Amorous Play

arundhati roy is an Indian leftist activist and author, and this is a criticism of Gandhi and Gandhian politics. this context is important. she’s lived through the failure of gandhi-esque politics.

i hate the concept of ‘straight passing’ people bc none of you can seem to acknowledge that theres mspec people who arent straight passing

this is a personal thing bc- as i have explained many times, i have a mother and a father, and neither of them are straight. My father is a short, thin man who paints his nails, has a high voice, wears bowler hats and vests daily, and reviews theatre for a living. My mother (although she is now more feminine presenting) has short, curly hair (which she had shaved for a time) a deep voice, wears mostly overalls and work pants and used to be an organic farmer/painter. As you can imagine- my father, when he is not accompinied by my mother, is seen as a gay man. He is routinly hit on by men, asked about his ‘husband’ and gets profusly apologized to when he mentions his wife. My mother was reffered to by my aunt as an ‘ex lesbian’ (paraphrased) when she married my father. The fact that my parents have both been identifying as bisexual from the very start means very very little to those who make assumptions. However- when I say that I have two bi parents- its still assumed that they’ve “given up” their bisexuality- that they are the same as two heterosexual parents. I can tell you for a fact that the way I was raised was not by heterosexual parents. My dad bringing me to drag shows as a small child and my mother teaching me feminism and how to dress for myself as young as i could verbalise was not in vain. My parents are not ‘straight passing’. However- ‘straight passing’ is used for any m/f relationship between two queer people. It’s fucked, really. It’s not ‘straight passing’- you just think that bi people are straight.

a zebra is just a horse that thinks it’s special

for those of you not in the know, the current jeopardy champion of the past month+ is a trans woman named amy schneider. she’s already the only woman in the top five regular season earning contestants and she’s made over 600k in prize money. and she’s still going as of today.

I’m sorry this is just the funniest business move I’ve ever seen in my life. These dudes really took one of the most beloved and successful webshows there were, announced it’s end, let the internet mourn, and then two weeks later went “sike.” They’re doing the exact same thing except on their channel and their terms. They get to make more money and steal what was probably the biggest audience Buzzfeed had for themselves. I love this. Chaotic good at its strongest. I hope Buzzfeed furious

you're laughing. shane madej and ryan bergara just gave a bloodsucking souldraining media corporation the biggest middle finger possible and you're laughing

“ You’re like a working breed of dog that doesn’t have any sheep to herd. Do you know what happens to those dogs? They rip up rugs and chew shoes to tiny shreds, and then pace, and then grow depressed and violent. That’s what you’re doing to yourself with this pointless correspondence. You have so much potential, so much energy, so much sensitivity to the world, and you’re wasting it, and using it to eat yourself alive, using it to tell yourself that you’re worthless.”