to prove a point (such as that example I mentioned above), neurodivergence, etc.

Not letting others talk about their experiences of oppression when those experiences don't match theirs, instead opting to call those people bigoted for contrived reasons

A rejection of nuance, intersectionalism, and even reality to better suit their goals (ex: claiming that every trans man benefits from the patriarchy and can never experience misogyny)

Misuse of therapy speak and terminology in order to water down those terms and render them near meaningless so they can weaponize them under the pretense of their original use (ex: gaslighting), or to cut off any need to connect or sympathize with other human beings and instead speak to them like a PR message (refer to this video by Zena and Poppy for reference)

They never speak on true leftist/progressive ideals or positive change, they only engage in destructive discourse or any behavior listed above

Making baseless dangerous accusations towards someone they don't like. Before you go harr harr you're doing that, I'm not calling out any specific person and am merely listing dangerous behaviors I've seen people here act out. What I am referring to are when someone casually calls someone specific a predator (or whatever else) with absolutely zero proof and expecting everyone to believe them no questions asked. This has been shown to ruin people's lives

Any other similar behaviors not included in this list (as well as classic logical fallacies), but what I've mentioned above should paint you a good picture

Every example I've pointed out were REAL EVENTS I've seen from people that proclaim themselves as leftists or even just progressive, and sometimes are even minorities themselves (some even infight against their own communities using the behaviors listed above, often out of internalized bigotry)(an example of a real event that happened here recently were when several people were making rape threats towards a trans man by the username of @a-faggot-with-opinions). To be blunt, I'm pointing out exclusionism in practically every form, asexual discourse, transandrophobia, TERFs/radfems, TEHMs, tankies, "cornbreadtube", nationalists and ethnonationalists, and all else I don't have the terminology for For many of the people that fall under that bullet list I would hesitate to even refer to them as leftist or progressive, as they never seem to actually show they act on it or even believe in it, only making an appearance in those communities for their own destructive personal gain; hell, often times they have ideals that directly go against what those communities stand for! Examples include TERFs with white supremacist beliefs, transandrophobes that are misogynistic, ethnonationalists that are antisemitic, puritans that are ableist, the list goes on forever. Once you know what to look for, you can see the hidden or overt bigotry behind their false "progressive" statements

No one is infallible No one is better than everyone else You are not immune to propaganda No one is immune from behaving abusively

These people are dangerous, whether they actually qualify as abusers --as I've been referring to them as such for brevity and impact-- or are people that are engaging in hurtful or fully abusive behavior (use this paragraph as a disclaimer, I of course can't know if someone is an abuser in real life unless there is documented evidence of such). Regardless, they are hurting the left and are letting the right win

If you see any of these behaviors either 1) take caution if you're unsure, 2) block them, or 3) if you have the fortitude, call them out. Either way, use your best judgement and think for yourself (or discuss with good faith leftists if you're uncertain). And remember, often times (albeit not always) they are actually fully aware of their disgusting behavior and are choosing to act maliciously, not ignorantly.

Stay safe, log off, do what you can to support your local community and leftism as a whole, don't let these people distract from the real issues at hand. Have empathy, if you don't have empathy then act in compassion, if you don't or refuse to do either please do not engage in politics. Misanthropy has no place in matters concerning humanity.

And remember: we have to stand together in unity so we can create a better future for all

[radioactivespiderblood]

Gotham TV reporter: This just in! A man has been kicked out of a Wayne gale for allegedly calling another guest a slur.

Vicky Vale, here for some reason: Bigotry, at a Wayne Gala?

Gotham TV reporter: I know, practically unheard of! Now let's cut to Susan for more on this breaking story.

Susan, another Gotham TV reporter, originally from Metropolis: I'm here with Bruce Wayne on the steps of the building where the incident occurred. What do you have to say about this, Brucie?

Brucie: Well, I couldn't be more proud of my little Damian for defending his friend! At first, I was so worried he wouldn't make friends but now I see I've got nothing to worry about! I couldn't be more proud of my son.

Susan: For getting in a fight?

Brucie: For helping his friend!

Susan: Will this man be allowed back?

The teleprompter: Move on!

Brucie: No, of course not! He's blacklisted from all my future events.

[coinandcandle]

"It's just a word," you say about the slur that doesn't even refer to you.

You know it's not just a word, we know that you know it's not just a word.

That word has blood built into its history.

That word has left death in its wake.

That word has dehumanized people, denoting them as less than.

That word is not yours to decide if it is truly "just a word".

That word has not been a knife thrust into your gut, twisting every time you hear it again.

That word has not been used to degrade you or tell you that you are no better than garbage. That you'd be better off dead.

These slurs that you so easily claim as "just" words have been the last words someone hears before they're beaten before they're killed--before they're ripped from this plane of existence for simply being.

These are not just words, behind them are ideologies that kill people.

[gibbearish]

wanted to throw my hat into the ring specifically in regards to james responding to the bigotry claims bc i havent seen anyone address the aspects i wanna talk abt in full yet, it kinda got long as fuck for a p short excerpt so putting it under a readmore

so here's the section (text from @storagebay29 's v helpful transcript):

"I never ever intended to hurt anybody. I never thought that that's what I was doing. Before I went- before I went to the hospital,¹ I read a lot of stuff from people who were really hurt, not just authors and stuff but people who watched my videos who were hurt by stuff in them. People think that I hate ace people and women and bisexual people and lesbians and that's not true. It's really- it's just- it’s not true. And I’m sorry that stuff made it into videos² that just shouldn’t have been there: misinformation and lies... But I promise you I did not write that stuff.³

I should have been a lot more exacting when Nick and I would be editing scripts but I promise you that those are not- I don't think those things.⁴ I specifically want to apologise to asexual people who feel⁵ that I just completed delegitimised you. Nick being ace, I- I know that it's kinda like you know, no two gay people are exactly the same, no two ace people are exactly the same, but I kind of, when it came to that I just kind of ran with Nick's judgement⁶ and his observations and stuff like that. And I’m not trying to throw Nick under the bus,⁷ which a bunch of people are saying that I was setting him up as doing, which is not true…"

so! let's break this down

¹ "Before I went- before I went to the hospital" - firstly i want to be clear of my position with the "did he actually attempt" question bc ive seen some people being absolutely vile already, which is that while i understand doubting his story considering his history of lying and manipulation and obviously skewed moral compass, i also feel like it is VERY much plausible enough that publically speculating abt whether it's true or not is shitty, especially telling HIM you think he's lying. best case scenario you're right, worst case scenario you're crossing a hell of a line, and he's obviously done enough stuff that the situation can be addressed pretty comprehensively without risking getting that coin flip wrong. i think we should proceed under the assumption that lying about that is one line he wouldn't cross, and if proof comes along that he was lying then obviously fuck him, but otherwise i think that aspect should be off limits. and having said all that, even under the assumption he is telling the truth, the way he brings it up in this apology is still manipulative, as many have already pointed out, and this is an excellent example. by bringing it up right before addressing his bigotry, he a) implies to the audience that these comments in particular are a notable part of what sent him there, and therefore plants the idea that if they continue to address it while knowing how badly it's already affecting him, they'd be deliberately trying to hurt him or push him to attempt again, and b) tries to distract the audience from the fact that he's addressing his bigotry and get them to go easy on him, since clearly he's already punished himself over it enough. but harming yourself does not actually make up for harm caused to others, and even if it did, unlearning the bigotry that caused the harm in the first place doesnt end at "feel really bad about it," that's actually step one. and as i'm sure you're already aware and i'll get into more in points 4 and 5, whether he's even at step one yet is doubtful!

² "And I’m sorry that stuff made it into videos" - others have covered his passive voice the whole way through so i won't dwell too long beyond pointing it out, it's mostly just highlighted here bc of how it ties into the next point

³ "But I promise you I did not write that stuff." - just, beautiful in so many ways. performance art, even. firstly, the fact that one of the closest places he comes to calling it plagiarism is in defense against a second allegation? just lmao. and secondly, this is about the most solid proof you could get that he indeed did not watch hbomberguy's video (or at least the whole thing) because hbomb very conclusively showed that if there are /any/ original thoughts of James' in his scripts, it is the bigotry, because he showed multiple examples of James /specifically/ rewording things he plagiarized to ADD IN the bigotry. so then tying back to point 2, his passive voice then becomes about ten times funnier here because he was just. blissfully unaware we all already knew exactly how it "made it into" the script and that his next statement would be a lie. just incredible

⁴ "I don't think those things." - notice the lack of specificity here, the most he can say is "people think i hate these groups" and "i don't think those things" and not "this is exactly what i said that was harmful, here's how it was harmful, here's the correct version of it, and here's how to avoid similar pitfalls in the future", yknow, like what people do when they actually accidentally say bigoted things bc they don't know any better? and again this point ties into the next one:

⁵ "I specifically want to apologise to asexual people who feel that I just completed delegitimised you." - ah yes, nothing says apology like "i'm sorry you felt like what i said was hurtful," where the message is less "i did something wrong and hurt you, i regret this and want to fix it," and more "you were too sensitive and got your feelings hurt by something i didn't intend to be hurtful, but i GUESS i'll be the bigger person and say sorry even though i didn't actually do anything wrong🙄". and see again 4, if he actually had looked into it and learned why it was wrong, he wouldn't be saying people "felt" delegitimised. he would be explaining why people reacted that way ie what it was a reaction to, why this reaction was correct, and providing actual information about asexual people. but he doesnt, because he didnt, because he doesnt care. which is all ESPECIALLY fucked because in saying it this way he's. delegitimising what they were saying. like some kind of fuckin aphobia ouroboros

⁶ "when it came to that I just kind of ran with Nick's judgement" + ⁷ "And I’m not trying to throw Nick under the bus" - here we are, the crown jewels. so obviously ppl are already talking abt the performative allyship of "but my best friend is minority and they said it was fine!!1!" which is fucked up on its own, but then the fact that he immediately jumps to "and also i'm not throwing nick under the bus" shows us that within the greater context, point 6 did indeed mean "the bigotry in the scripts that i am currently apologizing for and explaining the presence of in this section is there because i repeated the things nick told me were true, these ideas originate from him." aka blame nick, not me. but then he remembered that scapegoating nick is also something people are accusing him of so he had to backtrack over it, which if it was actually an innocent statement, it yknow. wouldn't need to be backtracked over? it's like he thinks just because he doesn't outright say "nick has bigoted ideas that i parroted so basically its his fault" that no one can pick up on the subtext? and frankly i don't know much about nick (or james beyond this whole thing tbf so obv take everything i say with the whole shaker of salt) so this very well could be the truth to a degree, but if nick does hold bigoted views too, that's TOO. not instead. for james to repeat them without question to the camera means he doesn't disagree. even if hbomb hadn't proven the bigotry did originate from him, it would still be meaningless, because if it came from nick then that would just mean james decided to stay close working friends with a shitbag and repeat all of his garbage to his fans uncritically!

so in summary, in just this one chunk he: reminds you to be extra niceys to him because hes delicate right now, immediately lies about where the bigotry came from, talks around what he actually said wrong or that he was in the drivers seat for it, then blames nick for it before hearing himself say it out loud reminds him people are picking up on that now too and has to walk it back.

to spoof the roblox oof video: when we look at the sum collective of all of his claims regarding his bigotry, and we put it in context with. the fucking everything about him. when james says the bigotry didn't come from him, this might just be me. but I don't believe him!

[medicore-alt]

sorry but im never forgiving people for excusing actual bigotry and assault because it was against someone they didn’t like

[aquadestinyswriting]

A Stand on Holy Ground

Genre - High Fantasy, drama

Themes: friendship, fantasy politics, fantasy racism/xenophobia/bigotry

Warnings: fantasy racism/xenophobia/bigotry, likely a bunch of swearing, fantasy violence, blood mentions

Stage - In Progress

Pov - Third Person

Synopsis

Selene has been watching the rising tide of violence against the dwarven community within Toreguarde from her tower, and is not best pleased about it. When it becomes clear that the gang responsible for most of this violence, the notorious Brotherhood of Cleaving, is being bankrolled by someone on the Council, she tries to step in to help as many people as she can; starting with her close friend and ex-adventuring partner, Egrim Shiverstaff.

Author's Note

Please note that this whole WIP is based on events that took place in a Dungeons and Dragons 3rd edition campaign, Destiny's New Servants, which was played between 2015 and 2018. That is all.

Chapters

Chapter 1

[queerbauten]

Western Joost fans when the Europapa Guy doesn't hate The Bad Europeans™ (Russians):

[wildfeather5002]

What do y'all say to christians who are like "Well, I think that [insert a paragraph about non-christian people going to hell if they don't 'repent', or in other words, abandon their 'ungodly' culture, traditions, religion, sexual orientation etc.]" and when you call them out for it they just reply with "It's not like I'm advocating for forcing people into anything, I'm only voicing my opinion regarding non-christians' cultural practices & lifestyle. You're a threat to my free speech!" ?

It always makes me feel iffy when people say stuff like this, because bigoted talking points & rhetoric can cause harm too, not just the usage of violent force. But also it's wrong to forcefully silence anyone, even if they're bigoted, right? Harmful talking points are kinda like toxic liquids, it's damn near impossible to get rid of them by force (the toxic sludge will only spread everywhere & poison people if you try to beat it!), but debunking, giving counterpoints & raising awareness will 'neutralize' these toxins and make them harmless, or less harmful at least!

That's what I think about it. I could be wrong though, idk really...

[scholar-of-yemdresh]

r/fantasy recommend books other than by the same 7 cis white guys challenge: level herculean.

It's genuinely disgusting to me how myopic their recommendations are. No wonder we keep getting posts asking for books with good female characters or POC or Queers because the image of fantasy you project is cishet dude mantasy slop where women are rape doll incubators(the more underaged the more "realistic") and poc/queers are more mythical than dragons.

I swear to God if I see one more neckbread bleating about The First Song Of Wheel Storm Name Winds Law by T.R.M McWhiteman I'll b*mb an orphanage.

Seriously if the only "zomg must read most epicest bestest fantasy everrrr!!!" Are ALL the SAME cis white men, your reading tastes are shit, your literature pallet is unrefined to the point of non-existence, you have no idea what you're talking about, you have no ability to give actually good book recommendations, you're just shovelling the same mantasy slop that the ur-neckbreads shoved at you, your recommendations are bad and you should feel bad.

Are you giving worthwhile recommendations that fit the brief or are you just throwing your uwu favourite books at a person, damn the fact that it doesn't fit or might even be the exact opposite of what the OP is looking for? Hmmm???

[borderline-culture-is]

Tw for vent, homophobia, mention of bigotry in general, emotional abuse and use of slurs

BPD culture is the absolute anger when your "parents" insult your fp, a person they DON'T EVEN KNOW. You know what? Fine. Say I look like a faggot. Say that I didn't care about your opinion(which I don't because one of you is a far-right nationalistic cunt and the other told her own child that if she killed herself, it'd be their fault). Say that my dead grandfather would be disappointed in me. But fucking say one more thing against THEM, the person who for a few months has been more my family than you have in all my years, and I'm gonna make you regret it, I was so so close to doing it anyway

.

[feral-lore-creature]

Listen, it's your life, do what you want with it. All I'm saying is that if I have to listen to a white cishet woman worship another "romance" book written by a mediocre author who is also a white cishet woman, I'm going to put myself into a damn coma.

Another thing! That's not a "dark romance" Jessica, it's just a rape fantasy. If you're into that, say it with your fucking chest. You already read about freshly-18-young-adults getting their backs blown out, despite being in your 30s, don't get shy now.

Anyways! Pirate media, support your local libraries, and read explicit Queer smut!

(^ For all intents and purposes: The statement above is not condoning any illegal behaviors or actions, and is merely a joke in poor taste.)

[dougielombax]

It’s amazing how often you’d come across somebody whose opinions on things like justice, human rights and other such matters are perfectly rational.

Then you ask them about something like international affairs or vaccines and disabilities and it turns out that they’re completely fucking insane and deranged.

Babbling all the usual conspiratorial drivel about how “tHa JeWz” are controlling everything and that their shitty internet connection is all the fault of the “ZOG”.

(What even is that?!)

Before going on the spout the usual drivel about vaccines causing autism. Which btw they don’t.

The cognitive dissonance on display is astounding.

They’re so close to seeing bullshit for what it is, and then they sell their brains to 4Chan or kiwifarms or wherever and embrace fucking bigotry!

It seems to be something of a pattern.

[radioactivespiderblood]

A little snippet from my fic!

Damian exclaimed, “You may not tolerate my best friend-” Jon had only heard Damian call him that a handful of times and never so strongly. Damian continued, “-but I refuse to tolerate blabbermouth curs!” Damian proceeded to headbutt him. Hard.