#we are a community

[cepheusgalaxy]

Since Pride Month is ending I wanted to make some things clear:

Intersex people belong in the queer community. Stop with the exclusionism and listen to what they have to say

"Queer" is not a slur. Queer is vague, queer is weird, queer is good, queer is History

"Drop the T" drop your bullshit. Trans people have been here since the beggining, and we always will.

The "A" stands for aspec

"Aspec" is not shorthand for aroace. We are a big community full of nuance, and aplatonics, atertiaries, anaesthetics, afamilials, etc. are included in that

Labels aren't set in stone. Everybody knows their experience best, and you just gotta believe them or leave them be. Even if they have controverse labels, like "lesboy" or "bi lesbian"

Queer disabled/mentally ill people belong at pride. Yea, even people with the "scary" disorders, imunocompromised people, and everyone else

Black people & non-white people can also be queer. We are important, have different experiences and our voices should also be heard

Gendernonconformity looks different for every culture and every person

"DSD" is a bad term. "Hermaphrodite" is a slur

"AFAB" and "AMAB" probably doesn't mean what you mean. If you mean "people with vulvas" or "people with masculine sex characteristics" say it

Just because Pride ended, it doesn't mean advocacy did too. Allyship is all year round

Gay people in Thailand can get married now

We're here, we're queer, get used to it

Happy Pride Month!

[alrightyfruits]

let's not reduce the magnitude of billy and eddie's relationship. I think we're forgetting this is the disney's mcu, this is fucking monumental, to have a mlm kiss.

it will also be monumental when agatha and rio kiss on screen. their relationship is so layered and so damn tense and electric, their kiss is gonna be FIRE when it happens

both of these kisses will touch us all differently. the mlm community are obviously going to be feeling pretty fucking great today (as they should), because they got representation! in a disney show!!

when it happens for us, we'll be over the moon! I'll be screaming crying throwing up, because it will mean so much to us!

but calling their kiss pointless??? I beg for you to take a step back, and reflect. this is literally the same behaviour that those incels presented us with when they review bombed the show bc agatha is queer.

you can dislike the episode, you can dislike the fact we didn't have rio this episode, you can be irritated, but don't you dare attack a community who are celebrating the mlm kiss on a disney show.

if you are, then you should be ashamed of yourself

[wulfhalls]

The hotd London premiere baby

yes I'm working thru the asks and half of them are just ewan mitchells new middle aged lesbian look 😭😭😭. iskarieot nation has forgiven ewan mitchell for previous cuntlessness behaviour exhibition. we respect him again

[spnfanartpond]

What is the SPN FanArt Pond?

The ArtPond was created by Michelle, and she gave it to me, Admin Manager, with the intention of bringing new creatives and established artists together to help share and encourage art, crafts, and creativity. This is an open place for artists to ask questions, meet new people/creatives, get tips/advice/help with artwork and crafts of all kinds, running your own blog, and art in general. We have expanded our mission to include all types of artists, because art is art in all its forms.

Note: We do not include writing because we have a sister Pond, @spnfanficpond AKA FicPond, and @fanficocean AKA FicOcean.

We currently have five Lotuses, three of whom are active Admins, one who is our Admin Manager, and Admin Emeritus. (Admin Emeritus means she is not involved in the day-to-day dealings of the ArtPond.) Our goal is to maintain a space where people can interact with each other, and where they choose without fear of reprisal for their interests. As our conduct and rules states, we do not allow discrimination in our waters for any reason. If you choose hate, you will be removed and banned.

Because we love this community, we try to do more than just have this space exist. We try to create activities to inspire you and encourage connections between our members. We take time out of our lives to try and decorate our little space as best we can.

While we encourage connection, we do not require it. We are here to add to the world, not take away from it by requiring interaction.

Now that you know what we are, here are some things that we are not.

We are not a 24/7 service for support of any kind, especially mental health. We are not qualified in any way, shape, or form to be that.

We are not experts in anything. Those with more experience share their experiences with those who have less experience.

We are not able to stop cliques and other sub-groups from forming inside the ArtPond. People are people, and people will be people with other people as and how they choose. We are here simply to encourage people-ing and art.

Hopefully, this explanation of what we are and what we are not helps you to understand what we can and cannot do. If this does not, please contact an admin privately with details, so we can address your problem directly.

Thank you!

Admins

Founder and Admin Emeritus, Michelle - @mrswhozeewhatsis

Admin Manager, Laili - @spn-fanfic-reblog-writes

Admin, Outofnowhere82 - @outofnowhere82

Admin, Slytherkins - @slytherkins

[frankthesnek]

I have seen stuff like this on my feed quite a bit recently, and as someone who's been in fandom for a while, I was very suprised by this issue. So excuse me while I pop off a rant real quick...

Who the literal FUCK is being an asshole to authors in the bookmarks?? Why on earth would you think that is a good idea??

To me, bookmarks are a special thing. I bookmark a fic because I love every word, every comma, every plothole, or grammatical flaw. You bookmark something because it is good enough that you want it on demand, on repeat, whenever you feel the itch. When you like a fic that much, all the little imperfections don't matter. (They never fucking should matter because this shit is free fyi!)

If I see a fic of mine got bookmarked you know what I think and feel? Wow! That person loved it enough they basically put it in their own person digital library! And other authors probably feel that way too. So, to bookmark something and then put negative feedback in the bookmark notes is a massive slap in the face to the author. It is incredibly disrespectful. It is a backhanded compliment. Period. No argument.

It's fine to have those thoughts. It really is, but make them private. No author wants be like wow, I have bookmark on this fic! What lovely person liked it enough to put my fic on demand! Only to see notes about the things the person disliked. Those nit-picking negative things that you want to remind yourself of need to stay in your head, not shown to the author, and that means keeping them private. It's fine to curate your experience and remind yourself about things important to you in a fic. Like, hey, this one thing gave me the ick brace yourself; or, remember, future me, the dialogue sucks but plot is good! Fine, go for it— privately.

And this assumption that authors don't/can't/shouldn't look at bookmarks on their fics. What the fuck? It's my fic, I wrote it. Yes, I want to see who loved it enough to bookmark! The idea that authors shouldn't be able to viwe ALL the stats for their fics is just fucking entitled. Don't want us to see it? Make it private.

Been hearing this is a problem again. Don't be a dick in bookmarks, folks. And yes while I made this image, I'm giving free reign. Take it. Spread it far and wide. Because I'm hearing that some readers don't know that their bookmarks are visible.

[suzypfonne]

Before January 2025:

If you are a USAmerican in a relationship that might be affected by legislation that dissolves same-sex marriages, who may no longer be recognized as next-of-kin, especially if you have children, get your rights in writing!

Your marriage certificate may not be enough to prove you have rights to make medical decisions for non-biological children or for a same-sex spouse or partner.

Go to a lawyer, get it spelled out as clearly as possible that you have a voice in emergency medical and legal situations.

[ilona-mushroom]

Not socialist in a “I won’t have to work” type of way but socialist in a “I’ll still be working but I won’t be worried I won’t make the rent” type of way. In a “billions won’t be hoarded by one person” type of way. In a “janitors, fast-food workers, child care workers, preschool teachers, hotel clerks, personal care and home health aides, and grocery store cashiers, will live comfortably” type of way. In a “the sick and elderly will be cared for” type of way. In a “no child should work” type of way.

[rafeandonlyrafe]

well 🧍‍♀️ as a reminder this blog is NOT a safe space for trump supporters but it IS a safe place for women, queers, trans ppl, people of color, undocumented people, and any marginalized group.

[thehappysatan]

every time i participate in one of these and see the perfect results im so proud, im like

I am truly in awe of the penis poll and the snail race (aiming to draw) and stuff like that. Not because Tumblr finally gave us polls and the first thing we did was use them as a medium for cooperative games that aren’t polls. But because they keep succeeding! The E poll aside (excused because I think a lot of the respondents didn’t understand the aim), these polls are really really good at getting the desired result.

Which is amazing when you think about it, because the respondents don’t see the result until they click. Until we participate, we don’t know how long the dick is! We don’t know how big the balls are! We have no idea which snail is ahead! We have to make a guess on what other users have done and behave accordingly. “Oh yeah, but there’s a lot of respondents, just using probability you can – ” do you know how much variation you get in probability? And yet every time I see those snails, they are NECK AND NECK. That penis always has appropriately sized balls that are approximately the same size, to within about 4% of the poll! You’d think everyone would play it safe and just make a dick, but no – people knew it needed balls, they made a guess as to whether other people were giving it balls, and the proportions worked out! It could’ve gone the other way; lots of people could’ve been like ‘oh I be no one is doing the balls’ and they could be massive balls with a micropenis. Or one testicle could’ve gotten all the attention by accident, and we could’ve had a single-ball cock on our hands. But respondents are predicting each others’ behaviour with amazing precision, giving us results far more precise than you’d expect from random generation over so many different polls! Those snails are at EXACTLY FIFTY PER CENT every time I see them!

I am so proud of our collectively drawn dick and balls you guys.

[gayvampyr]

asking people to be mindful of others when sharing a communal space (especially one you cannot just up and leave from) is not selfish or misanthropic. come on now

[batcavescolony]

Katniss is such an unreliable narrator. She says "Then something unexpected happens. At least, I don't expect it because I don't think of District 12 as a place that cares about me" girl you deliver strawberries to the Mayor, you hunt and trade for the district, when you fell at Prim being chosen someone caught you, when you went to Prim people parted for you, when you volunteered EVERYONE stopped. Idk how to tell you but I think you're a pillar of the community.

[systemic-stupidity]

*deep breath in*

*deep breath out*

Let AAC users say fuck!

Let them swear, let them say fuck and asshole and anything else they want.

Let them program their devices to say ‘fuck off’ instead of just ‘leave me alone, please’. Let them have language that’s adult or even offensive! Give them the ability to communicate the same as anyone else- let them have the option to be abrasive and even rude for when people are being assholes, let them swear casually so they can joke with their peers and say shit like ‘can you pass the damn ketchup’!!!!!!!!

Let disabled people say fuck!

[hamletthedane]

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[jollymalt]

right order, wrong person

[thesaltyace]

Y'all I did NOT know this about Harris, and I think it's really critical that we all listen and understand as we approach this election. Video at the end.

This creator's video describes how progressive Harris was as a prosecutor -- actively going against the grain to the point she was accused of being soft on crime. Accused of being a social worker, not a prosecutor. She calls it being smart on crime. She's pushing for systemic changes to give real pathways to reintegrate incarcerated folks back into society and prevent their past from continuing to haunt them moving forward.

"Kamala's a cop" is a catchy dismissive response usually used to shut down conversation rather than add nuance. But this kind of reform is ESSENTIAL to work towards a present and future that treats incarcerated people with value.

I fell for it in 2020 and have thought "Kamala's a cop" without further inspection since - and I'm sobered by the realization that (you guessed it!) I'm not immune to propaganda.

A better system only follows liberal democracy, because library democracy allows for exploration of better systems. If authoritarianism takes hold, it will not allow for the exploration of better systems. We will have to fight tooth and nail just to try to get back to liberal democracy, and I suspect we could not achieve it in our lifetimes.

Harris isn't perfect. But she's a hell of a lot better than many leftists have led me to believe. Don't let perfection be the enemy of good. Don't let perfection be the enemy of harm reduction.

We can either help elect Trump and usher in authoritarian fascism, or we can help defeat him and pull things back in the direction we want to go. Not liking the choices doesn't absolve you from participating and doing the most good you can with the options available.

I'll link the original video in the replies. The original video has captions if you need them.