#when huh?

[conjuring-ghouls]

Papa Emeritus "I wIlL hAvE a LoNg ViOlEnT sHoWeR" The Fourth.

[zxxalta]

Sasuke as morticia and Naruto as Gomez when?

[inkskinned]

the tradwife movement is the same as it has always been - back in the kitchen, back to breeding - it just has better branding.

when i was younger, i hated pink. i was not like other girls. this is now something i'm embarrassed of - this was not me being a "girl's girl."

but it was expressing something many of us felt at the time: i literally wasn't what girlhood was supposed to be. this is a hard thing to explain, but you know when you're not performing girlhood correctly. it isn't as easy as "i liked x when girls liked y" - because there were other girls that liked x, too - but i never figured out exactly the correct way to like x, or to be interested in y.

now there is the divine feminine. this is the same rhetoric it has always been: women are biologically driven to like pink and ribbons and submitting to our husbands.

the problem is that the patriarchy found a better PR team. because yes, actually, i want every woman to have the choice to be a homemaker. i also want her taken seriously for her legitimate home-making labor. i want her to be recognized as also having a job, just unpaid. i want men to have this opportunity, too.

but it is no longer "i made this choice and I love it." instead it is a sixteen-paragraph rant about how selfish it is that my generation isn't having kids. instead it's long videos about how if you feed your children processed foods, you're going to kill them. instead it is "this is what womanhood is supposed to be. i feel bad for any other choices you're making."

the shame spiral is just prettier. it is large houses devoid of personality. it is the implication: if you don't have this, you aren't happy. the solid, everlasting assurance: women are actually supposed to be submitting. this is the default. this is the natural state of things. all other attempts inflict suffering.

but you can no longer say i'm not like other girls. you can no longer reject this image completely. you cannot find it revolting, even if you know that the underbelly is toxic and festering. sure, it is the same repackaged patriarchy. but the internet does not have shades of grey. you should support and reward other women! your disgust is actually internalized misogyny. not because you are seeing a vision of yourself the way they're trying to train you to be. not because you feel her ghost pass within an inch of your earlobe. not because your father will eventually ask you - why can't you be like her?

because they figured out how to make it beautiful: women will sell other women on this idea, and we will find the singular loophole in feminism. sure, she's shaming you in most of her videos. sure, she implies that a different life is obscene. but she just wants you to be happy! you'd be happier if you were listening!

and the whole time you're sitting there thinking: i'd actually just be happier if i had that kind of money.

[rdps01]

on that ford grindset lately

[false-skies]

Born to shoujo forced to shounen

[wildrbst]

[humming-fly]

Every now and then I'm reminded Real People with Actual Jobs use tumblr and I've always been legitimately curious what all you weird adults are up to when you're not on this site and with tumblr's New Poll Feature I can finally get an answer! (or the closest approximation of an answer possible with only 10 available options h a)

[divorcedtom]

SEVERANCE 2.01 - "Hello, Ms. Cobel"

[i-am-not-a-who-i-am-a-what]

so who else is screaming about everything we learned today

[akanemnon]

Wow, not even 5 seconds in and they're already starting a fight.

FIRST - PREVIOUS - NEXT

MASTERPOST (for the full series / FAQ / reference sheets)

[dreamlogic]

i got an impossibly tiny metal model mail truck kit in my stocking & went into a fugue state until i'd finished assembling it. welcome to the world my beautiful son otto mobile who has every disease

[dcxdpdabbles]

Bruce: I want to let you know that I am entirely on board with welcoming Danny Fenton into this family.

Tim: You want to adopt my friend Danny?

Bruce: No, I don't want to adopt your special friend. I'm talking about the other way to join a family.

Tim.: Ohhhhh. He's your illegitimate son.

Bruce: No, he is not.

Tim: Well, if he wasn't born into the family and you're not adopting him, how else would he join?

Bruce: I mean, it's more of a union of families. Do you get what I'm saying?

Tim: Oh! You mean you want me to have him sign a business contract!

Bruce: No! I mean-

Alfred: Master Bruce! We agree to let Master Tim figure this out on his own! He's in a critical stage of life, and he needs. His. Own. Space!

Bruce: But-but he's not connecting the dots! It's fusterating to watch!

Tim: OH! you mean marriage!

Bruce relieved: YES! You get it!

Tim side eyeing him: Bruce...Danny is too young for you.

Bruce: You do NOT get it.

Tim: Hmmmm oh! *Snaps fingers* You want him to marry one of your kids! I could introduce him to Jay but the thought....makes me angry. So I won't.

Bruce: Why? Why would that make you angry?

Tim thinking: Cause I don't want Danny dating any my siblings. I want him to......

Bruce: Yes?

Tim: I want him to be happy forever! *Runs off* I will make sure he never dates someone who will break his heart as his best friend. It's my duty!

Bruce: *Muffled screams of frustration into nearby pillow*

Alfred: Now you know how I felt when you used to bring Mister Dent around.

Bruce: This is terrible. How did you handle it?

Alfred: I suffered until you figured it out sometime in your twenties.

Bruce: It's going to take that long!?

[solargeist]

loses once, becomes socialist

[anemonet]

My complex thoughts and emotions about ancients cleverly discuised as ocs....

[yardsards]

someone pointed out that milsiril sniffs the top of kabru's head like parents of newborns do with their babies, and i haven't been able to stop thinking abt it

like. ma'am. that is a wholeass preteen.

[ovsyashkin]

a little time with you is all that i get

that’s all we need because it’s all we can take.

chapter 23 of @heavilycaffeinatedsblog’s silver bells almost made me tear up because of its coziness. so my hand slipped. also this version of instant crush was playing non stop while i was drawing. you can play it if you want it will give you an additional vibe