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tumblr is doing nothing for pride and target isn't selling much (if any) of their pride collection offline except at certain stores (in democratic areas, basically) and build a bear has a much tinier collection than normal and all the actual pride stuff is on their "adult" website (not sure if it's in stores, but pride = adult is a hell of a message)

there are genuinely good criticisms for performative allyship in all its applications. it shouldn't be the only thing we expect from people and companies. but if all the shit I see being called performative stopped tomorrow then in terms of the LGBTQ+ community especially we just. wouldn't talk about queerness or queer issues or celebrate pride or do anything.

open your fucking eyes. we are very close politically to having gay marriage rolled back. now companies are basically being let off the hook to even make a miniscule effort (which matters to the people who don't have access to any other kind of support in their communities! which normalizes the community in public spaces!) because the only reaction they have gotten over the last few years are negative ones from BOTH sides.

we are so entrenched in discourse at all times for the sake of our OWN performance of who is the wokest and who is REALLY an ally or a good community member that we have basically handed over all the work of activists of the last several decades to the other side because we'd rather scream at each other over fucking chicken restaurants and shit than the real life backsliding that's happening.

and this goes for other shit too. feminism, poc rights, all of it.

Oh, cool. Cool cool cool.

So... we're heading for an era of extreme reactionary backlash.

The question is it going to be like 1980's style or 1930's style.

We shit on rainbow capitalism (as we should), but it is a good indicator of social acceptance of LGBTQ people. When brands are loud and proud about how much the support gay people('s money), it means the social conditions have moved in our favor and the potential backlash is weak.

[ID: A single-panel "Pills that make you green" comic, showing simplistic digital stick figures for people.

It shows the three green people lounging on a large couch.

Lime green says, "Wow I'm so glad we beat up that guy together".

Leaf green says, "Yeah it was cool to just straight up do violence for our rights".

Moss green says, "And it was cool to share experiences afterwards so that we could understand each other better!".

End ID]

Infighting finale: Outfighting

P.S. They consider a gay kiss to be “pornography.”

and then it turned out they got banned for being literally Russian agents and never came back because spoiler they were?

Like, it is insane that Staff has been bullying and intimidating a group this badly. Unhinged behavior.

but it's also about the blogger you've never heard of. it's about the one on your DNI. this is about the mean one. the one you saw that callout post about. this is about the one who had maybe a few dozen followers at most. this is about the one who's not white. this is about the "problematic" one. this is about the blogger who's annoying, the one who complains all the time. this is about the one you have blocked. the one you reported.